Virtual Course - Complete on your own time! Does not have to be between 8-9am as stated in the registration.

Registration: https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=1237&cId=89&pCId=0

"I STEAM, You Scream!" We all scream for EdTech Tools! Join us on April 25th, 2023, to learn about some of the latest additions to our Maker/STEAM materials checkout program! Some of these new tools include digital microscopes, Finch 2.0 Robots, Thermal Cameras, new VR functionality, and more! Come spend the day with us having fun, learning about these new tools, and making meaningful connections to your classroom curriculum. SCECH’s will be available for participants.

Registration: https://www.solutionwhere.com/ww/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=1236&cId=89&pCId=0

WATCH FOR THIS EVENT AT A LATER DATE - POSTPONED DUE TO DAMAGE DONE TO CAMP MCGREGOR DURING ICE STORM

Please join the EdTech Team in an awesome afternoon adventure on March 13, 2023. We will be trekking through Camp McGregor for some outdoor learning fun with technology. Add this to your calendar now! Looking forward to seeing you outside the classroom walls for some fun, fresh air, and fresh ideas.

June 20-22, 2023: Join us for a two-and-a-half-day video creation and editing event. Educators will bring a team of up to three students to participate in project-based learning centered around video creation using iPads, iMovie, green screens, YouTube, and collaborating skills. Student teams will showcase their videos in a Kids' Choice Awards, TeamJXN style, on day 3 of this event.

Insert smart chips in your Google Sheets to include information about:

• Users with Gmail or Google Workspace email addresses
• Other Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides files

With a smart chip in your spreadsheet, you can hover on or click a chip for more information.

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/12319513

https://edugals.com/new-google-smart-chips-to-level-up-your-hyperdocs/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzI0MzwEEImh4BOUUGGhKg

Open to all educators and the application process opens on the first of each month and concludes on the 20th. Recipients may use their grant award on any of the hundreds of STEM, MakerEd, and computing technologies available in the Eduporium store. Please check if the Tech Consortium approves the item(s) you want.

https://www.eduporium.com/eduporium-tech-grant

inHub is a Community Built by Educators for Educators. inHub memberships, leveraging primary sources from The Henry Ford Archive of American Innovation®, provide educators the tools, resources, and community to help prepare all learners to be world-changing innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs.

How creative can you be with your lunch? Enter the 2023 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and show us how you build, stack, and/or serve a Lunchables! Be creative with the packaging too and check out the many ways you can win in this year's RGMC! Rolling submissions now through March 2023.

https://www.rubegoldberg.org/rube-goldberg-contests/

https://girlswhocodesm.smapply.io/

Timely Content for March

Check out the March Newsletter for a curated list of resources that support timely events like Women’s History Month, Read Across America Day, World Wildlife Day, First Day of Spring, and more!

Creatively Engage Students During Testing Review

SOS Instructional Strategies are the perfect way to keep students engaged while reviewing key content from the school year. With categories in summarizing, identifying key ideas and details, sequencing, and more, combining these strategies with DE resources adds some fun to learning and review. Educators can also find our recommended strategies for a variety of subjects and skills if they need help getting started.

Keep the Learning Momentum Going Over Spring Break and This Summer

We’ll help you make this summer one to remember! Check out our revamped Summer of Learning Channel and be sure to share the Learning at Home Channel with families.

Check out April 2023 courses here:

• Creating a Digital Makerspace for your Classroom

• Engaging Students in a Personalized Classroom

• Enhancing Instruction for All Learners

• Exploring Formative Assessment Tools

• Game-based Learning to Build Student Understanding & Engagement

• Making the Most of Your Google Classroom

• Power Up: Digital Leaders

• Preparing Professional Presentations

• Student Engagement through OER Creation

• Using Virtual Reality in Education

Register by Thursday, April 6th. You will receive a welcome email with the course information prior to the course start date. If you have questions or need further assistance with your course registration, please click here.

Register here: https://bit.ly/macul23reg

• General Registration, Rate & Hotel Info
• In Person Conference Registration
• Workshop Info (w/link to Registration)
• Virtual Track Registration

• 3 sessions on Wednesday, March 15th from 4-7 pm
• 3 Sessions on Thursday, March 16 from 4-7 pm
• A Live "Cup of Joe" event on Friday, March 17th at 7 am
• SCECHs available
• Sessions are recorded and made available post-conference
• Additional bonus re-recorded sessions

Registration: https://macul.configio.com/

MiSTEM Network has announced that applications are open for the 2023-24 Code.org MS and HS workshops. These 9-day professional learning series equips educators with the ability to teach a middle school computer science course, AP Computer Science Principles and CSA.

Course Dates: June 21 - August 2, 2023

Course Format: completely online, no scheduled lectures

Course Cost: $125 + tax, need-based financial aid available

Prerequisites:

+ students must be 13 years or older

+ No prior coding experience is required!

+ Have taken high school algebra

+ Have a desire to learn

+ Are able to commit 4 - 6 hours a week and chip away at the material daily

Students will:
+ Have weekly asynchronous coding lectures/assignments using an interactive textbook
+ Learn to code at their own pace with support from Michigan ECE faculty and students
+ Have our commitment to help you get unstuck when learning to code - everyone gets stuck somewhere, at some point!
+ Receive a certificate of accomplishment to bolster their college applications

For priority consideration, please submit an application by April 30 - website.

https://sites.google.com/jcisd.org/edtech/makersteam-education/makersteam-checkout?authuser=0