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SEE Our Voice Amplified Speakers at ISTE Live 2023
See these speakers rock the stage at ISTE 2023: Sawsan Jaber, Alexes Terry, Marcus Stein, Natalia LeMoyne Hernandez, Krynica Drake, Shaina Glass, Al Thomas, Leticia Citizen, MC'd by Toutoule Ntoya and Valerie Lewis, and produced through the creative vision of Brian Smith.
Kami Heroes Ambassador Program Applications Due August 18
Kami Heroes believe in the power of community. As ambassadors, they’re experts in using Kami to empower and inspire fellow educators to reimagine learning.
Applications close August 18.
IDEAcon Proposals Due August 28
IDEAcon 2024 is February 19 - 21, 2024!
IDEA Illinois is excited to open the Call for Proposals for IDEAcon 2024.
Submit your proposal today. The call closes on Monday, August 28, 2023.
Annual Black Men in Education Convening Returns November
The Center for Black Educator Development is thrilled to host its SIXTH national Black Men in Education Convening in Philadelphia on November 16-18, 2023.
The convening creates a communal, empathetic space to discuss the deeply emotional, intellectual, and trajectory-altering work revolutionary Black men educators do on a daily basis.
Register now: http://thecenterblacked.org/bmec
LACUE Conference Proposals Due September 22
Bitly Spotlight on Inclusion Plan
COOL MICROSOFT STUFF
Amazing training opportunities through Microsoft
Whether you're just starting or an experienced professional, our hands-on approach helps you arrive at your goals faster, with more confidence and at your own pace.
**I've taken Explore terminology in the anti-racism journey and it was great!*
Clipchamp is now included with your Microsoft 365 subscription
Lights, camera, action: your Microsoft 365 subscription includes premium access to Clipchamp, the quick and easy video editor designed for novices and experts alike. Get started now.
*Learn how to get a free Microsoft 365 subscription for educators below in the Microsoft section of the newsletter!*
New reading tools to the rescue from Google and Microsoft
See this article from the TCEA newsletter.
*****See more awesomeness every month in the Microsoft section below.
COOL GOOGLE STUFF
Click on the Graphic Below for Google Updates
Join the Beta to test Google Classroom template sharing (Google Admins)
Please share this one-pager with curriculum leaders in your network, encouraging them to build class templates in Classroom this summer. And, in order to share their templates at the start of the school year, they’ll need to express interest in the beta at goo.gle/shareable-classwork-beta. After expressing interest, we’ll be connecting with the Workspace Admin to complete a sign-up form on behalf of their domain. So share it today!
5 big Google announcements from June 2023
See this article from the TCEA Newsletter.
New reading tools to the rescue from Google and Microsoft
See this article from the TCEA newsletter.
*****See more awesomeness every month in the Google section below.
FREE CURRENT YA AUDIOBOOKS ENDS AUGUST 2
AudiobookSYNC is a summer program of FREE audiobook for teens 13+.
ISTE Certification Informational Webinars
Do you have some questions about ISTE Certification for Educators that you wish a human would answer? Here’s your solution … plus a couple of special deals from ISTE!
Attend one of the 30-minute info sessions with Certification Director Carmalita Seitz for real talk, and real answers to your certification questions.
Choose from these upcoming dates and times:
- Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 10:00 AM ET
- Thursday, August 24, 3034, 8:00 AM ET
- Monday, September 18, 2023 5:00 PM ET
- Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 8:00 AM ET
- Thursday, November 29, 2023, 9:00 AM ET
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FIVE AI TOOLS TO TRY (JUNE 2023)
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HOW TO EASILY CONVERT QUIZZES BETWEEN PLATFORMS
HOW TO INTEGRATE ROBOTICS INTO ELEMENTARY CONTENT AREAS
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MICRO-REFLECTIONS: CRAFTING REFLECTIONS IN THE MOMENT
FIVE WAYS TO EMPOWER EDUCATORS THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING
✔👀👌😘5 Minute Tips of the Month
🎥 Webinars of the Month
😍 FREE Extension of the Month
This extension allows you to personalize your computer cursor!
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💻 📱 Tech Certification of the Month
💫MICROSOFT SUPPORT
Educators Can Get Office 365 for FREE
Flip Blog with Updates
🌈 Google Updates
A Couple More Google Updates
To Stay Updated, Watch ALL Here or EDU in 90: The Latest: All About Workspace
Help Shape the Future of Education Products
User feedback is critical to ensure we continue building more inclusive and helpful products – and focusing on the features that educators and students need and want most. Join our user research program and share feedback on Google for Education products. Everyone who participates in a volunteer study will get a gift card or a donation to their favorite charity as a token of our thanks.
Required changes for third party app access controls for Google Admins
- Google Admins are required to confirm access settings for third party apps that are being used by their users by Oct 23, 2023.
- Enhanced third party app access controls for Admins to manage access for users in their institution
- Users designated as under 18 will be required to request access to third party applications that have not been configured by admin. A tile in the Admin Console homepage labeled “App access control ” will surface unconfigured third party applications requests from users designated as under 18. Learn more about how Admins can configure third party apps for users designated as under 18.
- Admins have a new control to tailor third party app access settings by organizational units. Learn more.
- Admins have a new setting to allow end users to access unconfigured third party applications that are only requesting basic information using Sign in with Google. Learn more.
New Feature: Pause Cast for Cast Moderator
Ditch the HDMI cable and go fully wireless with cast moderator. Starting in M115, you can pause a casted screen to work out a math problem, check a quick email, or freeze an image.
Screencast Web Player is now LIVE
Students and teachers using the Screencast app on their Chromebooks can now share recordings to anyone using the new Screencast web player. Screencast uses chromeOS' built-in text-to-speech transcription to create transcribed recordings. Creators can trim recordings by simply "skipping" text and viewers can search and navigate long videos using the transcript or translate lessons into their language of choice.
What's new with Google Workspace for Education
We announced new features in Google Classroom, Meet, Slides and more to help students and educators build safer, more collaborative and accessible classrooms. New Classroom features give educators the chance to easily create interactive, personal lessons - and get insights - within Classroom. We're also improving collaboration throughout the school, making it possible to share class templates and classes with a link (great for planning the next school year), gain visiblity with Classroom analytics, and visit classes without being a co-teacher.
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Dr. Desiree Alexander, Educator Alexander Consulting
Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator, speaker, and author who has been in the educational field since 2002. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC and the Deputy Director for the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences globally.
Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1. She is certified in Texas as a Principal, in English Language Arts and Reading for grades 4-8 and grades 8-12, as a Reading Specialist for grades EC-12, and as a School Librarian. She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer, Innovator and Partner, Apple Teacher, and Microsoft Office Specialists.
She holds a Bachelor, a Master + 30, and an Education Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University, a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University and a Master of Educational Leadership with a concentration in Educational Technology Leadership from Nicholls State University. She also holds a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in Educational Leadership from Lamar University.
She is the author of Ready to Be an Educational Leader: Your Guide for Passing the SLLA 6990, a 2022 & 2021 Texas Computer Education Association Featured Thought Leader, 2020 International Society for Technology in Education Featured Voice, 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference Featured Presenter, 2019 Customer Commitment Award Honoree from Better Business Bureau's Torch Awards for Ethics, a 2019 Shreveport National Pan-Hellenic Council Mover and Shaker, a 2017 Young Professional Initiative 40 Under 40 Awards Honoree, 2017 Center for Digital Education Top 30 Technologists, Transformers & Trailblazers, 2017 PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator for Louisiana, 2016 Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana Member of the Year, 2015 Librarian of the Year for Louisiana Librarian Association, 2015 Campus Teacher of the Year in the Zachary Community School District and 2014 Leader of the Year for Region 2 Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators.
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