As an alternative to Professional Development, blogging can be used to share ideas with your education community.
Blogging services include:
Typepad at www.typepad.com
Blogger at www.blogger.com
Edublogs at www.edublogs.com
These are all free services to share and obtain information, by either creating your own blog or reading others'.
"Professional growth for me starts with 20 minutes of blog browsing each morning, sifting through the thoughts of practitioners whom I might never have been able to learn from otherwise and considering how their work translates into what I do with students."
ReplyDeleteBill Ferriter
According to Bill Ferriter,"teachers rarely get to self-select learning opportunities, pursue professional passions, or engage in meaningful, ongoing conversations about instruction.".....What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteMost of the time principals are in charge of deciding pd opportunities. However, with blogs and wikis teachers can be in charge of their own pd content. It takes only a few moments out of your day to visit selected sites.
We should keep this blog going next year.
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