Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Build your tech-infused classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

Empathy (Source: Participate) While there has been an increase in training around social-emotional learning (SEL) in K-12 classrooms, many professional development (PD) resources for educators treat SEL as a standalone subject rather than a foundational component of learning environments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be a fully-involved and eager risk-taker.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Common Core 79

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Recent research reinforces this perspective. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have long supported teachers in their career development, but with the help of technology, they’re now transforming education itself. We spoke with educators around the country and discovered seven ways that PLCs are transforming teaching and learning in schools.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

Paradigm shifts need to be driven by change agents in classrooms, schools, districts, and other educational organizations across the globe. Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. Communications Schools still rely on traditional means (email, newsletters, phone calls).

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't visit classrooms as frequently as I would have liked, and the feedback I provided in written reports could have done more to enhance teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment.

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Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 505

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. However, school leaders Sarah Pedrotti and Jessica Torres are on a mission to flip the failure narrative and rebrand their school by motivating their teachers through personalized professional development. “You

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 28, 2010

There were sessions about assessment, technology, professional development and others. Members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network), PLC (Professional Learning Community), colleagues, whatever you want to call them, (I call them all friends) were there sharing their learning with not only the new teachers, but with me as well.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Certificate.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 222

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

First and foremost, make the time to learn, grown, and get better as opposed to finding the time. There is nothing more important to an educator, outside of working with kids, than professional learning. Through social media a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a great antidote to the age-old time excuse.

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Digital Badges Personal Learning Network Flipped Classroom Meeting 378

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

It became a uniform focus on how technology would impact learning and whether or not it impacted learning. As a team, they collected assessments and collaborated as a team to ensure that technology had a purpose and a role to enhance learning and increase productivity. Students could learn anywhere that they like.

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Social Media Learning Digital Badges BYOD 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 151

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Personal Learning Network 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

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Resources Common Core Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech coaching/mentoring is available from experts who work with you via email or virtual meetings to prepare lesson plans, teach to standards, integrate tech into core classroom time.

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