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Recommended Professional Development Resources

Many of these resources have been recommended on the iEARN Professional Development Discussions and Resources Forum http://foro.iearn.org/.eea35aa/

iEARN Multimedia Guide

Books

Bender, Tisha (2003). Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice, and Assessment. Stylus. Sterling, VA
Blythe (1998). The Teaching for Understanding Guide. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
Chen, Armstrong (2002). Edutopia: Success stories for learning in the digital age. George Lucas Foundation, San Francisco, CA http://www.glef.org/
Collison, George, Bonnie Elbaum, Sarah Haavind, and Robert Tinker. Facilitating Online Learning: effective strategies for Moderators. Madison: Atwood, 2002.
Diehl, Grobe, Lopez (1999). Project Based Learning: A strategy for teaching and learning (Center for Youth Development), MA
Drake, Burns (2004). Meeting Standards Through Integrated Curriculum. ASCD, VA http://www.ascd.org
Gordon (2003). Better Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom. Harvard Education Press, MA
Harris (1998). Virtual Architecture: Designing and directing curriculum-based telecollaboration. ISTE, OR
http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/
Markham, Thom (2003). Project Based Learning Handbook: a guide to standards-focused project based learning for middle and high school teachers. Bucks Institute for Education, Novato, CA. http://www.bie.org
Moursund (2003). Project-based Learning: Using information technology. ISTE, OR http://www.iste.org
Sebranek, Kemper, Dave and Meyer (1999). Write Source 2000, A Guide to Writing, Thinking and Learning. Houghton Mifflin Company, MA.
Uraneck, Madaline (2002). Planning Curriculum in International Education. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. WI.
Wiske, Franz, Breit (2005). Teaching for Understanding with Technology. Josse-Bass, CA.

Resources on the WWW

Belsley, Bill. Guide on the Side Project based learning resources.
Buchler, Beth. Critical Issue: Terms of Engagement-Rethingking Teachers' Independent Learning Traits
Guhlin, Miguel. 5 Steps to Problem Based Professional Development.
Hofman, Bob. Surfin? the 7C?s. Seven conditions for global learning
Kamal, Farah. iEARN Pakistan Professional Development
Malouff, John. Fifty Problem Solving Strategies Explained.
McCarthy, John. Backplanning
McKenzie, James.From Now On: The Education Technology Journal. Vol 1:|No 1.September|2000. Scoring Power Points (About using mulitmedia for presentations.)
Murray, Janet. "'Training' is for Dogs."
Oxfam. "Education for Global Citizenship:a guide for schools"
Riel, Margaret. Learning Circles Teachers Guide. (The Learning Circle Teacher Guide provides a structural approach to promoting cross-classroom collaboration with telecommunications.)
Thirteen Ed Online. Concept to Classrooms: a series of workshops
Includes the following workshops:After-School Programs - From Vision to Reality; Assessment, Evaluation, and Curriculum Redesign; Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning; Cooperative and Collaborative Learning; Inquiry-based Learning; Interdisciplinary Learning in Your Classroom; Making Family and Community Connections; Tapping into Multiple Intelligences; Teaching to Academic Standards; WebQuests; Why the Net? An Interactive Tool for the Classroom
Tutorial on Problem-based Learning.

Building Online Community Resources

Brook, Chris, and Ron Oliver. "Online Learning Communities: investigating a design framework." Australian Journal of Educational Technology 19(2) (2003). 01 Mar 2006 <http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet19/brook.html>.
Clark, Caleb John. "Let Your Online Community Grow." MaineToday.com. 1998. 01 Mar. 2006
<http://www.Mainetoday.com/communities/build/tipspop.shtml>.
Collison, George, Bonnie Elbaum, Sarah Haavind, and Robert Tinker. Facilitating Online Learning: effective strategies for Moderators. Madison: Atwood, 2002.
Fulton, K., & Riel, M. (1999, May). Professional development through learning communities. Edutopia Online. Retrieved February 18, 2006 at http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_481&key=238.
Friesen, Janice. "What Makes a Good Online Project." TechLearning.com 13 Dec 2005. 04 Mar 2006 <http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174400710 >
Garcia, S. (2005, April). Learning communities and educational technology: Part I. Educators' Outlook. Retrieved February 18, 2006, at http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159901750.
Garcia, S. (2005, April). Learning communities and educational technology: Part II. Educators' Outlook. Retrieved February 18, 2006, at http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159901750.
IECC. ?Mailing List Etiquette?. <http://www.teaching.com/iecc/Etiquette.cfm>
LAB at Brown, , TEECH TERC, and National School Network BBN. "Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators." 1999. 04 Mar 2006 <http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/collab/elec-collab.pdf>.
Riel, M., & Fulton, K. (2001). Technology's role in supporting learning communities for the new millennium. Kappan 82(7) 518-523.
Roval, Alfred P. "Building Sense of Community at a Distance." International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 3.1 (2002). 01 Mar 2006 <http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1/roval.html>.