Professional+Development

Locate Pennsbury sponsored professional development opportunities through the MyLearningPlan system. If you are a __new__ Pennsbury Professional Staff Member and you do not currently have access to a MyLearningPlan account, please contact the Human Resources Department. All other MyLearningPlan inquiries can be referred to Mandy Gancarz in the Computer Center.
 * MyLearningPlan: **

//** Paraprofessionals: **// please contact Jane DeLello in the Special Education Department for inquiries about Paraprofessional MyLearningPlan professional development opportunities.

** Please Enter the Playgound on this wiki to access a variety of online training and documents by skill level and technology strand. **
K12 Online Conference - audio and video podcasts for professional development for teachers by teachers MIT Open Courseware - Take an MIT training course, free.
 * Podcasts for Professional Development: **
 * iTunes University** - //From college level course at Stanford to podcasting for HS cyber courses, iTunes U is growing daily.//

- Classroom 2.0 Live - Free educational Webinars - The Discovery Education Network (DEN) - EdTech Talk - Collaborative open webcasting community - Blended Schools Network (BSN) - Free Webinar Training on Blackboard - Excellent for Cyber teachers
 * Webinars for Professional Development: **

- Open PD // - Open PD regarding technology integration // // - Apps for PD - iPad apps for Professional Development // - [|Open Times] - Open online training for educators - Free, Short, Technology Moodle Courses - Examples include iPads in Education, Tech Literacy, Tech Applications, etc. - [|Google Professional Training] - Open Google Training- [|Open Courseware Consortium] - [|Carnegie Mellon Open Free Courses] - [|Open Education Database] - Free courses for teachers - [|Free Open Courseware] Over 55,000 free courses for teachers - __[|P2PU] __ - The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project in which anyone can participate. Volunteers facilitate the courses, but the learners are in charge. P2PU leverages both open content and the open social web, with a model for lifelong learning. - __[|OpenStudy] __ - OpenStudy is a social learning network where independent learners and traditional students can come together in a massively-multiplayer study group. Through OpenStudy, learners can find other working in similar content areas in order to support each other and answer each others’ questions. OpenStudy supports a number of study groups, including those focused on several MIT OCW courses .- 20 Free PD Opportunities for 2012 - Highlighted by Shelly Terrell
 * Open Educational Resources (OER) -- Professional Development Opportunities: **