Musings about Musings about Teacher Teacher Professional Professional Development Development
Musings about Musings about Teacher Teacher
Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment
Who am I?Who am I?
Purpose of My MusingsPurpose of My Musings
Conventional Pro-DConventional Pro-D
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Future ModelFuture Model
Changing the Way Changing the Way We do ThingsWe do Things
• Demographic shifts
• Changes in expectations of service
• Economy + Green
• Technology convergence
Global ContextGlobal Context
Technology ConvergenceTechnology Convergence• Extended reach
• Distributed expertise
• Audience
• Tools
• Aggregate, sort and search
Help Community Help Community Builds SolutionsBuilds Solutions
Help Tell StoriesHelp Tell Stories
Change the Way We Change the Way We Build and ShareBuild and Share
• BC Educational Leadership Council
• Royal Roads University
• Rural Teachers Network
Change the Way We Change the Way We TrainTrain
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Considerations?Considerations?
What the Research SaysWhat the Research Says
My Personal ExperienceMy Personal Experience
ChallengesChallenges
• Digital divide – access and skills
• Law and Policy
• Teacher culture
• $$$$$
• Choosing the technology
• Good course design and pedagogy
• Personal and relevant
• The right motivation
• A good start
RecommendationsRecommendations
RecommendationsRecommendations• You need people who think
differently • Single point of entry
• Be careful of the draw to synchronous
• Champions and experts throughout the US
• Get community input
• Test, pilot, test
RecommendationsRecommendations
• Focus on business not technology
• Find flexible tools
• Think about new skill sets
RecommendationsRecommendations
Some Questions To Ask Some Questions To Ask YourselfYourself
• Why do you need to change?
• What do you need to do differently?
• What content/process will remain face-to-face? What content/process should go online?
• What can you do better online?
• What is the cost-benefit of the change?
• What skill sets do you need? To start? Future?
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