Darren Draper has started Open Professional Development or Open PD. He is teaching social software by using social software tools, such as wikis, blogs, rss, and Google Docs. He teaches a traditional PD course at his school while also broadcasting the class on U Stream complete with a chat room while co-teacher, Robin Ellis, and other online participants Skype in to join the class discussion. I joined in during the second session. It met once a week for 5 weeks. Next week I'll continue my learning with session 3. It's been a very beneficial class and it's free. It's designed for newbies but all are welcome and the teachers experienced with web2.0 tools add a great dimension to the class. I feel Darren is doing a great job to improve professional development of teachers. Be sure to check out his video explaining Open PD on his drapestakes blog.

Nedra Isenberg
Elementary Technology Teacher
Holland Patent School District, Holland Patent, New York