An Exciting, Unique Model for Professional Development

eTech Ohio Conference

February, 2008

Darren Kuropatwa Lani Ritter Hall Wesley Fryer

Playing With Boundaries

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Time and Space

Darren Kuropatwa

Wesley Fryer Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Lani Ritter Hall

Goals

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Empower a global network of educators

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Provide content that appeals to a wide spectrum of educators

Encourage connecting, collaboration and learning

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Support and model the open sharing of professional development learning

materials

The Model

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It’s Grassroots

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It’s Live

2007

Week of October 8 --

Week of October 23

On the Conference Blog

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It’s Virtual

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PRE-CONFERENCE KEYNOTE

David Warlick http://2cents.davidwarlick.com/

Presentation TitleDerailing Education: Taking Sidetrips for Learning 2006

Inventing the New Boundaries 2007

Presentationhttp://k12online.wm.edu/k12online2006_optz.mp4

http://k12online.wm.edu/davidw.mp4

When Night Falls

It’s Synchronous and Asynchronous

Week in the Classroom“Globally Literate”

CLASSROOM 2.0 KEYNOTE “Classroom 2.0 or You Live Where?”

Clarence FisherSnow Lake, Manitoba, Canadahttp://remoteaccess.typepad.com/

BioClarence has been a classroom teacher from grades 1 - 8 for the past 13 years.

It’s Practical

It’s Global

It’s Flexible

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It’s Professional

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It’s Open

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All presentations

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License

It’s Permanent

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It’s Free

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Alignment with Professional Development Best Practices

“Teaching today puts the teacher in the role of chief learner, who ideally is modeling these lifelong adaptive learning strategies for her students.”

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beachhttp://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/learning-20.html

Effective Professional Development

• is ongoing

• includes training, practice, and feedback; opportunities for individual reflection and group inquiry into practice

• is school-based and embedded in teacher work (CAN BE with K12)

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• is collaborative

• focuses on student learning

• encourages and supports school-based and teacher initiatives

• is rooted in the knowledge base for teaching

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• incorporates constructivist approaches to teaching and learning

• recognizes teachers as professionals and adult learners

• provides adequate time and follow-up support

• is accessible and inclusivehttp://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/time.htm

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K12 Online Opportunities for Professional Development Credit

The Content ---StrandsClassroom 2.0 New Tools

Professional Learning Networks Obstacles to Opportunities

This presentation and supporting resourcescan be accessed at

http://etech2008k12online.pbwiki.com/

Conference Blog

http://k12onlineconference.org/