Staff Development for the 21st Century:

Free Online Resources for Professional Learning are Just a "Click" Away!

 

Presenter: Charlene Chausis, Technology Trainer (Retired)
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL

School Website: http://d125.org

 

Presented at the
IASBO TechCon, October 16, 2009

The Internet can be used to enhance, deepen, and transform learning opportunities through powerful and engaging platforms that many school administrators and educators have never heard about or experienced. Explore the multifaceted world of “Web 2.0” and the many free resources, such as wikis, podcasts, and blogs that can be used as a foundation for a staff professional learning program.

Slides online: http://www.slideshare.net/cchausis/become-a-21st-century-teacher

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Staff Development for the 21st Century:

21st Century Learning Initiative

http://www.21learn.org/

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

Perspectives on 21st Century Learning (compiled by David Jakes): http://jakes.editme.com/dls

ISTE's NETS*T: Standards for Teachers

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

 

Tools: Wikis, Podcasts, Blogs and more …

Wiki: Develop your own online course

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

http://pbworks.com/academic.wiki

Wiki: Learning2Go:

http://learning2go.wikispaces.com/

Learning2Go: Load up your iPod!

http://learning2go.wikispaces.com/Load_your_iPod

Wiki: Open PD

http://openpd.wikispaces.com/

Wiki: 21st Century PD

http://21cpd.wikispaces.com/

Wiki: 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Learn Professionally

http://vtc21pd.wikispaces.com/VTC+Content

Wiki: What my PLN means to me

http://whatmyplnmeans.wikispaces.com/

Wiki: K12Online Conference

http://k12onlineconference.wikispaces.com/

 

Podcast: Produce Your Own!

http://www.gcast.com'

Podcast: K12Online Conference

http://k12onlineconference.org/?page_id=147

Educational Blogging:

http://edublogs.org

Blog: Learning 2.0, "23 Things": Helene Bowers

http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/

Blog: Moving at the Speed of Creativity, Wes Fryer

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

Blog: Open Thinking, Dr. Alec Couros

http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/799 (Networked Teacher)

Broadcasting live or for later viewing/reviewing

http://ustream.tv

http://www.livestream.com

Educating Educators Channel:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/educatingeducators

Screencasting/Webcasting:

http://dimdim.com

http://www.wiziq.com/

http://www.learncentral.org/user/vroomreg

Video

TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/top10

Planning: Why and How?

Links to planning and assessing Staff Development (research and resources)

http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/staffdev/staffdevlinks.html

Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook:
The Changing Landscape of Teacher Learning

http://www.teachersourcebook.org/tsb/articles/2009/10/01/01dede.h03.html

My delicious bookmarks for Professional Development websites:
http://delicious.com/cchausis/ProfessionalDevelopment/


 

 

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