Using Federal Funding to Support Student Success
The federal government set aside billions of dollars to help K-12 schools implement upgraded technology for improving outcomes and providing ... Read more
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Lessons learned in cybersecurity: How education coped in the shift to distance learning
Education in the United States faced a crisis this past year. The looming threat of the coronavirus—which spreads easily in ... Read more
4 Helpful Tips For Re-thinking Stem In Your District
When we surveyed 62 district technology leaders, only 5% rated their schools as having high or extremely high levels of ... Read more
Returning to Normal: What “Back to School” Really Means for IT Teams
As schools and districts prepare to welcome students back to campus, what does the new normal look like? Is there ... Read more
How one district evolved their PD to meet changing needs
Since 2019, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has tackled some common challenges for school systems: implementing a rigorous new curriculum, adapting instruction to ... Read more
3 ways to prioritize teacher PD as schools reopen
High-quality PD is still critical to teachers’ success, and now is not the time to scale back, especially given the ongoing challenges teachers are facing this school year.
mindSpark Learning Impacts Record Number of Eductors Amid COVID-19 with 207% Rise in Professional Learning Participants
Education has been significantly impacted by COVID-19. Educators have been tasked with pivoting from in-person to remote learning more than ... Read more
Distance Learning Training and Resources
Boxlight Corporation a leading provider of interactive technology solutions for the global education market, is offering complimentary training, professional development, ... Read more
10 free resources to help everyone navigate online learning
As schools across the country make the hurried transition from in-person to online classes, edtech companies are stepping up to help by offering free curriculum, PD, and other…
FREE professional development courses
TEQ had made all of our PD courses FREE to help schools implement distance learning and online professional development. There ... Read more
Full computer science curriculum and coding platform at no cost
During this time, Vidcode would like to support schools in any way they can. As such, they are offering their ... Read more
Why we love our PD tools
Ask most teachers what they think of their district’s professional development (PD) and you’ll most likely get a grimace or an outright groan. But PD tools don’t have…
8 great opportunities for educator professional development
The best way to be a great educator is to keep learning, and what better way to do that than specialized educator professional development? There are a number…
Want to improve your leadership development? Use simulations!
American schools are facing a crisis in the lack of professional learning for school leaders.
Feeling the midyear slump? Recharge your meetings with MicroPD
As principal of a middle school, I meet weekly with teachers and school counselors to discuss team and department progress of our students. I know that teachers—tasked with…
3 takeaways from my STEM PD
Professional development (PD) is more crucial today than ever for educators to stay relevant in the classroom. The fast pace of innovation makes it an ongoing challenge for…
Run your meetings edcamp style: The un-faculty faculty meeting
If you’re like most educators, you don’t have the time to waste on unproductive faculty meetings. That’s why administrators and teacher leaders should transform faculty meetings into engaging…
Using technology to embrace the “un-faculty” meeting
I’m not sure if teachers dreaded faculty meetings more than I did, but while standing in an auditorium filled with tired-looking faculty after a long day of teaching,…
6 reasons we broke free from traditional PD
For years, professional development (PD) has been out of touch with what we as educators already know to be best practice, and how we are asking teachers to…
Admins: Here’s what teachers think about professional learning
Teachers are overwhelmingly turning to social media and online resources to drive their own professional learning, according to new Speak Up Survey data released by Project Tomorrow on…
3 ways small districts can go big on PD
As a leader in a district in Indianapolis with nine schools and limited resources, I’m well aware of the fact that most districts don’t have the time or…
10 reasons why you’ll love Edcamp as much as I do
Have you ever been in a professional learning (PL) experience where you don’t keep looking at the time, checking Facebook, or texting people? I have! I spend several…
How to deliver PL that really works
I recently chatted with Kathy Dyer, NWEA’s manager of innovation and learning, professional learning design, about how to connect professional learning (PL) to student outcomes and how to…
3 outstanding tips for training new and veteran teachers
Research tells us that students’ attention spans correlate to their ages, but did you know that this applies to adults as well? In fact, humans have less of…
Does your district’s PL measure up?
Is your current professional learning (PL) program aligned with the federal definition of professional learning? Can you measure your progress against your organizational goals? How does your organization…
6 things you need to know about digital badges
Today’s classrooms use a variety of learning approaches, some formal like lectures and some informal like watching videos. As a teacher, your learning is no different and your…
The New Librarian: How to build a face-to-face PLN in 3 easy steps
By now the term professional learning network (PLN) is used very often, but much of the time it refers to the virtual type, meaning our online colleagues and…
5 steps to guarantee your PD for PBL is on point
What kind of professional development (PD) is needed in order for project-based learning (PBL) to be done well, spread throughout a school, and stick? Short answer: a lot.
4 terrific teacher communities for summer PD
Keeping up on skills over the summer isn’t just for students. The summer break is a great time for teachers to take advantage of those professional development (PD)…
4 ways to make high-impact teaching a reality
I’ve been very fortunate to travel the world and work in classrooms in the United States, Australia, Asia, and the U.K., and have seen phenomenal teaching everywhere I…
How well do you collaborate with fellow teachers?
A majority of teachers say they don't have sufficient time to collaborate with other teachers, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. Collaborative activities such as…
The best edtech PD isn’t about technology
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 smart ways to fix your PD
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…
For PD, the days of one-and-done are dead and gone!
According to research from the Center for Public Education, “one-and-done” professional development sessions for teachers simply don't work. With new standards rolling out every year, a one-class-covers-all approach…
The best PD webinars of 2016—did you watch?
edWeb.net just completed an analysis of their 2016 webinar viewership stats for 2016. The professional learning community hosted 260 PD webinars in 2016 that were viewed by 165,000…
Why digital PD needs an urgent overhaul
Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. Every teacher's professional development must keep up.
The major momentum behind micro-credentials
New partnerships and pioneers are giving Digital Promise’s badging movement a new push.
How peer video coaching is completely changing how our teachers teach
Peer-to-peer video comments are changing how one district's teachers think about their practice.
Why we all need time to tinker with tech
Tinkering in the modern context is a process of trying something to figure out what works or doesn’t to find your way to the best solution, often going…
K-12 science teachers in dire need of PD
K-12 science teachers are often left to deal with a lack of coherent and sustained professional learning opportunities that researchers say are needed to support science teachers inside…