tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940778351671384175.post7034928443343627652..comments2017-10-23T13:29:40.303-05:00Comments on Alice Hartel's Blog: Professional Development or Presentation?Alice Hartelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17250865601911913255noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940778351671384175.post-79592546130523049822010-03-08T10:12:21.824-06:002010-03-08T10:12:21.824-06:00Dang, barky, you beat me.Dang, barky, you beat me.Matt Grangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983403132446069986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940778351671384175.post-60781809025477949282010-03-08T10:10:25.286-06:002010-03-08T10:10:25.286-06:00So, if professional development requires hands-on,...So, if professional development requires hands-on, then what do we call the ICE conference, or NECC, or any of those like it? What about those full day seminars teachers go to with a room full of 100 people? What about some of the college classes taken all around the country every day? Are those not professional development as well?<br /><br />Is it nice when there can be a hands-on component? Of course. But is it required? And the follow up? Is that really required? It depends on the mode of delivery, type of material, and who does the delivering.<br /><br />If a tech facilitator/coach for a district is doing it for a small group of teachers, there should be hands-on and follow up. If it is the right kind of material. Let's take your presentation as an example.<br /><br />Since you were demonstrating web 2.0 tools, we would have had to create accounts for most of the sites. I wouldn't have doe it because unless I'm sure I'm going to use a site, I don't register. Also, without stuff to put in a simplybox or other ones you showed us, what's the use of going there. Maybe there is a tutorial or a page that tells about the service, but you summarized and explained that for us. Saved time and we got the information. Good enough for me in that situation.<br /><br />I hope the above demonstrates that not all topics are conducive to hands-on. No one can make a blanket statement, as your professor seemed to have done, about what PD is. As with most things in life, it depends on the situation.Matt Grangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983403132446069986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7940778351671384175.post-66645401416543240762010-03-08T10:03:27.754-06:002010-03-08T10:03:27.754-06:00Hey Alice. I am greatly impressed with your self-a...Hey Alice. I am greatly impressed with your self-assessment after the professional development. You truly examined many aspects of the presentation to concentrate on for next time. I will say that one of the strengths of presenting this to another tech class is that so many of us had our own laptops that we were trying out sites as you presented them, so we did have a hands on opportunity :) I did also appreciate the comment on true professional development in that it is not a one shot deal but must be revisited. This has truly given me something to think about when I am in the professional development class. Thanks for serving as a trail blazer for many of us. Your presentation, time, and effort were not only apparent but greatly appreciated.barky1777https://www.blogger.com/profile/01557945297718495386noreply@blogger.com