Module 5 - Online Professional Development
Overview
This assignment involves investigating and evaluating opportunities that other online course developers offer for teachers. Like any profession, teaching requires continuous education by practitioners in order to meet student needs in the most effective manner possible. And like most professions, the field of education is regularly inundated with new resources, tools and strategies as a result of technology's ever evolving landscape. In the past, it was common for teachers to enroll in graduate courses or participate in structured professional development classes offered by their school division. But technology now makes it easier (and more affordable) for educators to participate in valuable online learning experiences without the need to travel and/or meet and specific times. And the cost is generally much more affordable than graduate program courses!
For this simple project, you will investigate four different sources of online educational opportunities to determine if any offerings might meet your future continuous improvement needs. These four sites include:
For this simple project, you will investigate four different sources of online educational opportunities to determine if any offerings might meet your future continuous improvement needs. These four sites include:
To Do
Step 1:
Create a webpage in your Weebly site called “Online PD” within the My PD menu.
Step 2:
Navigate to each of the four selected online course sites above and spend some time searching for course offerings that you might be interested in competing at some time in the future. Consider courses or workshops that might help you learn things relative to your ideal job that you think you might need further support. On your page, include a link to the PD experience and an image, if applicable.
Step 3:
Respond to each of the items below about each site:
Step 4:
Insert a divider between each site.
Step 1:
Create a webpage in your Weebly site called “Online PD” within the My PD menu.
Step 2:
Navigate to each of the four selected online course sites above and spend some time searching for course offerings that you might be interested in competing at some time in the future. Consider courses or workshops that might help you learn things relative to your ideal job that you think you might need further support. On your page, include a link to the PD experience and an image, if applicable.
Step 3:
Respond to each of the items below about each site:
- List the title of at least one course/workshop you might be interested in completing and the cost of the experience
- Briefly describe how you think the experience(s) might help you improve your professional practice (now or in the future)
- Reflect on whether or not you think it would be worth your time and money to invest in the selected opportunity. Why/why not?
Step 4:
Insert a divider between each site.