Week 4 Course Reflection
This week's readings were about providing meaningful professional development to teachers on technology and collaborative learning for students. Collaborative learning has been a hot topic in education for many years. Based on the readings, we need to be very purposeful and meaningful with this type of learning. Students in groups do not make it collaborative learning. You need to create the learning where every student in the group has some skin in the game...they all depend on each other for success. To truly accomplish this environment, the teacher will need to plan it out with roles placed for each member.
Again, I loved how the Web 2.0 book put traditional professional developments as "spray and pray." One thing I had not thought about with a PD is to actually incorporate the technology you are wanting teachers to learn and incorporate. Incorporating the tools into the teaching of teachers is a great idea. You can be right along with them, coaching them with other teachers and work collaboratively to learn and create ideas and lessons where you are able to integrate said technology. How powerful would that be?
Again, I loved how the Web 2.0 book put traditional professional developments as "spray and pray." One thing I had not thought about with a PD is to actually incorporate the technology you are wanting teachers to learn and incorporate. Incorporating the tools into the teaching of teachers is a great idea. You can be right along with them, coaching them with other teachers and work collaboratively to learn and create ideas and lessons where you are able to integrate said technology. How powerful would that be?
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