Professional Learning
5 Best Practices For Reimagining Professional Learning This Year
By: Sarah Luchs. Based on working with six partner sites in the NGLC Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools, we’ve observed 5 best practices for next-gen learning professional learning. Flexible design enables educators to shape and direct a large portion of their own learning—the what, when and how. Here are 5 ways to get next-gen PD right this year.
2016 SXSWedu PanelPicker is Open!
The SXSWedu PanelPicker is open from now until Friday, September 4. Take a second, register, and click to give these sessions the thumbs up! Austin or bust.
Improving Conditions & Careers: How Blended Learning Can Improve the Teaching Profession
A DLN Smart Series paper that shares how blended learning environments can create more and better opportunities for teacher collaboration, enable differentiated staffing and boost meaningful professional development opportunities.
Executives and Principals Team Up For A Better Workforce
By: Dr. Elaine Liftin. Business executives, nonprofits and principals are working to improve students’ performance in often-struggling public schools.
Horizontal Professional Development: Teachers Teaching Teachers to Develop 21st Century Competencies
By: Linda Hipper - Teachers teaching teachers and using professional development to prepare students with 21st century skills.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.