Opportunities for learning about 21st Century Teaching and Learning are increasing exponentially. We have included separate pages for each of the different formats of information recognizing that some of you may want to explore by format. Social networking and podcasting are relatively new ways to exchange and share knowledge.

Here are some Professional Development ideas recommended by top education blogger David Warlick.

A Path to Becoming a 21st Century Literate Educator — Self Development

1. Find two or more other educators in your school who are interested in learning and using emerging information and communication technologies. It would be of enormous advantage if you can include your schools library media specialist.
2. Identify the appropriate person in your school or district who can provide technical support and configuration for your increasingly utilized computers and network. Bake them some chocolate chip cookies.
3. Identify some edu-bloggers who are talking about the emerging ICTs you are considering.
4. See the Bloggers to Learn From wiki, contributed to by a world community of educators. Delegate! Assign each member of your team some of the selected blogs to follow, and share specific posts with each other.
5. Read, study, and discuss books about teaching and learning and the world we’re doing it in. See the Books to Learn From. wiki, contributed to by a world community of educators.
6. Schedule regular meetings (once or twice a month) at a local restaurant, coffee shop, or pizzeria (preferably with WiFi). Meet and discuss what you’ve learned and what you want to learn.
7. Start a group del.icio.us (A social bookmarks service) account for organizing and sharing web resources.
8. Start a wiki for posting notes, links, and step-by-step instructions. Join one or more of the Ning social networks, such as: School 2.0, Library 2.0, Classroom 2.0.
9. Start your own blogs for sharing your reflections on what you are learning and how you are learning it.
10. Start experimenting in your class and share the results. Share your results with other teachers in your school and Invite them into your conversation.

From David Warlick’s Blog 2cents worth A Path to Becoming a Literate Educator


23 Things
We include this link for 23 Things, a self-paced learning program divided into 23 lessons. These lessons guide the participant through the important Web 2.0 technologies. 23 Things was developed for public library staffs and has been replicated many times throughout the world in many libraries. Anyone is free to copy and adapt it for their institution.