Discovery Education

JULY 10, 2023

Education is constantly changing—from how to engage today’s students to updated technology in the classroom, there’s always something new to learn. So how can professional learning help keep educators up to speed with all these changes?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for personalized professional learning. Because they are on-demand, micro-credentials also enable educators to continue their professional learning from home during periods like COVID-19 school closures and summer break.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

There is often a debate in physical and virtual spaces about who should facilitate professional learning for educators. Quality professional learning takes time and goes well beyond one and done. That is what all educators expect and deserve when it comes to professional learning. Substance matters.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Maybe the 45-minute commute had a little to do with it, but the main culprit was how I used available time in the classroom. I share this story because of what I have either seen or been told is happening in classrooms at this very moment. Seek out or ask for professional learning support on remote and hybrid pedagogy.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. What did we learn about coaching trends in the U.S.? 11 from 3-4 p.m.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. However, with educators pivoting to distance learning, organizers have developed virtual Edcamps to continue creating opportunities for voice and choice in their professional learning.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2018

I fear that many schools and districts have not invested in building a professional learning infrastructure to nurture the spark created during stand-alone professional development days. That said, inspiring educators to change their teaching practices and reimagine learning in their classrooms is not an easy feat.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2019

This past Thursday I created 25 professional learning ‘conversation stations’ for my principal licensure students. I printed them all out and spread them around our classroom (which is a school library). How are you introducing school leaders and teachers to alternative (better) forms of professional learning?

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

The different factors that we know impact learning encompass the whole child—not just their math and literacy skills but also their cognitive abilities, social-emotional states, and their personal background. All of these factors interact to impact a child’s readiness to learn when they come into the classroom.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment. We recognize that while educators adapt to new realities, they remain dedicated to their students’ well-being and learning.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JULY 25, 2023

Discovery Education today unveiled an engaging, no-cost professional learning event, as well as updated digital resources coming this Fall designed to support educators’ efforts to ignite the natural curiosity of every K-12 student.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. For example, if it’s just a cute little game for elementary school students, it’s not meeting the goal of enhancing learning. jena.passut_7651.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A TEACHER-RETENTION.COM PRESENTATION ON NANO LEARNING and TEACHER PD…From our good friends at Boxlight, we have Brittany Peterson and Evan Brus on introducing Nano Learning into the PD experience and into K12 classrooms via EOS Education’s PD See all we do at.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Micro-credentials empower educators by showcasing the professional learning skills they are using every day to develop the students in their classrooms. The Institute has developed a series of micro-credentials around personalized learning implementation based on our Honeycomb Model. Christina Sprader.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

It’s one thing to attend a professional learning or instructional coaching session—but taking what you’ve learned and putting it into action is another. My time as a classroom educator helped me realize a passion for helping fellow teachers learn and grow. 1 Embrace the experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The math department at Corinth High school has been using the flipped approach with Bitmoji classrooms as well as self-paced programs with a great deal of success. For more remote and hybrid learning strategies and resources click HERE. Under the current circumstances, I would agree.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google Classroom can be used for so much more than just your traditional classroom LMS. Consider these 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom. Keep reading! Click To Tweet.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

Since pacing is a pivotal component of both personalized and blended learning, I did another Google search for ways to integrate timers into Google Slides. The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Mark Sparvell cites current research about what students really want in their classroom and how social-emotional learning relates to education technology. Mark has taught both pre-service and post-graduate studies.

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Digital Promise

JULY 29, 2019

The Differentiating Instruction to Support Refugee Students micro-credential aims to build differentiation strategies along content, process, product, and learning environment to promote the highest levels of learning for all students in a classroom. Start earning these micro-credentials today!

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2019

Professional learning for educators comes in many flavors: Face-to-face, blended, online Content-driven, instructional practices, Edtech focused Faculty meeting, half-day, conference session If we were all to think long enough we could come up with a list of the best professional learning we've participated in and what made it great.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 9, 2023

Professional development (PD) is something that is typically "done" to educators. On the other hand, professional learning is something they actively WANT to engage in to grow. In this piece of #EDvice below, I dive into a mindset shift from professional development to professional learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Key points: Flexibility can help teachers adapt to unforeseen circumstances Keep in mind that there are always opportunities in the classroom See related article: 5 strategies to ignite student engagement For more news on teaching trends, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page “In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A personal learning network is a group of people you connect with to learn from through their ideas, questions, backgrounds, and references. The post 10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network appeared first on TeachThought.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Why should professional learning be a part of every technology initiative? Because of equity, said the three leading superintendents on the edLeader Panel, “ Creating and Leading a Professional Team of Lifelong Learners.” Professional learning should be grounded in the needs of the students.

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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. It gave me great ideas to take back to my classroom and start using immediately. -

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Learning in Hand

MAY 24, 2017

Participation in Google Classroom used to be limited to those with G Suite for Education accounts. This is a big deal because it opens up Google Classroom to many more users and uses. If you are already familiar with Google Classroom, you can skip ahead to to Professional Learning Possibilities and Professional Learning Workflow.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Another way technology can be used to transform teaching and learning is by enhancing engagement and motivation. It can be leveraged to create interactive and immersive learning experiences that can help students stay engaged and motivated in the classroom. A great deal of money has been spent globally on technology.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Teachers are constantly engaging with others—students, parents, and colleagues—yet they are the only ones with a complete understanding of their classrooms and practices. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools.

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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2021

However, we’ve launched an unique learning opportunity that provides educators the opportunity to facilitate design thinking activities with their students, and to receive professional development credit through a micro-credential. Explore the Digital Promise Micro-credential Platform and start earning today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2019

Rachael Mann on Episode 492 The first person to walk on Mars has already been born and is in our classrooms today, so the experts tell us. He or she could be in your classroom or mine. Today we talk to Rachael Mann, author of The Martians in Your Classroom: STEM in Every Learning Space.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Firefly is designed to be safe for commercial use, and thanks to guardrails encouraging appropriate use, it is ready to be used in classrooms. Educators are just beginning to discover the most exciting ways that generative AI can engage students, drive deeper learning, save time and streamline mundane tasks. Alliance.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Multilingual students come to the classroom with unique cultural experiences and language practices. When recognized and built into instruction, learners see that their cultural and linguistic uniqueness is valued, relevant, and crucial to how and what they learn.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2023

A few years later, we are beginning to get an idea of the most pressing issue at hand, which is learning recovery. During coaching visits across the country, educators share the difficulty of having classrooms of students where the majority are at different grade levels. So how do we begin to address this issue?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To that end, we chatted with HP Teaching Fellows Rola Tibshiran i, Vicky Masson , Joseph Filipic , Jim Pedrech and Chad Sorrells about how critical professional learning networks (PLNs) have been to both their craft and their well-being. The HP Teaching Fellows, part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, is one such network.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the absence of authentic meaning there is a tendency to disconnect or go off task, putting the learning experience at hand in jeopardy of not being successful. No one wants this, especially teachers who have spent a great deal of time planning lessons.

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