Learning is Change

This. Is. Huge.

 

This. Is. Huge.

Peter Douglas, Peter Douglas

Originally shared by Andrew Stillman (Personal)

Woot! This is really big news for educators.  Apps-script is all growed up!  Called “Add-ons” — a whole new ecosystem for workflow, communications, and document management has been born.  

The NewVisions CloudLab is proud to announce two Add-ons for sheets, both popular ports from the original Apps Scripts for Sheets.

Learn about the all-new Doctopus Add-on in this blog post by GTA superstars Jennifer Magiera and Jay Atwood at http://www.newvisions.org/blog/entry/drum-roll-please-announcing-the-new-improved-doctopus

Also check out the completely re-written autoCrat script, now authored entirely by high school junior Tim Cargan!

http://www.newvisions.org/blog/entry/scripts-are-for-kids-too

Possibly most strategic Technology Integration approach I have ever seen: Distributed PD

I met with Mike Muir of Auburn Schools (Maine) on a Project Roundtable Hangout the other day, and he introduced me to their Distributed PD project. I find the work extremely compelling, and a great model for all PD. What do you all think?

Distributed PD | Collaboratively Creating a Distributed PD System

Distributed PD is part of Auburn’s comprehensive approach to professional development, which includes face-to-face workshops & trainings, coaching & formative feedback, teachers getting together to share successes and challenges, and lesson & activity invention & tryouts. The key pieces of work in developing the distributed system of professional development include: A professional learning curriculum & continuum Learning modules built around that curriculum, and delivered in a variety of ways A system to “certify” and keep track of educators’ professional learning A system to recruit and certify the “certifiers” A distributed system to collect and share examples of various aspects of teaching and learning with iPads to help teachers answer the question, “But what does it look like?”