ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I This is how the last year of teaching went for me. I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care. There was the NCELI (N.C.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment where students are actively engaged and teachers can teach more effectively. This journey requires collaboration among technology teams, instructional coaches and educators.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I teach at the only all-girls school in the state of Minnesota. We are also a devoted Catholic community, founded by the Visitation Sisters to educate young women in virtue, intellect, mind and heart. Unfortunately, teaching women’s studies is still seen as antithetical to Catholicism in our wider school community.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2015

These submissions fell into three categories: “Empowering, Excelling, Elevating" – showcases outstanding leadership, innovative teaching, and learning supported by technology. “Student Productions” – students discuss how technology has changed their learning.

Educational Technology 134

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I’m on the brink of my third year of teaching, inching quickly towards retirement, as recent teacher attrition data suggests. Arguably, many educators, including myself, who began their teaching careers at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic are facing the most demanding year of our careers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

“We don’t know who is choosing it and who is pulling the strings,” said Luis (known as Adrian) Manzano-Anzures, a student at Warren, Michigan’s Macomb Community College, who spoke last month on a panel at EduCon 2.9 , an annual conference about education and technology at Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy, a public magnet school.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Note: This post is directly related to my work at the International Center for Leadership in Education Efficacy has been on my mind a great deal as of late, and as a result, it has been reflected in my writing. This need served as a call to action of sorts and catalyzed my current work.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2014

When it comes to educational technology I often get the feeling that the learning is often secondary. Using technology just for the sake of using it equates to a huge waste of instructional time that could be dedicated to deep, meaningful learning. His tweet contained this message, "Don''t let the device drive instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

This response stood out from the second part of Larry’s piece : " Good teaching is not about where or what to click. Technology will never solve all the ills of education! The biggest problem is that we have been teaching teachers and students how to use technology without giving them the why of technology.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

He identifies two significant facets, with the first revolving around using AI as a tool to enhance learning, emphasizing personalized education and support. The second dimension pertains to teaching young individuals how to harness AI for their future careers, leadership roles and learning opportunities.

Education 141

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Feelings of AI anxiety are valid for a technology that brings so much change and uncertainty. Instead of teaching specific facts and skills, teach timeless skills that allow students to adapt to any challenge or solve any problem. Teaching students Power Skills now prepares them to succeed and adapt in an uncertain future.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“I worked as an administrator for 10 years, so I think about edtech from both sides — both how an administrator makes decisions about edtech tools, but also how we can support our teachers,” Ballard shared in a focus group that was part of a larger project designed to better understand the gap between teaching practices and technology use.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a 2022 fellow of The National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators, I attend an annual retreat designed to provide fellows and alumni with support and resources so we can all reach the common goal of becoming education leaders. At this year’s retreat, Lester Young Jr.,

Leadership 106

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Digital Promise

MARCH 21, 2022

In this new role, effective May 2, Gupta will oversee Digital Promise’s national program team and an expanding international portfolio in partnership with leading international education and education technology organizations.

Leadership 118

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2015

Digital Learning Day provides a powerful venue for highlighting great teaching practices while showcasing innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes.

Artifacts 407

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since its inception, the Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation (CII) has focused on bridging that distance by engaging educators, students, families and communities in co-leadership, co-research and co-design of education solutions. As a result, the solutions are not the typical products or tools.

Education 112

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2012

There were many times during this early period that I questioned the value of the time I was putting in, or the actual impact any of this was having on teaching, learning, school culture, and leadership. connected educators educational leadership educational technology Social Media Twitter'

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Changing teaching was the biggest theme of our most popular articles in October. Also making the list was an essay by a teacher launched into a leadership position at age 26 reflecting on a lack of support during the shift. Can technology help make them less time-consuming to deliver? Will the ideas catch on?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Many writing centers are already jumping in to experiment with new AI tools, making the case both for the continued importance of writing instruction and for their place on campus as a hub for teaching AI literacy. “I Why do we need a required writing course if AI can do everything outside stakeholders want such a course to teach?,”

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Having served on the leadership team of our local PD organization for many years, I’ve planned numerous conferences and knew what needed to be done, but this year was different. As a result, leadership positions remain vacant, and conferences go unattended.

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ED Surge

JULY 23, 2024

Louisiana’s Department of Education decided to tackle some of these challenges by bringing together a group of teachers to recommend solutions — and they’re seeing change take shape. To me, teaching is a pedagogical science, but it requires an artistic delivery,” Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says. “To

Professional Development 105

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

During a panel discussion at 1EdTech’s Learning Impact Conference in Anaheim this summer, distinguished educators shed light on their districts' digital transformations and emphasized the crucial role of collaboration, professional development and buy-in to ensure the effective integration of technology and curriculum.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

We are beginning to see some schools across the country take the lead in merging sound pedagogy with the effective integration of technology. These skill sets include critical thinking/problem solving, media literacy, collaboration, creativity, technological proficiency, and global awareness.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Despite the setback, I believe there is still a way for students to re-engage in school, support their communities and learn leadership skills. After taking a closer look at the social emotional learning (SEL) framework, it is clear there is a connection between SEL and service learning that educators can use and nurture.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

In Secretary Cardona’s vision to elevate the teaching profession, he highlights three priorities: improving teacher pipeline, supporting teacher growth and investing in teacher retention. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers.

K-12 118

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

With or without leadership support, teachers need to be open and willing to change as schools, for the most part, continue to prepare students for a world that no longer exists. Education needs a revolution of ideas, pedagogy, and the very way in which we talk about teaching and learning.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these longstanding workforce issues and blanketed schools in extreme stress, grief and trauma that aggravated existing teaching and learning issues. I specifically recall a time when I was the only Black teacher on staff, and a family challenged my ability to teach their child English.

Education 142

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ED Surge

JULY 17, 2024

As a young Black queer woman in school leadership, embracing vulnerability has felt frightening at times. Each time, I assure families that we value an inclusive curriculum and anything we’re teaching is in service of supporting our students. When I model vulnerability and authenticity as a leader, I invite others to do the same.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Putting a thoughtful transition to digital learning in place affords us the opportunity to provide greater clarity and coherence regarding our district’s vision of teaching and learning to educators, students, and our community.

Teaching 59

Teaching Leadership EdTech Professional Development 59

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

Instead, by creating structured time and space to listen and learn from our students, we can humanize their lived experiences by making them an integral part of our teaching and learning. To achieve this, they planned a youth-led teach-in on immigration justice. I will take more time to learn my students’ stories.”

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ED Surge

JULY 18, 2024

Colleges are adjusting to a lingering impact of COVID-19 shutdowns that kept kids out of physical schools at key points in their social development: It’s harder than it used to be to teach students to adjust to college life when so many are coming to campuses nervous about making social connections.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2023

Last September, I was sitting at a long table in the sunlit conference room of my school, looking around at the many new faces on my school’s leadership team. While some of these staff are newer to teaching, most are experienced educators who have come from other schools, bringing their own backgrounds, beliefs and ideas to the table.

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ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2022

By my second year of teaching through the pandemic, despite my best efforts to remain optimistic, I could not shake the feeling that the education system was taking a turn for the worse. The hope that the pandemic would force leaders to reevaluate their priorities concerning education seemed to dwindle by the day.

EdTech 94

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 22, 2020

She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. Lisa is the epitome of a life-long learner.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

So many exciting things have happened recently as a result of my own learning and growth in educational technology and leadership. Forming partnerships are an extremely important aspect of educational leadership. The other day I was talking to a friend of mine who teaches in another part of New Jersey.

Professional Development 264

Professional Development EdTech Educational Technology Leadership 264

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 1, 2019

Podcast – How to take our leadership and teaching to new levels. Connected Educator Month launches today. Three competing visions of educational technology. Education in a digital world [VIDEO]. Happy listening! Related Posts. Podcast – Moving from digital substitution to deeper learning.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

To them, loving and teaching our youth was a great honor despite the devaluation educators often experience. As an educator, I work within and around systems that are designed to lock out historically marginalized communities; this is why I lead and educate through a DEI lens.

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