What Does “Getting It” Mean, Anyway?
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11/25/2009
11/21/2009
Can Web 2.0 Save Teacher Professional Development?
edweek.org Webinar
Presenters:
Barbara Treacy, director, EdTech Leaders Online, Education Development Center
Christopher Sessums, College of Education at the University of Florida
Moderator: Anthony Rebora, managing editor, teachermagazine.org, Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook
Themes: Online PD, teacher social networking, collaborative
Opening questions: what's happening? what are the opportunities & issues?
I. TREACY: Elements of effective PD? Which Tools Support Elements? Some Examples
PD needs to be well designed & delivered and to be better respected in its role for the educator.
Web 2.0 can support effective PD
ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PD
- be intensive, ongoing, connected to practice
- focus on student learning
- address teaching of spec content
- alignt school prop
- build strong working relationships among teachers.
- http://www.nsdc.org/stateproflearning.cfm
- Linda Darling Hammond
Succeeding with Web 2.0
Classroom 2.0 Live webinar 11-21-09 with Terry Freedman http://www.ictineducation.org/
Classroom 2.0 resources for Freedman: http://gl.am/QixMq
INTRODUCTION:
Elluminate features needed for attendees [approx 79+]
- what was cool here was clicking on a map & seeing where all attendees were from
Attendee Survey
- poll 1: experience using Web 2.0 -> 50/79 = Yes; 12/79 = No
- poll 2: googleform w/ 2 checkbox answer questions
TALK OVERVIEW:
Case Study: E13 Learning Community http://www.e13lc.newham.gov.uk/
11/20/2009
11/19/2009
21st Century Resource
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=786&Itemid=139
This page provides links to various guides related to:
Curriculum Instruction
Standards
Assessment
Professional Development
Learning Environment
This page provides links to various guides related to:
Curriculum Instruction
Standards
Assessment
Professional Development
Learning Environment
11/16/2009
11/14/2009
11/13/2009
Educational Practice
[11:41 mins] In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
11/12/2009
Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: The World's Largest English Department
Social Networking
A Ning group for English teachers reveals the potential of online social networking to break the culture of professional isolation.
Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: The World's Largest English Department
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