PD+topics

Feel free to add any topics, this page is just meant for ideas and planning. As you add ideas, please think about who could provide the training - yourself, another teacher, a vendor, etc.
- how to create your own online learning network of those who are like-minded and can help you become a better educator. - this would include introduction to using readers for keeping up with blogs, Twitter, and even Facebook. - []]
 * PLN's (Personal/Professional Learning Networks)**

Jamie B can help with any level of this training
 * IWB's - interactive white boards**
 * Level 1 - introduction and basics
 * Level 2 - moving forward
 * Level 3 - becoming the "trainier" for your school and helping to develop resouces for all diocesan teachers

- introduction to what it is and the basics for use. (- hopefully this will expand if we use it more as a diocesean tool) Jamie B could do this overview -- CLS is implementing Google Apps for students, and we already use them for teachers
 * Google Apps**


 * TED Talks Evening for Educators (then maybe one for parents too)**
 * check out this website to see where I am going with this **[]**

Demo an interesting tech-related project in a subject Math -- Cool math-specific uses for an IWB; how to use Maple (or computer algebra) software in a math class -- Jamie B
 * Cool Tools - websites to discover and use for improving classroom learning.**
 * Subject-Specific Training**