A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 11, 2021

Special thanks to Cam Ross for writing a review of Blended Learning with Google. Learn how it works here.) Learn how to create graphic organizers like the one above, and get access to free Google templates in the Blended Learning with Google Workshop. Create a Digital Badge.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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Wired Campus

JUNE 9, 2015

A few colleges are trying a new incentive to get professors to participate in professional-development workshops: digital badges. Kent State University, for instance, is offering badges to professors who complete workshops on how to improve their online teaching, which are offered by Kent State Online.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Digital Promise , a nonprofit with a mission of “accelerating innovation in education,” has been a strong proponent of micro-credentials , describing them as competency-based, on-demand, personalized and shareable. In this model, teachers can no longer attend a workshop and receive credit for merely being there.

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