Project Update

Three of the strands of the E=d3L project are completed and are ready for viewership. Several others have moved into authorship and are being further developed for a possible release in mid-June. It is all coming together through a collaborative effort and that in and of itself is exciting.

The conversations that we have had and hope to generate are going to begin to change the way we deliver and receive professional development. The blog, wiki and podcast pieces have come together nicely and we will be sharing those with our ITRT peers in the coming weeks. The format in which they have been developed will then serve as a template for collaborative contribution in building additional offerings.

The hope is that the cumulative effort can be opened up to the division so that teachers can choose from the topics and depth of study that best meets their needs with a easy understand and achievable set of expectations for earning license renewal points in the process. It is also our hope that contributions for future offerings will come from that same target audience. Tapping into an existing knowledge base will both recognize and reward the many talented educators that we are so fortunate to work with on a regular basis.

So this is going to be not only about opportunities for professional growth in the areas of integrating instructional technology, but also an experiment in expanding the ways and means by which professional development is chosen, created, developed, and delivered. Check back to see how things progress!