Category: "Teacher CPD"
Jan
18
A Chartered Institute for Teaching?
Schools, Teacher CPD, Continuing Professional Development 10 feedbacks » 2499 viewsIn the last week, I've spent a fair bit of time talking with colleagues from the education sector.
One of the topics of discussion was teacher professional development, and how we might
encourage teachers to take more responsibility for their own lear… more »
Jan
01
This resource is designed to support a half day CPD session for primary teachers. The facilitator's notes are published in Electric Word's Primary ICT Coordinators' File (issue 21) - subscription required.
Teachers teaching teachers
Many teachers a… more »
Dec
29
Professional learning - lessons learned
Designing Online Courses, Evaluation, Teacher CPD Send feedback » 2319 viewsFor the past couple of years, I've been working on an extended project which has investigated the extent to which organisations can create CPD (continuous professional development) opportunities which have impact and reach beyond the training room.
Th… more »
Nov
24
Via Jason Rhode. Brilliant video trailer from Alec Couros.
I can see myself using this as part of a lot of what I do.
[youtube]vVbO2q0ZSok[/youtube] more »
Oct
31
The implications of encouraging self-directed learners
Social Networks, Teacher CPD 1 feedback » 2329 viewsI was at the Norfolk e-safety & e-learning conference yesterday, expounding the benefits of getting teachers involved in the range of CPD networks that are out there.
What we didn't go into was the implications for those teachers and their schools… more »
Oct
29
Social Networks - the future of CPD
Social Networks, Teacher CPD, Presentations & Workshops 3 feedbacks » 1821 viewsI'm leading one of the sessions at tomorrow's elearning & esafety conference for Norfolk headteachers.
It's entitled "Social Networks - the future of CPD". Although rather than focus of social networks per se, I'm looking wider... at informal lear… more »
Sep
20
Leon has just published an interview he recorded where we talked about a range of topics but mainly focussed on the possibilities for teacher professional development.
Amazingly, (and I am flattered), he even quoted me in a column he wrote for the Gua… more »
Jun
05
Notes from the Future of Education Conference: Chris Sessums
Teacher CPD, FOE2007 1 feedback » 1594 viewsChris Sessums on the future of teacher professional development: reconnecting people & practice (Elluminate presentation available). The sound quality is not brilliant - but not impossible. It means you have to listen hard - not such a bad thing.… more »
Jun
02
Chris Sessums - on teacher education, learning technologies and social media
Teacher CPD Send feedback » 1989 viewsChris has clearly described how learning technologies are being used to support/enhance teacher development at the University of Florida. It outlines how they are using the technology to support both face-to-face and fully online learning programmes.… more »
Apr
04
Kate Blacklock, at Education Excellence has emailed me the link to their new Science blog: "Told you science wasn't boring".
It illustrates perfectly the sort of thing I've been talking about. It's a place where the science team at Education Excellenc… more »
