ISTE 2012 Flipped Professional Development

8:30 Flipped Professional Development

FlippedPD.org
Presentation will be online
#flippedpd

Kristin Daniels
Danielsk@stillwater,k12.mn.us

Wayne Feller
Fellerw@stillwater.k12.mn.us

Challenges for traditional pd
Time
Basics - everyone gets the same information
Personalization 
Follow through 
What should we do?
Face to face work time in small grous ith teachers
Connect teachers with each other
Utilize tools 
Plan > coach > implement > share

Plan
Share ideas
Define the vision
Communication
Collaboration
3rd grade is the lowest grade to start Google Docs
Creative media
Presentation
Use Google Docs to create form to find out interest and goals of teachers 
Coach
Tools/skills
Curriculum
Integration
Small groups meet once a month during the school day
Reformat groups based on skill levels
Made a Moodle course to upload the videos
Implement
Production
Documentation
Ongoing support
Put basics on video
Ongoing communication
Email, iChat, Skype, google apps, Dropbox
Classroom visits
Share
Showcase
Share short video of product
Recipe cards of how to use the tools and the product
Watch the videos before coming to the one on one coaching session
Products and ideas
ISTE Nets for technology coaches
"Technology, coaching, and community" white paper from ISTE

Coaching > Communities > Technology

Whole School Model - mandated
Voluntary Model - sign up if you want

Bit.ly/elabook 

Creat google doc of what teachers need help in and the flipped pd document link. 

3 types of videos
Proactive videos 
How tos
Reactive video
Produced as a result of a problem or need
Spontaneous videos
Capturing best practices 
Video teachers talking to each other and sharing ideas
Celebrating success by sharing ideas and activities
Total small group CEU hours - altogether for 136 teachers and specialists was 1494 hours

Difference between traditional and flipped pd
Traditional is spray and get, one pace for all, one time, passively engaged, non - coached without follow through
Flipped is small group and individualized pacing, ongoing and virtual, actively engaged, coached with follow through
"Flipped - the Stillwater experience" by Wayne Feller iPad book FREE in iPad bookstore 
Bit.ly/itunesflippedbook