PD@Pen

PD@Pen

A network for sharing professional development

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What is Cloud Computing?

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Twouble with Twitters

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PD@Pen prodvides the opportunity for staff to engage in professional learning discussions. Log on. Lodge your PD. Link with others. Learn.

Keeping a record of staff PD online has a number of advantages. One is that staff with training in a particular area can be easily identified. Another, links to relevant sites and information built into a summary provide easy access for others. A forum could be used to seek answers to specific questions, and for extreme enthusiasts live chat could provide answers to questions that couldn't wait. In addition, developing social networking skills is itself valuable professional development. The forum can be used to ask a general question in the hope for an answer. "Groups" could be used to show staff with particular qualifications eg. Level 2 First Aid, Surf Bronze, and alerts used to notify others in the group when updates were available.

So welcome to PD@Pen and please tell others in the school community about the opportunity it provides to draw on our collective wealth of professional knowledge and experience.

Cameron Bacholer
Head of Curriculum

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Elluminate Web Conferencing

I am not the first observer to note that the most successful application of Web 2 technology in education to date, has been in the area of staff professional development. Its takeup has been a little slow, but it can not fail to change the way we think about professional development in the future. During the first three days of the school year in 2010, independent and public sector teachers had three pupil free days. Using Elluminate software, through… Continue

Posted by Christen Jacobs on January 31, 2010 at 10:30am

100 Free Online Lectures That Will Make You A Better Teacher

Great teachers know that learning doesn’t stop as soon as you graduate from college. Teachers learn from their experience, from their colleagues, from their students, and any number of other resources. If you are a teacher looking for ways to expand your knowledge base, here are 100 free lectures you can watch to help facilitate some of that learning.

Posted by Jennyann North on May 5, 2009 at 8:01pm — 1 Comment

Profile Pics 2

Apologies. It appears that since I wrote the Profile Pic instructions, the look of the blog may have changed. I believe you now need to click on "My Page" at the top of the screen. You should see a link to add or edit your photo on the left there somewhere. Melinda, I look forward to your pic changing from a silhouette sometime very soon....

Posted by Susie Heggie on April 23, 2009 at 5:30pm

Web 2 Overload

Today Jennyann North and I attended the second of five AISV workshops designed to train teachers in the effective use of Web 2 technologies. Exploring these technologies elicits the wow factor time and time again. I have experienced it three times today even though I have been experimenting with Web 2 for years. They just keep getting better. This can lead to a feeling of being left behind but it doesn't need to. As they get better they also get easier. As more people use them there are more soc… Continue

Posted by Christen Jacobs on April 22, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Stephen Downes - Where is ICT Leading Education?

On Monday 6th April, Christen, Anthony and I accepted an invitation from the Australian College of Educators to attend a lecture on the use of ICT in education, held at Wesley College, Melbourne.

Stephen Downes, expert in ICT, education research and blogging was the guest speaker. He is regarded as one of the most eminent elearning researchers in the world. Stephen works for the National Research Council of Canada w… Continue

Posted by Jennyann North on April 8, 2009 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments