Designing Professional Development for
Integrating Technology
Educators can use these goals and resources to create results-driven
professional development opportunities that align with individual
district goals.
Goals
- Review research on the factors and conditions that contribute
to effective professional development
- Explore successful professional development models to
gain strategies for applying principals of effective professional
development to plan for technology integration
- Use information from enGauge and effective professional
development models to design a professional development
action plan for schools and districts
Resources
enGauge: Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/sys/dev/sysdevin.htm
Essential Condition: Educator Proficiency with Effective
Teaching and Learning Practice
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/pro/proin.htm
Critical issue: Providing Professional Development for
Effective Technology Use
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te1000.htm
Critical issue: Finding Time for Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd300.htm
Ten Steps to Effective Technology Staff Development
http://www.compstrategies.com/staffdevelopment/tensteps.html
Professional Development that Works
http://staffdevelop.org/secrets.html
Involving Others in Organizing Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/pd/involve.htm
The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
http://www.mff.org/edtech/
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