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Community Engagement Project: my story+your story=our story

Jan August 23, 2020 August 23, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Student Standards

Background to Community Engagement Project The Community Engagement Project seems to have coincided with a pivotal and defining time for…

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Supporting Teacher Wellness

Jan August 9, 2020 August 9, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Coaching Standards

A shout out to teachers everywhere I love this poster from Washington School PTA. Isn’t it true though? If not…

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Open Education Resources Access for All

Jan July 26, 2020 July 26, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, ISTE Coaching Standards, OER

OER – Not Just a Treasure Hunt for Freebies I love free stuff, especially digital tools and curriculum.  One of…

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Culturally Relevant Teaching

Jan July 12, 2020 July 12, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Bias, CRT, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, Culturally sensitive classroom, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, ISTE Coaching Standards

This week I have been looking at ISTE Coaching Standard 3b which asks coaches to partner with educators to identify…

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Rewarding the Process Develops Student Resilience

Jan June 29, 2020 June 29, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Anxiety, design thinking, growth mindset, ISTE Student Standards, Perfectionism, Performance Anxiety, Project-Based Learning, Resilience, Universal Design for Learning

Yesterday I sat at the piano and played through the whole of Strauss’ Emperor’s Waltz. It’s a beautiful piece when…

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Locate, Evaluate and Curate Information

Jan June 21, 2020 June 21, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, CRAAPO, Google Search Education, ISTE Student Standards, Knowledge Constructor, Smithsonian Learning Lab

This post addresses ISTE student Standard 3 Knowledge Constructor which requires students to critically curate a variety of resources using…

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Professional Development for Teachers as Professional Learners

Jan June 7, 2020 June 7, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, EdCamp Professional Development, Inquiry-based Professional Development, ISTE Coaching Standards, Learning Designer

The most humbling and impacting take-away from this Covid-19 related lockdown for me is a strengthened appreciation for my friends…

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The Times: They are A-ChangEd

Jan May 24, 2020 May 24, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Assignments, Asynchronous, Blended, Digital Age Learning Environments, Facilitator, Flipped Classroom, Hybrid, Hyflex, ISTE Educator Standards, learning environments, Synchronous

A Sink or Swim Moment I have Bob Dylan playing in my head. His 1963 anthem references the huge social-political…

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Augmenting Learner Experiences for All Students

Jan May 10, 2020 May 10, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Designer, ISTE Educator Standards, Universal Design for Learning

How can technology support teachers who want to offer their students augmented experiences for learning after mastery has been attained?…

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Teachers Coaching Teachers

Jan April 26, 2020 April 26, 202001 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Coaching Conversations, feedback, ISTE Educator Standards, Leader, Student-centered Coaching

Share the Love 2 The second standard in ISTE Standards for Educators: Leader requires educators to seek out opportunities to…

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