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See How These Educators Are Using Classroom Tech to Maximize Teaching and Learning
This resource features five masterclasses hosted by Digital Promise Leaders. Threaded throughout are OTAN resources which complement them.
Masterclass Topics
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Sparking Student Creativity
Facilitated by Lisa Jobson, Director, Global Youth Voice
In classrooms across the U.S., teachers are using technology to spark student creativity and deep thinking. In this masterclass, three educators from a variety of contexts showed how they are using Canva, Garage Band, iMovie, and Newsela to increase relevance and unlock student engagement and ownership.
OTAN Resources
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Realizing Competency Based Learning & Assessment
Facilitated by Jhacole LeGrand Dunn, Director, Adult Learning
Competency-based efforts hold great promise to meet diverse student needs but realizing that promise requires time and energy – two resources that are in short supply. In this masterclass, teachers demonstrated how they are leveraging Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Navigator, Pivot Interactives, and Pear Deck to achieve their competency-based learning goals.
OTAN Resources
ALVN: Connecting research with practice: Video Presentations
Keep Students' Attention: Delivering Interactive Lectures with Pear Deck
TDLS 2023 - Using Thinking routines with Interactive Slides to Amplify Learning
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Previewing Classroom Tech’s Future
Facilitated by Vic Vuchic, Chief Strategy Officer
Big data. Artificial intelligence. ChatGPT. Metaverse. Machine Learning. What does it all mean, and how might innovation in the larger technosphere impact classrooms? Educators and technologists in this masterclass envisioned how emerging technology will impact future learning by demonstrating how they are using Pressto AI, Verizon Innovation Learning Labs, and Kyron Learning.
OTAN Resources
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Serving the Whole Child
Facilitated by Jessica Jackson, Director of Professional Learning, Learner Variability Project
Teachers understand that the best learning happens when a child feels safe, valued, and heard. Educators in the “Serving the Whole Child” masterclass took a deep-dive into how technology like Thrively, Amira Learning, and Everfi can increase a sense of belonging and deepen whole child approaches.
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Accessing Personalized Professional Learning
Facilitated by Rita Fennelly-Atkinson, Director, Micro-credentials
Professional growth can and should meet the needs of an educator’s unique journey. Teachers showed how they are using the Digital Promise Micro-credentials Platform, Math ANEX, and Verizon Innovative Learning Teacher Training Pathways to own their professional growth journeys and shared tips on how other educators can gear up for their own journey.
- Todd Rigney, Houston Independent School District: Verizon Innovative Learning Teacher Training Pathways
- Wanda Colon Dias, Clark County School District: Digital Promise Micro-credentials Platform
- Janet Hollister, Santa Barbara Unified School District: Math ANEX
OTAN Resources