tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post3891147369578292495..comments2024-01-31T04:48:24.469-05:00Comments on Connections: Technology and Education: PD? Really? Umm...I Don't Have Time?Chuck Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871121302313171423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post-70719823472347345392014-04-01T07:20:31.633-04:002014-04-01T07:20:31.633-04:00JL, I like the idea of looking back to try and dis...JL, I like the idea of looking back to try and discover the when and maybe the why of the PD problem. I agree with you that delivery of content in PD sessions is often very boring. Interestingly, most teachers still teach the way they receive PD, direct instruction driven by a PowerPoint presentation, and they can't understand why students are bored in their classrooms. Chuck Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158003223299415576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post-52428833435286755492014-03-31T11:59:57.105-04:002014-03-31T11:59:57.105-04:00Emily, I totally agree, "Professional Learnin...Emily, I totally agree, "Professional Learning is a Professional Obligation." The question is how do you get teachers to see it as a Professional Obligation? To me it boils down to expectations and culture of a school. If PL is important to the leadership of a school, I believe you are more likely to get the teachers to see the relevance of the PL opportunities. But, I also believeChuck Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158003223299415576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post-52606457259993681602014-03-31T07:18:25.529-04:002014-03-31T07:18:25.529-04:00As a historian, I want to go back and discover how...As a historian, I want to go back and discover how they've gotten to the point where PD isn't thought of as worth their time. As a presenter, I'm also curious what past presenters have done to wrong teachers (I'm almost 100% convinced it has to do with terrible PowerPoints). As a teacher, I want PD that offers something I can't get on my own, something that is relevant to whatJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899699539151296116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post-50283773512719152182014-03-29T07:32:35.945-04:002014-03-29T07:32:35.945-04:00It is so difficult for me to wrap my brain around ...It is so difficult for me to wrap my brain around all of the issues that I have been faced with regarding Educator Professional Learning over the past few year! As a teacher, PL was a "no-brainer"; therefore, as PL Leader, it has become very difficult to understand why this is such an issue. I have conversations all the time in which I assert that "Professional Learning is a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116762537578529596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552230342910259429.post-69515456577308339752014-03-28T14:25:54.939-04:002014-03-28T14:25:54.939-04:00Spot on!Spot on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com