A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Developing and implementing professional learning is also an effective way to lead by example and build better relationships with staff. Creating or further developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is also essential to access 24/7 ideas, strategies, feedback, resources, and support.

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Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 544

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

And the trend of teachers leaving the classroom is unlikely to reverse course anytime soon. Our team is thrilled to have the opportunity and responsibility to meaningfully connect educators while supporting their professional learning and growth.” Educator shortages continue to be a top concern for many.

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Personal Learning Network Personalized Learning Learning Survey 183

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can now boost literacy instruction via LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning. About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON (Aug. showed growth in knowledge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 493

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

That doesn’t happen in online courses. After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). That approach, of course, sapped the advantages of being online. ” Ignore Innocent Mistakes. Pay Attention to Human Contact.

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Online Learning Social Media Learning LMS 435

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2024

Charting a course toward our desired destination can be difficult without knowing where we stand. In both personal growth and organizational development, clarity about our starting point empowers us to set realistic goals, measure progress, and ultimately reach where we want and need to be.

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Differentiated Instruction Analysis Comparison Assessment 455

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is extremely important in terms of technology integration in the classroom and professional learning to improve practice. To complement traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Conference Strategy Assessment Personal Learning Network 534

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 8, 2021

Regardless of the learning landscape, the last year has presented a steep learning curve for everyone in education. In the summer, I published a course titled Getting Started with Blended and Online Learning to support teachers as they prepared for an unpredictable year. Give students more agency over their learning.

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Online Learning Learning Course Personalized Learning 300

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah.

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Competency Based Learning Professional Learning Strategy Examples 482

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more.

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Adobe Education Course How To 462

More Verbs

JULY 8, 2015

But there are certain behaviors/professional learning that MLTI would like to promote and encourage because they have been linked to fostering a quality, learning-focused 1to1 technology initiative (of course many of those items from the first list would fall nicely into these categories!). Maintain evidence of mastery?

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Professional Learning Learning Digital Citizenship Technology 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

Click the course titles for more information. The 21 st Century teacher blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Teacher. Certificate. Group enrollment. Certificate.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Personal Learning Network 396

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials. Can also be taken for college credit. Certificate.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Course 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

The best advice I can provide is to understand that making teachers go through the motions like it is a typical school day might not be the best course of action. You can either lurk and learn or develop your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to farm the best ideas and strategies that are actually working in similar demographics.

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Learning Social Media Personal Learning Network Policies 462

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2024

In sum, effective pedagogical leadership empowers educators and creates an environment that maximizes student learning and achievement. The Framework for Pedagogical Leadership and our personalized approach to Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) serve to build capacity in this area. Want to learn more?

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System Education Outcomes Strategy 452

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

After several visits to local schools to learn more about the technology they’re using to develop 21st-century learners, the idea of micro-credentials being a valuable part of a teacher candidate’s training at UCF became clear. Traditionally, colleges of education prescribe a fixed set of courses for their teacher candidates to complete.

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Training Elementary Course Personalized Learning 522

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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LMS Professional Learning Learning Handbook 123

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2020

and Chart A New Course: A Guide to Teaching Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s World ?. If you are part of a professional learning community, the questions below are designed to facilitate a conversation–in person or online–about the issues discussed in this episode of The Balance. How do you make time to continue learning?

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Personal Learning Network Edmodo Microsoft Facebook 317

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The best course of action is the focus on the “what if” instead of the “yeah but” aspect when it comes to time. So, what does meaningful professional learning look like? The ability to stop and restart compensates for many of the challenges educators face when it comes to making the time to learn.

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Learning Personal Learning Network Study Conference 413

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

At last February’s Board meeting, 10-year old Ryan inspired the adults in the room to see how tech can be leveraged for learning in a whole new light. Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years.

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Learning Analytics Personalized Learning Learning Microsoft 138

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

I’m the CTO of a tech company and for more than five years I have been busy with teaching programming courses and sharing my expertise with novice specialists. Integration of various technologies can help you to improve the courses, making the process more engageable, immersive, personalized, effective, interacting, etc.

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Trends EdTech Gamification Learning Analytics 325

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

The course is online, two-hours, and self-paced—with no previous experience required. Teachers who complete the course will earn a certificate that can be presented to their district for professional development (PD) credit. “Google wants to ensure every educator can take advantage of the opportunities created by AI.

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Course Training Google Professional Learning 120

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Books, Videos, Courses, and Conferences. Teachers can find books, videos and courses to help them on an issue. An emerging professional development “economy” of competency based micro credentials has teachers taking a new type of course. Personalized learning is the conversation in student learning today.

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Edcamps Game-Based Learning Conference Video 367

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

This is extremely important in terms of technology integration in the classroom and professional learning to improve practice. To compliment traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Strategy Social Media Assessment Conference 361

Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

To highlight some of the standout programs and great work that has taken place at Verizon Innovative Learning schools across the country over the course of the 2018-19 school year, we’re excited to announce the initiative’s annual Schools of Excellence Award winners. Model for Sustainability.

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Learning STEM Professional Learning iPad 303

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Educators can’t know it all and do it all by magic; they also need to learn. Since teachers have to work with edtech when teaching, why not use the same edtech for when they’re learning? Provide relevant courses. Diversifying your methods of training will only respond to more learning needs of teachers.

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LMS EdTech Training Course 273

The Web20Classroom

MAY 12, 2014

Check out this blog post to learn more. Traditional PD models can be flipped too, where work is done before to learn basic skills via video or through course work. Then face-to-face time is spent going deeper with that understanding, creating something or looking at how the learning can be applied.

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Edcamps MOOC Personal Learning Network Meeting 248

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Course Objectives.

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Wiki eBook Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network 212

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Course Objectives.

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Wiki eBook Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network 214

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials. Teach Writing with Tech. Certificate. Certificate.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 262

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials. The Tech-infused Class. Certificate. digital law.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 244

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Data is only helpful if we can interpret it accurately and use it effectively to support learning. As artificial intelligence, personalized learning platforms, and algorithm-driven content become more common in classrooms, students must understand how data influences what they see and how they are assessed.

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Data Education Trends Digital Citizenship 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stop me if you’ve seen this one before: In an effort to encourage teachers to abandon traditional, lecture-style instruction in favor of next-generation learning models, we sit them down and ask them to listen for an hour or two. Conversations around personalized learning are nothing new for the staff at the M.S.D.

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Blended Learning Professional Learning Personalized Learning Course 163

Tom Murray

MARCH 21, 2017

This year, we are adding specific strands for Principals, Librarians, IT, Coaches/Lead Teachers, and of course, District Level Admin. The 2017 events build upon the first two phases of FRS, which saw almost 4,000 school leaders, from over 800 school district teams come to network, connect, learn, problem solve, and grow together. .

Future Ready 230

Future Ready Professional Learning Personalized Learning Strategy 230

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2019

The 21 st Century teacher blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials. The Tech-infused Teacher. Certificate. Certificate.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Personal Learning Network 202

Hapara

MARCH 18, 2025

Whether its a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian, gamified assessments that make learning fun, or tools that simplify an educators to-do list, classroom technology has a lot of benefits. Of course, both the benefits and challenges of classroom technology are worth considering. Providing ongoing support and training is crucial.

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Technology Classroom Digital Citizenship Assessment 130