Spring PD Sessions
2017-2018
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Accessing the Common Core through Google!
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Maple Conference Room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Session Description:
FlipGrid
Focus Area: Education Technology
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Barbara Reklis
Session Description:
Canvas-Using Rubrics and SpeedGrader
Focus Area: Education Technology
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Maple Conference Room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Want to move your grading online? Already have rubrics created? This session will show how easy it is to create and use a rubric to grade within the SpeedGrader in Canvas
Canvas-Discussions and Groups
Focus Area: Education Technology
Monday, January 29, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Mahogany Conference Room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Do you want to put your students in groups for online projects? Do you want to leverage the power of a discussion board/topic in Canvas?
Growth Midset
Focus Area: Climate and Culture Session 3
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Cypress Conference Room
Presenter: Catherine Wachtler
It has become common practice for many teachers to foster a growth mindset in their students, but what about teachers developing their own growth mindsets? This workshop will focus on having a growth mindset as a paradigm for dealing with the challenges of our profession.
Canvas-Building Modules
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/383344753
Session Description:
Modules are a powerful way to lay out an entire unit in Canvas. Come and learn how to set up a module and really leverage the power of a learning management system (LMS).
Adobe Spark
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Barbara Reklis
Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/789492713
Session Description
Want students to create beautiful, professional-looking presentations and report materials without knowing about design? Adobe Spark is a free online tool to create beautiful and professional looking posts, pages, and even videos. Adobe Spark gives you and your students the ability to create beautiful web content or professional looking and interactive projects.
Effective Transitions for Students
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Maple Conference Room
Presenter: Gail Oytas, Transition Specialist
Session Description:
Participants of this workshop will discover how to successfully plan and implement transitional life experiences for students with mild/moderate/severe disabilities by collaborating with outside agencies and community personnel. Teachers will also learn how to properly develop the basic IEP transition plan that moves students throughout K-12 education and onto age 22. This session is intended for Education Specialists.
Can't afford a field trip? Bring the world to your classroom.
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Mahogany Conference room
Presenter: Melissa Hero
Session Description:
We can’t always take our students on field trips to see and experience our content. However, with technology, you can bring the world to your classroom. Using tools like Google Earth, Google Hangouts, Story Corp, VR and Expeditions, you can allow your students to explore the world with virtual field trips, or bring in virtual guest speakers, using Chromebooks and student’s own phones.
Math Talks
Focus Area:
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Mahogany Conference Room
Presenter: Jim Karditzas & CJ Carlson
Through the study of creative problem solving of basic math operations, teachers can build a bridge for students from basic math to the properties of operations of rational numbers. Over time, students develop fluency with mathematical properties and are able to apply them to Algebra.
Making Number Talks Matter by Cathy Humphreys
Building Academic Vocabulary
Thursday, March 1, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenters: Elizabeth Placencia & Ana Ventura
Session Description:
Mastery of academic language is arguably the single most important determinant of academic success for students, but choosing the best words to teach--and getting the students to use those words--can be challenging. In this session, participants will learn best practices for choosing, introducing and teaching vocabulary words, as well as how to create structured opportunities for students to speak academically in class.
You can do that with Google Slides?
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Session Description:
Google slides are so much more than a tool to create presentations. Come and learn tips, tricks, and things you can use in your class tomorrow!
CIEvR Arguments Using Adobe Spark Video
Thursday, March 8, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Melissa Hero
Resource: http://www.melissahero.com/clevr
Session Description
An important skill that students must learn in all subject areas is argumentation. After reading a text, collecting and analyzing lab data, or studying current events, students should be able to state a claim with evidence and reasoning. In this session, you will learn a creative way for students to demonstrate what they have learned by creating a quick and easy video featuring a ClEvR argument (Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning). Students will be practicing their Common Core speaking and listening skills, the four Cs, and communicating their learning. (Works on iOS, Chromebooks, or laptops)
School City-Part 2
Thursday, March 22, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenters: Jose Rosario & Barbara Reklis
Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/679946103
Session Description:
Come learn some advanced features of School City's Item Bank Assessments.
Create items and passages to customize your Item Bank Assessments.
Please bring an assessment with different types of questions and answers to
use (short answer, essay prompt, etc.).
FlipGrid
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Barbara Reklis
Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/662818553
Session Description:
Communication skills and fluency in academic vocabulary is crucial for today’s learners. Want a fun way to foster both? FlipGrid is the answer. You assign students to record short videos of themselves with their computer's webcam or even their cell phone. It's not about the quality of the video, but having students demonstrate their understanding through verbal communication. You provide a prompt and let your students do the rest. FlipGrid can work for any subject area. It's all about developing their communication skills and use of academic language. Students can show language fluency or defend a claim with evidence. They can describe a process or how they solved a problem. The possibilities are endless!
Using the Primary Source Analysis Tool
Focus Area: Education Technology
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Robert Fishtrom
Resource: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/
Session Description:
Take that Document Based Question to the next steps with the resources and process available through the Library of Congress.
Adobe Spark
Focus Area: Education Technology
4:15pm-5:45pm
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Barbara Reklis
Online Access: https://zoom.us/j/563566487
Session Description:
Want students to create beautiful, professional-looking presentations and report materials without knowing about design? Adobe Spark is a free online tool to create beautiful and professional looking posts, pages, and even videos. Adobe Spark gives you and your students the ability to create beautiful web content or professional looking and interactive projects.
Digital Citizenship
Focus Area: Education Technology
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
4:15pm-5:45pm
Mahogany Conference Room
Presenter: Brooke Darmanin
Session Description:
Universal Design
Focus Area:
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Birch Conference Room
Presenter: Tara Charles
Session Description:
UDL is for both general and special education teachers. UDL is a set of principles for designing Common Core curriculum that provides all individuals with equal opportunities to learn. UDL has becoming increasingly important in implementing Common Core Standards by helping teachers differentiate for all learners, regardless of ability, disability, age, gender, or cultural and linguistic background. It provides a blueprint for designing curricular material, and assessments to reach all students including those with diverse needs. UDL participants will gain ideas on how to adjust their curriculum design process expecting the curriculum to be used by a diverse set of students with varying skills and abilitiesRegister Here!
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