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Turbo-Charge Your Training With "Multiple Intelligences!" (video) September 2nd, 2009 The research is in on how people learn best and it goes against the grain most of the conventional wisdom! The conventional wisdom espouses such things as:

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Additionally, this training academy is a wonderful way to recognize innovative teachers for their contributions to the field of education and technology. By providing this intensive 1-day training, Google is not only recognizing teachers for their positive achievements in the field of educational technology, they are enhancing the learning experience for students as well.

he Denver Plan outlines the following goals: Ensuring that all children learn from a highly skilled faculty in every school that is empowered by robust professional development and timely assessment data;Highly trained principals and assistant principals who will serve as instructional leaders of the faculty in DPS schools; and Collaboration among the Denver community and all DPS stakeholders who will support all children in a safe, orderly, and enriching environment in every school 

Just Click on any of the topics in the left hand menu Russell Stannard Click on this simple intro to find out how to use the videos. These videos were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video

FREE Training Opportunities delivered by Verizon's Thinkfinity.org The goal of Thinkfinity's professional development is to help educators, parents and afterschool practitioners engage students and enhance learning using our online resources. Check out

Would love to look into the possible purchase of some or all of these resources to share them with our teachers. Wondering about cost and work load that would be taken on. This could be a great resource for the developers and curriculum specialists designing ELA certification trainings and courses.  Look forward to see what if anything is possible to work out.

Welcome to the 21 Things for the 21st Century Project Based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers The purpose of this course is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the Nationa

Welcome to my Google Tools for Educators site. I was recently trained at Google in Boulder and was excited about the opportunity to educate others about all the wonderful Google tools available once you set up a G-mail account. I continute to learn as muc

Via Mark Wagners blog, Educational Technology and Life I was directed to the wiki he created for his recent Picasa in Education training session. The wiki itself is very sparce at the moment, but it does link to a PDF handout which provides a list of way

The purpose of this course is to provide "Just in Time" training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement. Participants who fulfill all of the requirements have the opportunity to earn SBCEU's. To learn more about the session, look under the tab "The 21 Things". We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity.

A couple of quick takeaways for me are that it's nice to see professional development called out as something we need, but we really have to get away form the paradigm of thinking it's something we do "to" teachers or is done "to" us.  The other takeaway I have after reading this is around a question I've asked before. If we're truly "blending" our teaching and environment, what does the space look like? How can we professionally develop as teachers to be better prepared to adapt and modify our existing learning spaces to better meet the needs of a flexible, student centric, tech infused learning environment? If shifting the ENTIRE teaching model paradigm upside down is NOT an option, what is? Is this something that needs to be built, modeled, and then iterated? I culled some nuggets from the reading.

This course will guide participants through the process of creating a one page application that demonstrates how to use and apply a technique that expands a text object while also revealing hidden information. This application requires Smart Notebook 10.

100 Free Online Lectures that Will Make You a Better Teacher Apr 6th, 2009 Great teachers know that learning doesn't stop as soon as you graduate from college. Teachers learn from their experience, from their colleagues, from their students, and any numb