The Monday Minute- December, 2022
Special Edition: IMLEA Conference News!

QUICK HITS (A REGULAR EDITION OF THE MONDAY MINUTE WILL BE SENT TO MEMBERS NEXT WEEK)
Winter & Hour of Code Activities
16 STEM Projects to Make & Give
Trapped in a Snowglobe (Google Slides) or Using Canva to Make a Digital Snowglobe
Eric Curts: 8 Googley Wintertime Activities for Kids and The 12 Days of Chrome-mas 2022
2022 Hour of Code Resource Guide facilitated by Nicole Zumpano
Learning Opportunities & Resources
ALL TIMES ARE GIVEN IN EST & ARE FREE UNLESS NOTED
December 5-11- Computer Science Education Week/Hour of Code
December 6-IMLEA Board Meeting
*December 6-National Air & Space Museum Livestream for Classes, Hour of Code: Coding Apollo to Today, Noon
December 6- AMLE Webinar: Social Media Emergency Plan, 5 pm
December 6- Using Merge Cubes with Chromebooks Webinar, 7 pm
December 6-FiveStar, "What's New with CS First & Hour of Code," 7 pm
December 7- Best of the Web 2022 Webinar with Richard Byrne, 3:30 pm
December 8- AMLE Webinar: Building Career Readiness: Middle School Work-Based Learning, 4:30 pm
December 9- Part II of Keep Indiana Learning Unpacking the NGSS Standards (Science) Recommended that you attend in person (virtual available)
December 12-January 6- Ditch that Textbook Digital Summit
*December 14-Entries Due for GENI Postcard Contest
December 18- Applications due for US DOE School Ambassador Fellowship Program
December 21: Proposals due for IMLEA Conference
January 12- Indiana STEM Conference at Purdue
*January 23-Letters about Literature Entries Due (for Grades 4-12)
January 24- Facing History & Ourselves Webinar (rescheduled from 11-20, now virtual) 4-6 pm
March 4-IMLEA Conference at Christel House Manual, Indianapolis
*Includes students
ONGOING EVENTS
IN LearningPartnership (Includes Wednesday PD with IDOE)
Indiana Learning Lab Workshops (Requires Sign in for Registration)
Teacher First OK2Ask Online Workshops
Keep Indiana Learning (KIL) Free Events & On-Demand Recordings
edWeb.net Webinars (if sponsored, "commercials" are at the end)
PATINS Trainings for Accessibility for All
AMLE Events (some free, some paid)
Leslie Fisher Webinars (tech)
Please note: Webinars and events mentioned in this space are not an endorsement of commercial products; on the contrary, we try to avoid listing events that appear to be commercial in nature. Every effort is made to strip social media/tracking data from provided URLs. In many cases, you can register and receive a recording later.
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