Category Archives: Professional Development
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Open education summit focus is online resources
Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Digital Textbooks, OER, Professional DevelopmentWayne State College was the host site for the Nebraska State College System (NSCS) open education summit sponsored by the NSCS. The summit was held on Feb. 10-12 and brought nearly 130 faculty and staff from Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Colleges together with internationally known experts in the field of open education and open [...]
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Ministry of Education Palau implements the 3W iClassroom
Posted on October 20, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Mobile Devices, OER, Professional Development, TechnologyiClassroom / Beyond Textbooks Project Pilot Program Overview In the spring of 2011, under the innovative leadership of the Minister of Palau, Palau High School implemented a 21st century digital learning pilot program titled the iClassroom. The iClassroom is a digital-technology teaching and learning environment that utilizes wireless computing tools (laptop, iPad, iPod Touch, Smartphone, [...]
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Linking digital content to curriculum standards greatly accelerates the use and integration of technology in the classroom
Posted on July 27, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Professional DevelopmentThe past two years, I’ve been assisting a rural/urban school district with the process of transitioning to a 21st century teaching and learning environment. A goal of the district is to reduce capital instructional costs by using Open Education Resources (OER) to provide knowledge transfer to students. Essentially, replacing traditional textbooks and workbooks with “license [...]
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You can’t be my teacher, new video added.
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Professional Development, VideoNominated as Best Educational Use of Video / Visual 2010 in the edublog awards. A young student speaks out to teachers, “If you don’t know the internet you can’t be my teacher, I need someone who knows what I know. Meet me on the web, at least half way. Teachers today need to be literate [...]
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Professional Development… is the correct answer.
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Professional DevelopmentThe last week, an educator asked the question…. what digital learning technology can my school district invest in that will not become obsolete? The answer… teacher training technology! More specifically, professional development (PD) sessions that essentially deliver the knowledge, skills and competencies required for a successful transition from a 20th century schooling style to 21st [...]
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