Creating makerspaces and incorporating them into schools involves more than coming up with project ideas. Typically, when schools add makerspaces, they’re also looking to shift their education goals and focus on skills beyond traditional curriculum. As Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School, CT, and Bill Derry, Consultant at School and Public Libraries, CT, explained in their edWebinar, “Design Models that Guide Innovative Thinking,” for educators looking to make this transition, there are several different methodologies that complement the goals of makerspaces and help students become creative problem solvers.
This edWebinar will show you how easy and painless device implementation can be! Learn how you can improve your student readiness for technology, enrich learning, foster 21st-century skills, and promote academic development.
This edWebinar will share ways to enrich your pre-K instruction with 10 engaging, hands-on ways to prepare students for kindergarten.
There is a massive demand for qualified cybersecurity talent with the current number of open positions ranging from 300,000 in the United States to 4 million globally. In a recent edWebinar, Casey O’Brien, Executive Director, National CyberWatch Center, and Jim Kowatch, CEO, Infosec Learning, underscored that to fill the demand for cybersecurity experts, secondary and higher education should focus their attention on developing cybersecurity courses that are rooted in IT operations and applications.
In this edWebinar, Leanna Prater, Ed.D and Jennifer Rodabaugh share how to inspire and engage elementary students in computer science and coding.
The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. However, said Jamie Knowles, Senior Manager of Educator Professional Learning Programs at Common Sense Media, social media also has the ability to help users share their stories and shed a positive light on their activities. In his presentation, “Educators and Social Media: Avoiding the Pitfalls,” Knowles discussed some challenges of using social media but also the positive ways schools are using it to educate and communicate with their families.
This edWebinar will go over how to use Microsoft Teams, the digital hub that enables you to personalize learning and create a collaborative classroom with conversations, content, assignments, and apps.
This edWebinar will explore how teachers are using Digital Badge Credentials to increase opportunities for all students, including those with autism and other special needs.
Picture inclusion in your classroom! In this edWebinar, inclusion experts present practical inclusion strategies you can easily adapt for your classroom.
Join this edWebinar to learn from Amy Mayer and Mark Schwartz how technology tools like Texthelp’s WriQ and Read&Write can save valuable time for teachers while increasing the effectiveness and transmission of feedback in the writing process for students.