In this episode, fellow ASCD author Allie Rodman unpacks the term personalized professional learning and shares strategies for setting intentions for your next professional development. You’ll hear her suggestions for picking EdTech tools that personalize professional learning and how to use tech tools from the business world, too.
Personalized Professional Learning
Do you want to learn more about personalized professional learning?
Allie Rodman, ASCD author and an expert on the topic of personalized PD, shares her insights in this episode. You’ll hear how she defines it and what strategies are involved with setting intentions for your next professional development. She also talks about picking EdTech tools that personalize PD and using tech tools from the business world, too!
Listen to today’s episode to get a better understanding of personalized professional development. It will help you make informed decisions when choosing EdTech tools for your own use or to support your colleagues.
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Professional Development Tips
- First, professional learning should be purposeful.
- Next, leave room for personalization.
- Then, find complementary tools.
- Finally, use mobile and micro apps.
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Episode Resources
- Check out Allie Rodman’s Personalized Professional Learning Pod
- Connect with Allie Rodman on LinkedIn
- Follow Allie Rodman on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
- Subscribe to Allie Rodman’s YouTube channel
- Find Allie Rodman’s book Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice on Amazon
- ASCD: Professional Learning & Community for Educators
- Class Tech Tips Free Newsletter (Sign up here)
- Class Tech Tips EdTech Events and Workshops
- LenovoEDU Community (Sign up for free)
- How the LenovoEDU Community is Connecting Educators (Blog Post)
- Kajabi (Online courses & coaching)
- Mighty Networks (Professional community)
- Searchie (Course content creation tool)
- Tips For Coaches Tackling Remote Learning with Martine Brown (Podcast Episode)
- 10 Tools Every Coach Can Use Tomorrow (Podcast Episode)
- Adobe Education Exchange (Free professional development courses and educational resources)
- Microsoft Educator Community (Professional Development)
- SimpleK12 (Online professional development)
- How To Use Augmented Reality in Any Subject Area (Blog Post)
