"Professional learning is not just about finding out about the ICT tools and developing competencies in using them. It focuses on being able to transfer new skills to changed pedagogical practice and improvements in the classroom."

(Peter Cole, Professional Development: a Great Way to Avoid Change, IARTV Seminar Series, December 2004, No. 140, p. 4)

1. Join the discussion group for this lesson called Teacher Professional Learning.
2. Share the steps your school currently takes to provide teacher professional learning for technology integration.
3. Comment on the strategies shared by your peers. How much attention is given to pedagogical approaches and the evaluation of the impact of professional learning in the classroom?
4. What are the current constraints of teacher professional learning for technology integration?
5. Suggest ways in which current teacher professional learning can be improved.

In your e-learning and technology planning and during this course you will have identified several possible areas which will require staff support and a professional learning strategy.

1. List the identified needs for teacher professional learning that have emerged from your planning so far.
   
2. Record these learning needs in draft form in your School Technology Plan. You will return to these in the Apply part of the lesson.