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Professional Development

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Integrated PD and Centers of Excellence in Teaching - suggestions?

Started by Elizabeth Falco Jan 3. 0 Replies

Hi everyone!I am doing some research on schools with integrated best practice professional development programs and/or Centers for Excellence in Teaching. I am looking for exemplar schools and…Continue

Differentiated Learning Webinars or Podcasts

Started by Dana Reker. Last reply by Alex Inman Jun 2, 2011. 1 Reply

Can anyone suggest good DL webinars or podcasts for elementary school. Thanks so much!

Project Based Learning

Started by JoAnn Young. Last reply by Kusum Wagle Feb 6, 2011. 10 Replies

Our school is interested in project based learning. We would like to visit K-6 or K-8 independent schools that are successfully using this approach. Can you recommend a good school to visit? We would…Continue

RFP for a PD database

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Richard Jan 20, 2011. 17 Replies

Do you use software to keep track of professional development? What features do you like about it.I've been looking around for a web-hosted solution for keeping track of our teachers' professional…Continue

Tags: tracking, hours, development, professional, database

Professional Development Webpages

Started by Lori Beth Wiseman. Last reply by Kusum Wagle Oct 23, 2010. 1 Reply

Hello, we are in the beginning stages of building a professionaldevelopment webpage at our school and are in the process of decidinghow we want it to look, what to put on there etc. Do you have…Continue

Has anyone tried Loti?

Started by Sarah Hanawald. Last reply by Peggy Hale May 21, 2010. 2 Replies

Hi all, I just added this page for Loti to the group diigo account. Here's a quote from the site:LoTi is a term referring to Dr. Moersch's Level of…Continue

Technology Proficiencies?

Started by Alison Cohen. Last reply by Peggy Hale May 21, 2010. 4 Replies

Does any school use basic technology proficiencies for their teachers? If so, how do you assess them?Please share your strategies and ideas.Continue

Professional Development Tracking

Started by Gail Braddock. Last reply by Gail Braddock Feb 13, 2010. 5 Replies

friends,We are trying to determine an easier way for our teachers to keep up withtheir professional development hours for conferences, workshops, etc. Iwas considering devising a FMPro database, but…Continue

Tags: ProfessionalDev

Where Do You Find The Time for Social Media?

Started by Karen Hurd. Last reply by Susan Carter Morgan Jul 6, 2009. 2 Replies

I realize I'm "preaching to the choir" by posting here, because if you are a member of this ning, you are probably also a member of other nings. And, you probably have a Twitter page and/or a…Continue

Tags: iste, Web 2.0, facebook, twitter, necc

Habits of Mind

Started by Andrea Fanjoy. Last reply by Andrea Fanjoy May 12, 2009. 2 Replies

We would like to introduce the Habits of Mind to our faculty next August. Does anyone know of any speakers/trainers who will come to Toronto, Ontario?Are there any other suggestions for resources or…Continue

Ancient wisdom on professional development

Started by Peter Gow. Last reply by Marty Hankins Mar 27, 2009. 3 Replies

In 1920 the head of the Park School of Baltimore was invited to tell a group of Boston parents about the latest in educational thinking and practice. By the time the evening was over, the parents had…Continue

Tags: Tweetcher, Beaver Country Day School, Twitter, Eugene Randolph Smith, Park School of Baltimore

Professional Development Plan

Started by Ademola Popoola. Last reply by Marty Hankins Mar 25, 2009. 1 Reply

Good morning everyone.I'm the Technology Integration Specialist @ Sacred Heart School. SHS is a private, independent school on the north-side of Chicago. In addition to acting as the Technology…Continue

International PD

Started by Andrea Jenkins. Last reply by Sharon Lawrence Feb 5, 2009. 2 Replies

Hi all. This is the time teachers at Trinity begin creating proposals for summer professional development grants. In the idea of thinking big, I am wondering what international PD opportunities are…Continue

Successes & Failures

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Laurie Bartels May 29, 2008. 6 Replies

What have been your most successful P.D. experiences? And, since we often learn more from our mistakes than our successes, what have been your least useful forays into professional development?

PD for one to one

Started by Beth Adamczyk. Last reply by Trevor Shaw Feb 25, 2008. 3 Replies

I’d love to discuss PD for teachers about to embark on a one to one program.For the past four years I have been working with them on applications such as: Gradequick, Edline, SmartBoard, Google apps,…Continue

Tags: tablet pc, one to one

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Comment by Mark Hopkin on May 27, 2008 at 9:21am
I provide professional development for faculty at my college as well as teach pre-service teachers. Just thought I'd try to share a mp4 podcast on Bloom's Taxonomy. Your welcome to use or shareBloom's Taxonomy.m4a
 

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