Can you say "Free Tech PD"?

Kim Thomas Julie Leckman

Madison School District

ISTE: NETS-TNationalEducationTechnologyStandards - Teachers

• Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

• Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

• Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Need for alternative PD

• Finance• Teacher schedule

• New teachers a breed of tech native users

• Did I mention finances?

Our Process

The Best Team

• Professional Dev Team–Write the curriculum–Write the course – Implement

• Kim Thomas Lead and Facilitator– Three passionate teachers and somewhat wacky…

Backwards DesignEvidence of Learning

Curriculum and Instruction

Drafting the Course

• Templates in Google Docs for sharing• Started with the big ideas – sketched

out• Jumped around with inspiration• Then back – Details– Critical points – Refinement

Drafting the Course

• Allocated items for follow-up• Re-visited and weighed item value• Defined support technology

Important!!!

• Dialogue and stretch and dialogue and sketch and laugh and dialogue and laugh – remember you have people who love writing curriculum and are passionate about their content, these are the people you want to be involved.

• HAVE FUN!!! ENJOY THE JOURNEY!!!

Selecting Structures and Vehicles• File storage for Participants• Webpage• Blog• E-mail• Web meeting tools• Presentation Tools

Pre-class

• Set up shells• Participants – pre-install software and

check versions• Oreintation• Hand holding – BIG!!!!!! Build

capacity!

Starting the class

• Meet once a week online• Management• Acclimate to the net meeting

environment• Carefully select talking points.

Final Product

• 27 out of 30 finished• Great resource for all• Word of mouth – they wanted

another

Madison Interactive Site

http://sites.google.com/site/madisoninteractive/

Nothing is Really Free

• Curriculum and Instructor the highest cost– Curriculum time about $1,500 – this is

now cut in half because of the second class

– Instructor $700– Camera and mic about $100 – DimDim $195 (50 people) good for a

year– Snacks and Chocolate for the curriculum

team – necessary and priceless

O.k. some things in life are free• Can be DimDim for 20 or less people• Webpage• Blog• Atomic Learning• Teacher Tube• e-mail• Document Sharing – Google docs

Questions???

Thank You For Your Time