Daily Blog Challenge Day 56/365
I believe the purpose of professional development is to help teachers improve their craft. This is a broad definition, but I believe it should be. We need to take professional development out of the box we have created for it. Professional Development should not be limited to early out days or School Improvement Days (SIP).
The technology that is now available (Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Skype just to name a few) offer many possibilities for teacher development and now learning can happen whenever, wherever and with people from all over the globe.
It seems that Twitter and Facebook both have bad reputations as a social network, but they both offer many possibilities for learning from other teachers.
Teachers become better teachers by learning from those who are doing things they want to do. Conversations on social media and blogs are a great way to learn new teaching ideas.
What are your favorite forms of Professional Development? Thank you for reading.
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