Professional+Development

Professional development, historically, has been to supply teachers with the ability to use technology tools, but there was very little (if any) ongoing reinforcement to apply the information acquired in a classroom setting. According to our book, the authors quote Fullan and Stieglebauer (1991): ""Nothing has promised so much and has been so frustratingly wastful as the thousands of workshops and conferences that led to no significant change in practice when the teachers returned to their classrooms"(p.315)." This quote painstakingly describes traditional professional development courses. The idea of a community of learners is a concept that will bring support, new ideas, and assisstance to all involved. The teacher no longer needs to feel she is the only one that "is not getting" it. In this environment, the teacher will share her successess as well as her failures, but with the suport of her peers, she will be able to use the failures to her advantage. The professional development wiki site is: http://educatortechprofdev.wikispaces.com/

In this video, James Paul Gee speaks about grading with games! Dr. Howard Gardnerdiscusses digital students.