Bargain Basement: Professional Development

The Bargain Basement: Professional Development Kathi Kearney Carolyn Kottmeyer

Using Online Resources for Professional Development

Why online courses?
Available any time, anywhere
Ready-made curriculum
Content
Evaluations
Text
Often available free!

Administrative Issues
Supervision
Interaction with others
Location
Classroom, library, home?
Grading & Credit
School Needs Formal Plan
Post-graduate College Credit?

How do I choose?
Thoroughly review any course you are considering
Don’t be a slave to the curriculum
Curriculum is a tool, not an end in itself

Review…
Review ALL the course materials
Review each lesson and activity
Make sure course meets the student’s needs
Academic requirements
Learning style
Easy to use

Select a course…
Course materials completely free
Course must be substantial

How to use Online Curriculum
Make sure someone in the school can be available to support the child
Technical support
Content support
Keep child motivated
Keep records, if the curriculum doesn’t include record keeping

Do a trial run…
Some students respond better than others to online learning
Run a few lessons
Consider professionals and their administrators reactions to…
online learning in general
the particular curriculum

Keep records
Use a planner or logbook
Track daily & course progress

Engage in discussion
Set aside discussion time
Online education can be a little lonely
Discussion can be with…
Other Teachers
Mentor
Professional Development group

Just in case…
If you are dependent on an online course for complete instruction…
Print out some or all instructional materials
Download the course website
WebWhacker**
Websites occasionally change to fee-based or disappear

Free Online
Professional Development
Courses!

GERRIC Gifted Education Professional Development Package
Comprehensive 6-unit package
Understanding Giftedness
Identification of Gifted Students
Social and Emotional Development
Underachievement
Curriculum Differentiation
Developing Programmes and Provisions
www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/gifted_education_professional_development_package.htm

Comprehensive Professional Development
Each module includes…
Core,
Extension and
Specialisation modules
In every age level…
Early Childhood,
Primary and
Secondary age levels

GERRIC Gifted Education Professional Development Package

Annenberg Media Professional Development Resources
Course Library
Hundreds of courses
Grade levels K – college
Free video on demand (VoD)
All courses also available on DVD
http://www.learner.org/

Annenberg Media Professional Development Resources

Ohio Javits Grant modules I-GET-GTEd
Modules for…
Teachers
Parents
Administrators
Guidance Counselors
School Psychologists

Ohio Javits Grant modules
I-GET-GTEd

National Center for Learning Disabilities
NCLD Talks
New and Archived Talks
http://ncldtalks.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities NCLD Talks

"My Brilliant Brain"
Documentary on the Brain
Part 1 – Born Genius
Part 2 – Make Me a Genius
Part 3 – Accidental Genius
Comprehensive – 47 minutes each
topdocumentaryfilms.com /my-brilliant-brain-make-me-genius

Top Documentary Films
Other titles…
“ The Truth According To Wikipedia”
“ Supersize Me”
“ Exploring Einstein: Life of a Genius”
“ The Mystery of Picasso”
and hundreds more…
topdocumentaryfilms.com

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