Happy New Year Jackie and others,

I just wanted to chime in here briefly to expand on what Jackie was  speaking 
about. The Resource Committee for AALPD is currently in the process of  
forming small "teams" to begin the development of a Community of Practice Portal  
for AALPD members. 

There are so many amazing tools on the Internet these  days, that it could 
take you days to find the one that best fits your PD needs.  What we're doing is 
using a Wiki to gather resources from the Internet that  would assist you in 
developing your own PD Communities of Practice.

This  portal will provide AALPD members with access to resources such as 
wikis,  discussion boards, file sharing websites, Web and phone conferencing tools 
and  social networking sites. 

This is an effort from the AALPD to provide  members with tools they can 
begin using now to collaborate on professional  development issues important to 
them, without having to spend hours searching  for the right resource.

We're still gathering our steam and dividing into  teams. We welcome all the 
Resource Committee members (and anyone else who is  interested) to visit the 
AALPD Resource Wiki  at:

http://aalpdresources.pbwiki.com/ to join us in our  charge.

See you all in 2009!

Debra

Debra L. Hargrove, Ed.  D.
Director, Florida TechNet
University of South Florida
College of  Education
David. C. Anchin Center, EDU105
4202 East Fowler  Avenue
Tampa, FL 33620

www.floridatechnet.org

Phone (813)  657-0789
Fax (813) 657-0970
 
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