Professional Learning
Leadership
Good Work: 5 Strategies for Developing Your Mental Model
Media stock plummeted this week. Investors updated their mental models of the media world. It's more important than ever that we improve owr mental model by reading broadly and deeply, seeking feedback, writing and managing your mindset.
Ed Policy
9 Digital Learning Resources: Hitting Refresh on the #SmartSeries
This summer we worked with Digital Learning Now to hit refresh on a series of papers that provide specific guidance regarding the adoption of higher standards and quality assessments focusing on the shift to personalized digital learning.
Personalized Learning
Next-Gen Virtual PLCs for the Global Educator
By: Kimberly Mitchell. Harnessing the energy of creative teachers worldwide in virtual PLCs is a game changer for how we all learn in next-gen professional development.
EdTech
Hacking Our Way to A Better Education
By: Kirtley Fisher. One day we’ll have the resources every school deserves, but in the meantime, we can use our creativity to give our students the education they deserve. And we’ll do it together with School Hackers.
Leadership
Designing Transformative Professional Learning Experiences
In professional development, let's ask: What can we create together? What do we value and believe to be true? What kind of effort are we willing to expend based on our values and beliefs? By acting on what matters, we can design transformative professional learning.
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To be a Great Teacher, I Will Never Stop Learning
By: Brandon Johnson. There’s always room to grow and improve as an educator, whether it’s through fellowships or other professional development opportunities. Take the time to find a program that will give you skills and confidence.
Leadership
10 Things Your Professional Learning Partners Should Want to Tell You
Why your professional learning partners should model the posture of experimentation by both encouraging and supporting the desire to try new things, asking difficult questions, and pushing boundaries.
Leadership
10 Roles & 7 Recommendations for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark & Karen Cator. If we want more students to experience powerful learning, school and district leaders need to benefit from the same blended, competency-based and deeper learning experiences that they seek to create for students.
Leadership
Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning
A Getting Smart paper released jointly with Digital Promise that advocates for programs that prepare and develop school and district leaders who will create and sustain deeper learning environments in schools.
EdTech
Teachers Model Growth Mindsets During Twitter Ed Chat
By: Heather Ngoma. Ensuring teachers are comfortable with tech tools and social media for professional purposes is a top priority for the Rutgers Alternate Route program. Last month Rutgers immersed a cohort of new teachers in a facilitated discussion on Growth Mindsets via Twitter, here's the results.