Providing flexibility and choice are two ways to respect teachers as professionals. Honoring digital opportunities is one way to bring choice and flexibility to PD.
In my work in leading PD efforts, I've dabbled with online options. My wife has much more experience. I don't know how many will appreciate the '80's skateboarding reference, but compared to her I'm a poser and she's a thrasher.
What we've learned is that teachers appreciate being able to bank an occasional PD hour on their own time, perhaps in their PJ's. Taking PD online has other advantages as well. Gauging the level of engagement is often easier than the typical large group face to face session, and it also provides some teachers, who have been passively watching their colleagues enjoy the half pipe of technology, a less threatening way to drop in.
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