🙋‍♂️ Google updates, educational research, and more – Of bits and bytes for April 29, 2024

🙋‍♂️ Google updates, educational research, and more – Of bits and bytes for April 29, 2024

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Learn21 is a proud sponsor of Eduk8me and the Of Bits and Bytes newsletter. Read more about their mission at Learn21. Apps Several updates from…

Want free training for Google’s tools? Check out Google’s Teacher Center

Want free training for Google’s tools? Check out Google’s Teacher Center

Not only does Google offer free training with Google tools, there are also tons of training on using technology in the classroom. This site also covers Google’s Computer Science curriculum, alongside ways of using Google tools to teach English Language Learners and students with disabilities.

Without the why, PD fails

Without the why, PD fails

No matter what sort of change is going on in your industry, if you don’t teach people why to do things differently and what to do differently, they will do the same old stuff. Effective training doesn’t just happen once. It doesn’t just cover theory. It explains exactly what to do, and it reinforces these…

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Scheduling personal development time in your calendar

Successful people don’t grow by accident, they grow by design. When you schedule personal development time on purpose, you are making time to design the life you want. You are essentially who you create yourself to be. Once you embrace the “growth” habit, you will improve your way of life. Source: Scheduling Just 15 Minutes…

3 lessons learned from creating a professional growth culture

3 lessons learned from creating a professional growth culture

We spoke with teachers and administrators at Cicero Public School District 99 in Illinois and Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools in Ohio about how they designed technology professional development programs to engage teachers for the long term. Here we share three lessons learned from their experiences building programs that impact educators and students alike. Source: Creating a professional growth culture:…