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I have found that my most effective instruction for teachers takes place one-on-one. I meet with faculty, discuss their needs and then help them to form a goal and implement their plans. This takes more of my time, but ultimately does pay off. I've been thinking about ways to formalize or systematize this method of PD so that I can reach more people in this way. It may take longer to get to everyone, but if I can create a system of one-to-one technology mentoring, ultimately I think I will get more people doing more technology in meaningful ways.

11 Dec 09

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Teaching & Reaching the Millennial Learner: New Possibilities for the Information Age

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Education Week: Four Flawed Assumptions of School Reform

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The true competition is for scarce resources, such as effective teachers, strong leaders, high-quality professional development, capable external assistance, adequate facilities, political influence, and public support.

5 Higher Ed Tech Trends To Watch in 2010 -- Campus Technology

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as will "4:1 computing" as a replacement for the more traditional 1:1 (one device to handle one task).

10 Dec 09

K12 Online Conference 2009 | LEADING THE CHANGE KEYNOTESelf-driven and Classroom-based: Professional Development in the 21st Century

"ommunity are themselves exemplary learners” (Claxton, 2002), this presentation explores the importance of Classroom-Based Teacher Development and Reflective Practice as essential professional development practices for the 21st century. It suggests that if students today are to benefit from schools where they can acquire the learning dispositions that will allow them to build and transform future societies and address global challenges, teacher professional development must be reconfigured to allow teachers to focus on examining and learning from their own professional contexts. The 21st century demands that teachers investigate their practices on a regular basis, learn to design new approaches, and quickly and effectively respond to the demands of the ever-changing knowledge society. Classrooms must therefore become sites of inquiry where teachers engage in practice that is perpetually experimental."

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Yes, I think reflective practice is challenging because it requires that we look carefully at who we are … as teachers and as human beings. Whenever we do that, inevitably certain things come out that may force us to re-examine our practice. Despite all the talk about 21st-century learning, we are still creatures of habit, and reflective practice demands that we zero in on those habits and ask ourselves: Why is this my practice? How does it support my students?