PSU Professional Development

The mag that gives you news, views, ideas and more from the world of ed tech & edublogging. It is an excellent connection to educational issues and topics. It is free! I was amazed at the depth of information it provided. It would benefit all teachers because of the content and the ease in navigation.

This site is open to all edubloggers from around the world. The initial information is in Spanish. However, I found it interesting to have Live Traffic Feed from Wichita, Kansas; only 23 miles from where I live. This is why I chose the site. IT has other Language section, too. Could be used in Foreign Lang. courses.

This site has current information on today's global issues. It also has information that covers current educational issues, such as conferencing. I think it is a very diverse site. It would be great as a current events tool. It covers a wide variety of topics.

This site is a listing of Kiwi educators who have blogs and/or podcasts. You can either be a Kiwi edublogger living abroad or an edublogger living in New Zealand. I found this interesting to hear from other locations.

This is an online community that you can ask questions and receive answers for technology talk.

This site was created by a technology integration specialist. She shares her thoughts, ideas, and projects. Almost daily she adds new sites to her blog. She has a lot of information about digital storytelling. If you are looking for technology project ideas this is a good place to browse.

This is a fun online timeline creator, which can be shared with others online. A valid email is needed to create a timeline, but that could be set up by the teacher or LMS. It's very visual in learning about time.

Kansas Coaching Project from KU Center for Research on Learning. KU-CRL offers Instructional Coaching Institutes to explore issues and ideas related to this form of professional development.

This site is developed by the American Federation of Teachers. It has many relevant topics. It has a great section titled "hot topics" that provides information on topics related to Professional Development.

Create a map of your favorite places, travels or destinations. Public, private, or community maps are available to make. I could see using this site in a variety of ways. It could be used as a beginning of the year "Get-to-know-you" activity. It could also be used to focus in on a specific geographical area in a Social Studies or Geography unit.

The Missouri Library Association is an organization that works to encourage cooperation of all Missouri libraries and services through the state of Missouri. This first thing featured on this website is a mission statement of the MLA. State laws, budgets, etc. is listed next as well as any current information about the MLA. This is a great website for librarians in Missouri because it would keep you current with any new information from the state!

This is a journal article that tells of the impact that clickers are having in schools for teachers and students.

This is just the first step in making education and technology more engaging for educators and students! Glogster is also a perfect web 2.0 tool for your learning and your WIKIs. Glogster provides master-accounts for teachers integrating all student accounts, which are kept private! Mix graphics, photos, videos, music and text into slick Glogs.