Professional Development and PLN

I finally had some time to sit down and really look at Classroom 2.0 archives and live sessions. I also went to Edublogger and slideshare in order to find other professional development opportunities.
I went through some old slide shows about the use and importance of technology in the classroom. None of it was really new to me and they were much like what my school did as we implemented our 1:1 laptop adoption program. Nonetheless, both presentations did have good information!
I have registered to sit through a 'live' session next Tuesday, so hopefully my meeting is over and my hotel has a connection. If not, there a few opportunities before our class ends. I also watched an archived presentation, although it wasn't very good and I stopped about half way through.
The system is pretty user friendly and I have participated in a similar thing before when doing online training for our new state testing. There were two people in charge, all participants were online, and we were also conferenced in via phone. It was easy to follow and user-friendly.

In terms of my PLN, I joined a new group and read through some discussion forums today on Classroom 2.0. I will continue to read through the biology discussion groups to obtain new ideas for teaching difficult concepts. I doubt my colleagues are aware of this website, so I will definitely be passing it on when the new school year begins.
I have continue to use Twitter, although I still do not like it! And, I have relapsed and forgotten about going straight to google reader for the sites that I subscribe to. Darn it!