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8/11/2015 - 7PM - Research has pointed out that millions of dollars are being wasted on PD in education b/c it is not meeting needs of tchrs.Your thoughts?
8/11/2015 - 1600CET - How do you deal with a colleague that you know is doing a poor job at teaching maybe even incompetent?
8/4/2015 - 7PM - What should an effective mentor program for young teachers look like?
8/4/2015 - 1600CET - If we were to remove standardized testing from the discussion, how successful is common core in your school?
7/28/2015 - 7PM - What decisions have you made about how you will do things differently in this approaching school year & what influenced those decisions?
7/28/2015 - 1600CET - Can we accurately say that digital literacy is a key component for relevance for a 21st Century educator?
7/21/2015 - 7PM - Do faculty meetings meet the needs of the faculty? What changes could be made to give faculty meetings relevance?
7/21/2015 - 1600CET - How do we define "authentic learning" and how does it fit into a 21st Century school system?
7/14/2015 - 7PM - What apps are most useful for staying connected w/other edus for collaborative learning? How does each help collaborate?
7/7/2015 - 7PM - What changes need to be made for our education system to better support professional development for educators?
7/7/2015 - 1600CET - How do we foster more diverse voices at education conferences?
6/30/2015 - 7PM - What is PBL and why is giving a class a project to do, not project based learning?
6/23/2015 - 7PM - We can't predict the future, but where does your school seem to be directed to change as it moves into next few years?
6/23/2015 - 1700CET - Who are the best collegial sources in your PLN and what makes each valuable to you?
6/16/2015 - 7PM - The role of the teacher has changed through he centuries. What should the characteristics, functions & duties of a 21st Century Teacher be?
6/16/2015 - 1700CET - If you were to make only one single change in education, what would it be?
6/9/2015 - 7PM - As an educator what do Blogs or blogging have to offer me or my students?
6/2/2015 - 7PM - What is Universal Design for Learning, UDL, and as an educator is this something I need to know about?
6/2/2015 - 1700CET - Does shared decision making work in running a school? What are the benefits/drawbacks?
5/26/2015 - 7PM - Since the positive effect of HW doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny of research why do we continue to strongly support it?
5/26/2015 - 1600CET - What is a reasonable plan for determining the PD each educator should be required to take?
5/19/2015 - 7PM - What are the alternatives to organizing and educating kids according to their age, or is that the best way to educate them?
5/19/2015 - 1600CET - What must administrators need to do in order to gain the trust and support from the teachers in their building?
5/12/2015 - 7PM - How do we shift the way professional development is delivered to more adult-centered learning?
5/12/2015 - 1600CET - How do you overcome the stigma of fear when using social media and how do you encourage community buy-in?
5/5/2015 - 7PM - If continuing PD is a necessity for educators to maintain relevance how do we involve educators in that process?
5/5/2015 - 1600CET - How does education research affect what you do as an educator on a daily basis?
4/28/2015 - 7PM - What are specific ways in which students can be involved in determining what they learn? Is student voice the wave of the future in education?
4/28/2015 - 1600CET - If you were on a committee responsible for hiring your school's Principal, what would you look for & what ques would you ask?
4/21/2015 - 7PM - What are specific ways staff meetings can be made meaningful and supportive?
4/21/2015 - 1600CET - What role do leaders play in fostering environments that allow educators and students to innovate and take risks?
4/14/2015 - 7PM - How do we determine what is innovative and effective or what is junk in education? Who decides?
4/14/2015 - 1600CET - What are specific ways staff meetings can be made meaningful and supportive?
4/7/2015 - 7PM - Why are half of all new teachers leaving the profession within the first five years in the profession?
4/7/2015 - 1600CET - How has the transparency of Social Media affected the education system?
3/31/2015 - 7PM - What are the best strategies to get your colleagues connected and collaborating with educators outside your district?
3/31/2015 - 1600CET - Will methods of Professional Development be better served by educators self directing their PD?
3/24/2015 - 7PM - Why does taking control of one's own professional learning matter?
3/24/2015 1600CET - If public relations is an important element for a school or district, what are best methods administrators can use?
3/17/2015 - 7PM - If reflection is so valuable a skill, how do we teach & reinforce reflection to both students and educators?
3/17/2015 - 1600CET -What are the advantages and shortcomings of education chats on Twitter?
3/10/2015 - 7PM - What are creative ways we can change scheduling of classes to meet the needs of students?
3/10/2015 - 1600CET - Beyond the needed skills we try to teach and measure in school What are the soft skills needed & how necessary are they?
3/3/2015 - 7PM - Why is personal branding so important in the digital age? How can students and educators brand themselves?
3/3/2015 - 1700CET - If helping students be better digital citizens is important, why isn't it embraced by more educators?
2/24/2015 - 7PM - What does "Future Ready" really mean?
2/24/2015 - 1700CET - What are the elements of Blogging and Social Media that would suggest that it is good educationally for Administrators, teachers and students?
2/17/2015 - 7PM - How different is online teaching from the classroom? Is this something that we should be teaching in teacher preparation programs?
2/17/2015 - 1700CET - If we stripped out standardized testing and all it has brought with it, would many educators continue their resistance to the Common Core State Standards?
2/10/2015 - 7 PM - How can we strive to eliminate the "Us vs. Them" mentality between a school's constituents; Admins, Teachers, Parents, and Students?
2/10/2015 - 1700CET - What are the specific ways that your school promotes and supports Professional Collaboration within and outside the school and district?
2/3/2015 - 7PM - If reflection is so valuable a skill, how do we teach & reinforce reflection to both students and educators?
2/3/2015 - 1700CET - Are there indicators that show us that social media and connected learning are having a positive effect on education? What are they?
1/27/2015 - 7PM - What are the built-in restraints in our system of education that prevent educators from being innovative in how they teach?
1/27/2015 - 1700CET - Who in your school determines the what and how of the professional development that is provided and are you satisfied that that method meets your needs?
1/20/2015 - 7PM - What are the components of a school's culture and how do they affect your school?
12/16.2014 - 7PM - What are the myths in education that need to be exposed to better get on with learning in the future?
12/16/2014 - 1700CET - With the new year soon arriving what are the specific changes you plan to make in 2015?
12/9/2014 - 7PM - How do we get to a point in education where tech is not a separate topic but included in discussions on the process of relevant learning?
12/9/2014 - 1700CET - How can observations be more constructive than punitive for teachers & be used as more of a tool & less a mandate?
12/2/2014 - 7PM - Is there real agreement among educators as to the Goal of Education. What specifically do you believe the goal of education to be?
12/2/2014 - 1700CET - In regard to professional development what are the specific advantages of being a connected educator?
11/18/2014 - 7PM - Rigor seems to be a point of discussion with many educators. Understanding seems to vary. What's your understanding of Rigor?
11/11/2014 - 7PM - What are the most effective ways for teachers to deal with admins who are failing to effectively lead & develop their staff?
11/11/2014 - 1700CET - Has DOE been steering ed in right direction with standardization & high stakes testing? Should there be another option?
11/4/2014 - 7PM - What are the barriers to creativity and innovation in the classroom?
11/4/2014 - 1700CET - Who are the specific Thought-Leaders & Innovators in education and what have you learned from them?
10/28/2014 - 7PM - What role should blogs play in the life of an educator?
10/28/2014 - 1600CET - Is there enough time in a school year to adequately practice project based learning & still do enough test preparation?
10/21/2014 - 7PM - If formative assessment is meant for the tchr to gauge stdnt understanding to adjust lessons, is it fair to assign a grade?
10/21/2014 - 1600CET - Should a minimum of some teaching experience be a requisite for all counseling and administrative positions in education?
10/7/2014 - 7PM - If research finds HW meaningless, especially in lower grades, why do we hang on to it with the baggage it carries?
10/7/2014 - 1600CET - What are the things that we should and we should not do in order to promote Innovation in education?
9/30/2014 - 7PM - What qualities make up a Connected Educator? How can others follow in their footsteps? Connected Ed Month-Oct #CEM14
9/30/2014 - 1600CET - How can school leaders move from traditional admin roles to more of an instructional coach to support authentic learning?
9/23/2014 - 7PM - If a teacher gets good test results with Direct Instruction & Lecture without technology, why should they change anything or do something else?
9/23/2014 - 1600CET - How do we get "Parents'Night" or "Back To School Night" to be more meaningful for parents?
9/16/2014 - 7PM - If collaboration is more effective for learning than direct instruction or lecture, what are its benefits and its drawbacks?
9/16/2014 - 1600CET - As a learner how do you learn best? What methodologies serve you best? What environment works best? When do you best learn?
9/9/2014 - 7PM - If we were to redo the classroom of today, what would it look like?
9/9/2014 - 1600CET - After obtaining a degree, a license, and a job, how are teachers expected to maintain their relevance in a rapidly changing society?
9/2/2014 - 7PM - How could we assess Common Core if we did away with high stakes testing or is one inseparable from the other?
9/2/2014 - 1600CET - If research tells us homework has a negligible effect on learning, why do so many parents judge a teacher by amt of HW given?
8/19/2014 - 7PM - How can teachers of one ethnicity adequately and effectively educate kids of other ethnicities to survive and thrive?
8/19/2014 - 1600CET - Are teachers adequately prepared to deal with the varied cultures in a diverse population? Please join us.
8/12/2014 - 7PM - What are your 2 specific top priorities that you would put in place today for education reform?
8/12/2014 - 1600CET - When it comes to learning space, is it time to reconsider rows? What would replace them?
8/5/2014 - 7PM - What can we do as teachers to foster parent engagement?
8/5/2014 - 1600CET - How has participating in social media affected your teaching and how has it affected your students' learning?
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10/22/2019 - Given the opportunity to rebuild your classroom and school, what would they look like?
10/15/2019 - How has Google and YouTube changed the way we teach and learn?
10/8/2019 - Do you feel that Professional Development addresses you as an experienced, adult learner?
10/1/2019 - Is a model of education where students have choice in their learning and teachers are more like mentors a realistic expectation?
9/24/2019 - How has blogging or podcasting had any influence on education, educators, or students?
9/17/2019 - What kind of systemic change needs to happen to support learners of the 21st century and how can we make that change happen?
9/10/2019 - With technology today offering content and context access anytime and anywhere should in-class seat time be a requirement for PD?
9/3/2019 - For decades teachers were told that research supports that class size does not matter. Although disproven, many still believe it. Thoughts?
8/27/2019 - If student teacher relationships are the basis for good education, is it ever appropriate for social media contact?
8/20/2019 - What are some successful first day of school suggestions or activities that you would give a new teacher?
8/13/2019 - Parents are often seen as adversarial in terms of education. How do we get parents to partner with teachers in the education of their kids?
8/6/2019 - When we refer to school culture, what elements of school and education are specifically being discussed?
7/30/2019 - What are the changes we need to make so as not to lose so many new teachers in their first 5 years?
7/23/2019 - In addition to rows and homework what are other mainstays in education that are slow to change?
7/16/2019 - What mandates in education do you feel are the most misguided?
7/9/2019 - How much could districts benefit by assessing their entire staff for current tech literacy and knowledge of education methodology?
7/2/2019 - How much autonomy should a teacher have when it comes to curriculum and methodology?
6/25/2019 - What are three practices or traditions in the culture of your school that could hinder/help the success of a new teacher?
6/18/2019 - How best can a teacher sell a new idea to an administrator who may be slow to change?
6/11/2019 - What has been your best source for professional development?
6/4/2019 - Why are so many educators resistant to professional development?
5/28/2019 - Is there a problem in education with a majority of teachers being women and a majority of administrators being men?
5/21/2019 - How has the use of social media as a tool for professional learning changed in the last 10 years? It is still an effective medium?
5/14/2019 - How can schools foster better communication with all stakeholders?
5/7/2019 - How can we continue to promote deeper learning for students beyond summative testing at the end of the year?
4/30/2019 - How political is public education and what effect does that have on our society?
4/23/2019 - From an educator’s point of view what does successful learning look like and how do we assess it?
4/16/2019 - What’s the balance needed for a 21st Century educator when it comes to a knowledge of content vs. a knowledge of the practice of education?
4/9/2019 - With so many educators acknowledging that the current system of education needs to change why do so few things in the system ever change?
4/2/2019 - Is the conventional method of grading supporting learning? If it is not supporting learning, should it be replaced?
2/19/2019 - If a quiz is formative assessment to gauge a student’s understanding of a lesson, then should the score on the quiz count in the student’s overall average? Is an average of quiz scores a valid assessment?
2/12/2019 - Should there be restrictions on the amount of homework that may be assigned?
2/5/2019 - How do we support a movement for supportive, effective, and collaborative professional development for all educators?
1/29/2019 - What is the major difference between teaching in the 20th Century and teaching today?
1/22/2019 - How does professional development you are most often exposed to fall short in meeting your needs?
1/15/2019 - If tomorrow your superintendent issued a statement that there will be no more report cards, what could replace them?
1/8/2019 - What else do we need in addition to trust and relationships to successfully teach and lead?
12/18/2018 - How do we identify kids who “fall through the cracks”? Do the quiet, cooperative and compliant kids get the attention they need?
12/11/2018 - In what ways are educators who are parents affected by their own kids in regard to their education philosophy?
12/4/2018 - Has the tribalism and political separation found throughout the country in general seeped into the classroom?
11/27/2018 - What is the role of school leadership in professional development?
11/20/2018 - How has the backlash to high stakes standardized testing settled down amongst educators and parents?
11/13/2018 - Should teacher certification in each state be more aligned nationally requiring a masters degree in education?
11/6/2018 - What are the key factors that interview committees should look at for in teacher applicants?
10/30/2018 - Do teachers view observations more as threatening and intimidating, or constructive and helpful?
10/23/2018 - Should educators be encouraged to use tools of technology to contact and communicate with parents?
10/16/2018 - What would be the effect of grouping kids by interest or mastery as opposed to age in education?
10/2/2018 - Considering the fact that women educators make up the majority of the profession, are women proportionally represented in its leadership? Does that matter?
9/25/2018 - Is content still king, or is it more important how kids interact with any content?
9/18/2018 - The "How to Learn" is a timeless teaching objective. An important and challenging question is: What are some other timeless or enduring teaching objectives?
9/11/2018 - How have search engines like Google and YouTube affected education specifically to teaching?
9/4/2018 - Is personalized learning practical and worth pursuing for your students, or should it be limited to a focus on your own professional development?
8/28/2018 - If student voice is so important in education what involvement do your students have in the decisions about their own education?
8/21/2018 - What are the best elements of your classroom procedures and how do your students respond to them?
8/14/2018 - What should formative assessment look like and how can it be balanced with summative assessment over the course of a lesson?
8/7/2018 - How much does the culture of a school direct its staff, or how much does the staff direct the culture of the school?
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