Professional Development

Audience: Kindergarten teachers at Creek View Elementary School.

Time: 45 minutes.
Standards: ISTE National Educational Technology Standards
I. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS: Teachers demonstrate a sound
understanding of technology operations and concepts. Teachers:
A. demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to
technology.
B. demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current
and emerging technologies.
V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Teachers use technology to enhance
their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:
A. use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong
learning.
C. apply technology to increase productivity.
D. use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community
in order to nurture student learning.

Objective 1: The ability to explore specific technology tools for use in professional development
and productivity.
Objective 1A: To explore smore.com and the possible benefits including collaboration.
Objective 1B: To explore pearltree.com and the possible benefits including collaboration.
Objective 1C: To explore the concepts of RSS feeds and possible benefits.

Introduction: Brief overview of the information. Use interactive white board. Share the
introduction PPT. Explain the overall goal for the lesson. Different teachers have different
strengths. One person may be better at phonics, another at incorporating math manipulatives into
lessons. Collaborating and sharing strengths can make planning and teaching easier.
Share technology ideas that may help in personal and professional life.
Introduce organization ideas to save time.
Introduce collaboration ideas to save time.

Objective 2: The ability to navigate and create in smore.com

Objective 2A: To create an account in smore.com
Objective 2B: To create a flyer/curation in smore.com.
Objective 2C: To save an edit a flyer/curated list in smore.com.
Objective 2D: Export
Introduction: What is smore? Smore is a digital format to share or curate information. You create
a flyer/newsletter/list. You can add all types of resources (video, audio, text, websites, etc). You
can put them all in one place.
Lesson: Use interactive white board for display: Log into smore.com. Review saved flyers and
explain why I created them. Edit a flyer. Export a flyer
Activity: Ask the teachers to create a smore.com account.
Objective 3: The ability to navigate and create in pearltree.com.
Objective 3A: To create an account in pearltree.com
Objective 3B: To create a collection and add information to pearltree.com.
Objective 3C: To access the interest and networking sections of pearltree.com.
Objective 3D: Export
Introduction: What is Pearltree? Pearltree is a curation tool.digital file cabinet. You create a
collection and add resources to the collection. The resources can be files, websites, video, etc.
When I was working in a 5th grade classroom in Gwinnett County we had a required novel for all
of fifth grade. Collected resources to save and share.
Lesson: Use interactive white board for display: Log into Pearltree. Review my collection. Add
and delete items.
Activity: Ask the teachers to create a pearltree account.
Objective 4: To research RSS feeds and choose a favorite tool.
Objective 4A: Define a RSS feed.
Objective 4B: Explain the functions of the RSS feed.
Objective 4C: Research RSS feed choices.
Objective 4D: Decide if RSS feeds are a valuable professional resource.
Introduction: What is a RSS feed? How does it benefit me? What can I do with it? Explain the
RSS feed concept. This is a constantly updating newspaper on selected information. RSS Feed
stands for Rich Site Summary. RSS feeds deliver current information from news-related sites,
weblogs, and other on-line publications. It is considered a content delivery vehicle

Lesson: Use interactive white board for display: Log onto Rebel Mouse account. Move through
the site and explain how I created my list of information.

Objective 5: To demonstrate the collaboration and resource abilities of the technology tools for
professional use and peer collaboration.
Objective 5A: The ability to list professional ideas for curation in peer collaboration
and/or individual use with smore.com.
Objective 5B: The ability to list professional ideas for organizing/displaying resources in
peer collaboration and/or individual use with pearltree.com.
Objective 5C: The ability to list professional ideas for curation with RSS feeds.
Closing: Summarize the tools and the different ways they can be helpful. Discuss collaboration
ideas.
Assessment: Each teacher can create an account. Each teacher can name one way they will use
one of these resources.