PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RESOURCES

Emily Quach

MOOC

• MOOC, or massive open online course, is a great way for people to learn in a digital environment

and acquire new knowledge from credible resources for free.

• The MOOC I use is edX.org. This site has many great courses on almost everything. I recently

finished my course in “Positive Behavior Support in Early Childhood Education”, which taught me

how to effectively manage aggressive behaviors in the preschool setting. This course allowed me

to grow professionally because it relates to the age group in which I am currently teaching.

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view the link to edX.com

PINTEREST• Pinterest.com is another resource to gain

professional development. It is free and provides

many resources on almost everything.

• I tend to use this site as a way to grow

professionally and continuously receive updates

on new educational tools, apps, software, and

ideas to integrate technology. In addition, I often

use Pinterest.com to look for arts and crafts

ideas and other grade level resources for my

pre-k students.

Click the image to visit Pinterest.com and view

various ideas about technology integration.

TECH & LEARNING• TechLearning.com is a great resource that provides

articles and updates about technology integration and

educational products and software.

• Recently, I am using this website to read articles and

blogs that are beneficial to my role as a technology

integration mentor and a pre-kindergarten teacher.

For example, a month ago, I found a great article

about how to create a professional development hub.

As a result, I created a professional development hub

for my school as a way to promote collaboration and

professional training my colleagues.

Click the image to visit techlearning.com and

view various articles on technology tools and

pedagogy.

CSU FULLERTON’S POLLAK LIBRARY

• CSUF’s Pollak Library is a digital library that provides

students access to scholarly articles on any topic.

• With this resource, I often look for journal articles to

aid my research on educational-related topics.

Throughout this pass year, I read and gained a great

deal of knowledge on the following topics: teaching

with mobile devices, student’s motivation, distance

learning education, classroom management software,

effective instructional design, and educational

simulation games.

Click the image to visit CSUF’s digital

library.