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Visiting Schools: Transformative Professional Learning

Tom Vander Ark

May 31, 2016

Over the years we've visited hundreds of schools, and have found that seeing innovative education models in person can be a transformative professional learning experience for educators and edleaders.

Leadership

Why PD Matters So Much for PBL Teachers

Emily Liebtag

May 29, 2016

Teachers need to have on-going experiences and support with project-based learning (PBL) themselves in order to make all of the elements work in tandem and successfully implement it in the classroom.

EdTech

5 Teacher-Recommended Podcasts that Will Enrich, Entertain and Inspire You

Guest Author

May 23, 2016

By: Kristine Scharaldi. How can a busy teacher find time to discover innovative ideas and new technology tools? Here are five teacher recommended education podcasts that can help.

Leadership

Making Education Research Available to All

Guest Author

May 22, 2016

By: Karen Cator. Digital Promise is offering an interactive Research Map tool to serve as a starting point for education stakeholders to become more familiar with current education research that is available.

EdTech

5 Tips To Kickstart Your Classroom Technology Integration

Guest Author

May 21, 2016

By: Maria Petrovska. In an effort to help other teachers interested in kickstarting technology integration in their classrooms, a teacher shares five tips to get started as well as edtech choices she finds helpful.

Leadership

Preparing Teachers for 21st-Century Learning

Guest Author

May 20, 2016

By: Bill Taylor. How are teachers being developed to use educational technology in a way that best supports a student’s ability to learn?

Personalized Learning

5 Power PBL Examples: Makers, Muppets and More!

Mary Ryerse

May 18, 2016

It’s a project-based world. Personalized project-based learning transforms students. Here are five examples of student projects that are transforming student learning.

Leadership

Five Ways Participants Get Value From Professional Learning MOOCs

Guest Author

May 14, 2016

By: Blythe Tyron. Here are five ways educators gain value from professional development through learning communities or networks such as MOOC-Eds.

EdTech

Designing Digital Learning Professional Development

Emily Liebtag

May 12, 2016

digiLEARN has selected 20 Digital Scholars from across the state of North Carolina to design a plan for what digital learning professional development should look like for their educators.

Leadership

Transforming Schools Through Strengths-Based PD

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2016

By: Laura McBain. What would professional development look like for teachers if we focused on our greatest strengths as opposed to our greatest deficits? Here's an example of changing the mindset and practices of one school by doing just that.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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