Finding ways to engage students is hard enough, but teaching rural students can add extra layers of challenges. And yet, some teachers are enormously successful reaching these students. What are their secrets?
Proficiency-based Professional Learning – Webinar Resources
How might we best support our teachers as we work to implement new initiatives with fidelity? There seem to be too many initiatives, too few workshop days, and too few instructional coaches/technology integrators. And we don’t just want teachers attending workshops, we want them to feel supported as they go back to their classrooms and work to implement our initiatives well.
Technology in Maine – Session Resources
That is the state of education technology in Maine? What is popular? What are the pitfalls to avoid? What do we need? What gets in our way of getting there?
Keeping Learning First – Resources
The true power of technology is not in learning to use it, but rather using it to learn. The device (by itself) isn’t the magic, all the ways students can learn with it is! Don’t be a district that puts the device first. Put the learning first.
Teaching Technology Quickly
Educators need to know how to teach technology quickly so they can focus on the learning.
Planning for Micro-credentials – Session Resources
What if your organization or school is planning on starting their own micro-credentials? What design components do you need to plan around? What are the considerations to explore before you get started?
Micro-credentials 101 – Workshop Resources
What’s all the fuss about micro-credentials and digital badging? What are they and how do I earn them? What do they have to do with professional development? Is anyone using them in education for students?
Motivating Underachieving Students – Workshop Resources
How do I reach unmotivated students? How can I create the conditions for student-self motivation?
Getting Started with PBE – Workshop Resources
How might a school or teacher get started with proficiency-based education? What are the 3 or 4 things they should do?
Mac 101 – Workshop Resources
New to Mac? Where to get started.
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