Professional+Development

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This Wiki was created by Clarena Renfrow who is an Educational Technology Specialist in Vermont. Her Wiki is dedicated to exploring all of different ways teachers can uses technology in their classrooms. She has a different page for each acedemic subject which share different curriculum ideas and how to incorporate websites and technological tools into those subject areas. Her Wiki is also open to other teachers to share their own inovative ideas. -- Brianne V

This website is dedicated to Authism and how to help teachers who have an autistic child in their class. The main page is a blog with different articles and resources for knowing how to handle the behavior of an autistic child. The website also adress how we, as teachers, can best meet the needs of these children. Besides the blog this website also has a tab that lists many different activities that can help stimulate autistic children. These activities include lesson plans, games, and worksheets. -- Brianne V

http://firstgradecce.wikispaces.com/ This wiki provides a place for first grade educators at a school in Florida to share ideas and collaborate. There are several pages on this wiki that provide examples of lessons and printable pages that the teachers created together, These lessons and ideas can be helpful to other educators around the world. Many great lessons, activities, strategies, expectations, and encouragements are shared on this wiki. The positive, exciting, and welcoming feel of this wiki really creates a place where these teachers can work together to be the best they can be as they develop professionally! -- Cary S