Professional+Development

=Introduction= toc This wiki is a collection of resources for professional development of Grade 9-12 Mathematics Teachers.

=Agenda for Modules= A new module or topic will be available every five weeks. Each development topic will added to a page within the wiki. Diving deeper into a topic will remain on the parent page to facilitate organization. The topics will be organized as follows:
 * Jump start video - an introductory video and other links to the topic to get started on your own (week 1)
 * Apply this - brainstorm and share ideas on a specific lesson or project to apply the tool on the discussion page (week 2)
 * Laptop lunches - are designed to provide educators time to ask questions about a particular tool. Bring your laptop, iPad, or other connectivity device to practice with friends and create your personal technology trail. Lunches will be scheduled throughout the development module based on the schedules of the participants. (week 2-4)
 * Evaluate - a topic specific skype conference call to discuss the success or challenges of implementing the tool.
 * Share - please post your lesson in Curriculum and Lessons for others to use!

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=Modules=

Enter the module pages by selecting the topic from the table below:
 * ==Interwrite== || The 2010-2011 Century High School Improvement Plan (Century SIP, 2010) explicitly calls for the use of Interwrite technologiesas a strategic activity for accomplishing the objective "All students will be taught by highly qualified teachers". Interwrite offers the option of recording an entire lesson that is executed from a computer. The verbal annotations for the lesson are provided real-time by the teacher.

This development activity includes:
 * Installing the software (45 day trial version available)
 * Reviewing the video
 * Selecting a lesson to capture with Interwrite
 * Creating
 * Evaluating ||
 * ==Skype== ||  ||
 * ==Blogs== ||  ||