ADW Ed Tech News
From Shannon Norris, Director for Educational Technology
How to Have a Device-Free(ish) Holiday
Three … two … one … it's winter break! We made it! In just a few days, you'll be closing your classroom for a much-deserved rest. And students will head home for lots of time with family and friends—not to mention their favorite devices. Help parents and caregivers manage media balance and negotiate expectations over the break by sharing these tips and resources. Once you've handed them—and the kids—off to parents, enjoy the holidays!
Nine actionable tips to make the holidays extra special. Share these tips
Tech Balance Tips for Parents and Caretakers
Free, straight-to-your-phone tips for families who want to develop healthy screen time habits. Receive free text message tips about how to practice healthy media habits at home with your family!Share Tech Balance
Gifting a Phone? Do This Before Handing It Off
Smartphones open up a whole new world for kids -- which they're not always ready for. Both Apple and Android have built-in parental-control-type settings that make your kid's transition from no phone to new phone a lot more manageable for them -- and you. How to ensure a phone is set up to protect kids and how to manage their usage. Share with families
Providing the Tools That Schools Need — For Free
Free for all public and private K-12 schools, Bark for Schools includes G Suite and Office 365 student account monitoring, Chrome/Chromebook monitoring, and web content filtering.
Free teacher training when you buy Microsoft 365 A1 device licenses for your school
Education organizations can earn up to three days of professional development when you purchase Microsoft 365 A1 licenses. Customers are eligible for a maximum of three days of free training for 30 educators. Submit your purchase information to receive professional training with select Microsoft Education Training Partners.
Intuitive and Easy-to-use Tools for Teachers and Staff
G Suite for Education gives you access to tools like Classroom, Docs, Gmail, Drive, Slides, Calendar, and Sites, all of which work seamlessly together so you and your team can get more done. As a leader within your school or district, you can rest easy knowing G Suite has built-in, multi-layer security, and 24/7 support at no additional cost.
Train Staff G Suite Training is a free Chrome extension that guides users step-by-step through G Suite for Education tools. Each simple, interactive training found directly within the G Suite apps helps users feel comfortable with Google tools.
Get Productive Included with G Suite for Education, Google Classroom helps educators improve efficiency so they can focus on what matters most: teaching. Classroom helps educators collaborate with students and their peers. They can post assignments, grade quizzes, and deliver feedback to students from anywhere, at any time, from any device.
Learn from Peers Browse our Impact Stories to learn how schools and districts around the world use G Suite for Education to drive positive impact in the classroom.
G Suite for Education tools provide a flexible, free solution for all of your school’s needs.
Learn. Grow. Share. Join approximately 1,200 education colleagues from across the state and surrounding areas for Maryland's top professional development event of the year. Thought-provoking speakers, hundreds of inspiring sessions, and demonstrations of the latest products and services will provide you the 21st-century know-how you need.
Together, eighteen non-profit educational organizations are focused on creating an unforgettable learning experience rich in innovative ideas, best practices, and sharing what works. Don’t miss this opportunity to join your fellow educators and teach, lead, and learn in the digital age!
The 2020 Common Ground conference will take place on April 30 and May 1. The pre-conference will take place on April 29.
Registration will open soon. Join myself and Vicky McCann at #CG20
EdCamp ADW
We are looking forward to seeing you at our February Edcamp. Grow your professional learning community, share what makes you passionate, learn about things outside of your comfort zone! Come for the food and giveaways, stay for the collaboration and learning experiences.
Join other passionate educators like yourself for a participant-driven, FREE professional development where educators of all backgrounds can share their experiences and knowledge. Elementary, Middle, High school, Special educators, staff, Catholic, public, private, ALL educators are welcome! This is a great opportunity to collaborate and learn with others.
Agenda:
9:00-9:45 - Arrive, set session board, introductions
9:45-10:30- Session 1
10:45- 11:30- Session 2
11:45-12:30 - Session 3
12:30-1:00 - Pizza Lunch, Smackdown, and Giveaways/Prizes
Saturday, Feb 15, 2020, 09:00 AM
St Pius School, Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD, USA
Cardinal Baum Scholarships
Each year, Cardinal Baum Scholarships are awarded to outstanding elementary and secondary teachers in the ADW to help them offset the cost of tuition for a Master’s or PhD program at a Catholic college or university. This year the ADW will award $15,000 in scholarships to select elementary and secondary school teachers. Click here to read more!
ADW Teachers Helping Teachers Share Lesson Plans
Dive in and check out the ADW lesson plan database! Lessons from past Collaboration Days were organized to help our teachers. Filter by Subject, Grade, and Catholic Integration.
What do we mean by digital learning?
What do we mean by digital learning?
Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience. It emphasizes high-quality instruction and provides access to challenging content, feedback through formative assessment, opportunities for learning anytime and anywhere, and individualized instruction to ensure all students reach their full potential to succeed in college and a career.
Digital learning encompasses many different facets, tools, and applications to support and empower teachers and students, including online courses, blended or hybrid learning, or digital content and resources. Additionally, digital learning can be used for professional learning opportunities for teachers and to provide personalized learning experiences for students.
Digital learning advances school reform by increasing equity and access to educational opportunities, improving the effectiveness and productivity of teachers and administrators, providing student-centered learning to ensure college and career readiness for all students, and recognizing teachers as education designers.
Why celebrate Digital Learning Day?
With so many new types of digital devices, educational software and mobile apps continuously developed, it’s hard to keep up with the latest and greatest advancements in educational technology. In some classrooms and out-of-school programs across the country, educators are doing some pretty amazing things with technology. Yet, these pockets of innovation are confined to a small number of schools and communities. Digital Learning Day was started as a way to actively spread innovative practices and ensure that all youth have access to high-quality digital learning opportunities no matter where they live.
Started in 2012, Digital Learning Day has provided a powerful venue for education leaders to highlight great teaching practices and showcase innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes. This grassroots effort blossomed into a massive nationwide celebration as teachers realized that Digital Learning Day is not about technology, it’s about learning. It’s not about laying off teachers for laptops, it’s about enhancing the role of the teacher in America’s classrooms. Digital Learning Day promotes the effective use of modern-day tools afforded to every other industry to improve the learning experience in K-12 public schools.
Click on the files below for more info from MSDE on participating in DLD 2020.
Digital Learning Day Video from 2018
8 Proactive Classroom Management Tips
New teachers—and experienced ones too—can find ideas here on how to stop disruptive behavior before it begins. Instead of handling disruptions after they’ve happened, it can be more effective to set up conditions in which they are less likely to occur. Here are eight classroom strategies that teachers have shared with Edutopia, all backed by research. Read the whole Edutopia article here
The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MOTIVATION
Motivation is a desire to learn, try, work, and persevere. I’m a neurologist and former teacher, and one of my focus areas is the neuroscience of learning—especially motivated and successful learning. Students’ levels of intrinsic motivation—the inherent satisfaction of the activity itself, rather than an outside reward—directly correspond with increased effort and with seeing the effectiveness of their behavior, choices, focus, and performance. Read full Edutopia article here
With permission from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the Archdiocese of Washington, Catholic Schools Office has adapted all technology standards as our own. Notice the wording is the same but the indicators have changed. Please see the completed documents below. Thank you for your patience.
ADW, CSO Educational Technology Educator Standards
ADW, CSO Educational Technology Student Standards
ADW, CSO Educational Technology Coach Standards
ADW, CSO Educational Technology Administrator Standards
ADW, CSO Educational Technology Educational Leader Standards
© 2017 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), All Rights Reserved
Shannon McQuillan Norris
Archdiocese of Washington, Catholic Schools
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