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A New Day of New (EduJedi) Knights

In this National Gathering segment, we hear from two of our newest EduJedi Knights, Katie Micallef from Pinellas County Schools and Connie Kolosey from Volusia County Public Schools. When aske...

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Learning Counsel Market Briefing

Your Host LeiLani Cauthen, CEO at the Learning Counsel Publishing and Research, began the day with a Market Briefing based on the National Survey, the most comprehensive digital survey in K-12 e...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Lessons Learned in Our Digital Transition - Guest Educator Panel

Once again, it’s time for Lessons Learned in Our Digital Transition – Guest Educator Panel. Our Lessons Learned panel discussions tend to be no-holds-barred, with enough ideas, challenges and so...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - New Leadership

A new, post-crisis world requires a new kind of leader. Superintendents like Dr. Victor Simon from Gower School District 62 in Illinois exemplifies the kind of new leadership thinking that is wo...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - "Education Reimagined: How Does Hybrid Impact Your School?"

This Lunch and Learn discussion is being sponsored (and led) by Cisco, who is helping us reimagine learning in this new hybrid era. According to Mary Schlegelmilch, Cisco Education Consultant, “...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - New Responsibilities for Digital Leaders

If you haven’t seen one of Chris McMurray’s presentations, you are in for a real treat. Chris is the Vice President of the EduJedi Leadership Society, and is extraordinarily active in its growth...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Solve Your Top Three Digital Learning Challenges: Access, Engagement, and Rostering

We hear it again and again. Our Lunch and Learn discussions are the perfect opportunity to explore resources recommended by the Learning Counsel. In the case of ClassLink, Director of Technology...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - New Leadership

Ivy Nelson is the Technology Integration Coordinator at Belton School District. In this New Leadership discussion, Nelson stresses the importance of digital citizenship in the school district. A...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Ed-Tech Market Briefing Update & Intro to " Learning Leadership vs. Systemic Inequities"

It’s time for the EdTech Market Briefing and introduction to Learning Leadership Vs. Systemic Inequities, presented by Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen. In this update, Cauthen calls ‘em lik...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Equity of Access in Digital Learning Environments

It’s time to enjoy another Lunch and Learn presentation. In this presentation, the Learning Counsel, with the help of Blackboard, explore equity of access in a digital learning environment. With...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Solve Your Top Three Digital Learning Challenges: Access, Engagement, and Rostering

People love our Lunch and Learn presentations. It is an opportunity for the Learning Counsel to recommend needed products and services to our districts. In this Lunch and Learn presentation, Lyl...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Hybrid Logistics Briefing

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Learning Counsel has been working furiously on a program we call the Hybrid Logistics Project. In this briefing, LeiLani Cauthen, CEO & Publisher at ...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Guest Educator Panel - Lessons Learned in Our Digital Transition

Attendees love our “Guest Educator, Lessons Learned in Our Digital Transition” panel discussions. In particular, they love the absolute openness in which the discussion is shared. Very often, le...

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IL, OH, MO, IA - Leadership & Model Shifts

Our guest educator speaker, Dr. Paul O'Malley, Superintendent at Butler School District 53 in Illinois, has a lot to say about leadership in this pandemic era. Like many superintendents, Dr. O’M...

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Reduce Teacher Workload: Strategies for Strengthening Digital Curriculum

It’s time to shift to best practices with school digital resources. While the software field has been zooming ahead in sophistication, for the past year teachers have been scrambling to knit t...

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Understanding the Professional – Grade Learning Software Scene

Many administrators and teachers are finding free software is not free. In software, mostly “free is like a puppy.” The work involved, and the liabilities to your carpets could be significant. I...

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DC - Lessons Learned in Our Digital Transition - Guest Educator Panel

In today’s guest educator panel, we feature Dr. Nicole DeVries, Director of K-12 and Gifted Programs at Virginia Beach City Public Schools, going one on one with LeiLani Cauthen, CEO at the Lear...

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DC - Hybrid Logistics Briefing

People wait all year for an insider-briefing from LeiLani Cauthen, CEO at the Learning Counsel. This briefing is particularly exciting, as Cauthen is deep in the throes of crafting the Hybrid Lo...

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DC - New Responsibilities for Leaders - Review the EduJedi Digital Learning Experience Standards

Chris McMurray is the Vice President of EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel. As part of that role, McMurray helps to set the tone among the EduJedi – specifically, how do we as school and...

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New Leadership Workshop: Innovation in spite of a Pandemic

Sometimes, the best time to innovate is when there are no other choices on the table. In the case of Virginia City Public Schools, innovation came in spades during the pandemic, and the lessons ...

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