Professional Development

Below you will find links to a selection of Professional Development Organizations, online courses,
resources and tutorials for educators wanting to learn more about integrating technology
into their day to day teaching.
 

 

 

Choose from in-district training, distance and field-based master's degree programs, graduate credit and continuing education unit courses, and insightful publications from Skylights's site. 

http://teachscape.com/

Teachscape provides a comprehensive system for K-12 teacher professional development that includes Internet-based multimedia courses and community, on-site school support services, and diagnostic assessments. The teachscape model allows teachers to become active participants in an online community of educators.

http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/

Classrooms@work/tools@hand presents real classrooms and their technology-rich learning projects. It offers classroom models of technology integration for teacher professional development.

Using Digital Tools to Enhance Learning


http://www.mtbaker.wednet.edu/tlcf/

      A Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Project sponsored by the United States Government with links to teachers participating in the program.

http://www.cln.org/inservice/itpd/project.html

The Information Technology Professional Development (ITPD) web site. This site focuses on  professional development in the area of Information Technologies. For Teachers, support staff and administrators in schools




http://www.cln.org/inservice/search/search.html

A tutorial on search engines and how to effectively use them to search the internet, plus links to additional reference material on search engines 

http://www.21ct.org/

The 21st Century Teachers Network (21CT) is a nationwide, non-profit initiative of the McGuffey Project, dedicated to assisting k-12 teachers learn, use and effectively integrate technology in the curriculum for improved student learning

http://proflearn.classroom.com/ProfDev/conferences/

At Connected Conferences educators learn how to effectively implement new learning environments by supporting the development of 21st Century skills. This is done online with hands-on experiences, interactive sessions, and presentations by 
education and technology leaders.

Professional Development: Learning From the Best

http://www.ncrel.org/pd/toolkit.htm

This site features teacher testimonials, links, resources and lessons on Professional Development in Education Technology.

http://glef.org/

Sponsored by the George Lucas Education Fund this is an excellent link to resources, articles and issue pertinent to teachers implementing education technology into their class.

 

http://www.ctt.bc.ca/edtech/

This site acts as a Ed. Technology Portal to professional development sites and organization in Canada. Links to online course, tutorials and resources for teachers.

The Technology Coordinator's Home Page


Professional Development for Technology Integration

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~kenr/TCsite/plan.html#sec3

A comprehensive listing of resources, journals and organizations, and articles on this topic with links to the sites.


http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/

This site is a rich resource of professional development. workshops , resources for technology planning  to identify "Promising Practices", and teacher-sifted activities utilizing web resources in core subjects and technology


http://eduscapes.com/tap/

The Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource that helps educators address common technology integration questions by providing practical, online resources and activities.



ACCE
http://www.acce.edu.au/
Australian Council for Computers in Education.
A portal with links to a host of professional development options and resources plus more.


http://www.l2l.org/usetech.html#educators
This very comprehensive portal funded by the State of Pennsylvania is an excellent stepping stone to resources, online course, links and information for educators wishing to integrate technology into their day to day teaching.

National Science Teachers Association Institute
http://learn.amnh.org

The National Science Teachers Association Institute has partnered with the American Museum of Natural History to provide Web-based professional development courses for K-12 science teachers. Each six-week course aligns with national science education standards and can be taken for continuing education units or graduate credit.
 

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