Expert Knowledgebase
The creators of CyberSmart! Online Professional Development personally conducted interviews with experts across the nation. These interviews were put into a unique multimedia inquiry-based database designed specifically to support CyberSmart! Online Professional Development.
The CyberSmart! Knowledgebase, as we call it, is a multimedia archive of best practices from 50 different experts, in over 1,000 different video clips covering 60 different topic areas on all things Internet - from its impact on society, learning and achievement to its ethical, legal and global implications.
Easily retrieved and integrated throughout each workshop this provides a unique learning dimension for all workshop participant.
It's the heart of the learner-centered philosophy CyberSmart! embraces. Your personal interests drive your explorations. You delve into the specific topic areas of practical relevance to your own professional context.
Keep in mind that the expert speakers do not endorse CyberSmart! Professional Development. Rather, their role is to address questions in a manner similar to making a conference presentation.
Fifty nationally known experts respond to hundreds of questions on topics such as problem-based learning, constructivism, questioning skills, plagiarism, safe Internet use, global information sharing, collaboration skills and more.
Why teach questioning skills, if all children naturally ask questions? What is the digital divide? When it is OK to click on an ad? What is the scope of the identify theft problem? How can assistive technology also address learning disabilities among gifted and talented students? What is a wiki and how can it be used in K-12 education? and thousands of questions more...