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For John Danner, learning can be thought about in three parts: the need to know things, how to solve problems, and how to be ...
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Celebrating MOUSE: 15 Years of Engaging Kids, Narrowing Divide
MOUSE celebrated their 15th Anniversary on May 20th with a student led exhibit demonstrating the latest technologies and by h...
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Charter School Authorizing 2.0
Within the richness and diversity of the ed reform sector, the practice of charter school authorizing isn’t the trendiest. ...
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Australian Study Points to Benefits of Games-Based Math
Dr. Kristy Goodwin of Macquarie University studied what she calls Digital Games Based Learning (DGBL) including the deploymen...
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Educator Resuscitation 101: A Prerequisite for Summer Learning
I need to admit something. I am dead. Dead-tired. Exhausted. Fatigued. Drained. Emotionally and physically spent. And no, I d...
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EdTech 10: PD and Pilgrims
When you’re the parent of a 5 year old, you hear lots of jokes. Maybe you’ve heard this one - “If April Showers bring May Flowers, what do May Flowers bring?” That’s right - “Pilgrims!”
6 days ago by Carri Schneider
Leadership
Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools
The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foundation in Las Vegas last week. Teams of principals designed next-gen K-8 and high schools and taught lessons on blended learning components.
7 days ago by Alison Anderson
Leadership
Profession(al) Development
The teaching profession as we know it is changing. It is time to redefine the way we think about developing the profession itself. Margaret Roth and Shelly Blake-Plock describe a new culture of teaching through technologies and pedagogical practices that allows teachers themselves to transform their profession.
7 days ago by Guest Author
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#EdTechChat: Tech Infused PD
Our team started off the week right with another great #EdTechChat (Mondays 8pmET) last night. The spirited group of education leaders discussed how technology is shifting professional development for teachers.
10 days ago by Caroline Vander Ark Davis
Leadership
Teachers Inspiring Teachers in a New Age of PD
A major shift in the force of education has emerged as teachers have become self-directed, independent designers of their own learning. Embracing social media, blogging, and learning from one another in digital spaces, they have forged a new era of professional development that is changing classrooms from the ground u...
4 months ago by Susan Lucille Davis



















