Effective professional learning is like a time-release capsule; its contents cannot be absorbed in a single day or week, but must be infused into the system over time to yield desired results in student achievement.
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The Hub For Teachers - 1 views
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Communication skills are critical for today's students. Reading, writing and the ability to tell a story set the stage for success. The Hub, a new TV destination dedicated to bringing kids and families together, is partnering with Discovery Education to support teachers in this important endeavor. Here you'll find inspiration to engage and inspire your budding writers. Meet the artists, editors and writers that bring good stories to life-and watch your students' communication skills soar!
NZ Interface Magazine | Eight habits of highly effective 21st century teachers - 0 views
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We hear a lot about the 21st century learner - but what about the 21st century teacher? Andrew Churches investigates what makes them succeed. What are the characteristics we would expect to see in a successful 21st century educator? Well, we know they are student-centric, holistic, and they're teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know, too, that
Using Google Docs in the Classroom - 0 views
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We've heard many ingenious ways that teachers have used Google Docs in the classroom. Here are just a few: * Promote group collaboration and creativity by having your students record their group projects together in a single doc. * Keep track of grades, attendance, or any other data you can think of using an easily accessible, always available spreadsheet. * Facilitate writing as a process by encouraging students to write in a document shared with you. You can check up on their work at any time, provide insight and help using the comments feature, and understand better each students strengths. * Create quizzes and tests using spreadsheets forms, your students' timestamped answers will arrive neatly ordered in a spreadsheet. * Encourage collaborative presentation skills by asking your students to work together on a shared presentation, then present it to the class. * Collaborate on a document with fellow teachers to help you all track the status and success of students you share. * Maintain, update and share lesson plans over time in a single document. * Track and organize cumulative project data in a single spreadsheet, accessible to any collaborator at any time.
1-to-1 Laptop Program Success Stories - 1 to 1 Schools - 1 views
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"What expectations do teachers need to come with? How do you support teachers going into 1:1? * Get rid of network Nazi's who don't have any business making curriculum decisions for teachers. (This comment received lots of applause!) * Invest in staff development. That includes instructional and technical support. * "Just in time training" available for teachers."
EdTech Conference | eInstruction - 1 views
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$3500 to host a conference
Building successful teams a Catch-22 - Ars Technica - 0 views
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It's one of the inevitabilities of modern corporate life: being stuck on a team that keeps discussing things you already know, unable to come to an agreement on how to measure progress, much less on how to make any
Education Week: Making Every Educator a Learning Educator - 0 views
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The central office is critical to the success in these systems and others.
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When using the Diigo toolbar you can see highlights on this page
GE | Plug Into the Smart Grid - 0 views
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The augmented reality that Harvey showed at the SUCCESS keynote
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