Online Professional Development for Educators

What do we want of our Teachers?The ability to use technology to:

• Support curriculum goals and improve student achievement

• Facilitate digital-age learning experiences

• Design rigorous and relevant standards-based activities

• Inspire learning, creativity and collaboration

• Grow and thrive in communities of practice

21st Century LearningMore Constructivist

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20th Century Learning

21st Century Learning

ICT, Education Reform, and Economic GrowthRobert B. Kozma, Ph.D.

21st Century Learning• Knowledge Creation

– curriculum is flexible and responsive to student goals and local contexts– emphasizes the development of collaboration, inquiry, information

management, creativity, critical thinking skills, and learning how to learn

• Knowledge Deepening

– key, interrelated concepts and principles that organize the subject area– emphasizes deep understanding of these within and across subjects

and their application to solve complex real world problems

• Knowledge Acquisition

– facts and concepts within school subjects

– emphasizes their acquisition

Effective Professional Development for Teachers

Tools & Apps

Effective Practices

Transference to Classroom

A flexible, personalized online K-12 professional development system that guides teachers to seamlessly integrate technology and 21st Century instruction into a standards-based lesson process.

Why pd21?

Job-embedded – no teacher pull out

Convenient – there when teachers need it

– 24/7 on demand

– Complementary to FTF Professional Development

Practical and hands on – rapid impact

– Speeds the adoption of technology in the classroom by providing classroom activities teachers can use right away

– Hands on learning at all levels

Systematic – easy to measure progress

– Supports ISTE standards

Scaffolding Teachers Learning

Tools & Apps

Effective Practices

Transference to Classroom

Workshops

in2class Library

How To Tutorials

Features of pd21

• Anytime, anywhere access to practical PD content

• Flexible formats and multiple points of entry

• Supports standards-based 21st century lesson design

• Provides job embedded professional learning

• Supports systemic learning

Convenient, Flexible Learning

How-To Tutorials

Workshops

Teachers use the best-practice ideas in their own

classrooms. Their success builds

confidence.

With experience, teachers are able to adapt and

experiment with the ideas to meet the needs of their own teaching situations.

With reflection, teachers articulate how technology can add value to learning.

Using these principles, they design their own 21st

Century lessons and projects.

Replicate Extend Adapt

Anytime or Instructor-Certified Workshops

Building 21st Century Skills

Job Embedded PD - in2class

Self-Paced Tutorials: Technology Skills for Educators

Excel Getting Started

Excel Intermediate

Excel Tech TipsExcel 10-Minute Lesson Ideas

Word Getting Started

Word Intermediate

Word Tech TipsWord 10-Minute Lesson Ideas

PowerPoint Getting Started

PowerPoint Intermediate

PowerPoint Tech Tips

PowerPoint 10-Minute Lesson Ideas

Internet Essentials*

Internet Research

Online Collaboration

Internet 10-Minute Lesson Ideas

*Using Web 2.0 tools such as Google Docs, Flickr, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, & Knols, and applications such as SketchUp & GeoGebra

in2class Books: Classroom-Ready Integration Models

K-2 Language Arts

3-5 Language Arts

6-8 English 9-12 English

K-2 Mathematics3-5 Mathematics

6-8 Mathematics

9-12 Mathematics

K-2 Social Studies

3-5 Social Studies

6-8 Social Studies

9-12 Social Studies

K-2 Science 3-5 Science 6-8 Science 9-12 Science

Anytime Workshops and Instructor-led Classes

Web 2.0 Research

Blogs in the Classroom The Information Process – Defining the Topic

Podcasts in the Classroom The information Process – Gathering Information

Wikis in the Classroom The Information Process – Evaluating & Selecting Information

Building Literacy and Community with Flickr The Information Process – Creating & Sharing Information

Cross Curricular English Language Arts

Create a Video Essay Analytical Reading

Creating Newspapers – Technology & Authentic Learning Reading – Activating Prior Knowledge

Creating Thematic Activities Reading – Book Reports

Developing Games and Puzzles with PowerPoint Reading – Literary Elements

Developing Games and Puzzles with Word Reading – Vocabulary Development

Developing Virtual Galleries for Student Publishing Using Sound to Stimulate Writing

Getting More Out of Information Searching Mathematics

Information Design: Structuring Interactive Projects Developing Games and Puzzles with Excel

Information Design: Using Media with Purpose Geometric & Algebraic Translations

Multimedia Authoring: The Digital Story Random Number Generators

Teaching to the Multiple Intelligences: Planning Tools Spatial Reasoning with Patterns & Percentages

The Digital Working Portfolio Teaching Algebra with Technology

Video Projects with Existing Movies Science

Visual Literacy: Reading Images Modeling Genetics with Excel

Visual Literacy: Writing with Images Science Process Skills: Analyzing Data

Social Studies Some Applications for Excel in the Life Sciences

Geography – Digital Graphing Techniques Using Databases in Science

Structuring and Publishing Digital Projects New topics and workshops are added regularly…

Supports Systemic Learning

pd21 provides Administrators with:

• Usage Reports• Communication Tools• User Management

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