Classification: (E – professional development) (T – websites)

PBS

http://www.pbs.org/teachers

The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has created a new website particularly for use by teachers. As many will be aware, PBS is one of the higher profile commentators on all facets of US society. Called simply PBS Teachers, the site has interactive multimedia materials for all areas of the curriculum, plus the neat facility to customise material for class use. The materials and in particular the Flash files, are ideal for IWB use.

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – websites)

Conferences

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events/cache/offonce/pid/2015 (Overseas)

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events/pid/2015?action=results&from=&until=&range=&currentday=&
calendar=688 (Australia)

Have you ever wondered if there is a great conference being held on some tropical island or some other equally exotic place? Or, is there a conference you’d like to attend but not sure when it’s on or being held?

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – computers/laptops)

Using Photoshop Elements 8

http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/netbooks.html

Take a look at Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 8 teacher resources for netbooks. It contains lessons that help students develop problem-solving skills, use visualization to demonstrate their understanding of difficult concepts, and improve their proficiency in language arts.

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – software)

Abode TV

http://tv.adobe.com/channel/students-educators/

Adobe TV is a fantastic collection of video resources for your own PD or to teach your students how to use this fabulous collection of resources.

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – interactive whiteboards)

How Action Research can be used to effectively use the Interactive Whiteboard

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This presentation was presented by Simon Clarke at the First NZ and AUS International IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: Balmacewen Intermediate School uses a bottom up approach to Professional Development. Action Research has played a pivotal part in teachers exploring and analysing the benefits of interactive whiteboards. From one Action Research Project the school has created flipcharts to support GSR lessons to turn them into fully interactive lessons with rich discussions and resources at the finger tips of teachers and students.

Classification: (E – professional development) (T – interactive whiteboards)

How Far Can We Go in Three Months?

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This presentation was presented by Anna-Mieke Leo at the Fifth National IWB Conference in 2008.

Description: This session will focus on ideas and strategies for upskilling staff quickly. This would be appropriate for schools who have just installed IWBs or when wishing to renew staff enthusiasm for renewed training. This will focus on digital and already existing personnel resources a school already has or can have easy access to, in order to increase staff confidence and ability to experiment further with using IWBs in good teaching practice.