If teachers know best about professional learning… let's follow their lead.

I think my educational reading should count as professional development and I should be able to go visit other innovative classrooms that I'm interested in .  Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   If teachers know best about professional learning… let's follow their lead. teachingquality.org - The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) selected an apt title for its study of American professional development released on Tuesday: "Teachers Know Best." BCG's study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, investigates the contours of our nation's dysfunctional approach to teacher learning (and, by extension, leadership). In my last blog post, I described the woeful state of professional development in the United States. The study's results—based on extensive educator surveys and financial analysis of expenditures—support that sordid narrative. Available on the App Store.

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16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School enterghana.com - I am 28 now. I don't think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Available on the App Store.

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A calm mind

Sometimes I read the room and see nothing but tired faces. Hanging cheeks and eyes.

My sweet kids are worn out.

Every now and then I will ask the kids if they want a nap. If they sound like they want to cry from exhaustion, I turn the lights off and turn on my ocean sound app on my iPad and let them rest for the last four minutes of class.

They look so much better when they leave.

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Awesome Visual on The Flipped Professional Development

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Awesome Visual on The Flipped Professional Development educatorstechnology.com - November, 2014 Have you heard about a flipped PD? Well, I haven't till I came across this infographic on Pinterest. A flipped PD is inspired by the the concept of flipped classroom and uses the same philosophy: provide learners with work to do at home , then discussions and feedback in face-to face meeting.According to Bill and Candace, the creators of this visual, there are six main strategies to flip your professional developemt. These strategies are explained below: Available on the App Store.

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It's not about adding technology to training, but about changing training

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   It's not about adding technology to training, but about changing training c4lpt.co.uk - Which technology will be the gamechanger? This is a question I am often asked, and when I read Jane Bozarth's post on Changing the Game, her answer hit the nail on the head. She said … Available on the App Store.

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Technology & Training: Jane Bozarth on Changing the Game

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Technology & Training: Jane Bozarth on Changing the Game twist.elearningguild.net - At this year's Learning Solutions Conference and Expo we will be exploring the many ways that technology has and continues to change the world of training. The Technology & Training blog series invites members of the eLearning Guild community to share their thoughts about the growing relationships between technology and training. Available on the App Store.

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Teachers: Dip Your Toes into the Shallow End of the Pool

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Teachers: Dip Your Toes into the Shallow End of the Pool brilliant-insane.com - An insightful colleague once told me that many teachers are overwhelmed by major change. They are scared to death of the deep end of the pool. "That's too much," some say. "I could never do that." The path to change for these trepidatious educators may start in the shallow end. They need to dip their toes, before they leap headfirst from the diving board. Available on the App Store.

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