Showing posts with label professional development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label professional development. Show all posts

Thursday, November 20, 2014

#FutureReady


Are we preparing our students to be future ready? Yesterday, President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education hosted "ConnectED to the Future," a summit with over 100 superintendents and other educators from across the country who will lead their schools and districts in the transition to digital learning. At the event, the superintendents signed the Future Ready District Pledge, demonstrating their commitment to implement digital learning, to empower educators through personalized professional learning, and to help other educators who are looking into digital learning.

Out of the 100+ superintendents in attendance of the event, 21 were leaders of Speak Up participating districts. Our Speak Up surveys ask questions regarding technology's impact on student achievement, professional development for educators and administrators, and more. Click here to register for Speak Up 2014, and be sure to take the survey before it closes on December 19th, 2014!

To learn more about #FutureReady and yesterday's event, click here.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

CoSN 2014 Attendees!

It's not too late to stop by CEO of Project Tomorrow, Julie Evans's panel session Tomorrow (3/21) at 10:30AM with Chris Dede!

New Strategies for Transformational Learning: Building Professional Development Capacity through Mobile Technologies

 PresentersJulie Evans, CEO, Project Tomorrow with Chris Dede
   Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies
   Harvard University
 DescriptionMobile learning for both students and educators is expanding and evolving rapidly. This session highlights insights from several mobile learning initiatives that span the range of new tools, media, and instructional strategies. Its focus is how mobile devices enable novel, effective forms of professional development that increase engagement and learning by both educators and students. Descriptions of exemplary projects across the country will provide you with strategies for leveraging mobile technologies to address key professional development challenges as well as enhance student instruction.
 Focus AreaVision & Leadership
 Essential Skill 1Instructional Focus & Professional Development
 Essential Skill 2Leadership and Vision
 AudienceSchool System Administrators
 RoomCardoza