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How Choice Boards Energize Teachers for Professional Development and Video Reflection

Edthena

It’s possible to create this type of experience within the professional development realm, too. Choice boards, a strategy sometimes used for students in classrooms, can be reimagined to create a menu of options within teacher professional development. How to use choice boards for teacher professional development?

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

ED Surge

It’s September 2021 and as one of the district’s instructional technology content leaders, I have finally been given the green light to host in-person professional development (PD) for this group of eager teachers after months of meeting online. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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A Classroom Teacher’s Take on AI

The Effortful Educator

I believe the last few monthly professional development offerings at my school have had a portion of time dedicated to different AI tools available to teachers to assist with writing lesson plans or developing questions from text or organizing and presenting content.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

A 2017 article by Edutopia states that students do not retain memorized facts and dates very well but they do remember first-person accounts that emotionally connect them to the subject.

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Classroom Behavior Management Ideas to Try

Studies Weekly

According to an article by Occupational Therapy Helping Children, proprioception is often referred to as a sixth sense because it tells the body where it is in space. The article explains: Its very important to the brain, as it plays a large role in self-regulation, coordination, posture, body awareness, focus, and speech.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

ED Surge

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. I knew of ChatGPT from reading articles online, but I didn't know how it worked. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays!

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OPINION: Three misunderstandings about open resources

The Hechinger Report

District sponsorship allows for the development of broader materials: entire units, rather than lesson plans. The third and final common misunderstanding is that open educational resources are comprised of an supplement-scale content, such as lesson plans, practice items, and articles.