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Why Good Professional Development Is Crucially Linked to an Educator’s Attitude | EdSurge News

Byryan June 4, 2016June 3, 2016

Let’s start by giving “professional development” a definition. PD is a process that responds to a phase of personal growth and self-realization experienced by each individual. Professional development allows the person to establish an itinerary of evolution, taking into account the person’s work experience, acquired knowledge and vocation.

But good PD is so much deeper than that, and it depends on the individual.

Source: Why Good Professional Development Is Crucially Linked to an Educator’s Attitude | EdSurge News

Tell me if you’ve heard this before, “Teachers make the worst students”. We joke about it in PD, but in reality the joke is on us delivering content to teachers the same way we deliver to students. Our PD should be something that can build intrinsic motivation in the teacher to learn, and in turn, the teacher can use to build that intrinsic motivation in our students.

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Edtech efficiency, Google Slides tips, and parental consent – Top 3 posts for the week

Byryan February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

Measuring edtech efficiency Frameworks to measure detect. 5 tips for Google Slides from @alicekeeler Great tips on using Google Slides! Web Resource Parent Consent and Approval Process Do you know what data services are storing about your students?

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Presefy helps your presentations go mobile

Byryan March 22, 2017March 21, 2017

With Presefy, your presentations can be played in sync, on the audience’s mobile devices. Once you have completed the sign up process, you can upload a presentation to Presefy and then present to an audience. The file format needs to be in PowerPoint or PDF format, which is unfortunate. It would be nice if they could…

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Create suspense in your writing with this trick from the creators of South Park

Byryan October 20, 2017October 25, 2017

… there is one 45-second bit that popped out to anyone who is interested in writing or telling stories. When talking about the frantic rewriting process of their script, Trey reveals his simple rule for rewriting and improving the story. “I call it the rule of replacing ands with either buts or therefores.” Trey says that a common trap a lot…

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Super Secret Service | Austin Ivansmith

Byryan May 7, 2016May 4, 2016

The origins of SSS began in April of 2014 as I began to embark on making a “game a week.” Rami Ismail of Vlambeer had recently written about the topic so it was fresh in my mind. I too am a proponent of it creating a breadth of work because only through practice can you become…

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10. Attend a Maker Faire (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning)

Byryan December 7, 2016December 7, 2016

Attend a Maker Faire is part 10 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Last year we were in Detroit for a family vacation. One of our planned stops was the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. As we were driving to the museum, we noticed how busy it was which seemed odd. And then,…

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7 Ways Teachers Are Connecting and Collaborating Online

Byryan August 17, 2016August 15, 2016

To get that valuable time and space to collaborate with fellow educators—in their city, state, country or across the world—some teachers are taking to online networks and DIY-ing their own face-to-face meet-ups. Through grassroots “unconferences” like Edcamps, online forums like #edchat and informal Facebook groups, teachers are taking professional learning into their own hands. Source: 7 Ways…

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