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I've been supporting learners for my entire career. After my time in the classroom, I found myself involved in the design and implementation of educational technologies to support better outcomes for students at all levels, including military, corporate, higher-ed, and for the last 15 years K-12.
My articles here are intended to highlight some of the great things happing on K12Leaders, as well as insights educators from across the country, and arround the world, share with me. You can reach me here on K12leaders as @Michael, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronder/
Three Things I Wish I Knew about ADHD While I Was Still Teaching October is ADHD Awareness Month and according to ADDitude Magazine, a leading resource on all things ADHD, just under 14% of adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD. So I did some quick math and figured out that out of the roughly 2,000 adolescents…
What does it mean to be Coachable??? You hear that term around athletics quite a bit, but what does it actually mean? How can you apply it to yourself and your classroom? All good questions! Let’s look a little deeper and unpack what this really means: Being coachable, or coachability, means you are capable of…
A survey from K12Leaders Advisor, Dana Castine: “I bet you’ve got some incredible ideas brewing to make your schools improve, and that’s why I’m inviting you to share your summer edtech priorities in this quick survey!”
Post by Tom Daccord [INTRO: A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. To help out all of our teacher friends, we are offering a series of posts focused on practical ways that you can use ChatGPT…
Is it every week that social media tries to re-invent itself? For all the (valid) dissatisfaction we seem to have with the social networks we’ve relied on for the past several years, it’s clear that we are also (justifiably) suspicious of the “next new thing.” But, as we pointed out when we launched K12Leaders last…
Cybersecurity: A Critical Skill for Today’s World In our technologically advanced society, cyber security is of critical importance. This curriculum helps students understand how the technology devices we trust can create vulnerabilities to cyber threats across all areas of our lives. Students will learn about a wide range of risks, including: These threats can have…