Over the last year or so, I have been working on methods to differentiate professional development that I facilitate. Some things have worked better than others, and I’m refining my methods. A lot of the impetus is on the participants,
New free, sharable PD wiki on web 2.0
We had a great time at the Web 2.0 All-You-Can-Eat Buffet workshop in San Antonio. All of the resources we shared are available for anyone to access, share, and use in any setting in the Web 2.0 All-You-Can-Eat Buffet wiki.
Mobile tech workshop
At NCETC yesterday, I facilitated the “Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate Instruction” workshop using a wiki. (This wiki is set up to be used to facilitate a F2F workshop, such as we did at NCETC, or to be used as
Differentiating Professional Development
In my on-going quest to differentiate instruction for teachers as a part of workshops I do, I’ve been experimenting with using blogs and wikis as PD tools. The latest installment in this is a hands on workshop on using mobile
Podcast on Ed Conferences
The newest episode of Karen’s Educational Mashups is now up. This show features podcasts from educational conferences. This is a great way to get the professional development benefits from conferences that you may not be able to attend in-person. Image
More thoughts on prof dev
Last week, I did some hands on workshops in new format — 2 hours! Normally, the shortest hands on session I’ll do is 3 hours, and I prefer 6 hours, especially for beginner podcasting sessions. But I thought I’d give
How we learn
I’ve been reflecting on how we teach and learn…not with students, but with colleagues in professional development. Unfortunately, many of us (myself included) don’t always model the use of the strategies we know are most effective for learning. Many PD
PD "stickiness"
I do a lot of professional development workshops. (One time I counted and figured I worked with over 2,000 administrators and teachers over the course of a year. ) There are two main types of workshops I do: workshops at
Video-based professional development
The newest show on Karen’s Educational Mashups is up. This show features different ways that video resources are being used to provide just-in-time professional development. With all the time pressures on teachers, I’d expect this to be a growing area