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The best edtech PD isn’t about technology

April 16, 2018 by Thuan Nguyen

Schools and districts spend billions on edtech, even while questions continue to swirl around whether such investments yield solid returns. Few companies can reliably ensure the educational outcomes…

3 ways to push your professional development to the next level

February 26, 2018 by Jessica MacCall, senior digital media manager, SXSW EDU

Learning is a never-ending process, but for those in the education field, learning is a necessity of the profession. At SXSW EDU we spend a lot of time…

3 smart ways to fix your PD

February 15, 2018 by Cathy Vandewater

The benefit of professional development (PD) for teachers is well known: improving teaching practices means greater student achievement. What’s less frequently acknowledged is that PD programs are often…

Improve teacher development using a challenge-based model

April 28, 2015 by By Tom Daccord

I could start my workshops by showing teachers how to find and do everything. I could lead them through a step-by-step, do-what-I-do tutorial of various apps —“point here,…

7 tips for teachers building collaborative, fearless PLNs

March 16, 2015 by By Randy Hansen and Nicole Zumpano

Collaboration is a process. Try these best practices for networking with colleagues in your building and around the globe.

7 steps to more engaging professional development

January 8, 2014November 27, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Most administrators and teachers share a common view of professional development: It's not always as productive as they hope or it takes valuable time away from more pressing…

Contemporary online PD for educators

April 17, 2014November 12, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Educators looking for a unique professional development (PD) experience that relates textbook curriculum to real-world events and current issues now have a new, free online opportunity thanks to…

A more social form of professional development

April 17, 2014September 27, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

The state of Utah has adopted an innovative online platform for its 25,000 teachers that reinvents the notion of how professional development is experienced. The platform, called Teaching…

Helping teachers grasp mobile learning’s possibilities

January 8, 2014September 3, 2013 by By Tom Daccord

In constructing ed-tech professional development, the focus should not be on teaching apps, but on helping educators grasp the instructional capabilities that exist in mobile, personalized, and differentiated…

How to have more meaningful iPad professional development

April 17, 2014July 23, 2013 by By Tom Daccord

Often, the substantial investments schools make in purchasing iPads are woefully out of balance with the minimal investments they make in preparing teachers to use these new tools…

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