LINKS

The links below are to various sites that either explicitly provide professional development tools and resources, or that have tools and/or resources that I believe may be useful in professional development.

Success at the Core http://successatthecore.com/

PBS Teacherline - online courses http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/

Edtechteacher - professional development courses for individuals and schools. http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development

Coursera, a big provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) includes courses on education and professional development. https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&lngs=en&cats=education,teacherpd

Edvation, offering both technology and other professional development http://www.edvation.com/

Free online professional development courses from Intel http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/k12/teach-elements.html

Nonprofit organization all about professional development. http://learningforward.org/

Principals blogging. Interesting. http://connectedprincipals.com/

Great list of links to various online communities for teacher professional development. http://classroom-aid.com/teacher-development/

Interesting website about the process of improving school focusing on the effective schools correlates. http://www.mes.org/

Some great resources from MSU for both professional development and content. http://fod.msu.edu/oir/online-instructional-resources

Professional development membership community. Some resources are free; some require membership. http://www.simplek12.com/

Fee-based site aimed at professional development through online course, webinars, etc. http://plpnetwork.com/

Professional Development from PBS. Fee-based. http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/

Online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12. http://www.educatorsprofessionaldevelopment.com/

Teacher resources grouped by subject and grade level. http://www.learner.org/index.html

Lots of good content about teaching. http://www.edutopia.org/

How to videos for the technology classroom. http://learnitin5.com/

Free online tutorials on all manner of websites, software, etc. http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics

Online tutorials on a wide range of websites and software. Fee-based. http://www.lynda.com/

Online tutorials on a wide range of websites and software. Fee-based. http://www.atomiclearning.com/

Website of the National Staff Development Council (now called Learning Forward). They have an annual conference on professional development. http://www.learningforward.org/

The Library of Congress has professional development models for learning about using primary sources. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/

Education Week's online professional development sourcebook. http://www.edweek.org/tsb/