Musings about Musings about Teacher Teacher

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Who am I?Who am I?

Purpose of My MusingsPurpose of My Musings

Conventional Pro-DConventional Pro-D

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Future ModelFuture Model

Changing the Way Changing the Way We do ThingsWe do Things

• Demographic shifts

• Changes in expectations of service

• Economy + Green

• Technology convergence

Global ContextGlobal Context

Technology ConvergenceTechnology Convergence• Extended reach

• Distributed expertise

• Audience

• Tools

• Aggregate, sort and search

Help Community Help Community Builds SolutionsBuilds Solutions

Help Tell StoriesHelp Tell Stories

Change the Way We Change the Way We Build and ShareBuild and Share

• BC Educational Leadership Council

• Royal Roads University

• Rural Teachers Network

Change the Way We Change the Way We TrainTrain

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Considerations?Considerations?

What the Research SaysWhat the Research Says

My Personal ExperienceMy Personal Experience

ChallengesChallenges

• Digital divide – access and skills

• Law and Policy

• Teacher culture

• $$$$$

• Choosing the technology

• Good course design and pedagogy

• Personal and relevant

• The right motivation

• A good start

RecommendationsRecommendations

RecommendationsRecommendations• You need people who think

differently • Single point of entry

• Be careful of the draw to synchronous

• Champions and experts throughout the US

• Get community input

• Test, pilot, test

RecommendationsRecommendations

• Focus on business not technology

• Find flexible tools

• Think about new skill sets

RecommendationsRecommendations

Some Questions To Ask Some Questions To Ask YourselfYourself

• Why do you need to change?

• What do you need to do differently?

• What content/process will remain face-to-face? What content/process should go online?

• What can you do better online?

• What is the cost-benefit of the change?

• What skill sets do you need? To start? Future?

Email: Email: Tanya.Twynstra@gov.bc.caTanya.Twynstra@gov.bc.ca

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