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Professional Development
Professional development is targeted at successful technology integration. Professional development is an essential component in the process of teachers learning to effectively integrate technology in a classroom environment. This training can take many forms and should include a wide variety of skills beyond the operation of specific software. This resource area provides resources for professional development opportunities that exist across the country.
Professional Organizations for Technical and Vocational Education
The Rubric Builder
URL: http://www.rubricbuilder.on.ca/learn.html
Description: Learn about rubrics, their use and construction. In the newly renamed Performance ASSESSMENT instead of Performance packages we have an opportunity to assist all teachers in this rather innovative way of writing and using rubrics for projects. Below are a list of web sites that do just that.
The Staff Room for Ontario's Teachers, Rubrics
URL: http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm
Description: This site has links to individual rubrics as well as forms of assessment and evaluation, a list of sites that offer information, and/or a variety of rubrics.
Education Computing Services and Resources for Beginning Teachers
URL: http://educ.queensu.ca/~ecs/ecs-other.html
Description: This site has several internet resources for new teachers. There are links such as classroom management, cross curricular lessons, academic journals, and more.
Sponsoring Organization: Queens University www.queensu.ca/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
URL: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Description: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators contains a categorized list of sites that are "useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth." It includes some of the best sites for teaching and learning.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
URL: http://www.ascd.org/
Description: ASCD shares news and developments, as well as providing a forum for education issues and professionalism concerns.