Differentiated Professional Development
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The document discusses the importance of customized professional development for educators, emphasizing the flexibility of choosing topics, times, and formats that cater to individual needs. It introduces various online platforms like Nings, blogs, podcasts, and Twitter as resources for engaging in professional learning communities. The author encourages educators to take charge of their development by actively participating in discussions, leveraging social media, and curating their learning experiences.
Differentiated Professional Development
- 1. DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Presented by Melissa Smith @edutechsmith
- 2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC forced inservice hours when a) you need to be setting up your classroom b) the day before winter holiday when you have a zillion different errands to run c) after school when you had to juggle your kids and to do list to sit one more hour at work d) all of the above chosen by someone in a different position than you are in maybe one that isn’t even on your campus
- 3. CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT you select the topic you select the time you select the place you select the format you select the length of the growth
- 4. NINGS
- 5. NINGS It’s like a cyber conference that never ends. It’s a social place like Facebook. You get a “wall” to write on. You get friends inside that society to comment on their walls. You have groups to join based on similar interests. Read or read and respond to discussions that others are having. Ask for help.
- 6. The Educator’s PLN Classroom 2.0 Making the Curriculum Pop!
- 7. BLOGS
- 8. BLOGS ARE MAGAZINES Pick one out Read it. Don’t like it, choose another
- 9. LIKE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, BUT IT GETS PUBLISHED Take it to the next level: Read and Interact (active learning) Digital Dialogue
- 10. SIGN UP FOR HOME DELIVERY! Rss Feed = Filling out a magazine Just like a subscription, you don’t have to subscribe forever!
- 11. PDS NETVIBES Sharing blog recommendations with others.
- 12. PODCASTS
- 13. LISTEN TO lectures, keynotes, conferences, how to’s, website recommendations, blog entries, conversations
- 14. WHERE TO START? ITUNES iTunes Store Click and hold on Podcasts Choose Education Bottom right corner - narrow your topic
- 15. November Learning EdTech Talk Tech Chick Tips a few David Warlick recommendations Mathtrain.TV Podcast 2009 k-12 Online Conference
- 16. TWITTER My personal favorite because it is learning through conversations and it is FAST!
- 17. TWITTER Eavesdropping with permission Ways to make it work: 1. Build up a network. 2. Follow a hashtag (#) conversation. 3. Participate!
- 18. TWITTER RECOMMENDATIONS Use TweetDeck for day to day tweeting Use TweetGrid to participate in a scheduled conversation Go to Twitter 101 workshop Hashtags to follow Chats to participate in
- 19. EVEN A WIKI IS PD! Read and learn from resources compiled! martininstitute.wikispaces.com http://fpstech.wikispaces.com/ http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/
- 20. LASTLY... Log your personal Professional Development!