PSU Professional Development

This site is a list of internet resources that help classroom teachers. There are resources on classroom management, curriculum, teacher/parent/student relationships, professional organizations, literacy and much more!

Sites that help classroom teachers. This is a great site with sites that help classroom teachers. The sites are catagrized by best practices, critical thinking and management, discipline and classroom management, free online workshops, parent/teacher relationships, and and video clips of technology use.

Similar to the phrase, "If you've got it, flaunt it. If you have Promethean technology in your building or district, be smart and make use of it for professional development.

Interesting site on creating flowcharts, and diagrams.

Includes tutorials, workshops, powerpoints, handouts, etc. There is a wide-range of information: from how to put a border on your page to create a web page with Netscape Composer.

This website has many tutorials, articles, powerpoints and other tools to help teachers use technology in the classroom

This site has many helpful elements. It has powerpoint presentations and tutorials that help with different web 2.0 tools.

Digital Media for Teachers is an extensive library full of resources for classroom use or professional development.

This is a great site that is divided by subject and then it is divided into topics. There is also a good selection of professional development resources. There is even a section divided into state standards.

This site has many K-12 teacher resources and professional development information.

A directory to resources on a plethora of educational topics and resources.

Online workshops on educational topics that teachers can move through at their own pace.

A blog that is used to explore, exchange, and create ideas around 21st Century skills. 21st Century Collaborative is dedicated to exploring, creating and modeling global connections as a powerful means to improving teaching and learning in the 21st Century.

A tutorial that was designed by the California School Library Association (CSLA) 2.0 Team. You will learn the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites. One of the links is for the classroom; the other is specifically for librarians!

A tutorial that was designed by the California School Library Association (CSLA) 2.0 Team. You will learn the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites. One of the links is for the classroom; the other is specifically for librarians!

This website describes the tools, resources, and opportunities that the state of New Jersey is using for professional development. There are many interesting resources posted! A great way to see what other states are doing for professional development, how they are incorporating technology, and how they are merging the two areas!

This page is a new, experimental class at Bentley University that Mark Frydenberg's is teaching. Anyone can follow the class through the class blog and through Ustream Videos that are posted on the website. The class is Web 2.0: Technology, Strategy, and Community. The focus of the class is how he learned about Web 2.0, started using it as a knowledge management tool. It also describes how he uses Web 2.0 for professional development.

A blog that lists web 2.0 tools (social networking, explanation of RSS, etc.). The author has additional resources listed on the page as well (Twitter, Facebook, Diigo, etc.)

This website explains Web 2.0 and Professional Development. It lists and explains popular Web 2.0 tools and then lists several examples of each. There are many areas to this site: Blogs, Contests, Opinions, Tips, etc.

Tools for classroom teachers to help use technology in the classroom. Integrated for all different subjects.

This site allows you to search for copyright friendly images. This site helps you to understand what type of copyright license the image exists under and how you can use it. The site allows you to explore through different tabs (Google Web, Flickr, Yahoo, etc.). My favorite is Flickr because of the images and the easy-to-understand copyright symbols and explanations.

You Tube contains many great videos that can be incorporated into your classroom lessons. No longer have to worry that You Tube is blocked at school. You can now convert those favorite videos into a file that you can take to school and show your students.

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I've been trying to remember what this site was since it was mentioned last semester. Thank you for saving me some time in searching and sifting through past information!

Quick, easy and effective elementary teacher resources. Teaching tools, materials, podcasts, lesson plans, literacy centers, curriculum and many many more.

Helps enhance the contribution of technology to your school. Strategies and solutions for doing your job successfully and meeting and engaging with colleagues and ways to advance professionally.