Professional Development

CTAP is providing many forms of professional development both locally and online statewide. You can find local offerings on your CTAP Region web site. On this State CTAP Portal, you'll find live online workshops taught via our Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro server.

You'll also find additional professional development resources including multimedia technology tutorials and archived recordings of previously taught online workshops. Check the information below for current news about CTAP Professional Development.

Free CTAP Live Online Workshops
Leading Edge Certification - Learn to Teach Online!
Archived Recorded Online Workshops
CTAP Technology Tutorials
Technology Quick Guides

Recorded Workshops: Digital Educators

Thursday, 15 November 2012 00:00 | Written by Ben Anderson |

Click on a link below to access recorded version of previously taught online staff development workshops. You may also be interested in registering for our Live Online Staff Development Workshops taught by CTAP staff from across California.

Digital Educators
Duration 1:00 Hrs.
Date: 11/15/2011
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Description: What can administrators do to train their staff on Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship? Your staff needs to understand the issues of bullying via electronic means, including social networks. They need to be able to identify students in crisis and support them. Do you have a plan in place? Are your staff trained to see the signs and implement a plan of action or intervention? Do you have a system of documentation? Who on your staff has been designated to implement this plan? This session is targeted at counselors as well as principals and teacher leaders at district and school sites.Guest presenter will be Marsali Hancock, President and CEO, iKeepSafe.org

Last Updated (Wednesday, 30 November 2011 10:47)

Recorded Workshops: Digital Duplication

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:00 | Written by Ben Anderson |

Digital Duplication
Duration :45 Hrs.
Date: 11/8/2011
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Description: In this session we will be covering copyright and fair use. Copyright infringement occurs when information is used or distributed without permission of the entity that owns the legal rights to that information. This includes using images, cartoons, music, and software on your website or in a document. What then are best practices of Fair Use? How can teachers and students safely use these resources in their teaching and learning. We will cover this and more in this session.

Guest presenter will be Eileen C. Walters, Technology Integration Specialist, CCCOE

Last Updated (Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:02)

Recorded Workshops: Digital Literacy

Wednesday, 05 October 2011 00:00 | Written by Ben Anderson |

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Duration 1:00 Hrs.
Date: 9/23/2011
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Description: With their many hand-held devices, students are mobile, wireless and on-the-go. How do you support productive uses of student communication when it is outside of our local area networks? Situations have arisen ranging from cyberbullying to sexting to cheating in schools. Where does your school district stand on the issue of mobile technology use? How can you balance the benefits of mobile technology in learning with the controls needed to provide a safe environment? A legal expert will address these questions and provide guidance on the latest updates to California education code.

Guest presenter will be attorney Jan Tomsky, the managing partner of Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost’s Oakland office. She has an extensive practice with particular emphasis in special education and student matters, particularly those that involve complex or sensitive issues.

Last Updated (Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:03)

Leading Edge Certification - Learn to Teach Online!

Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:19 | Written by Molly Large |

Description

Leading Edge Certification is a fully online course in pedagogy and tools for online teaching. The course is designed around iNACOL's National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, fulfilling the needs of individual educators to move their curriculum online while creating a meaningful, engaging environment. Content includes building community, moderating discussions, supporting diverse learners, and implementing frequent formative assessments.

Leading Edge is an internationally recognized certification program, created collaboratively by many stakeholder groups and managed by an alliance of these groups. The Leading Edge Alliance, a group of nonprofits, universities and governmental bodies, have developed a certification program for K-12 teachers.

Last Updated (Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:29)

Internet Resources for Educators

Monday, 11 January 2010 11:17 | Written by Ben Anderson |

The following 10 Internet resources for educators were recently reviewed in an article in Leadership Magazine.

These Web-based tools can help you connect to learning resources, network with your peers and enhance productivity.

Twitter - A site that aggregates messages of no more than 140 characters onto a user created Web page. other users can follow those updates.
http://www.twitter.com

Facebook - An online social networking site that allows users to connect with friends, join groups, and share resources with user-created networks with a variety of different permission levels for private or public posting.
http://www.facebook.com

Last Updated (Monday, 11 January 2010 11:34)