Course Title | Presenter | Start Date | End Date | PD Hours | Registration |
Presentation Options for Students and Teachers
Description |
Want to use more than just PowerPoint or Slides? This session will present a variety of alternative multimedia presentation tools for student projects, as well as teacher lessons or “flipped” videos. |
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Mary Kovach |
9/16/19 |
10/15/19 |
4 |
Closed |
Accessibility Tools in O365
Description |
The Microsoft Office suite offer many tools for ensuring that your documents are accessible for those with disabilities. In this course, we look at these tools within Microsoft Word and explain what strategies can be incorporated to make documents more accessible. We will then look at how the accessibility tools translate to the Office 365 online environment. |
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Mary Kovach |
9/16/19 |
10/9/19 |
3 |
Closed |
All Learning Is Social and Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond Book Study
Description |
In this book along with a toolbox of strategies for addressing 33 essential competencies, you'll find real-life examples highlighting the many opportunities for social and emotional learning within the K–12 academic curriculum. Children's social and emotional development is too important to be an add-on or an afterthought, too important to be left to chance. Use this book's integrated SEL approach to help your students build essential skills that will serve them in the classroom and throughout their lives. Participants will read this book independently and explore the book with other participants via online discussions. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
9/30/2019 |
11/9/2019 |
12 |
Closed |
Let’s Kick Google Forms Up a Notch!
Description |
This course will explore the advanced features of Google Forms and how to use the advanced features to utilize Google Forms to their fullest potential within the classroom to assess student understanding. Participants will be expected to create a Google Form to share with their students or an audience of their choice and critique how it went with their chosen audience after sharing the Google Form with them. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
9/30/2019 |
11/9/2019 |
6 |
Closed |
Creating a Mindful Classroom
Description |
A stressed mind struggles to learn. This course will introduce the concept of mindfulness for students in the classroom. Strategies for managing stress and being more mindful will be provided to help teachers create a mindful classroom for students. NOTE: This is an asynchronous online course, meaning that participants may complete course assignments at any time during the course time frame of 9/30/19 - 11/9/19. We will not meet at any specific times or locations. This course is equivalent to 6 PD Hours. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
9/30/2019 |
11/9/2019 |
6 |
Closed |
Teacher Positive Mindset
Description |
You made a decision to be a teacher, which can be a complex and stressful profession. This course will help you re-center your purpose for entering the teaching profession and how to maintain a positive mindset about teaching in a stressful environment. Participants will spend time reflecting on their own teaching practices and reflect on how to make their classroom a more positive environment for themselves directly and for their students, too. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
9/30/2019 |
11/9/2019 |
6 |
Closed |
Sketchnotes for Education
Description |
This 2 week course will provide educators with background and research based information about Sketchnotes (Doodles/ ivisual notetaking) for education. Then a range of techniques and ideas on how to make sketchnotes in your classroom come to life. This is designed for educators to be creators of their own Sketchnotes and to help students use sketchnotes for enhanced learning. |
|
Andrew Wheelock |
9/30/19 |
10/14/19 |
6 |
Closed |
Resources for Information Literacy and Responsibility
Description |
This course will give an overview of best practices for finding, selecting, and evaluating online resources for research or other informational purposes. We will also explore technology tools to help student use these resources in a way that respects intellectual property and digital citizenship. |
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Mary Kovach |
10/10/2019 |
10/31/2019 |
3 |
Closed |
Coding for K-5 Students
Description |
Coding isn't just for computer programming hopefuls, and it isn't just for HS/MS students! Learn how coding can benefit the Elementary curriculum in a variety of subject areas. We will explore coding apps and web sites that are tailored to or designed for Elementary students. |
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Mary Kovach |
10/10/19 |
11/1/19 |
3 |
Closed |
Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers: 10 Steps to Reduce Stress, Increase Student Engagement and Reignite Your Passion for Teaching Book Study
Description |
This book will cover 10 steps to reduce stress, increase student engagement, and reignite your passion for teaching. During this book study, be prepared to do some reflecting on your craft of teaching and re-explore your why for teaching to recenter yourself and make your classroom a better place to be for you and your students. Participants will read this book independently and explore the book with other participants via online discussions. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
11/10/19 |
12/20/19 |
12 |
Closed |
Google for the SMALLS
Description |
Google Apps are for all ages. This course will explore strategies and ideas specifically using Google Apps with elementary students. Participants will be expected to create and critique a lesson for their classroom with Google Apps. This course is for elementary teachers (grades K-5). |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
11/10/19 |
12/20/19 |
6 |
Closed |
Augmented Reality (AR) Without Glasses
Description |
Augmented Reality adds an interactive experience of a real-life environment via technology to the classroom for students. Often times, extra equipment may be required such as glasses. This course will explore AR resources that do not require extra equipment such as glasses. Participants will be expected to explore AR resources that do not require glasses and design a lesson for their students and share the lesson and how it went with the students. |
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Darlynda Miktuk |
11/10/19 |
12/20/19 |
6 |
Closed |
Google Apps for the Science Classroom
Description |
This course will cover Google apps, extensions, and integrations to support performance expectations of the NGSS/NYSSLS. Topics will include using the Kami extension and Flippity Sheets add-on for inquiry labs, Google Keep for drawing scientific models and creating vocabulary notebooks, integrating Google Drive with research databases, strategies to support collaborative questioning in Google Docs, and using Google Sheets and Drawings to create charts and infographics from data. |
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Mary Kovach |
11/13/2019 |
1/3/2020 |
6 |
Closed |
Microsoft Teams for Education
Description |
If you are in an Office 365 district, it's time to learn what Microsoft Teams can do for all of your "players!" Learn how to set up Microsoft Teams for your classes, PLCs, district-based clubs, and more! Topics will include organizing your Teams in Channels, communicating via Conversations, sharing your Team with other users, maintaining Team Files and Notebooks, and creating Assignments. |
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Mary Kovach |
11/13/2019 |
1/3/2020 |
6 |
Closed |