The following post was written by David Bell (@dtbell22) regarding a recent day of internal professional development. It was the single best day of teacher development that I have ever experienced, anywhere in my career. The peer-to-peer collaborative instruction resulted in high ownership. The boots-on-the-ground knowledge of actual tool implementation made for high interest. The embedded nature of the sessions substantially decreased distance between the act of development and the place where the new learning would be executed. Finally, hands-on, action-oriented sessions made for a great opportunity to play, experiment, problem-solve, and learn. I've never been prouder of the staff.
On Friday, January 27th our faculty participated in an educational technology workshop. The exciting part is that we did not have to visit another school or have an expert guest speaker flown in. Teachers participated in 21 different learning sessions led by their colleagues. It was an opportunity for our staff to showcase the educational tools being implemented in their classrooms and to model how these technologies enhance instruction. The benefit to a professional development activity of this nature is that our teachers now have access to a local network of experts. I am confident that all teachers learned more applications that will strengthen their instruction.
Sessions included:
- Embedding Media into Websites (Paula Niedbalski)
- Developing a Blog (Nick Bakke, @bakke3129, The Ed Tech Gurus)
- Using Google Forms in the Classroom (Paula Niedbalski)
- A Paperless Classroom with Dropbox and Other Tools (Jodi Glaze, @KungFuSpanish)
- IPODs as a Testing Accommodation (Caleb Hundt, @hundtcaleb, The Ed Tech Gurus)
- How to Flip Your Classroom (David Bell, @dtbell22)
- Creating Screencasts with Jing (Brad Saron, @bradfordgs)
- Web 2.0 Research (Nick Bakke, @bakke3129, The Ed Tech Gurus)
- Skyward Reports (Julie Lundeen)
- Digital photo presentations with Animoto (Nick Bakke, @bakke3129, The Ed Tech Gurus)
- Twitter: Create your own Personal Learning Network (Ryan Alderson, @aldersonr)
- Skype and Facetime (Dawn Capwell)
- Picasa Photo Editing and Web Album (Caleb Hundt, @hundtcaleb, The Ed Tech Gurus)
- Evaluating Apps and District Guidelines (Ryan Brown)
- The Instructional Uses of Document Cameras (Colleen Curtis)
- Google Reader as a Professional Development Tool (Colleen Curtis)
- Creating a website on Google Sites (Sarah Wallace, @WallaceSarahE and Karen Alderman)
- IPADS for Beginners (Alissa Sanders, @asanders329)
- Technology Assisted Instruction with the IPAD (Megan Menzynski, @MrsMenzy)
- Handwriting Recognition Apps on IPADS (Megan Menzynski, @MrsMenzy)
- Using Livescribe Pens on your Class Website for Remediation and Reteaching (Julie Lundeen)
- Using Google Forms for Formative Assessment (Paula Niedbalski)
A few pictures from the event:
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| Mrs. Sanders presenting on iPad Basics |
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| Mrs. Lundeen leading a session on the Smart Pen and Websites |
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| Mr. Woodhouse and Mr. in App Evaluation for District Guidelines |
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| Mr. Bakke helping us set up Diigo accounts for research |
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| Using iPods for testing accommodations with Mr. Hundt |
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