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Professional Development People

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Professional Development or Staff Development People:

  • @tolerance_org - Teaching Tolerance; We provide free educational materials to teachers and other school practitioners in the U.S. and abroad. Our self-titled magazine is sent to 400,000 educators twice annually, and tens of thousands of educators use our free curricular kits. More than 10,000 schools participate in our annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day program.
  • farroutlinks - Jen Farr, Educational Technology Consultant/NY State Administrator.  Blog about Web 2.0 and free resources that can be used to help effectively integrate technology in the classroom:  http://farroutlinks.net/blog.  Learn about my Professional Development experience at http://farroutlinks.net or http://farr-integratingit.net/vita.htm. Using Twitter to expand my PLN.  Email:  farroutlinks@gmail.com.
  • @drkpking- Dr. Kathy King -Keynote speaker, author, coach, and professor.... my alias is really Geek Goddess Explore Learning, Living and Tech through this prof's twitter stream. Your premiere faculty coach!
  • @ChadMoves - Chad Estes - Physical Educator, Movement Specialist, and Managing Partner of ETM Consultants.  Applying principles of neuroscience and movement to accelerate brain development in order to:
    • Boost memory
    • Increase problem solving skills
    • Create perceptual changes in the way we take in and process information (which will increase creativity)
    • Enhance the way we handle stress and anxiety 
    • Eliminate the root cause of chronic pain (inefficient movement patterns)
    • Increase  productivity

 

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Linda Madden said

at 10:42 pm on Jan 14, 2009

I am interested in knowing about creative solutions to providing professional development for teachers and administrators without pulling teachers out of classrooms during the school day. Our district offers gifted and talented training in an online format, but most other sessions we offer are face-to-face either after school or summer. Any ideas would be appreciated. Linda

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Jacqui Derby said

at 9:40 am on Jan 15, 2009

You may want to look into using something like the virtual world Second Life (www.secondlife.com). There are many educators there and teachers can take part in professional development. Kathy Schrock built an area where she offers professional development to teachers in her school district. http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning/ The benefit to using second life is that teachers can take part in professional development from home. This can be done in the evenings, during spring break, holidays or even during the summer. If you want to know more about SL let me know www.artisfun@yahoo.com My second life name is Tek Zeno and I run the Teacher Networking Center in SL.

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heasulli@... said

at 1:34 pm on Jul 20, 2009

When looking into second life, you should check out the Discovery Educator Network- an AMAZING places to virtually connect with teachers passionate about digital technology AND professional development. A good place to learn more is at their blog: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife/ You should definately check it out. They have so many creative PD ideas to share- you won't be disappointed. I strongly encourage you to reach out to this team :)

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