A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. Innovative learning spaces and environments : Would you want to learn under the same conditions as your students do, or in similar spaces? This needs to be prioritized.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI encourages cheating A common fear is that students will use AI to bypass learning. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2020

Even if physical buildings are forced to remain closed, we must remember that schools themselves are not closed—learning must, and will, continue. Digital learning also strengthens each teacher’s ability to meet the needs of each student, regardless of whether they are in the classroom or at home.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Shiny new technologies can capture well-meaning educators like insects in amber, but the evidence is clear that digital learning can improve student opportunities and outcomes. Below I outline six strategic steps that will point school leaders as well as classroom teachers toward digital learning success: 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). It also provides insight on all elements of school culture and student learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

My role has not only been to provide strategies and ongoing coaching but also to make recommendations on solutions that can make the lives of teachers, administrators, and students easier in the process. Digital Backpack : A flexible solution for equitable distribution of textbooks, resources, and other content.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

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. CDW VV2 Strategy. Teachers in the U.S. They may be on to something.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Personalized Professional Learning. In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Budget and Resources.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2020

Picture this: You roll out a new learning management system (LMS) for students, but all of your professional learning is either hosted on a different platform or conducted in person with notes shared via email afterward. Sound familiar? Related Content: eSchool News IT Solutions: Hardware and Management Guide.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2024

Abigail Thompson, Digital Learning Coach, Kansas City, Missouri “Students have more choice with their dinner than education.” For example, we were also able to explore if our learning experiences are student-paced (flexible deadlines and same set of experiences) or self-directed (flexible deadlines but multiple pathways to learn).

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Debbie Tannenbaum, a veteran teacher and tech coach, has made it her mission to help students develop digital skills even as young as kindergarten. This podcast will explore Debbie’s key strategies for teaching digital literacy skills to our youngest students. Connect with Debbie at TannenbaumTech.com.

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Hapara

MARCH 12, 2025

If youre helping guide your school or districts learning environment, understanding how attention works can make a real difference. Dr. Robin Wisniewski, the author of Promoting Student Attention , recently joined us for an insightful webinar full of strategies to improve attention in the classroom.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Generative AI tools can respond to this challenge by offering adaptive solutions that cater to individual learning needs and institutional requirements. Conclusion Generative AI is redefining educator professional development by offering tools and strategies to create smarter, more impactful, and targeted learning opportunities.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Drawing upon the experience of working education professionals dedicated to equity and inclusion, this blog explores ways to foster a learning environment where every student has the opportunity to thrive with technology. Teaching them to identify their most effective ways of learning helps educators create targeted lessons.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

With 2025 barely in its infancy, educators are looking to new technologies and strategies to meet the needs of students. AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Students learn even more when they learn 3 from and teach each other 4.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Engagement Strategies The panelists shared core engagement methods that have successfully involved families in critical assistive tech efforts. Practicing Empathy Built into all family engagement strategies is empathy. Are the ideal source of student data, informing schools’ and districts’ data management and sharing.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 24, 2016

The shift to Future Ready Schools with blended and digital learning is dramatically changing the role of the school leader and requires focused attention on the critical importance of school culture in a successful transition. Gear: Personalized Professional Learning ). Anything else is hypocritical.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

Fast forward to September 2022, and I am finalizing modules on Canvas, our learning management system, to continue to deliver the same quality professional learning, but in an entirely different format. This reality is problematic for teachers and necessitates a new approach to providing professional learning.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2019

NAA, which contributes to young people’s success through quality afterschool programs led by a skilled field of professionals and leaders, launched NAAPCS to give afterschool educators a chance to develop and be recognized. Shifting from seat time to competency-based professional learning with micro-credentials.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 4, 2020

Kids that just won’t engage, phone calls and emails from parents, learning new systems and tech on the fly. It’s critical that you have non-negotiable strategies in place to help you cope and deal with what you experience every day. Strategy #1. Strategy #2. Strategy #3. Strategy #4. Strategy #5.

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More Verbs

MAY 2, 2016

” On the other hand, educators in Washington County, PA, find that their devices benefit students , and in Auburn, ME, educators found that when they carefully selected apps aligned to their curriculum or participated in professional learning focused on using apps to build conceptual understanding of mathematics , student learning improved.

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More Verbs

MAY 2, 2016

” On the other hand, educators in Washington County, PA, find that their devices benefit students , and in Auburn, ME, educators found that when they carefully selected apps aligned to their curriculum or participated in professional learning focused on using apps to build conceptual understanding of mathematics , student learning improved.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Last month, as a new school year began, Digital Promise President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard sat down with three such superintendents on a panel to explore the ways in which their districts were better prepared or more successful than their peers outside of the network. What were the challenges?

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 10, 2019

Seven years ago, a wide-scale digital learning conference was unheard of because the majority of school districts across the country weren’t equipped with the infrastructure or technology to implement a robust digital curriculum. To keep the conversation going, join an upcoming #futureofschool Twitter chat.

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BYOT Network

JANUARY 18, 2017

In my last blog post, Curation for Digital Learning , I detailed the reasons why schools and districts should engage in content curation to facilitate digital learning. I also listed the activities that are involved in content curation, specifically within K-12 learning environments.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , three district superintendents discussed the impact a district cyberattack has on school communities and strategies to mitigate future attacks. Teaching and Learning. Ann is co-author of Life Lessons in Leadership , available on Amazon.com.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

Scott Kinney has nearly 25 years of experience in the fields of professional learning and educational technology, and currently serves as Discovery Education Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships. One of my many high school memories is learning the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The end result of the pilot was a sustained blended learning program for the districts and key learnings to support the effective implementation of blended learning as a pathway to personalization. Provide professional learning that allows participants to experience blended learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Maybe some of these challenges sound familiar, whether you’re a district, a school, a curriculum leader or an instructional coach, a digital learning specialist, or a librarian. Is professional learning a part of your edtech implementations?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2018

As I sat at a giant table with 15 colleagues pondering how to make professional learning more personal for our teachers, my eyes drifted to my screen. What if we could apply the subscription box model to professional learning? What if we could apply the subscription box model to professional learning?”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere. Maker Learning and School Leadership.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Listen in as Host LeiLani Cauthen discusses structured literacy strategy through bite-sized professional development with Meg Van Voorhis, Director of Professional Learning at Lexia. What does this mean for teachers needing solutions for literacy skill gaps after those foundational school years? Click Here to Listen.

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Kristin Ziemke , Learning Innovation Specialist, Big Shoulders Fund ; Author, Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K–6 Classroom. Please join Future Ready Schools ® (FRS) for a webinar that is part of its Leadership Hub , a one-stop-shop of professional learning opportunities for school leaders.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

Scott Kinney has nearly 25 years of experience in the fields of professional learning and educational technology, and currently serves as Discovery Education Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships. One of my many high school memories is learning the Pythagorean Theorem.

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