That's why so many of us have to seek out PD opportunities both on and offline on our own time, past the meetings and opportunities provided by our school.
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Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach - Education Week - 3 views
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Discussion on how technology is being used and why we're still struggling to give more control of learning to students. A good read!
Plan a Better iMovie Trailer with These PDFs - Learning in Hand - 3 views
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"Students and teachers are making trailers to do things like demonstrate their learning, explain vocabulary words, document experiments, preview novels or textbook chapters, summarize historical events and promote school activities. " Tony provides great tips on how to outline a trailer and student/teacher examples.
Google Classroom | Teacher Tech - 1 views
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Want to learn about Google Classroom? Alice Keeler has written a lot of posts & they're gathered on this blog post for us. Lots of good ones to choose from.
Integrating the 16 Habits of Mind | Edutopia - 1 views
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Was reminded today as I was reading that an important skillset for students is learning Habits of Mind. This article gives a good overview of 16 habits of mind.
Open Video Annotation Project: ucfirst(Home) - 4 views
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Open Video Annotations for teaching, learning and research.
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Open Video Annotations for teaching, learning and research.
Learn Touch Typing Free - TypingClub - 2 views
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"This online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed!" - check out this program for your class/school. Free and inexpensive paid versions.
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"This online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed!" - check out this program for your class/school. Free and inexpensive paid versions.
A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models - 4 views
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Helpful dictionary of terms you will see in 21st Century learning models.
Five Characteristics of Learner-Centered Teaching | Faculty Focus - 4 views
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On the Teaching Professor blog, the author starts with: "In May I finished a second edition of my Learner-Centered Teaching book. Revising it gave me the chance to revisit my thinking about the topic and look at work done since publication of the first edition ten years ago. It is a subject about which there is still considerable interest." And that it is. Check out the five characteristics of Learner-Centered Teaching helped me to think about my own thoughts of Learner-Centered engagement as a Tech. Coordinator who loves teachers and teaching.
Tony's Infopics - Learning in Hand - 2 views
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"An infopic is a photo with text layered on top that is designed to communicate a message. The message might be a summary, quote, definition, notes, data, weblink, hashtag, or other informational tidbits. The information might come from a conference, workshop, activity, lesson, video, book, a conversation, etc. Your blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Plus are great places to share infopics." Tony shares how to create infopic in a great video. He is an amazing teacher!
Top 10 e-Learning Statistics for 2014 You Need To Know - eLearning Industry - 0 views
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"The rise in e-Learning's popularity isn't showing any signs of slowing. In fact, judging by the following Top 10 eLearning statistics for 2014 article and infographic, the future of the e-Learning Industry is brighter than ever."
Edu Change & Advocacy: Let's Transform Education By Focusing on Tranformation - 0 views
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"What Is Transformational In Your Educational Vision? Part of the challenge in educational reform is that not everyone defines learning or education the same way. Sure, we all refer to things such as literacy, college and career ready, 21st century skills, etc. However, what is the core purpose of one's education? Beyond specifics related to employment skills, literacy skills and standards mastery, I offer up this idea: Education is meant to transform one's life. In other words, education has to dramatically, or even radically, transform the person into a new, improved person that is more emotionally, socially, and intellectually ready for any challenge the world has to offer."
MathTimeAttack! Free on the App Store on iTunes - 0 views
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"Math Time Attack! has Flashcards, Quiz and Test modes to help learn and recall multiplication, division, addition and subtraction with an emphasis on speed and accuracy."
5 Tools for Adding Questions and Notes to Videos - 3 views
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Some neat tools for annotating Youtube videos and assessing student understanding/learning during and after the video.
How to: Inquiry | YouthLearn - 3 views
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"Will you ever just walk into class and ask, "Okay, what do you want to study today?" Of course not. Inquiry-based learning is founded on students taking the lead in their own learning, but it still requires considerable planning on your part. Projects must fit into your larger program structure, goals and plans, but the students will be actively involved in planning the projects with you and asking the questions that launch their individual inquiries." In thinking about PBL and other inquiry-based learning, this post and the graphic of the inquiry process are easy to connect with.
Mobilize for Productivity [Infographic] - Learning in Hand - 2 views
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Tony Vincent shares a powerful infographic that may just help you mobilize for greater productivity. Check it out!
5 Great Teachers On What Makes A Great Teacher : NPR Ed : NPR - 1 views
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I know I'm going to get pushback on this, but I think one of the major problems we face in cultivating great teachers is that we don't pay enough attention, especially in K-12, to the learning of the teacher.
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So many great points by veteran teachers - one with over 50 years of teaching experience - on what makes a great teacher - not just the quality, but the process of becoming/sustaining excellence in teaching
10 Ways to Show Your iPad on a Projector Screen - Learning in Hand - 2 views
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Tony Vincent shares 10 effective ways to displays the iPad on a projector and has a handy chart shows/compares different methods.
Apply for a Teacher Travel Grant This Summer - 1 views
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Lots of links for finding support for innovative professional learning.
