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How Are Educators Continuing Powerful Professional Learning Online?

Digital Promise

In June, the Edcamp Community joined our Digital Promise family. The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edcamps were typically in-person and locally focused. It wasn’t an easy moment.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Formative assessment can help teachers understand how students are learning. Formative assessment is a snapshot of how knowledge is forming in a student’s mind. However, with a few exceptions, edtech seems to dominate the teaching videos available on YouTube. The device follows and focuses on me around the room.).

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The 6 Truths Of Effective Educators

The Web20Classroom

While formative assessment is a key part of knowing who their students are, Effective Educators go deeper. Even reading blog posts, articles in trade publications, books, or attending Edcamps, they want to constantly be examining their own practices, realizing opportunities for improvement and capitalizing on all that learning.

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Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

Edsurge

The parallels between the early days of the world wide web and today’s edtech scene are surreal. There is a lot of noise in edtech today, mostly coming from technology and consumer marketing-oriented companies. In the nineties, this included. Badging, micro-credentials and curation technologies are making this a reality.

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How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010

Shake Up Learning

The post How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. But just because you like the activity doesn’t mean that it will assess the skills you NEED to assess. But just because you like the activity doesn’t mean that it will assess the skills you NEED to assess.

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Edtech Needs More Infrastructure, Educator Support in 2017

Edsurge

While device penetration is increasing and edtech products are proliferating, adequate infrastructure in schools lags behind. What if we could provide all schools with affordable consultants and researchers to aid in the edtech selection process? Much work remains to be done to realize the full potential of education technology.

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A Framework for Blended PD (Part 2) – SULS072

Shake Up Learning

In this series, I’m sharing ideas for planning Blended PD, assessments, strategies, activities, and more. Break into meaningful groups based on the pre-assessment. The Edcamp model is a great way to offer teachers more ways to connect and learn together with very little planning. Create flexible groups. .

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