Top Picks: Student Portfolio Apps and Websites
This list from Common Sense Education highlights 17 tools for creating digital student portfolios. Portfolios allow teachers to assess student learning and students to track their own progress. These tech tools offer students virtual binders, folders, web pages, and galleries for collecting everything from text to video. Teachers can easily browse through and access student… Read More ›
5 of the Best Rubric Making Tools for Teachers
This blog article provides background on the use of rubrics as well as tips for creation. It gives a quick overview of the reasons to use rubrics in the classroom. It describes five online tools for creating rubrics. It also provides links to additional resources to learn more about rubrics. This description of online tools… Read More ›
Serious Play Conference
The Serious Play Conference, now in its 8th year, is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning. Speakers, who come from all parts of the globe, share their experience creating or using games in the corporation, classroom, healthcare institution, government and military and offer tips on how to… Read More ›
New Tech Network Conference
The New Tech Network annual conference will take place in St. Louis, MO. This conference will feature unique networking techniques such as Braindate, where participants can interact with attendants who have the same interests through a digital platform. This conference will feature various keynotes, special events, and sessions dedicated to transforming teaching and learning. Host… Read More ›
PBL World 2018
The PBL World conference focuses on Project Based Learning. This conference brings together dedicated K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, and school and district leaders who want to connect with each other and learn more about PBL. PBL World is an institute, where participants go through a continuous multi-day experience. There will be a pre-conference on June… Read More ›
SETDA Leadership Summit 2018
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Leadership Summit brings state educational leaders to the Washington D.C. area for PD. Participants include leaders from more than 40 state departments of education, including leaders in educational technology, assessment, instructional materials and professional development, and SETDA’s Private Sector Partners. This event is designed to foster in-depth dialogue… Read More ›
Games for Change Festival 2018
The Games for Change (G4C) 15th annual festival will highlight the groundbreaking work that has been done in the G4C community in the last decade and a half. Participants will discover what games will look like in the next 15 years. With over 1000+ attendees, the G4C Festival attracts professionals from academia, government, media &… Read More ›
ISTE 2018
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference & Expo brings together educators and education leaders for a learner-centered educational technology conference. The annual event attracts over 16,000 attendees and industry representatives, including teachers, technology coordinators, administrators, library media specialists, teacher educators and policymakers. Particpants will engage in hands-on learning, exchange ideas and network… Read More ›
JFF HORIZONS: A Vision for Economic Advancement
Join Jobs for the Future (JFF) at their annual conference Horizons to take a deep dive into the future of work and learning. At this national summit, participants will generate solutions that will improve America’s education and talent development systems to meet the needs of the rapidly changing economy. Horizons is the new name of JFF’s national summit—it’s… Read More ›
Engaging Student Resistance as Part of Your Internal Early Warning System
This webinar aims to assist educators, school leaders, and district officials in identifying and fixing classroom- and school-level practices that can provoke student resistance and contribute to chronic absenteeism. Some of the key learning outcomes from this webinar are: Identify why a focus on student resistance will illuminate crucial factors that can influence chronic absenteeism… Read More ›
Here’s What Happens When Every Student Gets a Personalized Learning Plan
This article was originally posted in EdSurge on April 19, 2018 High school sophomore Olivia Surdam thought she wanted to have a career in healthcare as a doctor or nurse, but after recognizing that her sensitive stomach would cause barriers for a career path in patient care, Surdam started considering other options with her advisory teacher.… Read More ›
6 Steps to Ensuring ILPs Better Support Inclusive Personalized Learning
In this article, authors Ace Parsi and Curtis Richards highlight the importance of individualized learning plans (ILPs) to increase engagement in school, especially for students with disabilities. Research shows that when implemented well, ILPs can lead to stronger academic goal-setting, self-efficacy, and motivation. The authors recommend the following key actions to ensure students with disabilities fully… Read More ›