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>.