Derek L. McCoy

There are some of the impactful articles I’ve tweeted and saved to to my Diigo account. Hopefully these reshares will be of benefit to you and your practice.

• The Challenging Teacher Leader

  Some thinking points from @curriculum_blog on the value-add of teachers who challenge or question what’s put in front of them.

• 10 Tips For Teachers To Connect With Parents Via Social Media

  Simple goals and guidelines to share with staff

• The Key Differences Between Summative And Formative Assessments

  Great infographic

• 10 Strategies To Reach The 21st Century Reader

  This post will challenge our traditional concept of reading, media centers and our concept of literacy plans

• 20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

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  Identifying Teacher Leaders: How Teachers Can Help

• One amazing example of how to train teachers on technology
  Great post, novel idea on an academy approach to PD – starts with relationships

• Common Core in Action: Screencasting in the Fourth Grade Math Classroom | Edutopia

  The math teacher in me loves this! Solving math problems + explaining thinking = METACOGNITION! Common Core calls for justification/explanation of thinking! Great post

• Research Suggests Professional Development Delivers Better Student Scores

• 5 Tips for Flipping Your PBL Classroom

• Free Technology for Teachers: ScreenCastify – A Screencasting Option That Works on Chromebooks

• 5 Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know

Good solid strategies to share

• 10 Ways Teacher Planning Should Adjust To The Google Generation
• 10 questions to ask when choosing education technology | eSchool News | eSchool News | 2

• Think Big: How to Jumpstart Tech Use In Low-Income Schools | MindShift

• Infographic: Teachers’ Guide to Trendy EdTech Concept
• The Top 5 Tips to Teach Character with Edtech Infographic

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.