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. What are your exemplars of effective remote or hybrid teaching and learning, and why? How are you sharing these with colleagues and staff or using them for professional learning and feedback?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2016

Tell me if this sounds familiar: With the 2016 New Year, you resolved to build your Professional Learning Network –finally, to stop living in the 20th century where your world revolved around a sticks-and-bricks building, a landline phone, and the mailbox. Only accept or seek friends who are in your professional area of interest.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

When using social media, think about the platforms being used and mix it up by mashing together text, hyperlinks, images, and video. Consider a daily or weekly YouTube video that can be embedded in a mass email to showcase how teachers are successfully implementing remote learning. This definitely applies now.

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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. In this case, less is more.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Professional learning : Research has shown, and continues to show, that job-embedded, ongoing professional learning results in improved learning outcomes. Leaders can use free social media tools to form a positive public relations platform and become the de facto news source for their school or district.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2023

I often get asked both through social media and in person how to become a consultant. Initially, I had to pause and reflect before responding as I wanted to be very clear on how my journey was more complex than it might seem. Just like for our learners, professional learning needs to be personalized and differentiated.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The catalyst for a significant portion of this growth was my embracement of social media as a powerful leadership tool. For me social media opened the door to a variety of pathways to enhance my ability to lead a comprehensive high school is a way that was more relevant, meaningful, and impactful. Leadership 2.0

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2022

Social media and constant connectivity have evolved into both a blessing and a curse. While you might not be able to control the actions of others fully, you can work to ensure that you are fully present during conversations, meetings, and professional learning events. An engaged leader is one who empowers.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The beginning of the school year always renews my focus on how to improve my leadership skills. Once sustainable change takes hold, we will see the fruits of our labor in the form of transformed teaching and learning practices amongst learners and in ourselves. To my mind, we all have the capacity to lead.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

But if you ask teachers who have never used a social network, blog, or mobile device for learning in their classrooms to discuss connected education, you are likely to be met with blank stares, furrowed eyebrows and shrugged shoulders. This book helps teachers understand how to maximize this incredible power.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 7, 2024

All one has to do is look at the slew of books, social media posts, speakers, and podcasts boasting claims that their big ideas will transform practice over time. For leaders, this could be learning walks, ensuring data is analyzed in professional learning communities, or timely feedback to staff.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

How will pedagogy change in ways that emphasize path, pace, and place? How will assessment and feedback change or improve? What professional learning support is needed to maximize the use of flexible spaces? Educators are now inundated with ideas on how to better design classrooms and schools.

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. Social media can be used as a great communication tool for a district, school, or a classroom. Google+ Communities. Blogs and blogging.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2019

Did you have any initial challenges or reservations about it—and if so, how did you overcome those to develop a robust network and community? I got on Twitter in 2009, which was an accomplishment in itself as I had previously convinced myself that I would never use social media as I didn’t have the time nor saw any value in it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 3, 2017

Angela Stockman facilitates professional learning experiences for K-12 literacy teachers within and beyond her home state of New York. Stay tuned to the end of the show to learn how to figure out if my friend Angela Watson’s 40 Hour Workweek Club is right for you. Want to hear another episode on what to do this summer?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

This three-week course is a follow-on to the introductory class, Tech-infused Teacher , digging into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. social media. social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Learning spaces had to conform to the perceived rule of law in education. The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. We must do this. starting today.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 29, 2022

When it comes to maximizing your ST Math implementation, providing your educators with added support from ST Math’s professional learning (PL) team can give your school or district greater learning outcomes. Learn From the ST Math Experts. Master the Tech. 2nd grade teacher, Washington. Receive Customized Support.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, December 16, 2021) — As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

For more information, check out how to ‘ Equip Your School for the 21st-Century with a Solid Foundation. Commit to Personalized Professional Learning. When it comes to a successful digital conversion, however, professional learning is one of the key vehicles of transformation. But how does the community know?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

As increasing demands on teachers’ time are coupled with the need for remote learning resources, online PD has emerged as an important tool to address new challenges. But how can school leaders integrate online PD into their culture quickly and effectively?

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Tom Murray

MAY 14, 2017

School leaders begin to make their plans for the summer months; from professional learning days to administrative PLCs. BrandED shows school leaders how to move beyond mascots and clever taglines to showcase their school’s assets—and enhance communication with students, parents and all stakeholders. Book: BrandED.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Educators can build confidence in using immersive resources while learning how to create powerful learning moments in any learning environment with Discovery Education and Verizon’s Innovative Learning curated AR/VR professional development content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

Read How to Use Padlet. It’s sort of the reason why it doesn’t seem new and sexy to talk about blogging or to evangelize blogging anymore or show people how to use EduBlog , or how to use WordPress. technologies in connecting educators and creating professional learning communities. And yet, you know what?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Start simple by sending out surveys with Google Forms or Survey Monkey , or interactive video lessons with PlayPosit or EdPuzzle , before meetings and professional learning opportunities. Or, go farther by using technology tools live during these professional learning times. Empower your students/children.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

In todays technology-rich classrooms, digital literacy is becoming a foundational skill–students are learning to navigate devices, use educational software, and collaborate online. They must learn how to understand and interpret data that drives so many aspects of their lives. This is where data literacy comes in.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2013

When you first start using Twitter, one of the things you have to figure out is how to decode Tweets. Probably more than you ever wanted to know about how to decode a Tweet! digital literacy social media social networking twitter' What does each part represent? What does it mean when a word starts with a #?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

on Corippo is the Chief Innovation Officer for CUE, leading CUE’s professional learning throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. Jon Corippo. So on Monday, I give them the test.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2018

This is her fourth year teaching, so it’s all about that relationship that you form and how you can help each other out. We’re in a situation now that we can jump on social media and share and grow with each other, and my goal is to be able to connect people. Jody: It is.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Educators can’t know it all and do it all by magic; they also need to learn. They need to learn about differentiated instruction , flexible learning environments, how to make the most of the school LMS, educational apps, or even VR and drones. And they need all the support they can get in all of these endeavors.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

Jillian DuBois talks about her end of the school year and from the conversation we have twelve inspiring ideas for classrooms everywhere including: How to Use the element of surprise in learning. How Eagles Fly Higher on Turbulent Winds. How to know children even in a very large class. Word "Collection" Ideas. So much so.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 4, 2012

I want to create learning environments for them that allow them to be kids. Why are you so passionate about using social media? Social media has done so much for my own personal and professional learning. I started in social media to share resources easily with teachers in a very small district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

If you’re new to tech education and wonder how to teach kindergartners to use the mouse, first graders to keyboard, third graders to sagely search the internet, pick the brains of our seasoned team of technology teachers. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. social media.

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