Professional Learning
Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, have become crucial in designing school-wide strategies dedicated to helping students achieve their potential. The resources included in this toolkit are intended to help you meet the challenges presented by today’s educational landscape through effective professional learning and development opportunities.



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Blog Silver Linings and Solutions During COVID-19In Part One of this series, we looked at the many challenges facing educators as they rush to rethink their curriculum to fit into a remote learning environment. Now we look at the “bright side” of this sudden transition to making elearning the new normal. |
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Blog Welcome to the New Normal. Population: All of Us!As a response to the circumstances of the times, Intel is publishing two new free resources on remote learning: one for educators and one for parents. |
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Blog Educator Challenges and Solutions During COVID-19While there are a wide-range of factors contributing to general educator frustration during the pandemic, these common challenges can be categorized into four distinct buckets. |
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Blog Teach This, Not That!For every single student in my room, I have become passionate about asking; Why I am teaching THIS, when I could be teaching THAT? |
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Blog Educator Panel: What Tech Works in the ClassroomThe last PDXedTech meetup was an educator panel on what technology works best in the classroom. Find out wha's working in classrooms and why! |
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Blog Google Slides For MathWhile PowerPoint is mostly a static tool for delivering a lesson, Google Slides can be used collaboratively for many purposes in the math classroom. |
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News The 2019 Horizon Report is HereThe 2019 Horizon Report is here, profiling key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology. |
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Blog Reflections on Tech Use with Young ChildrenIf technology isn't "good enough" for the children of the Silicon Valley innovators who created it, how can we defend its use in schools, especially with young children? |
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Blog Mindset, Lens, Focus and Organizational ChangeIt's essential to allow individuals to articulate their personal perspectives and make them visible to others. Providing voice is a critical step in building consensus. |
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Blog My Students Need More Sleep. And So Do I.With the omnipresence of screens, we’re getting less sleep. While it's easy to direct teens to turn off their devices and get more sleep, are we taking our own advice? |