Professional Learning
Smart List | 75+ Great Blogs and Email Blasts
Blogs and email newsletters are a great way to keep up to date on the latest ideas, trends and technologies in education, and they can be a breath of fresh air on days that seem to be grinding away particularly slowly. Here are 76 of our favorites.
10 Resources For Connecting Educators
Growing your professional learning network can help you continue to stay innovative and future-focused in your teaching practice. Here are 10 resources that provide opportunities to grow your connections even further.
Project-Based Learning Q&A
At a recent conference we collected a few questions about project-based learning (PBL) that we didn’t get to address, so here are some solid answers and great examples to keep the conversation going.
Smart Review | Check123
Though videos in general aren’t new or innovative, this platform is. If you’ve ever googled a topic and found a million videos, then wasted your planning period wading through them, this tool may be for you.
7 Resources to Help Avoid Summer Brain Drain
During summer break it's important for students and teachers to relax but to also make sure they have a plan to avoid summer brain drain. Here are 10 resources to help keep your mind sharp for fall.
10 New & Innovative EdTech Products Announced at ISTE 2017
ISTE 2017 is a wrap, and this year’s roundup of new products and ideas announced at the world’s second largest EdTech event didn’t disappoint. Here's a list of our top 10 innovative products and tools featured at this year’s conference.
The Future of Professional Learning: 5 Design Principles that Transform
What if professional learning experiences offered a diverse set of entry points--and future career paths? Here, we look at a number of design principles that should be factored into high-quality professional learning.
Digital Promise Making Research Accessible to Educators
Solid research is the underpinning of innovations that have a truly positive impact on those whom they touch. In this post, we look at a new tool that's improving access to relevant, high-quality education research.
10 Summer Learning Ideas for Teachers
Summer is here, and we have some great ideas for how to “blend” your summer break time with great learning opportunities. Keep the momentum to hit the ground running when summer comes to an end, and have a blast in the meantime!
Smart List: 40 Coding & Computer Science, Assessment & Data Resources
Did you know that Cause + Code = The New Impact Formula? Today, we’re taking the time to recognize and share out 40 valuable coding, computer science, assessment and data resources for students and educators.