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From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer

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Grab Your Tents: Time to Go Ed-Camping Okay, so for most of these edcamp events you probably won’t need a tent, but they are often full of multi-day events (so pack snacks). For all you technology enthusiasts in California, CUE, an association that supports educators in the use of technology, has both free and paid events this summer.

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Chaula Gupta Joins Digital Promise as Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Digital Promise

In this new role, effective May 2, Gupta will oversee Digital Promise’s national program team and an expanding international portfolio in partnership with leading international education and education technology organizations. and global education,” said Digital Promise President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard.

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Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

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My job is to interview and survey the pioneers, investors and stakeholders who drive technological change, share their stories, and collaborate with very smart people to build and distribute tools that help everyone else get involved. Badging, micro-credentials and curation technologies are making this a reality.

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Coming This Summer: Powerful, Peer-Led Professional Development That Won’t Bore

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It wasn’t a few hundred strangers sitting through workshops and absentmindedly checking their email; it was some 200 peers challenging, inspiring and pushing one another to new heights. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the model has gained traction among educators in recent years. The list goes on and on.

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How Design Thinking Can Help Teachers Solve Real Problems—and Find Their Voice

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But these conferences are not like an edcamp or an unstructured unconference of the kind you may have heard of. This one focuses on getting educators to define some of their biggest challenges and then work together to figure out solutions in a workshop format that draws heavily from the world of design thinking.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. Also, people have used it to create, like we’ve had a summer technology institute, and we’ve created our schedules for that institute within FlipSnack and then shared the FlipSnack book out. Try FlipSnack!

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Summer PD Feel Overwhelming? An Improviser’s Mindset Can Help You Keep Cool

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A quick tour of the edu-blogosphere reveals numerous reading lists, playlists, conferences, workshops, seminars, webinars, retreats and edcamps to engage with over two short months. But for many of us, professional development opportunities wrestle for space amongst family vacations, home projects, and part-time jobs.

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