An avatar-to-avatar news conference in Second Life provides a richer experience for journalists and trainees.
How-to article on how to do more, more effectively, in ed-tech professional development for teachers even in the midst of tightening budgets.
Here is an article that discusses how WoW can be used by executives to train employees and develop their creative skills, increase motivation, and build a team-oriented environment.
The report was written by Linda Darling-Hammond and a team of researchers from the Stanford University School Redesign Network. It examines what research has revealed about professional learning that improves teachersā practice and student learning. The report describes the availability of such opportunities in the United States and high-achieving nations around the world.
Terrific online informal professional development site for educators -- form groups, share resources, etc.
Advocating Second Life as a viable medium for online informal, teacher-driven professional development...
Director of Technology and Information Systems Sylvan Union School District.
North Carolina's Iredell-Statesville Schools wins prestigious Baldrige Award, citing such initiatives as distance education and teacher professional development
No Child Left Behind challenged all states to have technology fully integrated into the curriculum and all students technologically proficient by the eighth grade.
With the increase in need of 21st century skills for students, professional development around these skills is explored.