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Informationen zum Autor Thomas C. Murray serves as the state and district digital learning director for the Alliance for Excellent Education located in Washington, DC. He has testified before the United States Congress and works alongside that body, the US Department of Education and state departments of education, corporations, and school districts throughout the country to implement digital learning while leading Future Ready, Project 24, and Digital Learning Day. Murray's experiences in K-12 digital leadership, which include implementing a 1:1 program, BYOD, blended learning, and a K-12 cyber school where he served as the director of technology and cyber education for the Quakertown Community School District in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, have been recognized nationally. A former school principal, Murray is passionate about proper digital learning implementation and personalized professional learning. He was the recipient of the Blended Schools Network Leadership Award, named one of the top 16 "forward thinking EdTech leaders in the country," named one of the "top 100 influential voices in education," has been featured in Tech & Learning magazine's Leadership Profile, and has appeared on various television shows. Murray's cyber- and blended-learning programs have been highlighted by Forbes.com, T.H.E. Journal , District Administration magazine, Project Red, Tech & Learning magazine, the Innosight Institute, and iNACOL, among others, and on Digital Learning Day in both 2013 and 2014. He also serves on the advisory board for T.H.E. Journal and Remind. Murray is the cofounder of #edtechchat, a weekly educational technology Twitter forum, where hundreds of educators from around the world discuss digital learning. As a follow up, his weekly show, #edtechchat radio on the BAM Radio Network, regularly falls as one of the top downloaded education podcasts. Connect with him on Twitter @thomascmurray or at www.thomascmurray.com. Speaking Engagements and Other Credentials: http://www.thomascmurray.com/#!2014-engagements/c1d9n Klappentext Zusammenfassung Guide you step-by-step through the process. This book you can confidently learn to build a values-driven school culture! personalized professional roadmaps! and a collaboration-minded staff. It includes concrete examples! leadership profiles! and a wealth of resources to help administrators and teachers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface by Peter DeWitt Introduction 1. A New Vision for Professional Learning Who Owns the Learning? Teachers as Learners and Leaders Tool Spotlight: Google Forms for Soliciting Teacher Feedback Leadership Profile: Michelle Nebel 2. Lead Learners Model the Way The Leadership Gap Time: Stop Spending; Start Investing Tool Spotlight: Today¿s Meet Blogging to Lead, Blogging to Learn Tool Spotlight: Edublogs, Blogger, Wordpress Leadership Profile: Jimmy Casas 3. Personalizing Learning Plans in Action Empower Staff to Design Their Own Learning Designing the Personalized Roadmap Expanding Boundaries Tool Spotlight: Tweetdeck Tool Spotlight: The Official Chat List Leadership Profile: Laura Fleming 4. Developing the 21st Century Professional Learning Mindset Professional Learning is Collaborative Job-Embedded Professional Learning and the Role of Coaching Professional Learning Communities Professional Learning is Engaging Professional Learning is Relevant and On Demand Tool Spotlight: Voxer Leadership Profile: Tom Whitford 5. Shifting the Focus Forward Common Core Shifts Require Shifts in Professional Learning From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side to Meddler in the Middle A Call to Action References ...
