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Shawn Edmondson

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Jim Knight: how video eliminates the distance between teachers and instructional coaches

Posted by Shawn Edmondson on 8/23/16 10:44 AM

In the fifth of our five-part interview series with Jim Knight, Jim talks about how video can help to overcome the distances that often separate instructional coaches from the teachers they support.

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Jim Knight: what teacher development programs need for real change

Posted by Shawn Edmondson on 8/23/16 10:37 AM

In the fourth of our five-part interview series with Jim Knight, Jim lists the key components that every teacher development program must include in order to succeed. He describes importance of giving teachers a truly authentic voice in their own learning.

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Jim Knight: why video models of effective teaching practices are so important

Posted by Shawn Edmondson on 8/23/16 10:26 AM

In the third of our five-part interview series with Jim Knight, Jim discusses how schools can build a video library of effective teaching practices to transform teaching and learning. He also describes how video can address common misperceptions teachers have about their practice.

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Jim Knight: video, the biggest innovation for teacher professional development since...

Posted by Shawn Edmondson on 8/23/16 10:16 AM

In the first of our five-part interview series with Jim Knight, Jim talks about how video is transforming instructional coaching. He outlines the key reasons why video is such a disruptive technology for teacher professional development and argues that it’s the biggest innovation for PD since the internet.

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