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admin April 14th, 2010

Upcoming Events

April 16, 2010, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM(Noon) – Online Event

Ellen Paxton is a National Board Certified Teacher and the founder of Professional Learning Board, a MN-based company that offers a variety of online learning. Leveraging her experiences in workforce development, instructional design models, individualized education strategies, elearning, professional development planning, training and trends, Ellen Paxton leads all aspects of online professional development, teaching and learning programs for Professional Learning Board.

Ellen’s presentation will cover “Free and Easy Online Learning Tools”. This will include tips on how to use these tools effectively to design and deliver training.

Cost for this event is $10 for ASTD National and chapter members and $20 for others. Contact Sarah Jeffcoat sarah.jeffcoat@astdhoi.org for additional information.   Register online here

Can’t join us? Be sure to download our Free Training and Teaching Toolbar:

For Teachers: http://ProfessionalLearningBoard.OurToolbar.com
For Consultants, Freelancers and Trainers: http://Consultants.OurToolbar.com

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prodev March 8th, 2010

Virtual Team Challenge is a “Virtual World” 3D simulation-based learning curriculum offered at NO COST to high school teachers and students for Spring 2010. The program meets National Standards for Business Education and is supported by lesson plans that incorporate the game’s missions. 10,000 students participated last year, collaborating to manage the clean-up of an Oil Spill in New City and win prizes for themselves, their schools, and the United Way.  Registration is now open at http://www.virtualteamchallenge.com/. The program runs March 15 – April 30.

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admin May 6th, 2008

Today, May 6, 2008, is National Teacher Day and Professional Learning Board thanks you for your dedication to the profession and student learners. We acknowledge and appreciate your incredibly hard work and determination to make a difference in the world of education.

Teaching is a challenging profession and as educators ourselves, we know how difficult it can be. Our role at Professional Learning Board is to make things just a little bit easier for teachers by bringing professional development right to you, allowing you to access online courses in a convenient manner that doesn’t take you away from your students and classroom.

To show our appreciation for your hard work, we’re giving away 100 FREE online courses from Professional Learning Board. Please take advantage of this opportunity for yourself or pass the information on to 1 close colleague who may benefit from this.

Be one of the first 100 teachers to enroll and get a FREE online course. When you’ve successfully completed this course, you’ll earn 1 Clock Hour/CPDU while experiencing online learning and discovering how Professional Learning Board can help in your quest for quality professional development opportunities. See below for course information and registration instructions:

COURSE TITLE: Recognizing Child Abuse

“I completed the online [Recognizing Child Abuse] program as part of my employment requirements. I found the program to be comprehensive and detailed yet not overwhelming to the average individual. The important descriptions and expectations are clearly outlined.”

This one clock hour course empowers each of us with the ability to recognize types, signs, characteristics, scenarios, and in general, indicators of suspected child abuse. We know this is a difficult subject to discuss. For that reason, we think you will find this course to be respectful of the topic while giving a solid foundation in understanding the key information about child abuse.

• What is Child Abuse
• Physical Abuse
• Sexual Abuse
• Neglect
• Emotional Abuse
• Resources

Enter coupon code CAB3FEC6D5 in the Optional Code box during enrollment to get the course for free. Click here to enroll.

Thank you for all that you do!

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admin May 6th, 2008

This online PLC for K12 Teachers is new and we need your help.
What do you think is the best sub-heading for this site? 

Here are a couple of ideas we’ve been playing around with to get you started:

K-12 Teachers and Educators Teaching and Learning Together
Of Teachers. By Teachers. For Teachers.

Maybe you like these but we’re also convinced you can do better. Help us capture the essence of an online professional learning community for K12 educators. If we use your suggestion, we’ll enroll you in one of our self-study courses for FREE!

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prodev April 17th, 2008

by Ellen Paxton

I’m excited about judging in the ThinkQuest International 2008! I’ve been missing the excitement that comes from working directly with K-12 student learners and look forward to exploring the work of innovative and very tech-savvy student teams.

Thanks to n2teaching for making me aware of this opportunity. She writes,

“Yes, it is a blast…I like to look at the fantastic websites. Here is the webpage that explains the judging process and application: http://thinkquest.org/judge/tq_volunteer_judge.pdf

ThinkQuest organizers like to have judges from all over the world. The judging starts on April 14, 2008 , and they give you almost a month (ends on May 5, 2008) to look them over 24/7 at your leisure. There is no required amount of websites to judge.”

ThinkQuest inspires students to think, connect, create, and share. Students work in teams to build innovative and educational websites to share with the world. Along the way, they learn research, writing, teamwork, and technology skills and compete for exciting prizes.

Sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation, the competition offers a unique project-based learning experience to students and teachers across the globe. Everybody wins by having their completed websites published in the ThinkQuest Library, a rich online resource visited by millions monthly.

Off to judge some entries now. Please let me know if you’re doing this too.

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prodev January 12th, 2008

• Lots of math links including 2+2 for Math [http://www.funnymathforkids.com] and the outstanding tool Geogebra (http://www.geogebra.com)
• Audio Literature (http://www.loudlit.org)
• Virtual Worlds (http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/virtualworlds) focused on Real Learning (http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses) and
• Free Technology Resources including MindMapping (http://bubbl.us) software
• KnightCite (http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php?op=newCitation)
  Automatically generates citations of work in MLA, APA and Chicago style. Where was this when I was in school?!

I say, “Imagine up to 250 people all talking and text chatting at the same time. Impossible to listen.“

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