Student-Led Classrooms with Paul Solarz

Student-Led Classrooms with Paul Solarz

2016 Ditch Summit
Student-Led ClassroomsPaul Solarz View/Record Flip Videos from illinois? Get official PD credits About Paul Twitter: http://twitter.com/PaulSolarzWebsite/blog: http://www.learnlikeapirate.com/Book: Learn Like a PIRATE Paul Solarz has been teaching at Westgate Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 1999. He advocates for student-centered teaching practices and a focus on 21st Century skills attainment. Fortunately for Paul, his school and district administration have given him plenty of autonomy to take risks and be innovative over the years. This has led to his unique style of teaching and the motivation to share his strategies with the broader education community. In 2015, Paul was named a Top 50 Finalist for the Varkey GEMS Global Teacher Prize. The Global Teacher Award seeks to do for education what the Nobel Prize has done for science, literature, and peace. He was also…
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HyperDocs with Lisa Highfill, Sarah Landis, Kelly Hilton

HyperDocs with Lisa Highfill, Sarah Landis, Kelly Hilton

2016 Ditch Summit
All About HyperDocsLisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton and Sarah Landis View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About the HyperDocs Girls Lisa Highfill’s Twitter: @lhighfill http://twitter.com/lhighfillKelly Hilton’s Twitter: @kellyihilton http://twitter.com/kellyihiltonSarah Landis’s Twitter: @sarahlandis http://twitter.com/sarahlandisBlog: http://hyperdocs.co ​ Lisa Highfill is an instructional technology coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her masters in educational technology leadership and has been a classroom teacher for more than twenty years. As a MERIT fellow, Google Certified Innovator and a YouTube Star Teacher, she travels the globe presenting at EdTech conferences and speaking about lesson design and learning theory. Kelly Hilton taught in the classroom for fifteen years and is currently an instructional coach in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. She leads professional development on topics such as technology integration, global education, and reading/writing workshop.…
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