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Purchasing Devices Does Not Equate to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Below are some lessons we learned after hitting the reset button on our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative in order to get it right that I captured in a 2015 post. Drive-by professional development did not work in the past.

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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

The paradigm of persistent problems Mary Kennedy’s seminal (2015) paper “Parsing the practice of teaching” sets out the idea that every teacher, no matter their experience, expertise or context, faces the same persistent problems of teaching. Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0.

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What Do Teachers Want from Their Professional Development?

Digital Promise

As instruction becomes increasingly personalized for students, teachers are ready for those same principles to drive their on-going professional development. "Teachers If we focus on learning and development, teachers know where they need to go." ” Drive Professional Growth. "I San Jose, California.

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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015. And, we are recognizing the important skills professional educators develop throughout their careers. Looking to 2015, what will the new year bring for the future of education? Where do you see education moving in 2015?

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Shifts and Issues Associated With The Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

A key question that came out of this analysis was h ow do we know what we b uy today will be compatible in 2014-2015? Utah educators were most concerned about the availability of professional development offerings. Utah educators were most concerned about the availability of professional development offerings.

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Decomposing decision-making: a cognitive dimension to teacher rehearsal

A Psychology Teacher Writes

Professional development often fails to cater for individual needs because it’s unlikely that in a room full of teachers everyone is in roughly the same place in terms of knowledge, experience and expertise. How, then, can we design our professional development to help develop this kind of responsive decision making?

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A Look Back at Digital Promise’s 2015

Digital Promise

As we close 2015, I invite you to join me in reflecting on the year's events, our accomplishments and in looking forward to the year ahead. Also in 2015, we extended our Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative to 21 middle schools nationwide.

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