Professional Learning
EdTech
Google Apps Summer Camp: Drive
Google Drive is, hands down, my favorite Google App for Education and the one which I believe could be your favorite too. Why? Because it does everything.
Personalized Learning
Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning
One of the most exciting ideas presented in the paper is what we truly believe to be the future of teacher preparation and ongoing development--micro-credentials, likely displayed as digital badges--that would signify accomplishment and measure and reward competency-based outcomes for educators.
Competency-Based Education
Preparing Teachers For Deeper Learning
A Getting Smart white paper that outlines the attributes of next-generation teacher preparation with recommendations to support the development of teacher preparation and development systems.
Competency-Based Education
Infographic: Competency-Based Teacher Prep & PD
This infographic, “Competency-Based Teacher Preparation & Professional Development,” outlines how the role of teachers is changing amid broader shifts to personalized, blended and deeper learning.
EdTech
10 Spring Cleaning To Dos for Your Digital Abode: Part I
By: Tracy Clark. It’s spring cleaning time and your digital life is no exception!
Personalized Learning
Are You Ready to Be Relevant, Or Will Natural Selection Happen to You?
After reading the following six traits, ask yourself, are you primed to remain relevant, or a potential victim of educator evolution?
EdTech
To “Dream Big” Was More Than A Chromebook in Every Students Hands
By: Ernie Delgado. The great thing about technology is that there is always something new on the horizon that will be amazing for teachers and students.
Uncategorized
Get Out of the Way
Learning alongside our peers, we experimented with Visible Thinking strategies, tweeted “headlines” representing our individual SXSWedu experiences, thought about what we want our students to be like and reflected on a shift in our thinking about what needs to take place in order for educational innovation to occur.
Personalized Learning
A Look Inside Standards-Based Grading at Starr Detroit Academy
By: Jeremy Vidito. Standards-based grading was one of numerous strategies we implemented from Day 1. And it became evident quite early in our first year that we had some challenges to overcome if we were going to successfully implement standards-based grading.
Personalized Learning
The Maker Spirit is Alive in Portland ( at #ipdx14 )
Great educators here in Portland are getting excited and ready to kick off their next two days of learning together- definitely feeling moved by the maker spirit.