Professional+Readings

** Professional Readings ** = This is a page with links relating to the use of technology and/or literacy. =

Please feel free to add anything that you think may be of interest or use!
|| Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky and an expert in research and evaluation who has authored or edited 12 books, including Evaluating Professional Development (Corwin, 2000). In the link he discusses his five-step process for evaluating professional development in education and its connection to professional development planning. ||
 * ** Reading ..................................................................................................................** || ** Synopsis ** ||
 * [[file:NZ Curriculum Pedagogy.pdf]]
 * ** || Professional Readings that correspond to the Action Research or teaching as Inquire and effective pedagogy. ||
 * **[|Evaluating Professional Development, according to Guskey (2006)]**
 * **[|Evaluating Professional Development, according to Guskey (2006)]**
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Authentic+Uses+of+Technology.doc"]] [|Authentic Uses of Technology.doc] || A list of the key features in authentic ICT use in schools ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Digital+Age+Learning+01.doc"]] [|Digital Age Learning 01.doc] || A reading on how Technology can influence learning ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Equity.doc"]] [|Equity.doc] || How technology should be used effectively and be available to all ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+Will+You+Use+Tec%2355AF17.doc"]] [|How Will You Use Tec#55AF17.doc] || How will you use technology to support your schools' vision for learning? ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Meaningful%2C+Engaged+Learning.doc"]] [|Meaningful, Engaged Learning.doc] || Indicators of meaningful, engaged learning in your school ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Training+Teachers+for+Using+Technology.doc"]] [|Training Teachers for Using Technology.doc] || Effectively integrating technology into teacher's classrooms ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Managing+Complex+Change.pdf"]] [|Managing Complex Change.pdf] || The five components of complex change ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Peter+senge-learning+organization.pdf"]] [|Peter senge-learning organization.pdf] || The five disciplines seen as central to learning organizations and some issues and questions concerning the theory and practice of learning organizations. By Peter Senge ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Leadership+for+Change.pdf"]] [|Leadership for Change.pdf] || Preparing students for the 21st Century and the change needed for that to happen ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Leadership+Dimensions.pdf"]] [|Leadership Dimensions.pdf] || Leadership Dimensions Derived from 11 Studies of Effects of Leadership on Student Outcomes ||

Please take the time to upload your own readings if you have ones of value to anyone in the cluster. What evidence might look like. A presentation on how to collect and present e-learning evidence || http://www.slideshare.net/digiadvisors/registered-teacher-criteria-and-elearning ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Web_2.0_Projects.pdf"]] [|Web_2.0_Projects.pdf] || Projects for your classroom that may help effectively integrate ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Web+2.0+Tools+in+the+Reading+Classroom.pdf"]] [|Web 2.0 Tools in the Reading Classroom.pdf] || Great web tools for your Literacy programme ||
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://porthills.wikispaces.com/file/view/Why+should+educators+be+using+web+2.doc"]] [|Why should educators be using web 2.doc] || Need some convincing? Read on. ||
 * [[image:porthills:2009-07-02_1132.png width="165" height="47" align="left" caption="2009-07-02_1132.png"]] .................................................................................................. || [|iLearn Magazine: An online resource devoted to the best way to incorporate Mac technology into the classroom. Really awesome!] ||
 * [[image:Picture_1.png width="357" height="44" link="@http://www.slideshare.net/digiadvisors/registered-teacher-criteria-and-elearning"]]