Context

**How does your program highlight ways educators can seize opportunities for integrating 21st century tools and teaching strategies into their practice? (Context)** // We know that one size does not fit all. PD sessions focus on different models of 21st century learning, as we create a "Buhlerized" model for our district. ////Educators have a choice as to what tools best fit each curriculum area.//
 * Tech Cadre - 5 sessions involving 125 educators, 70% of our educators
 * Tech University (October, 2007 and January 2008)
 * Tech Rich Classroom grants in three elementary buildings
 * Intel graduate courses, plus Baker University graduate classes
 * Just-in-time PD and support to meet the teachers where they are
 * Job-embedded PD, immediately useful in class
 * PD tools for different teams - iPods, IWBs, laptops, document cameras
 * Back to School, 2009, using KSDE’s 21st Century Study Guide with all teams
 * Online, interactive learning through Moodle
 * Wikis and blogs, informing teachers of web 2.0 tools, websites, strategies: giving them collaborative possibilities, reflecting opportunities (see links on Process page)
 * Coaching and assistance in classrooms
 * PD on a shoestring …. even when budgets are cut

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