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Using Community Groups
for Professional Development
Facilitate, motivate and design…
Facilitate…
• Keep the group focused
• Stay on pace during session
• Guide activity or project-based learning
Motivate…• Offer a variety of
participation opportunities
• Provide extended materials for independent learning
• Allow faculty to review or make-up the session as needed
Design…• Model good lesson
structure
• Model a variety of TOPIC elements
• Include formative assessments
• Exit ticket: quick and easy
Get started…
• Make a community group for PD – smart group for faculty only (then create a section)
• Use Bulletin Board for general goodies
• Organize PD by Topics
Add a group and then a section
OnCampus – Procedure – Community:
Add a Group, make it a SMART GROUP for teachers only
Community Group Pages: create a section
Then you’ll see it under your Groups where you can add content
Now add general content to the Bulletin Board
I included links to NETS, technology tools on the web like Prezi, TedEd, CitationMachine, Rubistar, etc.
RSS feed from a good ed blog here…
Downloads for lesson plan outlines, tips, news follow-up on PD sessions
Topics for PD
Layout and Content• Use layout and content to model good lesson plan structure.
Provide a graphic template
• Make your Topics showcase a variety of embedded web tools.
• TEST embedded content thoroughly! Set video width to 100%, add “s” to http:// so things display in a secure environment.
• Include review and supplemental materials for teacher who need to repeat or who missed the PD. OR who want MORE on the topic.
• Be consistent so teachers understand the value of consistent layout.
Sample Topic Content based on
“Understanding By Design”
Have FUN with it!• Take your time, develop them as needed. Refine ongoing.
• I also have a blog of my tech tidbits that I link to from Topics
• Create Topics from past sessions or for new teachers
• Use for all kinds of PD, not just tech. Move away from isolating technology from good teaching practices.
• You can post-date or pre-date Topics so only you see them during development.
• You can add group OWNERS if you want others to contribute and work on the Topic with you.