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Articles by Ari Flewelling
Support K-12 Technology Integration with Professional Development
Feb 20 2024 Management Educators must know how to use their tech tools before they can teach with them. Professional development can help schools close the digital design divide called out in the National Educational Technology Plan. Many factors can hinder strong tech integration in K–12 education, such as the misconception that newer teachers already know how to use technology, even though using social media does not translate to knowing how to use technology as a teaching tool.
What Is Leadership’s Role in Professional Development?
When it comes to professional development in K–12 education, technology-focused PD sometimes gets deprioritized or even forgotten in favor of curriculum-focused development. To maximize the benefits educators are receiving when it comes to PD, school leaders should look for ways to combine tech and curriculum development.
These Professional Development Tips Can Help Schools with Teacher Retention Original
While it may feel like adding another requirement to the to-do list, targeted professional development can help a school district struggling with teacher retention challenges by working smarter, not harder, beginning with the planning process through professional development delivery. Districts need to understand how to offer PD without overwhelming their staff, and that starts with ensuring available professional development is accessible and informative.
Benefits and Considerations for Creating Modern, Innovative Learning Spaces in Schools
Creating a modern learning environment within a school district often used to be the result of a “keeping up with the Joneses” approach. When a school saw what a neighboring district implemented, it would try to keep pace by purchasing similar technology or building a similar space. These days, districts are taking a much more thoughtful approach when they purchase technology. They are considering what will work best inside their school buildings.
Considerations for K-12 Administrators to Improve Business Continuity Planning
Even the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. If the pandemic has made one fact clear, it’s that planning for an uncertain future is difficult to do. Schools have come a long way from the tumultuous days of required remote learning, yet — as districts look ahead — the uncertainty remains. Planning for the coming school year could prove to be just as challenging.
Working Toward Digital Equity in K-12 Education
Digital equity is a complex topic. To begin a conversation around it, we must first define the term. The Consortium for School Networking’s “Driving K–12 Innovation: 2021 Hurdles + Accelerators” report describes digital equity as three interrelated concepts: digital foundations, learning conditions and meaningful learning opportunities. Part of building digital foundations is ensuring students have access to connectivity and devices.
5 Tips for Finding the Best PD Platform for Your District’s Teachers
As K–12 schools and districts continue to address remote and hybrid learning, it’s important that administrators recognize the need for professional development and carefully analyze the platforms available to them. More devices are being used for teaching and learning than ever before, and new software features are being released quickly to accommodate the continued effects of the pandemic on educators and students.
When Virtual Learning Barriers Collapse, Inclusion Expands
In the struggle to implement expanded remote learning, educators are also finding opportunities. Out of necessity, they are integrating more technology into instruction. They’re discussing and chipping away at long-standing digital divides. They are leveraging the flexibility to provide on-demand instruction. But with efforts to provide devices and Wi-Fi access, educators still are missing — or inadvertently reducing — opportunities to better serve all students.
Tech Tip: How to save and share multiple browser tabs
You’re sitting in your classroom researching websites for an upcoming lesson and you have about ten tabs open in your Google Chrome browser when you realize it’s almost 5pm and you need to leave to go home. One problem, what are you supposed to do with all the tabs?
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