Professional+Development

**Podcasts for Professional Development:** - K12 Online Conference - audio and video podcasts for professional development for teachers by teachers - MIT Open Courseware - Take an MIT training course, free. - The Education Podcast Network - Examples of education podcasts. - __**iTunes University**__: **//(Open iTunes --> iTunes U)://** //From college level course at Stanford to podcasting for HS cyber courses, iTunes U is growing daily.// **Webinars for Professional Development:** - Classroom 2.0 Live - Free educational Webinars - The Discovery Education Network (DEN) - EdTech Talk - Collaborative open webcasting community - Blended Schools Network (BSN) - Free Webinar Training on Blackboard - Excellent for Cyber teachers **Opportunities through the Bucks County Intermediate Unit:** - Virtual Speaker Series - Speakers such as Scott McLeod, Will Richardson, Richard Byrne, share their expertise. - Safari Montage Webinar Series - Specific classroom examples for most grade level and subject areas. **Open Educational Resources (OER) -- Professional Development Opportunities:** - Open PD // - Open PD regarding technology integration // // - Apps for PD - iPad apps for Professional Development // - [|Open Times] - Open online training for educators - Free, Short, Technology Moodle Courses - Examples include iPads in Education, Tech Literacy, Tech Applications, etc. - [|Google Professional Training] - Open Google Training - [|Open Courseware Consortium] - [|Carnegie Mellon Open Free Courses] - [|Open Education Database] - Free courses for teachers - [|Free Open Courseware] Over 55,000 free courses for teachers - __[|P2PU] __ - The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project in which anyone can participate. Volunteers facilitate the courses, but the learners are in charge. P2PU leverages both open content and the open social web, with a model for lifelong learning. - __[|OpenStudy] __ - OpenStudy is a social learning network where independent learners and traditional students can come together in a massively-multiplayer study group. Through OpenStudy, learners can find other working in similar content areas in order to support each other and answer each others’ questions. OpenStudy supports a number of study groups, including those focused on several MIT OCW courses. - 20 Free PD Opportunities for 2012 - Highlighted by Shelly Terrell - Free Mimio Trainings for Teachers **Free Technology Training Videos** - Woopid Video Tutorials