Personalized Professional
DevelopmentAATE
November 13, 2012
http://matthewweld.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/personalized-professional-development/
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Watch Webinars
Attend EdCamp - http://www.edcampatlanta.org/An edcamp is defined as: an “unconference” professional development. Edcamps center around group discussion and attendee participation.
Collaborate with those in your building
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/the-4-best-ways-to-personalize-your-professional-development/
Media & Tools
Lucy Gray’s 5 Favorites
Social Networks
Classroom 2.0
Independent School Educators Network
EdTech Talk
The Global Education Conference Network
K-12 Online Conference
Life-long Learning
http://www.slideshare.net/josteen/highly-effective-habits-of-successful-lifelong-learners
Professional Learning Plan
http://tinyurl.com/personalproflearning
Goals
What I already know
What I need to learn
How I plan to learn
What I learned
Did I achieve my goals? Why or why not?
Next steps
Personal Learning Environments
Videos:
Welcome to my PLE!
Personal Learning Networks for Educators
What needs to happen to make Personalized Professional Learning a reality?
Buy in from teachers and administrators
Leadership has to get it
Go visit other schools
Share articles
Getting admin to model lifelong learning
Providing support and mentoring with technology
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