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Free PD on Demand for Educators--What, Why, Where, How? Co-presenters: Dr. Peggy George and Lorna Constantini In these times of severe budget cuts and compelling needs for meaningful professional development for teachers, we need quality, no-cost/low-cost alternatives. We want/need to respond to the demands for transforming education to meet the needs of 21st century learners, but how? Classroom 2.0 Live co-hosts, Peggy George (retired elementary principal and university pre-service education instructor) and Lorna Costantini (educational consultant in Ontario, Canada) will share how they help educators use Web 2.0 technologies to support learning. Learn how they participate in (and host) free online webinars and conferences on a regular basis, and how they collaborate via Twitter/Facebook to learn from and share with educators in a professional learning network (PLN). In this presentation they will share their discoveries and specific resources to help you learn what's available, where to find it and possible ways to use it for your own "PD on Demand" in your districts/schools. Livebinder to supplement presentation with many more resources: http://www.drawzit.com/pictures/backtoschool.jpg
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Free PD on Demand for Teachers and Administrators What, Where, Why, How?
A Presentation by Peggy George and Lorna Costantini
Speaks VOLumes Virtual Conference
3:00pm Central
August 2, 2012
Conversation Overview
• WHAT/WHEN: What is "PD on Demand"? • WHY: Why would we want "PD on Demand"? • WHERE: Introduction to places you can find FREE
PD opportunities and resources for yourselves as well as for your teachers and administrators o Webinars/Webcasts o Virtual Conferences o Twitter, Tweetdeck, Facebook and other social
media sites • HOW: Suggestions for ways to think about using
these resources as PD opportunities for your teachers and administrators (both face-to-face and online)
• Questions/Answers
Free Webinars
Poll Question: Have you ever attended an online webinar
prior to this conference? Yes No
http://live.classroom.com
Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources
RSS Feed for Archived Recordings: http://live.classroom20.com/1/feed
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html
http://edtechtalk.com
Virtual Conferences and Online Courses
Poll Question: Have you participated in a free virtual
conference or online course prior to this conference? Yes No
http://www.library20.com/page/general-session-room-links
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-conference
http://k12onlineconference.org
DEN Summer Institute
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/DEN/summer-institute.cfm
http://www.isteunplugged.com/sat-623-socialedcon.html
http://moodlemeets.learnnowbc.ca/
MoodleMeet hosted by CEET but available on the AzTEA Technology in Education courses-- Login as guest http://www.aztea.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=39
Organizing your Professional Development Using Twitter Poll Question: Do you use a twitter management tool like tweetdeck? Yes No
#edchat
TwitterFall
Dr. Julie Delello
How can you learn about these opportunities and keep track of them somehow?
• Build a PLN of outstanding educators who are tweeting, posting to Facebook and Google +, writing blog posts
• Subscribe to the RSS feeds for their blogs • Try TweetDeck for Twitter management to follow topics
important to you • Share discoveries/learnings back out to your PLN and ask
questions to interact with them to find events/webinars /resources on specific topics of interest to you
• Share your discoveries with other teachers and your principal and invite them to join you
Tips and Considerations
• Start small--pick one idea so you don't get overwhelmed with the possibilities
• Provide alternatives and choices for varied learning styles
• Invite your principal to participate WITH you
• Celebrate and recognize sharing and active involvement among your colleagues
More Free Resources for PD
Poll Question: Do you use the Internet to find
free lesson plans and resources? Yes No
WWW.
http://az.pbslearningmedia.org OR http://pbslearningmedia.org
Discovery Education Lesson Plans
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/
Scoop.it: FREE DEN Resources
http://www.scoop.it/t/freederesources
http://lessoncast.org/lessons/
http://learnitin5.editme.com/
HOW: Suggestions for ways to think about using these resources as PD opportunities for your teachers and administrators (both face-to-face and online) • Hosted workshops • LAN Parties (small group/large group for viewing recorded online PD
together) • Online PD for re-certification credit hours (Madison and K12 Online
Examples) • Host your own virtual conferences--a day of back-to-back sessions hosted
on a Learning Management System such as Moodle/Edmodo and record/archive them for on-going reflection and discussion
• TeachMeet, EdCamp or other Unconference model where participants meet face-to-face with everyone participating in suggesting and/or leading conversations on selected topics
• Host a live webinar event using a web-conferencing platform such as Blackboard Collaborate with both face to face and/or virtual participants and presenters presenting virtually (example: AZ Humanities Festival)
• Offer your own workshops using Skype video to bring in presenter virtually (Example: Teacher workshop in Cave Creek, AZ; Faculty Symposium Skype presentation with f2f audience in Illinois)
Image credit: Dean Shareski http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/6344168161/in/set-72157606411341392/
Flickr Group: Great Quotes for Learning and Change http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/
Personal Learning Networks=Connected Educators
Personal Learning Network shifts the responsibility to YOU. It's not a wait
and receive model. Principal, Eric Sheninger #140edu
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24374764
Questions?
Contact Us
Email: [email protected] Website: http://live.classroom20.com
Peggy George Website: http://pgeorge.net Twitter: pgeorge Lorna Costantini Website: http://ourschool.ca Twitter: lornacost
