P.D.+Analysis

2. Let Students Be Teachers

Although this wouldn't necessarily always be the best way to instruct teachers, I think this is a great way to engage the interest of teachers. Rather than sitting through a boring P.D., teachers would be more likely to be intrigued by the idea of learning from their students. Most of them have probably never dreamed of attending a P.D. being led by students. With students acting as teachers, this would allow teachers to learn new technology from a very tech-savy generation. This would also be a good idea, because some of these students could then assist teachers during class when they were trying to use different kinds of technology.

This would also be a great way to motivate students. Not only would they need to learn how to use the technology, but they would need to invest their time and energy into doing something they were interested in. It would allow them to gain leadership skills, while helping their teachers and making a push for the integration of technology in the classroom.