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Contents contributed and discussions participated by holly_esterline

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Kyra Dulmage | Elementary Teacher Online Portfolio - 2 views

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    This is an interesting, attractive, well-organized portfolio with a different layout than other examples I've seen.
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Student Privacy 101: FERPA for Parents and Students - YouTube - 0 views

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    4" video explaining FERPA
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PTAC Guidance Videos | Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) | U.S. Department of ... - 0 views

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    videos on protecting student privacy, developing policies, using media, etc.
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Three Reasons to Collaborate Beyond Your School Walls - 0 views

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    Sarah Thomas talks about the importance of collaboration
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Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org - 0 views

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    Initially I clicked on his blog because he's from Texas and so am I. I discovered Miguel Guhlin was blogging about digital safety and revamping professional development, and he is interesting and easy to read.
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Oelwein Personalized PD - 0 views

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    Step-by-step process educators in this district follow to integrate technology
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Individualized Technology Goals (ITGs) for Teachers: A Fable of the Staff Development w... - 0 views

  • other types of staff development, including modeling, co-teaching, conferencing, finding resources, and mentoring her teachers.
  • She focused her time on individual teachers and their needs using Vygotsky's theory of the Zone of Proximal Development and scaffolding.
  • collaborate with other teachers if they want to choose the same goal
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  • Flexible Differentiated Plan
  • how can we make them more independent
  • requires much collaboration, discussion, and time, because each plan is tailored to that campus and to individual teachers' needs.
  • improvement in instruction takes work, practice, and a determination to not just recognize systematic problems, but to fix them.
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    a couple of good outlines of the process for individualized PD
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Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Ultimately I focused on the underlying learning objectives that I wanted, complete with students, and found digital tools to complement or enhance those skills.
  • The key in all of this is good instructional design along with a consistent vision and culture built by school administration.
  • An administrator's biggest mistake is to make technology seem like a mandated item
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  • However, when you're starting out with tech integration, find a focus.
  • Ultimately it's not about how many apps we integrate, but about providing our students with the best access and opportunities to contemporary learning resources
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Technology Integration Research Review: Avoiding Pitfalls | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Professional development should be job-embedded, linking technology usage to specific content standards and learners in teachers' classrooms, and should also provide technical support.
  • Successful schoolwide technology integration ultimately requires a schoolwide cultural shift
  • In explaining how people become digitally literate, breadth of use, experience, gender, and education are more important than generation
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  • Designing projects and systems that require or allow for collaboration is a key challenge for teachers who wish to integrate technology effectively.
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Tom Loud, Ed.S on Twitter: "Traditional vs. Collaborative Leadership #edchat https://t.... - 0 views

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    Traditional vs. Collaborative Leadership
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Future Ready: Growing Teachers As Leaders - YouTube - 1 views

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    I'm a little partial to this video because it includes a segment on the importance of librarians in implementing change. "Trust is about empowerment and creating permission for people to take risks in such a way that enables them to innovate, to iterate." "...have realistic expectations for what's going to happen. As much as there's a learning curve for students, there is very much for adults, too..."
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Cultivating a New Leadership Archetype | Edutopia - 1 views

  • the "positive contagion." Leaders matter less for the ideas that they possess and more for their ability to connect ideas (sometimes controversial) and people across their organizations.
  • By attending to our human need to create, connect, and play, leaders assure that great ideas can evolve from young seedlings into robust, self-supporting ecosystems.
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    focuses on school principals, but the 4 practices discussed here could apply to anyone in a leadership role
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