Technologically Literate

Ah, the reality of accelerated graduate school classes.  The cohort, which seems to change rapidly, moves from class to class in 8 week intervals.  I have to say I was pleased with that until Action Research.  I admit I wasn’t big on this class at the beginning, but after learning the process and participating in [...]

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That’s a terrible question.  We all know what bad professional development is, but it continues to happen all over the world.  I spent Monday and Tuesday leaning a new e-grade book and I couldn’t help thinking of the ingredients that make-up a poor experience. 
1.  Rushed (Having to use or re-teach material/software within a week)
2.  Errors!  [...]

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I am in no way endorsing this group, but for reference here is the link to Pacific Learning, the company behind this effective practices workshop.
I was pulled from the workshop several times today.  I was out a few times for a laptop and a projector having a fight and a few times for some administrative issues.  Sadly [...]

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Great meeting this afternoon yielding interesting action.  I successfully lobbied the MIS department to relax the internet filter for teacher accounts.  To be honest, it was an unexpected, but welcome move by the department.   
Here is how it went down.  After some back forth between the director, I, and a well intentioned technician, the conversation changed [...]

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We interviewed 100 (okay 81 so far) teachers, top 6 answers are on the board.  The question is, what would excite/encourage you to participate in PD more often?
Here are some interesting responses from real teachers across the US. 
1.  If we could select ourselves what areas we believe would help us in doing a better job on [...]

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So far an impressive 68 educators have participated in a short professional development survey I put together.  52 from PA (I did email all 200 of my co-workers) and a few from as far away as California and Washington.  Needless to say I am pleased and I do have ample data to make some broad conclusions [...]

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