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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

edWeb.net

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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3 Ways to Streamline Expectations While Making Things Easier for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

The fact remains that there was no professional learning to prepare for the reality that everyone is facing nor a plan for something like COVID19. I always like to focus on the small wins when I am facilitating professional learning with schools and districts. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

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8 Key Focus Areas for Developing a Re-Entry Plan

A Principal's Reflections

Flexible and Innovative Schedules for Social Distancing There is no guarantee that when schools re-open that social distancing guidelines will be relaxed. This will vary from state to state and country to country, but pre-planning for this now makes sense as remote learning will probably be needed in some form to begin the academic year.

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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

All of these organizations are shifting the needle and rocking professional learning nationwide. This resource is sure to jumpstart your next professional learning or team building activity! Note: There are many other organizations doing great work in these areas that could easily be included in the list below.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

Edsurge

Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. Where do you most often see students struggle when learning AI?

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Leading the Integration of AI in a School System

edWeb.net

According to Larry Cocco, Senior Professional Learning Consultant at edWeb.net, it really is a form of “machine learning based on training,” which provides responses based on probability. The paper also recommends developing education-specific guidelines and guardrails for AI.

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Why Computer Science Belongs in Every Science Teacher’s Classroom

Edsurge

Some of the NGSS guidelines directly overlap with the practices listed in the K-12 Computer Science framework and the new CSTA Computer Science standards. There are many science experiments that cannot be replicated in a classroom—natural ecosystems, radioactivity or natural selection, for example.

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