Connecting Educators
EdTech Update: November 2018
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Chrome Add-on of the Month: Remote for Slides
Remote for Slides is a great extension that allows you to use a mobile device such as a phone or a tablet as a remote for your Google Slides presentations. Download the extension on the computer you want to use to present with. Then go to slides.limhenry.xyz on your mobile device and type in the code that appears on your Google Slides presentation screen. The best part is that you can see the notes you originally wrote on your slides through your mobile device!
Click the link below for the Remote for Slides extension and more information:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/remote-for-slides/pojijacppbhikhkmegdoechbfiiibppi?hl=enApp of the Month: ChatterPix
Check out the video below to see just how easy the app is to use.
PD Opportunities
Web Tools, Toys & More!
This session will introduce you to all of the tech tools and toys you never knew you needed for your classroom! Participants will explore a variety of innovative technology resources that will increase student engagement. We’ll discover formative assessment tools, investigate ways to make global connections, introduce elements of gamification, consider augmented reality, and much more!
Two Locations:
February 6th, Jackson ISD
February 13th, Hillsdale ISD
More information: https://www.smore.com/edg15
Discovery Education Experience: Instructional Strategies for Digital Learners
Learn what’s new with Discovery Education, including reading passages, lesson plans, digital interactives, virtual field trips, instructional strategies, VR, and more to share the world with your students and teachers. Rediscover the resources, strategies, and tools that help take your students anywhere – from the cities of China to the pen of a playwright. Whatever the topic, Discovery Education Streaming is the central hub for student engagement and achievement.
The Discovery Education Experience (DEXP) is a one-day no-cost experience for educators to immerse themselves in all things DE. The target audience is inclusive of ALL educators (teachers, principals, curriculum, instructional technologists, and many more). Together, all will explore and learn about the resources Discovery Education has available for them!
The day of interactive professional learning is brought to you by Discovery Education, in partnership with the REMC Association of Michigan and your local REMC center hosts.
Register here: https://goo.gl/Fx9ZZj
MACUL Workshops
Cultivating Curiosity
The annual Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Conference is March 20-22, 2019 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI.
It is one of the Midwest’s largest educational technology conferences with 5000+ educators from across Michigan, the region, and Canada.
The first day offers in-depth, focused workshops with the following two days of conference featuring 300+ sessions.
The MACUL conference gives attendees an opportunity to explore new tools, discover the latest trends, gain valuable resources and network with like-minded educators.
REMC Virtual Courses
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