Technology and Teacher Professional Development

Individually, I discovered a website called Education Week, which I had never heard of before. It offers really useful links to subject specific development websites. It also give a teacher forum where teachers form around the world can interact and give advice and opinions on certain topics. One interesting aspect of the website was the new feed that allows teachers to stay updated on the different trends in education. From others Diigo bookmarks, I found websites about TED Talks and LinkedIn. TED Talks allow for educational professional to share information about their field or research with the educational community through video. It covers a wide range of topics from just data gathered from students to new ways teachers can communicate with parents and other important development in education. LinkedIn is a sharing website, wherein teachers can share presentations, opinions, and what they found to work effectively in the classroom. LinkedIn, also offer for teachers to communicate with each other and discuss what they are making work in their classrooms and how other teachers can do so as well. The best part of this website is the range of it, spanning all over the globe, allowing for more communication and new ideas to be dispersed between international teachers in their field.

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