Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The future, and increasingly the present, of educator professional development is predicated upon insights and resources shared within professional learning communities. They don’t have time for doo-doo. Here’s what teachers are doing with their own time. Participate.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2015

An opportunity for all participants to share, collaborate, teach, and learn in unpredictable ways through the DIY Design-Your-Own-Session strand of the program. This type of professional learning—immersive, creative, engaging, and challenging—is focused more on transformation than information. Hope to see you there!

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Led by Bill Krakower''s mom, Elsie, this session focused on story telling techniques for encouraging student presentation skills. Keep those eyes peeled at Edcamp-- resources can be found anywhere! Here are additional links on how to run an Edcamp. Using rubber bands around desk legs may keep them better in line.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I’ve also seen it used as presenting a business and marketing plan for everything from graphical advertisements and kids making commercials and embedding that information. Along the bottom, it has all your pages and it looks like another other kind of presentation type software you have used. Students absolutely love it. Vicki: Cool.

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The Jose Vilson

MARCH 13, 2024

The “choose your own adventure” route sounds arduous and expensive, but it also means, like professionals do, they get to craft the learning and conversations they need to have to further their work. A small set of educators could always create an Edcamp , a model in need of revival in our times.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 22, 2015

For me, it’s been an unconferency kinda week–a celebration of the informal, participant-driven learning experiences that have made huge impact on professional learning culture. On Monday, I was honored to be invited to attend a little 5th birthday party featuring an extraordinary present.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2016

Many schools and districts are trying to do the right thing by meeting the needs of as many educators as possible when it comes to professional learning. But the reality is most schools and districts are not equipped to personalize the professional development of every educator. Edcamps can help fill that void.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 5, 2017

If they are new to presenting and feel it would be useful, offer to help them with their proposals. Invite them to present with you. Invite them to present with you. 6) Keynotes / Featured Speakers If there is not, or historically there has not been diversity in your featured presenters, take note.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 21, 2020

As most schools in the US prepare for the start of school online or in some blended format, it’s important to think specifically about teachers’ professional learning. When you are designing your professional learning experiences for adults, you need to consider the following: Be respectful of your participant’s time.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 12, 2018

A recent winner of the ISTE Seal of Alignment Report , Participate.com is a professional learning networker’s dream, packed with features offering local relevance as well as the potential for global connections. The tabs on the redesigned dashboard represent the realm of learning opportunities. .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Newsletter Sponsor Click for more information Partner Spotlight CORE Education is a not-for-profit educational consultancy, professional learning and research organisation. Share your experience with game-based learning with an audience of game developers and peer educators! For more information, click here.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 28, 2014

Anytime, Anywhere Learning for All Recognizing organizational hashtags, chats for "credit" Flipped faculty meetings, learning opportunities for students, staff, & community School/District EdCamps & ParentCamps - go to edcamp.wikispaces.com to learn more! Curation for professional learning - also uses Paper.li

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Professional Growth Don uses Twitter for a professional learning network. He is constantly in conversation with people about what is going on in his job, growing with them and learning from them. Edcamps - unconferences where there aren''t traditional keynote speakers or vendors.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

Microphone, camera, captions, hand raise, presentation controls, more options and hang up button are in the middle. See What You Are Presenting. You can now simultaneously see other participants and what you present on-screen. You can now simultaneously see other participants and what you present on-screen. Chat Controls.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

Virtual PD, or virtual professional learning, is more than just making things digital. AND, I will be sharing some new professional learning options myself, and here on Shake Up Learning. Below is a guest post by Shake Up Learning Community Manager and Literacy Coach, Pam Hubler.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. What is professional development? In the example that my Instructional Coach friend mentioned about her school district.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. Step 1: Define What Professional Development Truly Is. What is professional development? Let us look at another.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

None of these have to do with learning, of course, and inevitably are insufficient to smooth over the challenges that arise as digital tools enter classroom spaces. Additionally, for some independent schools, the potentially disruptive nature of these devices and online spaces presents perceived threats to institutional history and norms.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

(This is the second of two parts on professional learning. Connected Learning. This has a major impact in our learning today. What I have started to notice is that you can see some major benefits of being connected in the classroom for the learning environment of our students. You can read the first part here.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting more traditional professional learning opportunities like in-person conferences and workshops, it's time for you to chart your own course. Fortunately, there are plenty of informal ways to learn and grow professionally on your own.

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My Island View

JULY 7, 2016

Edcamps, One-to-One initiatives, Flipped Class, BYOD and connected collaboration were all topics discussed and vetted long before they were even recognized in the brick and mortar world of education. I presented and held office in organizations in order to meet that goal to attend as many conferences as I could.

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 29, 2017

Rachelle presented multiple times (and I must say she's amazing at sharing her classroom stories) and I was there as an attendee only. I've often used social media to share the story of our school using the hashtag #ccslearns but I'll be honest, I think my assumed audience was almost always my professional learning network.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The post #PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience (FREE TEMPLATE) – SULS043 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. We are talking about some alternative ways to share professional learning tips and strategies through what has been dubbed as #PottyPD.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2020

A checklist, described during the presentation, guides their design, from conceptualization to a final product that they can market on social tools like Flipgrid , which allows learners to create and post videos to share with peers. About the Presenter. She is also the co-founder of Edcamp St. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2018

By now the term professional learning network (PLN) is used very often, but much of the time it refers to the virtual type, meaning our online colleagues and networks. Despite that, I learned more in one hour than I had in several all-day formal sessions.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Pam also loves to create resources to share with educators through her website www.spedtechgeek.com , Twitter, as community manager of the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group and other social media platforms. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. 12-hours of professional learning credit!

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. This post was also a guest post for McGraw-Hill Education. If no, then why not? It’s awesome!

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Kyle Pace

DECEMBER 5, 2016

All too often in education – whether that be at a conference, in a professional learning workshop, or even at a faculty meeting, we have become used to one person in the room being the “expert”, or the “Oz” around a particular topic. We have to diligently keep encouraging educators to try moving forward with one thing at a time.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation report addresses this challenge of digital equity in term of how school districts are ensuring that students experience innovative, creative, and engaging learning experiences. The presenters all agree that there are many hurdles, especially in a rural district, to meet the digital equity challenge.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 18, 2015

I would not recommend STARTING to form a Professional Learning Network when attending a conference for the first time. Also, the connections I've made have encouraged me to not only attend conferences but also to present at them. I've also learned not take for granted the connections at home.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 3, 2015

Great group shot of #edcampusdoed w/ @arneduncan pic.twitter.com/oex1G4cNcg — Zac Chase (@MrChase) May 29, 2015 #EdCampUSA On Friday, May 29, I had the privilege to attend #EdCampUSA (aka EdCamp DOED) in Washington D.C. This was no ordinary EdCamp. This EdCamp was held at the U.S. GET YOURSELF TO AN EDCAMP!

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 27, 2015

Instead of ”professional development,” we need authentic, personalized “professional learning opportunities” that improve workflow and foster creativity. Here are few of the unique ways educators are given opportunities to expand their learning environment through creative measures.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Have you ever sat in a 3 hour PD where the speaker read each line of their 175 slide presentation of text verbatim? Trainer using outdated technology to present, or presenting on a topic that is obsolete and not needed. Their professional learning should be personalized. nah me either.

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My Island View

JULY 7, 2016

Edcamps, One-to-One initiatives, Flipped Class, BYOD and connected collaboration were all topics discussed and vetted long before they were even recognized in the brick and mortar world of education. I presented and held office in organizations in order to meet that goal to attend as many conferences as I could.

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My Island View

JULY 7, 2016

Edcamps, One-to-One initiatives, Flipped Class, BYOD and connected collaboration were all topics discussed and vetted long before they were even recognized in the brick and mortar world of education. I presented and held office in organizations in order to meet that goal to attend as many conferences as I could.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast. Need a Presenter? Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter , or to Broadcast your conference LIVE! This is such a great teaching/learning resource. It inspired me to start planning the first edcamp buffalo (@edcampbflo)!

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Hansen's Link to Tech

OCTOBER 2, 2014

What is a Professional Learning Network? It''s a flexible, teacher-driven activity space that facilitates personalized professional development. If the acronym PLN or term Professional Learning Network has crossed your path over the past few years, I''m wondering has it been explained or demonstrated?

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