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edit   Featured project Ed Tech Leaders Organization Workshops to be offered to teachers and administrators 2010-2011 For a full listing check here. edit   Current Professional Development Professional Development in a Web 2.0 World Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) provides a myriad of opportunities to its teachers and staff to receive just-in-time training, job embedded professional development, engagement with professional learning communities, and other activities involving peer coaching and independent professional development goal setting. In this environment staff and teachers are able to in turn be learners and development leaders. For the school year 2010-11 Minneapolis Public Schools has received an Educational Technology ARRA Grant for .Development Through Technology (PDT2) Minneapolis Public Schools has deployed a lot of technology to schools in the past three years.TechIntegration website. Information Technology integration strategists in the IT Dept of MPS work collaboratively with the Disciplinary Literacy (DL) Team in the Curriculum and Instruction (CI) Department to assist staff in achieving district strategic initiatives and their own PDP plans. Current Offerings: Summer Summer - Instructional Approaches for Teachers of English Language Learners Summer - Teaching World Languages Using Web 2.0 Tools Fall Fall - Leading Schools in a Web 2.0 World - Facilitated by Jean Doolittle Fall - Using Technology to Help Students Become Better Researchers - Facilitated by Tanya Hodge Fall - Transforming the Classroom with Project-Based Learning - Facilitated by Jason Jirsa Fall - Solving Systems of Equations - Facilitated by Sonja Krasean Fall - Using Digital Portfolios to Foster Student Learning - Facilitated by Renee Jesness Fall - Improving Reading and Writing in the Content Areas - Facilitated by Carmen Elate Fall - Integrating Literacy and the Life Sciences - Facilitated by Todd Pierson Winter Winter - Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools - Facilitated by Ben Knaus Winter - Strategies and Tools for Teaching the Writing in the Content Areas - Facilitated by Carolyn Townsend Winter - Using Google to Become a 21st Century Administrator - Facilitated by Guillaume Paek Winter - Science 2.0: Using Web Tools to Promote Inquiry-Based Science - Facilitated by Dan McGuire Engaging DL Learners

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