PDL Periodical
Volume I, Edition IV
This Just In
Calling All Educators! Buck Institute for Education is looking for volunteers to test one of their model projects or Project Based Learning ideas this term! Accepted applicants have the opportunity to earn a $400 stipend. Go to bit.ly/bieprojectpilot for more information and to apply!
The Personalized Digital Learning Facebook page just hit over 600 likes! Have you liked our page yet? If not, click here to see all the great work #cmspdl educators are doing. https://www.facebook.com/cmspdl
Teacher Voice
Season 3: Episode 4
In episode four, of season three, Mike Butler, an academic facilitator at Highland Renaissance, discusses common misconceptions of personalized digital learning. Tips, steps and standards are unpacked as a means to elevate Flexible Small Group Instruction.
Plays of the Week
Learn more about the PDL elements and the prerequisites for playlist and pathways in this video. Then, check out the sample playlists and pathways for K-5 students that align with the Elementary Literacy Instructional Guides (ELIGs) These learning structures are one way to enhance classroom instructional design.
Diving in to Digital Citizenship
Student Privacy can be a complex, intimidating topic. But there are some steps any teacher can take to better protect their students' data when using online tools. Click here to learn more about some simple privacy and security checks you should be making whenever you visit a website or use it with your students.
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
PDL Course Catalog: Our PDL catalog has sessions that you can request that we are offering for all schools. The catalog is a working document and we are always adding to it. To make scheduling easier, please fill out this form http://bit.ly/PDrequestPDL if you are interested in having any of our trainings ‘in-house’ (example during team planning or before/after school). Some of these trainings will not be done by us but by specialists; we will coordinate this for you. Some sessions we will offer at Spaugh as well.
Check out our Virtual Personalized Digital Learning course catalog! All virtual courses run in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. To participate, please register in MyTalent and obtain the link to access and begin the Canvas course!
To learn more about the requirements for DLC for licensure, please visit this Canvas page that has lots of resources for you. bit.ly/CMSNCDLC
#cmspdl Twitter Chat
Thursday, Sep 13, 2018, 07:30 PM
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Reminders
PL Cohort Schools (1-5) Only: Action Required. Please share the surveys links below with your staff, parents and students. The surveys will be distributed twice a year (Fall and Spring). For the parents surveys, you can add this to the parent communication letter or send it through the classroom teacher’s email. We recommend that this link is NOT sent via social media as we need the results to be only PL CMS schools. As a reminder, these surveys only go to those that are participating in the PL initiative. For example, if only your grade 5 is a part of the PL initiative, the surveys only go to the grade 5 staff, parents and students. Please have the following surveys completed by 9/27/2018:
Parents: http://bit.ly/pdlcmsparents1819
Students: http://bit.ly/pdlcmsstudents1819
Teachers and Support Staff (EC/TD/ESL etc): http://bit.ly/pdlcmsteachers1819
Have you heard? This year Media Services, ISS and PDL are excited to support your technology needs in all schools through our Mega Meeting. During Mega Meetings (September 24, January 15th and May 6th) we will communicate information around technology logistics, media services and non-instructional information. These meetings are geared toward technology contacts, technology associates, Media Coordinators and the Technology Admin (Google and Apple). I.M.P.A.C.T. meetings are a year long course that will meet five times face-to-face and also have some virtual components, that will center around identifying an instructional problem of practice, or area in which you want to grow, using the PDL framework as a foundation. We will provide varying levels of support, as you research and implement an action plan that focuses on your instructional goal. For more information about Mega and I.M.P.A.C.T. meetings, please reference the FAQ document in Canvas and by watching this video.
Get Connected
Email: pdl@cmslearns.org
Website: bit.ly/cms_pdl
Location: 4421 Stuart Andrew Boulevard, Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone: 704-501-6677
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cmspdl/
Twitter: @cms_pdl