In today’s technology-driven times where teachers are expected to address the Common Core State Standards, finding helpful materials in textbooks can be a difficult task. Presenter Shannon Holden explored FREE resources available to teachers online in the form of digital textbooks in this month’s TechTools webinar. He discussed research, saving vs. spending, and ingredients for… read more →
“Flipped Classroom- You keep on using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think what it means.” With so much information being introduced this can often seem true. When should you flip, how do you flip, what is flipping? In the final webinar in the Flipped Learning Primer series, presenters Aaron Sams and Brian… read more →
In this webinar, presenter Sean O’Neil, Technology Coordinator, and T.H.E. Journal’s EdTech Innovator of the Month, shared his use of technology at Antioch High School in Antioch, California. Sean discussed using gamification in the classroom to encourage students to work on problems and skills to reach the next level. Sean also shared how he used… read more →
In this months Emerging Tech webinar, presenter Michelle Luhtala talks about mobile learning in the library and it’s relationship to eContent. In the hour long session, Michelle discussed how the tools we use to access eContent impact school library services. She also discussed factors to consider when developing instructional programs that use mobile technology such… read more →
This month’s webinar explored new ways to invite students, parents, and community members to be part of your school garden experience. Nino La Stella, Greenhouse Director for the Montclair Public Schools in New Jersey, shared A Feast for Every Season, a Mount Hebron Middle School Greenhouse program that enables its students to appreciate the rhythm… read more →
How do you make independent learning work in the classroom? How do you accomplish a flipped classroom without giving out homework, and what is a “3 Ring Circus of Learning?” Find out in this month’s Flipped Learning webinar “Flipped Learning Primer Part II: Flipped-Mastery Learning” Session Description Flipped Learning Network’s Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams will… read more →
Presented by Dr. Daniel Gallagher, Assistant Superintendent of the Bound Brook School District in New Jersey Sponsored by NASSP, NAESP, and School Leadership Briefing About this Session As educators, we desire to personalize education for a new generation in a global world – teaching students 21st century skills to empower them in their learning is the paramount task for… read more →
Presented by Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal, Republic Middle School, MO Most new teachers teach the way they were taught. Unfortunately for most novices, they were taught using “lecture”. There has to be a better way…and there IS a better way! Join new teacher coach Shannon Holden as he unveils several instructional strategies that teachers can… read more →