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Hacking Project Based Learning

This webinar focused on demystifying project based learning. Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy will introduce ten hacks that construct a simple path educators and students can easily follow to achieve success. Speakers elaborated on these frequently asked questions:

How can a learning space that promotes risk-taking and lends itself to inquiry be developed?
What needs to be done to create a vision for a project?
How can student learning be assessed and guided?
How can students share their work outside their classroom’s walls?

Panelists shared strategies and resources for implementing and leading project based learning, and they addressed questions submitted by viewers from across the nation.

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Future Ready Librarians: Empowering Students as Creators

Future Ready Librarians: Empowering Students as Creators Part of the Future Ready Librarians Webinar Series Presenters Traci Chun, Teacher Librarian Lead, Skyview High School and Vancouver Public Schools (WA) Diana Rendina, Media specialist, Tampa Preparatory School (FL) Moderator Shannon McClintock Miller, Spokesperson, Future Ready Librarians; Spokesperson, Project Connect On June 13, 2017 Future Ready Schools® […]

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Students’ Well-Being: How Educators Can Make a Difference

This webinar, cohosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), focused on a new report from the OECD, “Students’ Well-Being: PISA 2015 Results,” which analyzes for the first time students’ motivation to perform well in school, their relationships with peers and teachers, their home life, and how they spend their time outside of school.

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Elevating Open Educational Resources: District-Scale Approaches to Openly Licensed Materials

Future Ready Schools® Invites You to a Participate in a Webinar Elevating Open Educational Resources: District-Scale Approaches to Openly Licensed Materials Panelists Matt Miller, Superintendent, Mentor Public Schools (OH) Tom Murray, Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools®, Alliance for Excellent Education Karen Vaites, Chief Evangelist and Community Development Officer, Open Up Resources Please join Future […]

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Global Lessons for America’s High Schools

This webinar, cohosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education and America Achieves, focused on how high schools are using global best practices to change classroom instruction and improve student outcomes.

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Creating a Culture of High Expectations and Improvement for Students, Teachers, and Leaders

This webinar will also explore turnaround efforts at Asbury Park, as well as some best practices internationally, as determined by the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, School Leadership for Learning. Given every five years by the OECD, the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) examines different approaches to school leadership and their impact on professional learning communities and the learning environment in schools.

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College and Career Pathways: Stories of Innovation

The Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus in Conjunction with the Alliance for Excellent Education Invite You to watch College and Career Pathways: Stories of Innovation Moderator Christopher Cabaldon, Mayor, City of West Sacramento (CA); Chair of Jobs, Education, and the Workforce Committee, United States Conference of Mayors Panelists Jose Bojorquez, Senior Project Engineer, McCarthy […]

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Future Ready Librarians: Leading Beyond the Library

Future Ready Librarians: Leading Beyond the Library Part of the Future Ready Librarians Webinar Series Panelists Bill Bass, Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Information and Library Media, Parkway School District (MO) Kim Lindskog, District Lead Librarian, Parkway School District (MO) Moderators Shannon McClintock Miller, Future Ready Librarians and Project Connect Spokesperson Mark Ray, Future Ready […]

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OECD Test for Schools: Gwinnett County Public Schools on a Global Stage

OECD Test for Schools: Gwinnett County Public Schools on a Global Stage Panelists Ashley Berner, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy John Campbell, Principal (retired), Discovery High School, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA) Karen Johnston, Coordinator, Office of Research and Evaluation, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA) Winsome Waite, Senior Director of Policy and […]

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Digital Learning Day 2017: The Value of a Connected Classroom

The Alliance for Excellent Education Invites You to Participate in a Webinar on Digital Learning Day 2017: The Value of a Connected Classroom  Panelists Harrison Goodwin, EdD, Superintendent, Chesterfield County Schools (SC) Christian Johnson, Fifth-Grade Teacher, Hawthorne Elementary School (MD) Phillip Lovell, Vice President of Policy Development and Government Relations, Alliance for Excellent Education Shannon […]