A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

I remember a few years back during a meeting with teacher leaders, a tipping point that would ultimately change the direction of professional growth at my school. Undeterred, I continued to talk about the concept of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and what it had done for my professional growth.

Digital Badges 293

Digital Badges Personal Learning Network Common Core Professional Learning 293

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Educator voice can be cultivated using the following strategies: Flipped staff meetings – Everyone who plans a meeting works terribly hard to develop and then get through an agenda. This results in a death-by-meeting scenario and is a main reason why most people hate meetings.

Advocacy 178

Advocacy Digital Badges Education Meeting 178

techlearning

AUGUST 6, 2018

If we have heard it said once, we have heard it said 1,000 times: Professional Development is Broken For every time we have heard that said, we have also heard suggestions on how to fix it. Schools want their educators to learn and grow, but in practice, professional development is innately broken, or even in some situations, nonexistent.

Course 44

Course Professional Learning Digital Badges System 44

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Whether it be in the form of endless piles of paperwork, never ending observations, meetings with parents, attending events, developing a master schedule, or constructing a school budget – there never seemed like enough time in my day to even get those responsibilities done. Consider flipping your faculty meetings.

Digital Badges 373

Digital Badges Personal Learning Network Flipped Classroom Meeting 373

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. personalized. They offer over three hundred micro-credentials addressing all levels of personal learning (more on that later).

Assessment 154

Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 154

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

He has presented regionally, statewide and nationally on topics that have a foundation in professional learning communities and innovative schools. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders.

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EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 50

MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In order to help teachers learn and and become proficient in relevant skills, a nascent movement of nonprofits, states, districts and educators are exploring what a competency-based professional learning system could look like using micro-credentials. They are considering peer reviews by teachers from other districts.

Blended Learning 68

Blended Learning Course Digital Badges Professional Learning 68