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Character Day: A Global Event for Exploring Social and Emotional Learning through Films, Discussions
Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards Tiffany Shlain will speak about Character Day, a movement that unites people from all over the world to discuss these ideas.
Assistive Technology for Struggling Readers
From apps to software to cloud-based cross-platform supports, this webinar will explore tools that can aid struggling readers
Technology Basics for the Autism Classroom: Tips and Tricks to Start the School Year Off Right
Join Lauren Stafford, Vice President of Research and Instructional Design at Monarch Teaching Technologies, as she provides tech tips and tricks for starting the first day of school with confidence.
From Chaos to Calm: Building a School Family where even the Most Difficult Children become Helpful and Caring
Join Jill to learn how to create a learning environment where even the most difficult children become helpful and caring.
Kick Off the School Year with Design Thinking and Makerspaces
In this webinar, Beth and Douglas will present the design thinking process. They will show examples of different kinds of makerspaces, from simple to complex, and discuss how teachers can incorporate design thinking into their learning environments.
Transition Activities that Build Young Brains, Manage Behavior
Ellen Booth Church is well known as an expert in Circle Time and Transitions. In this webinar, she will take a look at ways we can use transitions as mini-teaching opportunities and a joyful approach to managing behavior with compassion and clarity.
Tell Your School’s Story with Do-it-Yourself Video
You don’t need fancy equipment or a video expert on staff to create great content. All you need is something you carry with you every day – your smartphone! In this webinar, you will learn how to tell your school’s story with do-it-yourself video
The Tech-Savvy Administrator
In this webinar, Learning Evangelist Steven W. Anderson will examine some easy ways to move from Leader Luddite to Digital Expert
Transitioning from Print to Digital Content: Benefits, Tips and Free Resources
In this webinar, Jeff Meyer, classroom teacher, district technology director, and Product Specialist for Learning.com will explore the most widely-used free digital alternatives to print textbooks and resources, the benefits of implementing OER and tips for moving to digital content.
Don’t Be Overwhelmed! Navigating Back to School Priorities
Each fall begins another school year with a new set of priorities, initiatives, and things to learn. In this research-driven session, Kevin Baird (Chairman, non-profit Center for College & Career Readiness) leads us to understand how a handful of best practices can become the core instructional answer to almost any new “priority”
Reading Art Enriches Writing
Explore how art and literacy are intrinsically linked and enrich each other. Participants will read children’s artwork, decode the drawings and paintings for meaning, and use the art as a springboard for many types of writing—descriptive, persuasive, expository, poetry, and narratives.
Building Trust, Respect, and Empathy into Personalized PD
Respect and trust are the bedrocks of a successful personalized professional learning initiative. Attend this webinar to hear more about this and key findings from the recent Personalized Professional Learning Survey.
Get the Survey Results: Online Professional Learning
In this webinar, ETIN (Education Technology Network of SIIA) and edWeb.net will report on recent surveys that each organization conducted on online professional learning.
Rigorous Reading: Building Strength and Stamina
In this live, interactive session, Dr. Douglas Fisher will lead an exploration of the types of learning that ensure students become better readers who persevere through complex (strength) or long (stamina) texts while thinking critically about what the author is saying and what they believe to be true.
Finding What Works in Learning: Simple Ways to Analyze Education Research Studies
In this webinar, Dr. Tim Hudson, VP of Learning at DreamBox Learning, and Dr. Gina Burkhardt, former EVP at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will help you more easily analyze research, ask probing questions, and access the fine print of a research study.
Why #GoOpen? Using Open Educational Resources in Your School/District
In this webinar, Andrew Marcinek, former Chief Open Education Advisor for the U. S. Department of Education (DOE), speaks with Tech & Learning Content Director Kevin Hogan about the DOE’s #GoOpen initiative. Participants will learn how to make the shift to using openly licensed educational resources in their school districts.
The Importance of Validating and Affirming Home Language: Key Instructional Practices
This webinar will be a discussion on how teachers can validate and affirm the home language of students with a particular focus on writing and academic language.
Building the Excellence Mindset into your Teachers
In this session, superintendent John Wink will share what it takes to build a growth mindset. He will explore a range of strategies to use to cultivate the excellence mindset at your school.