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Interview: How Wyoming is reimagining edtech professional learning
02/27/2020
Topics: Advocacy and funding, ISTE Certification, professional learning
State leaders, including Wyoming’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, are learning that access to technology alone doesn’t guarantee improved pedagogy. Access must be matched by efforts…
New OECD Report Shows Major Gap in Preparing Teachers to Use Technology Effectively
06/19/2019
Topics: ISTE Certification, professional learning, Teacher training
WASHINGTON, DC - Findings from the Teaching and Learning International Survey, coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), released today show that preparing teachers to effectively use technology for learning remains a challenge for countries around the…
The Perfect Blend
Topics: Curriculum, Education leadership, professional learning
A Practical Guide to Designing Student-Centered Learning Experiences
Product code: BLENDE
ISBN: 9781564848451
Expected publication date: 05/2020
Topics: Personalized learning, Online learning, Curriculum
Length: 176…
STEAM Power
Topics: Personalized Learning, professional learning, Standards
Infusing Art Into Your STEM Curriculum
Product code: STEAMN
ISBN: 9781564848215
Expected publication date: 03/2020
Topics: STEM & STEAM, Robotics, Makerspaces, Augmented reality, Standards, Coding & robotics
Length:…
Learning First, Technology Second
Topics: Assessment, Curriculum, professional learning, Standards
The Educator’s Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons
Product code: ENGAGE
ISBN: 9781564843890
Published: 2017
Topics: Curriculum, Assessment, Standards, Professional learning
Length: 220 pages
Embed the learning sciences into professional learning
06/05/2019
Topics: Course of Mind, Learning sciences, professional learning
Have you ever been to a professional learning (PL) session and loved the ideas presented but left thinking, “There is already too much on my plate. How am I ever going to implement this?” As educators we…
7 ways to create PD webinars that engage your audience
01/14/2020
Topics: ISTE Expert Webinars, Professional development, professional learning
Rose loved the idea of attending webinars, or online professional development (PD) presentations, online. If she watched them live, she could chat with other participants while hearing about new content from national experts. If not, she could tune in later to the archived version, while making…
New Book from ISTE Shows Educators How to Help Students Distinguish Between Fact and Fiction in the Age of Fake News
12/19/2018
Topics: Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Literacies, Makerspaces, professional learning
WASHINGTON – December 19, 2018 – The International Society for Technology in Education, the premier source for books about education technology, is releasing a new book, …
There's more to digital equity than devices and bandwidth
10/03/2018
Topics: 1:1, Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Education leadership, Gamification, Gaming, Makerspaces, Mobile learning, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, STEM & STEAM, Technology infrastructure, Tools
The past decade has seen a narrowing of the digital divide when it comes to two things: the number of devices in classrooms and the Wi-Fi that transforms these devices into powerful learning tools.
But it’s premature to say the digital playing field has been leveled.…
5 ways to break through leadership barriers
06/03/2020
Topics: professional learning
Desiree Alexander knows firsthand the barriers that people of color face in breaking into areas that have been traditionally white and male. As a black woman and a former instructional technology supervisor in a large school district in Louisiana, people would approach one of her white male…