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5 ways every educator can lead change
11/15/2017
Topics: 1:1, BYOD, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Education leadership, Flipped learning, Literacies, Mobile learning, Online learning, professional learning
Educational technology has long been considered a subset among a host of education topics. That’s no longer the case, says educator Mark Gura, who believes a powerful reversal is happening – a reversal that’s creating a new reality in schools worldwide…
5 trends from the Digital Citizenship Summit
11/14/2017
Topics: 1:1, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Digital Citizenship, Flipped learning, Gaming, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Online learning, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Each year, educators, students, parents, industry members and others gather for the National Digital Citizenship Summit. The goal of this event is to expand the conversation and inspire collaborative change around issues related…
Share your teaching adventure through blogging
10/27/2017
Topics: professional learning
Over the course of five years, educator Jennie Magiera has written 182 blog posts, received 642 comments and netted 1.5 million page views.Sharing her teaching adventure started with…
How to curate quality resources for any classroom or subject
10/25/2017
Topics: professional learning
The ISTE Standards for Educators challenge teachers to become leaders, creators and facilitators.
Standard 2: “Leader” encourages educators to model for colleagues the identification,…
9 things teachers should share on social media
10/06/2017
Topics: professional learning
While many educators are spot on in their efforts to teach students to be good digital citizens, they sometimes forget to apply those lessons to themselves.
Teachers have digital identities of their own…
The best PD comes from your professional learning network
10/05/2017
Topics: professional learning
The ISTE Standards for Educators challenge teachers to become leaders, creators and facilitators of dynamic or transformative…
4 coaching resources to help teachers take charge of their professional development
09/22/2017
Topics: professional learning
Educator empowerment is a thread that runs through all of the ISTE Standards for Educators, particularly with the Leader standard.
But Instructional Technology Coach Gregory Gilmore says a…
Supporting school leaders through video coaching
09/07/2017
Topics: professional learning
Strong leadership contributes greatly to the achievement of both educators and students and, ultimately, the overall success of a school. IDEA Public Schools is committed to ensuring transformational leadership across our schools in the San Antonio, Austin, and Rio Grande Valley regions of…
Educator Standards make their way into Texas law
07/26/2017
Topics: Advocacy, professional learning
In the same month the new ISTE Standards for Educators were launched, the governor of Texas signed a bill requiring that preservice teachers be evaluated on their ability to teach in a digital environment,…
What's missing from mobile learning
07/15/2017
Topics: 1:1, Mobile learning, professional learning
They had the infrastructure: a schoolwide Wi-Fi network backed by robust high-speed broadband. They had the devices: 1:1 iPads for seventh-grade students. They even had an evaluation process to ensure their…