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• 04 Jun 08
  

  Renee Hawkins

  1:1 Professional Development

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  Kathy Lawrence
  • Teachers also benefit from what Nardi & O’Day (1999) call “mediators”. Mediators create bridges between the curriculum and technology for teachers. Typically mediators in schools include library media specialists, technology integrators, and teacher leaders. When mediators are available onsite, learning can happen in real time embedded in the school day.
  • explains that having a person on-site to help with job-embedded professional development is an important component in helping teachers evolve their practices. “When teachers attend workshops or conferences they have to try to come back and integrate these new practices on their own. The advantage of having an integrator on-site is that they can help model these new practices for teachers in real time in the classroom.”
  • In conclusion, these components are all important in building meaningful professional development experiences for teachers in 1:1 programs:  providing collaborative times for teachers to explore and share resources with one another, having staff on-site to act as mediators, and making the most out of Web 2.0 tools that can serve as portals for teachers to share their learning with one another.

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