- Professional development is important for teachers to keep up with changes in education and stay effective. It allows them to learn new skills and teaching methods to better engage and support students. - There are both formal and informal ways for teachers to participate in professional development. Formal options include courses, workshops, conferences, and online learning. Informal options include using educational technology, websites, blogs, and learning from other teachers. - Principal Ottenbreit discusses the importance of teachers continuously developing their skills, especially with technology, to stay competitive and provide high-quality instruction in today's shifting educational environment. Professional development is crucial for teachers to enhance teaching and learning.

1. Learning to change, changing to learn

2. Housekeeping Digital Storytelling Overview Where to get help… Wikispaces TTL Lab instructor Other students The Steps Script Digital Storyboards Narration and Pictures MovieMaker Editing Submit via Assignments Tool (OnCourse)

3. Professional Development Keeping up with the new shift

4. Previous Lectures Week 1 Shift has happened Globalization Technology Changing schools Week 2 Helping students be successful Digital natives Standards Technology integration

5. Agenda Standards are for teachers too! How do teachers deal with shift? Why is it important? How can you engage in professional development? How can technology help?

6. Standards are for Teachers Too!

7. Indiana Academic Standards Students must achieve What YOU will teach STUDENTS Indiana Professional Standards for Teachers Teachers must achieve NETS-T Standards What WE will teach YOU Standards, Standards, Everywhere

8. How Has Shift Impacted Education? Learning to change, changing to learn Shift has impacted the teaching profession Standards and accountability NCLB from a principal’s perspective Video of Principal

9. Highly Qualified Effective Teacher What makes an effective teacher? Teachers are required to take certification tests PRAXIS Sample test question Teachers are required to meet standards National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers Teacher License Renewal

10. Teachers Need to Keep up with the New Shift Principal Ottenbreit discusses the importance of professional development

11. Pre-Lecture Activity Response Why is it important for a teacher to participate in professional development?

12. The more a teacher develops his/her skills the more effective the student learning. As a teacher becomes more comfortable and professional, the education that is being applies also becomes more successful. The teachers that embrace the technology and cultivate their skills in order to incorporate the students' needs into a interesting way. The more comfortable and developed a teacher is the more the student will succeed. Professional development keeps teachers alert as to the advances in both their fields and in general teaching techniques. It allows them to be much more effective with students constantly changing needs because of the new learned knowledge. In addition its an easy way for a teacher to stay informed and can often re-inspire the teacher who then can continue to inspire their students. Professional development is important to teacher effectiveness because a teacher should not stop learning once they leave college with their degree. The world is not stagnant, it is always changing. There are new developments to all aspects of education all the time, and it's not limited to the subject matter a teacher is primarily responsible for. There are new learning methods that have yet to be discovered that could benefit generations of students, but if teachers fail to take advantage of opportunities such as these, then their students will ultimately pay the price.

13. Lecture Worksheet Question #1 In a group, (bulleted format) what are the benefits of teachers engaging in professional development?

14. How do teachers deal with this shift? Why professional development is important…

16. PD for new shift: Innovative instructional strategies (Everyday Math) New research on learning Technology Professional collaboration Formal versus informal PD Formal Informal PD Helps Keep up with New Shift

17. More Formal Shift PD Ideas Courses and workshops Online (Teacherline PBS) Journals and periodicals Teacher Magazine Education Week Teacher trips Amazing teacher trips Galapogos Islands

18. Formal and Informal Shift PD Ideas Professional organizations Kappa Delta Pi | Phi Delta Kappa

19. More Informal Shift PD Ideas Use technology Websites Phi Delta Kappa RSS Podcasts Blogs “…we are gaining our PD from one another! We are our own PD now. Perhaps this is why many of us are frustrated w/ traditional "binge" PD experiences. We're in PD daily! Let us apply what we learn and let it count for something (although that is not why we do it.)” Cool Cat Teacher Blog – 9.12.2008 Updates (iGoogle)

20. Lecture Question #2 In a group, what professional development activities look the most effective for your particular subject area/grade?

21. Show Off Your Shift!

23. Portfolios

24. NETS-T Standards

25. W200 Example

26. Artifacts providing evidence of meeting NETS-T

27. Includes reflection and feedback

29. Lecture Worksheet #3 How might you respond to Principal Ottenbreit’s following question: How might you use technology to enhance teaching and learning in my school?

30. Lecture Worksheet #4 What questions do you have about professional development (or the assignments)?

31. Prepare for Lab this week… Take Profiler Pro Survey Join Group Name: w200 Password: w200 You will be working on… Professional Development Plan ePortfolio Skeleton Don’t forget about… Digital Storyboards

32. For Lecture Next Week Watch Podcast #3.5 Complete Pre-lecture Activity #4 (OnCourse >> Test/Survey) Print off Lecture Worksheet #4