How can schools and districts leverage technology to create effective professional learning? At Learning Forward’s 2012 Annual Conference, several sessions on innovative professional development, called iPD, highlighted the emerging work of districts, organizations, and companies focused on this issue. Here are excerpts from a panel discussion that covered specific organizations, their innovative strategies, and insights gained along the way. Moderating the discussion was Andrea Foggy-Paxton, program officer in the U.S. Program, College Ready unit at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Panel members were: Ellen Moir, founder and chief executive officer of the New Teacher Center, who shared how her organization is moving its mentoring support of new teachers into the online environment; Eric Westendorf, co-founder of LearnZillion, who described how his organization leverages the