Professional Development That Doesn't Invoke Panic Disorders

Guidelines: (ask yourself these questions)

• What do you want teachers to be able to know or do at the end of this PD?
• Do they just need to know something, or will they be asked to put something into action?
• How will you measure whether these outcomes are met/successful?

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Create your own learning community

Use sites with learning communites already in place

Participate in online learning opportunities

Create your own Personal Learning Network

Easy to differentiate for learning styles & knowledge levels

current, dynamic, & always changing

...free?

PLI

6 Hour Differentiated PD

Planning PD - Self Assessment

Easily create surveys and send via link or e-mail

www.surveymonkey.com

We differentiate professional development for our principals/teachers based on school/individual needs and levels of prior knowledge.

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Instant polling, a cell phone with the ability to text is all that is needed

www.polleverywhere.com

What Can I Use?

• Survey Monkey
• Poll Everywhere
• Outlook Voting
• Edmodo

Use Microsoft Outlook to create an e-mail voting poll

Using Technology to plan and pre-assess teachers' needs and knowledge

When planning PD, we know exactly what the learners will be doing with the information.

Easily create simple polls and send to a specific group of people

www.edmodo.com

We know the process the learners will need to go through to use information in order to produce desired outcomes.

Create an "assignment" and send to a group on Edmodo

What Can I Use?

• Edmodo
• Google Docs

We create opportunities for teachers to provide authentic feedback, begin to collaborate with peers, and ask follow up questions

Teachers can simply reply privately, or attach files and/or links

docs.google.com

Work on projects with other teachers, teams, etc.

Ask for contribution to a single collaborative document

Using Technology to Assess Teachers' Learning & Understanding

Ability to create forms and surveys as well

Professional Development

Presenters:

Alison Gregory

Whitney York

@w_york

&

@Alison32303

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that doesn't invoke...

Panic Disorders!

'You can't force commitment, what you can do... You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.' Peter Senge

edu.glogster.com

Using Technology for PD or to Enhance Learning During & After

Prezi.com

What Can I Use?

• Presentations
• Save your paper
• Videos
• Backchannels
• Response Systems

Share files, extra resources, and presentations with teachers immediately afterwords or during PD

SkyDrive.com

www.techsmith.com/jing

- or - Quicktime

e-Clicker & Host

todaysmeet.com

Apps for Smart Phones & Devices

Traditional CPS Systems

More Tools for Backchannels

http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/BCtools/

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Professional Development Beyond the School Walls

@RSCON3

Utilize Edmodo School/District capabilities

http://reformsymposium.com/

http://simplek12.com/tlc/webinars/

@simpleK12

Join Edmodo content and subject communities

@w_york

@alison32303

http://edupln.ning.com/

http://www.cybraryman.com/twitter.html