Goal: To provide primary teachers with professional development that will support effective digital-age learning
Project Description and Date: Using Google Hangouts to provide flipped professional development to the primary teachers in order to support effective digital-age learning. Google Hangouts will be held once a month and teachers may be present or stay in their classroom or watch the video recording of the hangout at home. Hangouts will be based on the needs and wants of the teachers.
Audience: Loyola Primary Teachers
21st Century Skills Used:
Communication
Collaboration
ISTE Standards-Coaches: Technology coaches conduct needs assessments, develop technology-related professional learning programs, and evaluate the impact on instructional practice and student learning.
a. Conduct needs assessments to inform the content and delivery of technology-related professional learning programs that result in a positive impact on student learning
b. Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment
c. Evaluate results of professional learning programs to determine the effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning
Results and Reflections:
August Inservice Days
Provided TIES ½ day training on iPads for primary teachers
Brainstormed different ideas of professional development for primary teachers
Challenges
Loyola has 2 campuses
primary teachers have short preps
Begin planning for primary flipped professional development using Google Hangouts
September
Survived the 1st month of school
Outlined a professional development plan using Google Hangouts, included the following:
Met with primary principal to go over professional development plan
November
Set up 1st Google Hangout Date
Postponed due to tragedy on primary campus
Decided to experiment with different types of PD
December
Offered open lab
2 separate times
e-mailed reminder of open lab
January
After negative feedback on Google Hangouts for PD changed decided to reevaluate project
Goal: To provide primary teachers with professional development that will support effective digital-age learning
Project Description and Date: Create and provide teachers with apptivities that can be used in the classroom by students but also apptivities that can be used by the teacher to understand different apps or functions of the iPad ~ If time allows have a session in which teachers can create apptivities that they will then share with each other so that instead of 1 apptivity to use they have 10 or more
Audience: Loyola Primary Teachers
21st Century Skills Used:
Communication
Collaboration
ISTE Standards-Coaches: Technology coaches conduct needs assessments, develop technology-related professional learning programs, and evaluate the impact on instructional practice and student learning.
a. Conduct needs assessments to inform the content and delivery of technology-related professional learning programs that result in a positive impact on student learning
b. Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment
c. Evaluate results of professional learning programs to determine the effectiveness on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning
Results and Reflections:
February
Began looking at app smashing ideas
Looked for educational apps that teachers don’t use because they don’t know how or they don’t know the benefit of the app
Professional Development Day to create apptivities with primary postponed
Completed site visits at 3 different schools
Resources: Flipped PD This site is of shared resources provided by Stillwater Schools. They have created a program where they have flipped their Professional Development between Technology Integrationist and teachers. Much of the teacher's learning is done independently and online with follow up visits with their Technology Integration Team