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Our Topic:


 * Professional Development for Teachers and Teacher-Librarians as it relates to technology and technology integration


 * Assignment 2: Group Presentation on a Topic**


 * Purpose:** To provide students with an opportunity to research a specific technology-related topic and present that topic in an interactive, informative way.


 * Task:** Your group is tasked with providing a professional development workshop for teachers and/or teacher-librarians on a technology-related topic. Your

workshop will be presented as ‘on demand’ PD, which means it needs to be available electronically.


 * Process:** Your electronic workshop can be presented in any form(s) that make sense for your topic and for your presentation. Keep in mind that your audience

may have little background or experience in technology. You will need to differentiate the instruction to ensure that workshop participants learn something

new about your topic and that they can apply what they have learned to their practice.

A list of potential topics is included at the end of this information.

I have created a Google Doc for you to sign up for one topic (first come, first served). There will be no duplication of topics. See the next page for the link. You are also

welcome to suggest your own topic.

Group Work: I will be assigning you to a group to work with. Each group will be made up of 3-4 people. I will send you an email with the groups (and the contact

information for the people in your group) by the end of May. I would recommend that you connect with your group members in the weeks before the term starts

so that you can begin working on the assignment. The group presentations are due at the end of the third week of July, which means you will need to spend

some time in June working with your group on the assignments. You will need to connect with your group members by email at first and then likely make

arrangements to work with them via skype or google chat. The virtual presentation is meant to provide your classmates and others with a

strong overview and background of your chosen topic. At a minimum, it must include the following components:

o A presentation of some sort with background information, context, applications for teachers, librarians, and/or teacher-librarians, connections

to practice, etc. The presentation can be done in any format but it must be available electronically in an easily accessible format.

o Complete reference list for your presentation (may be submitted as a separate document)

o A resource page (or multiple pages) on the topic. The resource page (think about it as a ‘cheat sheet’ that accompanies your presentation…it does not need to be printable and may contain embedded digital content) must include (again, a minimum):

o Annotated bibliography of 5-7 professional articles or blog posts on the topic (your annotations should be concise)

o An annotated bibliography of 2-3 research articles related to your topic (keep in mind that you might have to look beyond the school

library research for this—you might need to explore research from other disciplines and relate that to the education/school library context)

o Links to or embedded multimedia content (videos, podcasts, etc.) that relate to your topic

o A list of recommended blogs/bloggers and twitter-ers to follow Your presentation will be assessed out of 70 points based on the following

criteria: o Presentation of the topic (40 points)

o Clarity, completeness, attention to detail

o Content

o Presentation and format

o Connections to resources (including, professional and research

articles, blogs, and other social media sources)

o Resource Sheet (30 points)

o Annotated bibliography of professional articles (quality of articles,

appropriate referencing of articles, clarity and style of annotations)

o Annotated bibliography of research articles (quality of articles,

appropriate referencing of articles, clarity and style of annotations)

o Additional content

o Creativity

o Critical Thinking

From Kirsten - a repeat of my comments stickies (Brenda can delete those) plus some additional thoughts:

In our case, this means to me that we need to teach teachers/TLs how to create pro-d workshops/seminars online for other professionals. So I don't think it is a matter of picking some topics to teach to teachers, but teaching teachers how to take a topic and teach it online. We need to research and present the best/most effective ways to create pro-d online, i believe.

In terms of examples, instead of developing our own examples, we should focus on the how to and I think we could provide a variety examples that show both what and what not to do.

Now I’m thinking that this is also about teaching teachers/TL about how to get Pro-D effectively from the digital world, such as via personal learning networks, webinars and the like. In this case then we could provide the best resources for this, how to participate in a webinar etc. Perhaps we could combine the two concepts of a) how to get pro-d from digital sources and b) how to develop pro-d for others using the digital world.

AND or OR based on "Professional Development for Teachers and Teacher-Librarians as it relates to technology and technology integration":

We provide direction in how to integrate technology into the classroom. I'm not entirely sure if this is what is meant by tech integration. Or does tech integration mean "into our pro-d"?

This could also be how to increase our professional presence in the digital world, and become an online and PLN leader. Is this meant to be how teachers and TLs can create this sort of presence? I work with a guy like this, who is getting well-known online in his areas of expertise, so much so that a) people ask for his advice online b) he is asked to hold webinars and do seminars etc. at conferences and b) occasionally people from across the world ask to come visit him and our school to observe.