Do you think that Professional Development is boring? Well, I challenge you to give SimpleK12′s Day of Learning a try and see if you still feel that way.
This upcoming Day of Learning is full of online sessions that’ll remind you why you love being a teacher, and give you plenty of inspiration and how-to advice that you can use in your classroom immediately.
It’s easy and FREE to join in.
All you have to do is register for each of the following live online sessions. (Don’t forget to invite others at your …
If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you may remember a crazy idea that we had a few months ago…
What if we gathered together the best and most popular teacher training courses, webinars and workbooks on getting the most out of your Interactive Whiteboards?
What if it contained quick 10 minute lessons that clearly demonstrated how to effectively use Interactive Whiteboards as a teaching tool to engage students in the classroom?
And, what if it had our most popular webinar, “Integrating Interactive Whiteboards with Free Web Tools” full of ideas to enhance your classroom?
This …
As an educator it’s your job to critique. You help your students grow and become better by critiquing the assignments they turn in to you. However, there’s a fine line between critiquing and criticizing. Do you know the difference?
The experts over at Collaborize Classroom have put together this free PDF to help teachers establish clear understanding of the difference between critiquing and criticizing students.
This free download not only gives you topics to consider when critiquing a peer but also suggests some verbiage for you to use to express your …
Yesterday marked the start of the new Chinese New year. So Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to the year of the Dragon.
The year of the rabbit has come to an end…but these bunnies are just getting started!
We’re looking forward to a big 2012.
This year, you can expect more of what you said you loved last year, including…
Practical advice for educators like you
Free live webinars
Technology tutorials and tips
eBooks of all shapes and sizes
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The following is a guest post from Pernille Ripp, a 5th grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin.
10 Thoughts on Professional Development
Why do we even call it professional development? Being in education is so much more than just being a professional and development happens continually around us. Perhaps we should call it something different like expanding as an educator or how about just growth? Either professional development smacks of something that can only happent at a set time and is just not true, which leads me to …
