Sharon Petersand Konrad Glogowski
The Good news....
Teachers see connection between their own prof growth and learning gains of their students
Time Factors
Funding Issues
Lack of Quality Materials for teaching
Lack of Support Resources
Lack of leadership
0 22.5 45.0 67.5 90.0
Factors Preventing Effective PD
Are we surprised??
Online tools and environments are not being used to their great potential
Nearly 70% of educators state they have NEVER used web-based tools or environments
to communicate at a distance for PD
GraceiLike.... ... on the topic of
backchanneling
Meg
Fictionpress - Simply Meg
ICT in Education - Music on the Internet
A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and Social Spaces
Nat
YouTube for music videos
Watching online videos
School as a learning environment for teachers
Is your school fostering a learning community for you?
Observed that those schools with a strong learning community for their teachers through mentorships, opportunities for informal and formal PD are strong learning communities for their students
(Diagrams by Alec Couros in PhD Dissertation - “Examining the Open Movement: Possibilities and Implications for Education",(172) 2006. Used with permission.)
Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to "be human together" (Siemens)
How about educators?
Your Network is Your Filter. (Tapscott)
We learn from the company we keep. (Smith)
This is the Internet....
Personal Learning Environment
From: http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/2006/11/participation_online_the_four.html
A Taxonomy for ALL Learners!
Professional Development is changing....
The 15 minute Daily Challenge
Self-directedSelf-initiatedSelf-driven
Selfish
Some Resources
Professional Growth Wiki
Unplugging Conferences
Open PD
Edtechtalk.com
