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From solo to ensemble
A teacher sits alone at her desk, yet she is working collaboratively with a team of two dozen educators in a professional learning community. Teachers who were once isolated by distance and the nature..
Online community becomes a pathway to teacher leadership
Kate’s perspective on teacher leadership before engaging in this online community is not that unusual. As a 5th-grade teacher, she’s focused on trying to do what is best for her students. However,..
JSD is changing, growing, learning — and so are the ways we change, grow, and learn
Welcome to the ever-innovating JSD.We’ve been up to our ears in change lately. Not only are we increasing the number of issues we publish each year, but now you hold in your hands a redesig..
No excuses! Technology offers more options to expand access and innovation
Recent advances in technology offer us an exciting opportunity to re-examine our approaches to professional learning. The growing availability of technology allows us to think about how we can increas..
Learning, no matter where you are
JSD: When we hear about districts and schools using technology for professional development, often we’ll hear about the convenience that technology offers. Yet we know that professi..
Weaving the fabric of professional development
Networked learning supported by 21-century technology is reweaving the fabric of how educators acquire and create new knowledge. At the Alaska Educational Innovations Network (AEIN), we believe this h..
17,000 islands, 1 goal
Community has taken on a new meaning for several school-based coaches spread across Indonesia. For far too long in developing countries, educators have been forced to rely on one-shot centralized prof..