Resources+for+PD+Facilitators

[|The Rapid eLearning Blog] This blog is dedicated to "Practical, real world tips for e-learning success!" and has many interesting and fun tricks for making better use of everyday applications. Learn to embed video in PowerPoint, make your presentations look like a TV show, and much, much more!  [|The About Secondary Education Blog] is centered on the needs of English and language arts teachers.  Tools [|Jing!] is a great resource that can be used to provide participants with feedback on assignments and online tutorials. It's fabulous and FREE!  [|Moodle] is a fee learning management system that educators can use to create online learning. [|Adobe Captivate] is an elearning authoring software. This is a wonderful resource, and students and educators qualify for education pricing. [|Articulate] another elearning authoring tool, they offer affordable packages. [|Elluminate] platform used for synchronous learning. [|Adobe Captivate] platform used for synchronous learning.
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Self-driven and Classroom-based: Professional Development in the 21st Century  Websites [|www.elearningguild.com] This is a professional membership based organization that promotes networking and community for elearning professional. [|WebQuests for Professional Development] Here is a link to instructions for creating a Webquest! This website includes the background, components, and purpose of Webquests, a discussion about how to evaluate a Webquest, and includes links to award-winning educational Webquests. [|National Staff Development Council] This site is dedicated to staff development and has various resources for teachers. [|LearnCentral] is an educational networking environment for teachers [|Canter] offers online professional development courses for teachers. [|Professional Development Resources] offers continuing education courses to healthcare professionals [|LINGO's]  is a member-based organization that allows companies to network and create online professional development courses. They offer a lot of wonderful resources including an articulate license and access to various online courses. Members do have to pay an annual membership fee. [|ASTD] is an association that provides training resources to professionals in various fields. [|Edutopia] shares knowledge with educators and students about different technologies and strategies being used in the classroom. They have articles, videos, blogs and more. The Havard Family Projec t  is a site that focuses on promoting communities to develop effective home and school relationships. Schoolnet <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">is designed to help educators use best practices in the classroom. **Tutorials** [|Wiki Tutorial] <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> Here is a tutorial created with Jing to demonstrate how to create a Wikispace. [|Google Docs in Plain English] : This is a brief video introduction that can be used to introduce staff members to Google Docs.
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