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By Mrs. Nazha Marouani Agadir ELT inspectorate January 7th 2014
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Using ICT in Teacher Professional Development
Tuesday, January 7th 2014
Prepared by Nazha Marouani
Outline
What is Teacher professional development?
Characteristics of Teacher professional development.
Can ICT enhance Teacher professional development?
What is Teacher professional development?
« Professional development, in a broad sense, refers to the development of a person in his or her professional role » ( Eleanora,2003)
« Professional development is the professional growth a teacher achieves as a result of gaining increased experience and examining his or her teaching systematically » (Glatthorn,1995)
Characteristics of Professional Development
It is based on constructivism; teachers are treated as active learners engaged in concrete tasks .
It is a long process in which teachers learn over time.
It is perceived as a process that takes place within a particular context.
Characteristics of Professional Development
It is a process that is intimately linked to school reform.
A teacher is conceived of as a reflective practitioner.
Professional development is conceived of a collaborative process
Can ICT enhance Teacher Professional Development
BLOGS
“ Blogs have given everyone the opportunity to have a voice, and people have taken advantage”
Edublogs.org Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson 2 Cents Worth by David Warlick Think:lab by Christian Long Ed Tech Journeys by Pete Reilly The Thinking Stick by Jeff Utecht Cool Cat Teacher by Vicki Davis Techlearning.com blog
Del.icio.us
“Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service that enables users to store and tag information resources in an online account that can be accessed by others.”
Del.icio.us features
"Links for You" section where other del.icio.us users can send you links to resources.
"Your Network« feature that enables you to identify a set of del.icio.us users and see what they bookmark.
Subscription option that enables a user to subscribe to a specific tag in del.icio.us, such as digitalstorytelling, and see all the resources from all the del.icio.us users on that topic
Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us accounts are available at http://del.icio.us
David Jakes del.icio.us feed Christopher Sessums del.icio.us feed Will Richardson's del.icio.us feed Dean Shareskis del.icio.us feed John Petersons del.icio.us feed
Podcasts
“Podcasts are recordings of an individual, of a discussion, or perhaps of a presentation, delivered in MP3 format. Like blogs, they provide a voice, but this time in audio format that can be listened to on an MP3 player or a computer while exercising, walking the dog, or driving the car. Like blogs and del.icio.us resources, podcasts can be delivered through an RSS feed to the listener or learner. “
Podcasts
EdTechTalk
Connect Learning
The Savvy Technologist Podcast
EdTechCoasttoCoas
RSS and Aggregators
The key is RSS (Really Simple Syndication). The three tools above all produce RSS feeds which stream or deliver content. The aggregator is like a mailbox and captures the information feeds and presents it to the user. The aggregator's value is that it presents feeds from multiple authors and content types (blogs, wikis, podcasts, Flickr, and del.icio.us) all in a single location for ease of processing.
Aggregators
Bloglines
Google Reader
Netvibes
PageFlakes
Webliography
http://www.techlearning.com/tech/media-coordinators/0018/professional-development-and-web-20/44270#sthash.EHvfqvru.dpuf
