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Tag Archives: professional development
Announcing - Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
So some of you may have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet here lately. All my writing energy has been going to a good cause though! I’m happy to announce a new book: Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering … Continue reading
Back to School 2012 - Start your “year of empowerment” now!
Start the year off with hands on Think you need to wait for kids to settle down and learn the basics before you let them do projects and hands-on work? Not according to this expert teacher. What tech vision will … Continue reading
See you in San Diego? ISTE 2012
Generation YES will be at ISTE June 24-27, 2012 in San Diego. If you are there, be sure to come by and say hi! We will have a special version of Angry Birds for you to play and win fun … Continue reading
In Lahore, the Students Run the PD
In Lahore, the Students Run the PD Lahore American School (LAS), Pakistan has recently started turning things around a little bit. It all started with the realization that our students are really smart, and that they are especially smart when … Continue reading
Gamestar Mechanic - Designing games through gameplay
I spend a fair amount of time encouraging teachers to think about “games in learning” not just as students playing games, but student designing games and other digital experiences. Game design is a great combination of systems thinking and design, … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, games
Tagged constructivist, creativity, games, professional development, project-based, technology, tinkering
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Jamesville-DeWitt GenYES students teach teachers technology
“Students are reversing roles at Jamesville-DeWitt High School, where they have become the teachers and are helping faculty learn tricky computer applications.” GenYES school Jamesville-DeWitt in New York was profiled in the Syracuse Post-Standard last week. We are really proud … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, In the news, service learning, student tech support
Tagged DeWitt, GenYES, Jamesville, professional development, student, Syracuse, tech support, technology
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Catch-A-Teacher Day
This example of creative thinking about professional development comes from Tomaz Lasic (aka Human) in Freemantle, Western Australia — Catch-A-Teacher Day. I rarely do this, but I’m copying almost his entire post here because I think his description showcases some … Continue reading
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Tagged ACEC, australia, edchat, edtech, Freemantle, professional development
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GenYES students assist in laptop rollout in New Jersey
In Roselle, New Jersey, a new program called TALENT21 will start up this year. The project, funded by federal stimulus dollars (ARRA EETT), will put laptops in the hands of every sixth grader at Grace Wilday Jr. High School. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1:1, Grace Wilday, laptop, New Jersey, professional development, Roselle, Talent21
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GenYES at San Juan Unified School District
San Juan Unified School District in San Juan, California, is a proud GenYES district. Many of their schools were funded by EETT (Enhancing Education Through Technology) funding from the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, Title II, Part D. … Continue reading
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Tagged California, E2T2, EETT, genyyes, NCLB, professional development, San Juan, SJUSD, technology
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Thinking about summer professional development?
If you are thinking about summer professional development, think about Constructing Modern Knowledge! The 3rd annual Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute will be July 12-15, 2009 in Manchester, NH USA (near Boston). In addition to master educators and edtech pioneers, … Continue reading
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Tagged alfie kohn, constructing modern knowledge, constructivist, creativity, institute, professional development, summer, teacher, workshop
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