A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Professional Learning Communities (PLC''s): The district will be moving to this research-based model as our main means of professional development. Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (TSETC) : I have previously blogged about this event, but am compelled to mention it again. Here is a quick synopsis: 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Educators could then use those badges to build and communicate their own reputations to their colleagues and to senior staff, capturing a complete picture of their own professional development for others to see. Educators should be comfortable teaching, working, and learning in an increasingly connected global digital society.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

By helping teachers improve their own pedagogy and math understanding, it makes them more effective and confident in teaching math, which then impacts every student in the school, she added. Increasing Difficulties Back in Milwaukee Public, Robinson works across two regions in the city, typically with the most underrepresented schools.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Technology can also play a pivotal role by blending gamification and pedagogy to sustain student interest while teaching key skills. Professional development ensures educators are equipped to address challenges and apply best practices. Teacher training is another cornerstone of effective numeracy instruction.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

I'm an educator. I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian? And I mean, I'm lesson planning, I'm unit planning. I also teach media literacy.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

But if you ask Daniel Fung, vice principal and English teacher at the Sham Tseng Catholic School in Hong Kong, he will tell you computational thinking is an entire pedagogy geared toward teaching lifelong problem-solving skills. CT curriculum is not just about coding but rather a pedagogy and mindset.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Just think back to the last time you went to a professional development workshop. It's a pedagogy, it's a framework for helping teachers enact whatever curriculum that they have to work with. Curriculum is mandated, pedagogy is professional. And I respect teachers' professional autonomy. Think about that.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Webinar panelists Stacie Johnson , leader of professional development at Khan Academy, Pat Youngpradit , chief academic officer at Code.org and leader of TeachAI , and Brian Johnsrud , global head of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , each offered unique and valuable perspectives on the intersection of AI and creativity.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

She recognizes that tools must align to teachers’ instructional goals and must be accompanied by professional development that covers not just how individual tools function, but also how they fit into effective teaching practice. “I I need to reiterate with my teachers that the tech tool itself isn't the be all, end all,” Ballard said.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2023

Lam, who began learning to code six years ago, developed his skills at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Master Trainer Program in Boston, an experience sponsored by his school and supported by CoolThink@JC. Now, he hosts professional development workshops and lesson demonstrations for other teachers in Hong Kong.

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2022

In 2015, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust set out to develop a computational thinking (CT) and coding education initiative of world-class standard, based on up-to-date teaching tools and proven pedagogy. We’ve developed a comprehensive and flexible curriculum intended for mass adoption. Pedagogy & Curriculum.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Also, many edtech companies have engineers who don’t have teaching experience or knowledge about pedagogy. The use of edtech also assumes a classroom has tech access In an ideal world, every classroom in the world would have access to computers and technology to take advantage of the added opportunities of edtech.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

This is not uncommon, as many schools struggle to fill vacancies due to persistent shortages, often employing substitutes and in some cases, inexperienced teachers who may lack the knowledge and training around curriculum and pedagogy to deliver instruction as effectively as the teacher who left.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit. Former educators told us they had moved on to become UX designers, part of sales teams and founders of their own edtech companies.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

What is the right alchemy of pedagogy, subject-matter coverage, assessment and teacher professional development that would ultimately see learning games integrated into schools? What kind of learning games would work for more ordinary teachers, and where would games fit into the traditional curriculum?

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

The focus is more on showing teachers how to implement curriculum rather than on growing teachers’ depth of knowledge or pedagogy, she says. I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says. But, even with better curriculum, districts still give mandates to teachers.

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MARCH 28, 2022

In Gholdy Muhammad’s text, “ Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework ”, she writes “Students need spaces to name and critique injustice to help them ultimately develop the agency to build a better world. As long as oppression is present in the world, young people need pedagogy that nurtures criticality.”

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

When I attended professional development courses or local conferences that were equipped with this furniture, I giddily rolled across the room in these chairs. Compliance as a pedagogy will not produce the mindful and empathetic innovators our future needs.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email. Teacher candidates at most colleges are not paid when they work in schools as student teachers.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

The introduction of generative AI into society shines a bright spotlight on these educators. Soon, they will have to understand it, regulate its use and also implement it in their own pedagogy. So education leaders are investing in new training and professional development for teachers on the best use cases for AI.

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

-based EdTech Evidence Exchange, sees it as a major problem , especially given that more schools are using technology following the pandemic. Too many schools think the cost of training and professional development and support are optional,” Epstein has told EdSurge.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2017

I remember the days when I was not a very big believer in educational technology. As I moved from the classroom to administration, I still saw technology from a mere delivery aspect. As I have said over and over, I truly believe that pedagogy trumps technology, especially in the classroom.

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