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An interesting PBS website that has online professional development modules for coaches/ mentors.

An interesting PBS website that has online professional development modules for coaches/ mentors.

An interesting PBS website that has online professional development modules for coaches/ mentors.

This self-assessment instrument has been designed to:Provide individual reflection and evaluation on your personal skill level/stage with regard to integration of technology into your teaching and learningProvide information to help you develop your professional development plans (PDP) as designed by you and your department supervisorProvide input to guide improvements to our professional development program in order to help teachers become proficient in the integration of technology in classroom instruction

I've been thinking a lot about Least Restrictive Environment quite a bit in terms of internet filtering. If we are truly going to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship, we must be preparing them within as authentic a "real life" learning environment as possible.

Couldn't agree with you more. All the worries (inappropriate, controversial, miss informational sites, etc) are exactly what students will face in the "real life" environment. In fact, they already do. They need to experience this in school as well, as this is the place they will begin to establish a set of values and acquire the skills to discern what information is valuable to them. In our efforts to "protect" students, we are robbing them of these needed skills. I would argue that the Viagra adds during the Super Bowl are just as bad. Let's move away from a fear-based model of filtering to a more pro-active model of educating.

Hey Matt, a very interesting take on access! My argument has been that in locked down environments, kids can't develop ethics or appropriate use habits which are critical in life. You have to allow the possibility of misuse to test whether the ethic is in place, so this skill can't be demonstrated and is not developed in some systems. Nothing like developing internal locus of control.... much like intrinsic motivation.

Wes Fryer's list of videos for professional development

collect, reflect on and share your achievements and development online, in a space you control create online communities and social network through Groups, Blogs and Forums

Some good information and nice examples for helping students develop their information literacy skills

Tutorials for using Moodle

Thought this might be interesting to look at in developing social media policy. If anyone has any thoughts on how useful it is please post them!

I thought this was had some great language that could be used for technology planning. I like these guidelines for developing digital literacy guidelines...

Model of PD by the teacher, for the teachers

The following Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

"The VC (Videoconferencing) 7 is a list of seven areas of focus that develop engaging, meaningful relationships and learning over this medium."

some great ideas for getting students more involved in VC activities.

A PDF guide to help with the development of logic models.

Common Agreements of Roles, Responsibilities, and Process. An example of using a Wiki to create a collaborative, published document for Technology planning. This site develops the roles of individuals.

a potential resource for curriculum development on this topic.

Great resource for developing district policy on "ECD" Electronic Communication Devices, the all encompassing term for cellphones

(8:31) Copyright friendly- Interview with Barry Britt from Soundzabound.com talks with Gail about the development of the copyright-safe-audio-for-education web site