A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Maybe the 45-minute commute had a little to do with it, but the main culprit was how I used available time in the classroom. Nights and weekends were spent at the local office store getting transparencies made for the overhead projector, which was the primary technology tool at the time. Each night I came home exhausted.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. For example, if it’s just a cute little game for elementary school students, it’s not meeting the goal of enhancing learning. jena.passut_7651.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“We found that the teacher who was the most effective using AI was the most experienced teacher, had the best relationship with his students, was the most calm and was running a solid classroom,” recalls Desai, The Calculus Project’s director of school and district support and a former math teacher.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

After my fourth coaching session with them, the principal asked if I could create a choice board for his staff to work through and learn to use even more technology tools effectively. The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success. According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mark Sparvell cites current research about what students really want in their classroom and how social-emotional learning relates to education technology. Just teachers can use the power of Urkund. Mark has taught both pre-service and post-graduate studies.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , I honed in on research-based strategies that have withstood the test of time in addition to emerging strategies such as personalized learning. Reviewing prior learning, checks for understanding, and closure have and always will be valuable components of a lesson.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2024

Imagine a classroom buzzing with engaged students, actively constructing knowledge and diving deep into topics that spark their curiosity. This vibrant learning environment does not just happen by chance. A shift to personalized professional learning can change this dynamic.

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Neo LMS

JULY 5, 2022

When it came to professional development, in the absence of being together in the physical space, we had to explore and learn what worked the best. Leveraging the right digital tools and spaces, we were able to keep learning going and continue to build our professional learning communities.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. However, with educators pivoting to distance learning, organizers have developed virtual Edcamps to continue creating opportunities for voice and choice in their professional learning.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for personalized professional learning. Because they are on-demand, micro-credentials also enable educators to continue their professional learning from home during periods like COVID-19 school closures and summer break.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The fact remains that there was no professional learning to prepare for the reality that everyone is facing nor a plan for something like COVID19. I always like to focus on the small wins when I am facilitating professional learning with schools and districts. There are many great tools out there to use.

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Digital Promise

JULY 29, 2019

The Differentiating Instruction to Support Refugee Students micro-credential aims to build differentiation strategies along content, process, product, and learning environment to promote the highest levels of learning for all students in a classroom. Start earning these micro-credentials today!

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

It goes beyond just telling people what to do by instead showing them how to do it as a means to either support learning or change. In the classroom, modeling aids in making concepts clear where students learn by observing. This is just one example. In my opinion, this statement pertains to any author or speaker.

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

The different factors that we know impact learning encompass the whole child—not just their math and literacy skills but also their cognitive abilities, social-emotional states, and their personal background. All of these factors interact to impact a child’s readiness to learn when they come into the classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Another way technology can be used to transform teaching and learning is by enhancing engagement and motivation. It can be leveraged to create interactive and immersive learning experiences that can help students stay engaged and motivated in the classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families. There are many digital tools available to educators these days, which often creates an overwhelming feeling.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2020

Will kids go back to school or continue to learn remotely? How will educators get the professional learning support they so desperately need? Some key aspects to consider are face-to-face instruction, personalization, blended learning, adaptive tools, flex schedules, social distancing, health and safety, and remote learning.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Many are also taking advantage of the hundreds of free tools found in the Future Ready Dashboard. Students and teachers have robust and adaptive tools to support learning, teaching, and assessment, ensuring that it is student-centered and emphasizing deep understanding of complex issues. Personalized Professional Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

The most crucial aspect when it comes to personalizing learning is the teacher in the classroom. In chapter 5 of Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , I dive deeply into these practices while providing numerous examples. The premise of personalization is all learners getting what they need when and where they need it to learn.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As I work with leadership teams, many are struggling to engage their teachers in professional learning this year. They are excited about the potential of leveraging this technology to create more dynamic, differentiated, and student-centered learning experiences. Just as with students, every teacher is unique.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

Long gone are the days where the overhead projector reigned supreme in the classroom. Well, at this time, they were the shiny new tool on the block and quite expensive. It should be noted that in both examples above, direct instruction was followed by some sort of student-centered learning activity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2022

“Studying student data seems to not at all improve student outcomes in most of the evaluations I’ve seen,” said Heather Hill, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , at a February 2022 presentation of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to improve teaching.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Virtually none have received extensive professional learning in this area. My goal is to try to make it a little easier with some simple to use tips on how to leverage free tools.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Key points: Rapid AI adoption in well-resourced classrooms is deepening the digital divide How much AI is too much? Most parents know AI will be crucial to their children’s future For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Generative AI is transforming the nature of work in many fields.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Now don't get me wrong as this has been incredibly fulfilling and a great learning experience for me. However, you just can't replace face-to-face professional learning, in my opinion. There are both free (CK-12, Khan Academy, Prodigy, Freckle) and paid ( HMH intervention tools , Waggle , IXL) programs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

“I felt I had a system that worked, and introducing this ‘nonsense’ wouldn’t add anything to my classroom and would only create more work for me and be a distraction for my students,” she said. She had her students put their devices away when they entered her classroom and continued teaching the same way she had for the last two decades.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

Sometimes the best tools have been around awhile. Steve Dembo @ teach42 talks about the tried and true tools that teachers should still use. Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018. Steve, today for Ed Tech Tool Tuesday, what are some things that people need to try in 2018? Tool #1 Padlet. Tool #2: VoiceThread.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how schools should define and act on digital learning. Classroom technology implementation can go only as far as what is offered and supported by the school. Teachers noted difficulty in integrating new technology in their instruction as well as a lack of time to get familiar with new classroom tools.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Teachers are constantly engaging with others—students, parents, and colleagues—yet they are the only ones with a complete understanding of their classrooms and practices. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2021

They shared how teachers got better using technology, reached out more for feedback, collaborated more, and improved classroom management. How are you sharing these with colleagues and staff or using them for professional learning and feedback? Your superstars can also lead professional learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology).

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Successful remote learning is dependent on the consistent utilization of effective teaching strategies and pedagogy that empowers all kids to think and apply their thinking in relevant ways. The Rigor Relevance Framework is a fantastic tool for teachers to develop pedagogically sound tasks, both with and without technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2019

Rachael Mann on Episode 492 The first person to walk on Mars has already been born and is in our classrooms today, so the experts tell us. He or she could be in your classroom or mine. Today we talk to Rachael Mann, author of The Martians in Your Classroom: STEM in Every Learning Space.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Engagement was amplified with a focus on the how, exemplars from all types of schools, and the use of digital tools to provide everyone with an opportunity to respond. In essence, my role is now more of a facilitator of learning. Leverage digital tools for voice and choice.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 11, 2021

What has changed are the tools, research, and societal shifts that impact the work. It requires a deeper understanding of how the brain works and research-based strategies that teachers can readily implement in their classrooms. Leadership is leadership. Leading is not easy , and being effective at it is easier said than done.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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