Free PD on Demand for Teachers and Administrators What, Where, Why, How?
A Presentation by Peggy George and Lorna Costantini
Speaks VOLumes Virtual Conference
3:00pm Central
August 2, 2012
Conversation Overview
• WHAT/WHEN: What is "PD on Demand"? • WHY: Why would we want "PD on Demand"? • WHERE: Introduction to places you can find FREE
PD opportunities and resources for yourselves as well as for your teachers and administrators o Webinars/Webcasts o Virtual Conferences o Twitter, Tweetdeck, Facebook and other social
media sites • HOW: Suggestions for ways to think about using
these resources as PD opportunities for your teachers and administrators (both face-to-face and online)
• Questions/Answers
Free Webinars
Poll Question: Have you ever attended an online webinar
prior to this conference? Yes No
http://live.classroom.com
Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources
RSS Feed for Archived Recordings: http://live.classroom20.com/1/feed
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html
http://edtechtalk.com
Virtual Conferences and Online Courses
Poll Question: Have you participated in a free virtual
conference or online course prior to this conference? Yes No
http://www.library20.com/page/general-session-room-links
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-conference
http://k12onlineconference.org
DEN Summer Institute
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/DEN/summer-institute.cfm
http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-623-socialedcon.html
http://moodlemeets.learnnowbc.ca/
MoodleMeet hosted by CEET but available on the AzTEA Technology in Education courses-- Login as guest http://www.aztea.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=39
Organizing your Professional Development Using Twitter Poll Question: Do you use a twitter management tool like tweetdeck? Yes No
#edchat
TwitterFall
Dr. Julie Delello
How can you learn about these opportunities and keep track of them somehow?
• Build a PLN of outstanding educators who are tweeting, posting to Facebook and Google +, writing blog posts
• Subscribe to the RSS feeds for their blogs • Try TweetDeck for Twitter management to follow topics
important to you • Share discoveries/learnings back out to your PLN and ask
questions to interact with them to find events/webinars /resources on specific topics of interest to you
• Share your discoveries with other teachers and your principal and invite them to join you
Tips and Considerations
• Start small--pick one idea so you don't get overwhelmed with the possibilities
• Provide alternatives and choices for varied learning styles
• Invite your principal to participate WITH you
• Celebrate and recognize sharing and active involvement among your colleagues
More Free Resources for PD
Poll Question: Do you use the Internet to find
free lesson plans and resources? Yes No
WWW.
http://az.pbslearningmedia.org OR http://pbslearningmedia.org
Discovery Education Lesson Plans
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/
Scoop.it: FREE DEN Resources
http://www.scoop.it/t/freederesources
http://lessoncast.org/lessons/
http://learnitin5.editme.com/
HOW: Suggestions for ways to think about using these resources as PD opportunities for your teachers and administrators (both face-to-face and online) • Hosted workshops • LAN Parties (small group/large group for viewing recorded online PD
together) • Online PD for re-certification credit hours (Madison and K12 Online
Examples) • Host your own virtual conferences--a day of back-to-back sessions hosted
on a Learning Management System such as Moodle/Edmodo and record/archive them for on-going reflection and discussion
• TeachMeet, EdCamp or other Unconference model where participants meet face-to-face with everyone participating in suggesting and/or leading conversations on selected topics
• Host a live webinar event using a web-conferencing platform such as Blackboard Collaborate with both face to face and/or virtual participants and presenters presenting virtually (example: AZ Humanities Festival)
• Offer your own workshops using Skype video to bring in presenter virtually (Example: Teacher workshop in Cave Creek, AZ; Faculty Symposium Skype presentation with f2f audience in Illinois)
Image credit: Dean Shareski http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/6344168161/in/set-72157606411341392/
Flickr Group: Great Quotes for Learning and Change http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/
Personal Learning Networks=Connected Educators
Personal Learning Network shifts the responsibility to YOU. It's not a wait
and receive model. Principal, Eric Sheninger #140edu
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24374764
Questions?
Contact Us
Email: [email protected] Website: http://live.classroom20.com
Peggy George Website: http://pgeorge.net Twitter: pgeorge Lorna Costantini Website: http://ourschool.ca Twitter: lornacost
