An Exciting, Unique Model for Professional Development eTech Ohio Conference February, 2008 Darren Kuropatwa Lani Ritter Hall Wesley Fryer

Playing With Boundaries http://flickr.com/photos/whatdavesees/894262810/

Time and Space

Darren Kuropatwa Wesley Fryer Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Lani Ritter Hall

Goals http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewarrior/180546141/

http://mediaspin.com/blog/wp-images/social_networks2.jpg Empower a global network of educators

www.flickr.com/photos/nadya/216185063/ www.flickr.com/photos/jimmah/385921974/ Provide content that appeals to a wide spectrum of educators

Encourage connecting, collaboration and learning

Encourage connecting, collaboration and learning

http://flickr.com/photos/19918101@N00/281254447/ Support and model the open sharing of professional development learning materials

The Model http://www.flickr.com/photos/16273737@N00/315132700/

It’s Grassroots http://flickr.com/photos/lissame/51389268/

It’s Live 2007 Week of October 8 -- Week of October 23 On the Conference Blog http://k12onlineconference.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/chesh2000/206347531/

It’s Virtual http://flickr.com/photos/shareski/272330366/ PRE-CONFERENCE KEYNOTE David Warlick http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/ Presentation Title Derailing Education: Taking Sidetrips for Learning 2006 Inventing the New Boundaries 2007 Presentation http://k12online.wm.edu/k12online2006_optz.mp4 http://k12online.wm.edu/davidw.mp4

PRE-CONFERENCE KEYNOTE

David Warlick http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/ Presentation Title Derailing Education: Taking Sidetrips for Learning 2006

Inventing the New Boundaries 2007

Presentation http://k12online.wm.edu/k12online2006_optz.mp4

http://k12online.wm.edu/davidw.mp4

It’s Synchronous and Asynchronous When Night Falls

It’s Practical Week in the Classroom“Globally Literate” CLASSROOM 2.0 KEYNOTE “Classroom 2.0 or You Live Where?” Clarence Fisher Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada http:// remoteaccess.typepad.com / Bio Clarence has been a classroom teacher from grades 1 - 8 for the past 13 years.

It’s Global

It’s Flexible http://flickr.com/photos/19918101@N00/281254128/

It’s Professional http://flickr.com/photos/shutterbc/583046041/

It’s Open http://flickr.com/photos/cmiller/87784936/ All presentations Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License

It’s Permanent http://flickr.com/photos/mohanraj/198027263/ http://k12onlineconference.org

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It’s Free http://flickr.com/photos/zoonabar/530245892/

Alignment with Professional Development Best Practices

“ Teaching today puts the teacher in the role of chief learner, who ideally is modeling these lifelong adaptive learning strategies for her students.” Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/learning-20.html

Effective Professional Development is ongoing includes training, practice, and feedback; opportunities for individual reflection and group inquiry into practice is school-based and embedded in teacher work (CAN BE with K12) http://www.flickr.com/photos/samzondervan/24693799

Effective Professional Development

is ongoing

includes training, practice, and feedback; opportunities for individual reflection and group inquiry into practice

is school-based and embedded in teacher work (CAN BE with K12)

is collaborative focuses on student learning encourages and supports school-based and teacher initiatives is rooted in the knowledge base for teaching http://www.flickr.com/photos/samzondervan/24693799

is collaborative

focuses on student learning

encourages and supports school-based and teacher initiatives

is rooted in the knowledge base for teaching

incorporates constructivist approaches to teaching and learning recognizes teachers as professionals and adult learners provides adequate time and follow-up support is accessible and inclusive http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/time.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/samzondervan/24693799/

incorporates constructivist approaches to teaching and learning

recognizes teachers as professionals and adult learners

provides adequate time and follow-up support

is accessible and inclusive

http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/time.htm

K12 Online Opportunities for Professional Development Credit

K12 Online Opportunities for

Professional Development Credit

The Content ---Strands Classroom 2.0 New Tools Professional Learning Networks Obstacles to Opportunities

The Content ---Strands

Classroom 2.0 New Tools

Professional Learning Networks Obstacles to Opportunities

This presentation and supporting resources can be accessed at http://etech2008k12online.pbwiki.com/ Conference Blog http://k12onlineconference.org/