Coach. Better: Going Deeper with Coaches Featuring Tanya LeClair
In this episode we chat with Tanya LeClair, Elementary Innovation Coach at the American International School of Guangzhou. Tanya talks about the importance of being a great collaborator in her role as a coach and shares her insight on advocating for teachers and...
Becoming a Connected Teacher: Getting Started
Last week on the blog, we discussed the connected classroom and examples of ways you can connect your classroom to others around the world. Using technology to connect your students to others around the globe helps your students break down the walls that traditionally...
Coach. Better: Episode 2 Show Notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgAUR-mOlg For experienced coaches who have moved to a new school, Diana shares her tips, tricks and reflections on walking that fine line between pushing without shoving, as an instructional coach. Some of Diana's key highlights are:...
Ways to Connect Your Classroom
Once you’ve decided you want to connect your classroom, the next step is to discover ways to connect your classroom that make sense for you. Simple examples of a how you can connect your classroom include video conferencing applications, social media, and blogging....
What is a Connected Classroom?
A connected classroom is a learning environment that is open to the outside world. In a connected classroom, students are engaged in real life, authentic learning starting in their own classroom and extends to reach other global learners. Connecting your students to...
How can you be a lifelong learner?
As we talked about in a previous blog post and on a recent YouTube live, it’s important to be a lifelong learner. Lifelong learning requires embracing opportunities to learn and it keeps your brain healthy. Visionary innovator Henry Ford often took on jobs not...
5 Essential LMS Setup ideas
When you’re in a 1:1 classroom environment, it’s important to have one place for students to go to get vital information from you. As I talked about in a recent YouTube video, having a Learning Management System (LMS) like Google Classroom is one of the top essential...
The Highly Structured, Loosely Organized Learning Environment
When technology enters your classroom in the form of one device per student, the game changes completely. Not only do you have to figure out how you’ll integrate the devices into your lessons, you’ll have to rediscover how to manage your classroom. There are different...
6 Ways to Manage Device Distraction in your 1:1 Classroom
When every student has access to a device in the classroom, teachers are often concerned about distraction. Often, this concern may keep them from using technology as often as they want, because they are worried that students will not stay on task when left to...
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As more and more schools go one-to-one, giving every student a connected device we have to understand that this fundamentally changes the learning landscape. Not just in our classrooms but in our communities at large. Giving every student a laptop levels the content knowledge in the classroom. When it comes to accessing content everyone is on the same plane. If everyone can access the content needed to master a class the moment they need to know that content then we need to rethink what the time in class should be used for. No longer do students need to be in school to learn. Let #leadingthechange, written on March 4, 2016, by 25 educators from across the state of Washington, during an Eduro Learning Institute, be your guide to the next steps in learning in your school!
