Designing a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme can be daunting. Whether you are looking to better your own practice or coach your colleagues, it can be hard to know where to start. But don’t worry, the Bloomsbury CPD Library is here to help! Divided into two unique sections, Teach Yourself and Train Others, this book is perfect for individual teachers, middle leaders and those looking to introduce whole-school CPD training programmes.
The provision of technology focused CPD is often based on the ‘whizz and bang’ approach, promoting the use of eye-catching digital tools and equipment in classrooms without due consideration to pedagogical factors and, crucially, the individual school’s context.
José Picardo’s new book will consider how technology is used in schools and provide research-informed strategies to help improve teaching and learning by using technology effectively. It focuses on the need to train staff in the skills required to choose the right technology to have lasting impact and combines not only information about how technology can best work in the classroom, but also what makes great teaching and how technology can complement this.
The goal of the book is to help teachers integrate technology seamlessly into daily practice so that technology is used almost reflexively, effectively and without fuss. It also provides guidance on how to integrate this methodology and way of thinking across your school as well as training other teachers to successfully choose and use the best technology for their subject and their students. The book provides ten ready-to-use training plans, equating to a cost of just £2.30 per CPD session!
José Picardo is Deputy Head at Hampshire Collegiate School. His main interests are pedagogy, technology and how they combine to produce great teaching and learning. He is a regular and well-regarded speaker in conferences and INSET events. Most notably, guest speaker at the HMC Annual Conference, The Sunday Times Festival of Education, ResearchED, BETT and the Education Show. In addition, he is a regular contributor to the TES and his work has also featured in the Guardian. He was the recipient of a Pearson teacher award in 2015 for the use of technology.
Sarah is a Senior Leader and an English and Media teacher in Inner London. She has written for the Guardian and the TES. She also has her own teaching and learning blog www.msfindlater.blogspot.com and was a finalist for the UK Blog Awards in 2014. She is a contributing author to the hugely successful '100 ideas for secondary teachers - outstanding lessons' by @TeacherToolkit and the recent 'Don't Change the Lightbulbs; a compendium of expertise from the UK's most switched-on educators.'
Sarah has spoken at various teaching and learning events discussing topics including marking and feedback, progress, revision techniques, digital learning and senior leadership. She is the Co-Founder of the senior leadership training event @SLTcamp which is now in it's second year of running.
She is well known in teaching and leadership circles online, having hosted #SLTchat on numerous occasions and #UKEdChat. Find her on twitter @MsFindlater.
