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Wednesday, March 27 @ 2:00 pm EDT

The Power of Story: Understand How Stories Can Transform Struggling Readers

Wednesday, March 27 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Real-World Projects in the Digital Age

Wednesday, March 27 @ 4:00 pm EDT

PTA Roundtable: A Guide to STEM Funding

Thursday, March 28 @ 1:00 pm EDT

Get Set for Kindergarten: 10 Ways to Prep Your Preschoolers

Thursday, March 28 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Fact or Myth? Device Implementation Is Possible Without the Headache!

Thursday, March 28 @ 4:00 pm EDT

From Keyboarding to Coding: Best Practices in Digital Literacy Instruction

Thursday, March 28 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Fine-Tuning Assessments for MTSS: Best Practices for Meeting Students Where They Are

Friday, March 29 @ 1:00 pm EDT

Recognizing and Successfully Teaching Twice-Exceptional Students

Monday, April 1 @ 2:00 pm EDT

Simple Acts: Service and Acts of Kindness in Early Childhood Development

Tuesday, April 2 @ 4:00 pm EDT

SEL and Principal Leadership, K–8

Wednesday, April 3 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Picture Inclusion! Snapshots of Successful Diverse Classrooms

Thursday, April 4 @ 4:00 pm EDT

SEL: The Whys and Hows of Implementation in a School District

Monday, April 8 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Rural Districts Taking the Digital Leap

Tuesday, April 9 @ 2:00 pm EDT

State Leadership for K12 Broadband Implementation: Driving Connectivity for Student Success

Tuesday, April 9 @ 4:00 pm EDT

How to Lead Conversations About Healthy, Responsible Media Use

Wednesday, April 10 @ 4:00 pm EDT

How Early Literacy Impacts Reading to Learn: Research, Strategies and Digital Tools

Wednesday, April 10 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Elevating Digital Citizenship Through an SEL Lens

Thursday, April 11 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Neuropsychological Evaluation and Treatment Issues in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Thursday, April 11 @ 4:00 pm EDT

How to Measure Student Progress for MTSS

Monday, April 15 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Building Equity: Practices That Empower All Learners

Tuesday, April 16 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Turn Struggling Readers Into Leaders Using Assistive Technology

Tuesday, April 16 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Learning in the 21st Century: What Teachers, Parents, and the Public Think Matters

Support English Learners in the Classroom

Tuesday, April 16 @ 6:00 pm EDT

The Language Lens: Deconstructing Linguistic Blind Spots to Support English Learners

Wednesday, April 17 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Involve Parents for Greater English Learner Success

Thursday, April 18 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Authentic Assessment in the Digital Age

Tuesday, April 23 @ 2:00 pm EDT

Advances in PBIS: Contributions for Creating Equitable Systems

Tuesday, April 23 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Engaging Children with Music and Movement

Tuesday, April 23 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Tips for Surviving All Types of Assessments as a Classroom Teacher

Wednesday, April 24 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Building a Schoolwide Culture of Reading

Thursday, April 25 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Engaging Early Learners with Technology: Sharing Research and Best Practices

Thursday, April 25 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Educators and Social Media: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Thursday, April 25 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Monitoring Student Cell Phone Use: What’s YOUR Plan?

Monday, April 29 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Managing Student Behavior on a Trip: How Ready Are You?

Monday, April 29 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Inspiring STEM Learning for Young Girls: Tips from Research and the Classroom

Tuesday, April 30 @ 1:00 pm EDT

Character Education: Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Hiroshi Miyamura (Korean War)

Tuesday, April 30 @ 3:00 pm EDT

6 Steps to Create a Content-Rich K-12 Website

Tuesday, April 30 @ 4:00 pm EDT

SEL and Academic Learning Catalyst: Growth Mindset

Wednesday, May 1 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Understanding Growth Models and How They Impact Teacher and School Evaluations

Tuesday, May 7 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Making Mindfulness Work in Your School

Monday, May 13 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Strategic Technology Planning and Investment

Thursday, May 16 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Maximizing Literacy Acceleration in K-12 Schools

Tuesday, May 21 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Students’ Use of Google Docs: Managing Inappropriate Communications

Monday, June 10 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Closing the Homework Gap: Digital Equity for All Students

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Professional Learning with Innovative Educators

edWeb 2019 Teacher Professional Learning Survey

Download the edWeb 2019 Survey edWeb is a professional learning network that provides teachers and all educators with the personalized professional learning and collaboration needed to improve education and student learning. We accomplish this using our online communities and edWebinars, and are supported by our generous sponsors who make it possible for us to provide these services for free. We’ve been conducting research on educators’ use of edWeb and its impact on professional learning for a number of years to track trends in professional learning and looking for ways to continuously... more »

Organizing the Edtech Toolbox

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. The question is, are the teachers within a school, grade, or subject area accessing the same toolbox? More important, are the tools of equal quality? During the edWebinar, “Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Joseph, Ed.D., Director of Digital Learning and Innovation at Milford Public Schools, MA, talked about why they wrangled their technology and how having a defined edtech... more »

Belonging and Its Role in Math Achievement

When students don’t perform well in a subject, the typical responses relate to student motivation, e.g., they need more grit, they don’t have the right growth mindset, or they just need to work more effectively. In other words, the student gets the blame. During his presentation, “Promoting Belonging in Math Through Instructional Choices and Practices,” Jamaal Sharif Matthews, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Montclair State University, NJ, shared his research on the role of belonging in school success and how it may be even more substantial for ethnic minority and socially marginalized... more »

Improve the Effectiveness of Digital Instruction

The principles of learning have been around for centuries while only in the last 20 to 30 years has the science of learning been studied. According to Paul W. Ownby, Senior Product Manager at Learning.com, during a recent edWebinar, the science of learning focuses on how we learn and how we can maximize the retention and storage of information in our brains. By engaging all three areas of the brain, thinking (pre-frontal), sensing (sensory), and feeling (limbic system), thinking, creativity and identity skills are activated and maximum learning occurs. Leveraging the science of learning,... more »

10 Augmented Reality Apps for the Classroom

For teachers that have always wanted to use augmented reality (AR)—tech that overlays content on top of the real world—but haven’t had the chance to explore it, Jaime Donally has heard you. In her presentation “Creating Classroom Content in Augmented Reality,” she gave attendees some inside help on which apps to use in the classroom. With programs ranging from beginner level to current AR practitioners, she offered 10 apps that can help educators get started with no coding skills needed. more »

Emphasize Flexibility and Adaptability When Grouping Students

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn’t help students improve. While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in the edWebinar “Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., and Karen L. Brown, M.Ed., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. They discussed how adjusting student combinations, adapting teaching methods, and preparing... more »

What to Identify Before Personalizing Learning

iNACOL defines personalized learning as “tailoring learning for each student’s strength, needs, and interests—including enabling student's voice and choice in what, how, when and where they learn—to provide flexibility and supports to ensure mastery of the highest standards possible.” Dr. Monica Burns, Curriculum and Educational Technology Consultant, and Founder of ClassTechTips.com, in a recent edWebinar, echoed this iNACOL concept. Before designing learning experiences that are personal to individual students, it is critical for classroom teachers and school leaders to identify... more »