Technology and Teacher Professional Development

Through my individual efforts I got a better understanding of what professional development was, and looked at Edutopia which has some really good resources for teachers to stay up to date on technology trends and teaches you how to implement them in the classroom. When I looked at other people's articles I learned about different conferences that teachers can attend to meet and share ideas.

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