Instructional Technology Digest
February 2017
Tech Hours
However, next year, EVERYONE will be required to have 20 hours of tech training. You will be able to get 14 of those hours this year at the Tech Institute being held on July 17th & 18th (more info below). Let me know if you have questions on this.
Click here to tally your tech hours
Click here to see how many hours you have tallied so far
2017 Branson Tech Institute
GOCSD Innovation Summit
Google Summit Coming to Southwest MO
GOCSD has partnered with EdTechTeam to bring a Google Summit to Southwest MO!
Enjoy two days of empowering hands-on breakout sessions, inspiring keynote speakers, and fun activities including a high-energy demo slam.
Choose from compelling sessions about all the Apps in the G Suite for Education (Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings, YouTube, Classroom, Maps and more) as well as sessions that go beyond the tools by highlighting cutting edge best practices in educational technology and great teaching! For more info click here.
Seated Courses - Professional Development Opportunities
Coding Workshop
Monday, Feb 20, 2017, 04:15 PM
District Office PD Room (downstairs)
MobyMax PD Session
Click here to sign up
Presenter: Melody Alms
Need a great way to fill in the gaps that students are missing? Need to provide enrichment to some and intervention to others? Want an easy way to combine multiple resources like Padlet, IXL, Class Dojo, XtraMath and Study Island?
MobyMax is a adaptive curriculum that assess student learning and provides Common Core based lessons for missing or enrichment skills. Teachers can also assign lessons that cover. most academics areas. It has many features including messaging, wall posts, motivational piece for both behavior and academics. Plus, students get to play 1 minute of games for 5 minutes of work. Come and learn how to get started with this user-friendly growing website. If you are already familiar with MobyMax and have questions please come and ask. MobyMax can work for any teacher and on any device. Please note: MobyMax will be our preferred RTI intervention program for Math next year district wide.
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017, 04:15 PM
District Office PD Room (downstairs)
Online Courses - Professional Development Opportunities
Canvas 101
Class starts Feb. 27th!!
Click the link here to enroll in the course!
Canvas 101 - Teacher: Jeff Howard
This course is designed for instructors who have never used the Canvas Learning Management Platform or who are just getting started. By the end of the course, you will have a basic understanding of the Canvas tool set and be ready to begin using Canvas in your classes. This course is fully online and self-paced, but also instructor facilitated so you are never truly on your own.
Monday, Feb 27, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Ways to Use Formative in the Classroom
Class starts Feb. 27th!!
Click the link here to enroll in the course!
Teacher: James Larimore
Get deeper insight into what your students are learning. Formative is an online tool that assists in the learning process in many ways. This four-week course will take you through the very basics of setting up an account for yourself to skillfully preparing your lessons to include the integration of Formative to get real-time feedback aligned with state standards. This course will show examples of how you can use this tool in your classroom to cut back on paper usage and speed up (or eliminate) time spent on grading using the material you already have in any subject. New features include the ability for students to go back and look at their work after it has been assessed. Come find out how Formative can transform the content you already use into a digital tool no teacher should be without!
Friday, Feb 17, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Ways to Use Google Drawing in the Classroom
Class starts Feb. 27th!!
Click the link here to enroll in the course!
Teacher: Michelle Brenner
This course will cover all the basics of Google Drawings, as well as give several ways to use it in your classroom. Google drawings will allow your students to make graphic organizers, interactive posters, and timelines or use it as an interactive whiteboard where you can annotate on top of images, or create informational graphics. Each module in the course will consist of tutorials and ideas and will walk you through using them with your students.
Monday, Feb 27, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Brainpop - Not Just Movies Anymore
Class starts Feb. 27th!!
Click the link here to enroll in the course!
Teacher: Tracie Gones
BrainPOP is not just movies anymore! There is so much more to this great resource! In this course, you will learn ways to use BrainPOP to engage your students at every step of the learning process. Topics will include game-based learning, formative assessment, concept mapping, individual student accounts, and more! It will be most relevant for grades 3+. K-2 would find some uses, but it is limited right now.
Monday, Feb 27, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Dr. Michelle Brenner
Branson Schools
Email: brennerm@branson.k12.mo.us
Website: www.branson.k12.mo.us
Location: 1756 Bee Creek Road, Branson, MO, United States
Phone: 9820
Twitter: @vb4mb