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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

This allows you to tailor professional learning opportunities that address specific skill gaps, teaching styles, and career goals (Guskey, 2000). This could include workshops on specific instructional strategies, online courses on emerging educational technologies, or peer coaching programs that foster collaboration.

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Devices Need to Support Learning

A Principal's Reflections

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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Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear Technology

A Principal's Reflections

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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Engagement Does Not Always Equate to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

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.

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

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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Tools to Help Become a Tech Savvy Educator

A Principal's Reflections

Cross-posted at The Educator''s Royal Treatment. As I mentioned in a previous post I have been working on a educational technology presentation for principals in a NJ school district. Tools for Teaching Wordle : create beautiful word clouds quickly and easily. Learn more here. Interactive as readers can leave comments.

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

A Principal's Reflections

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'