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SUMMARY:Why Do We Need a Chief Innovation Officer?
DESCRIPTION:A leadership panel hosted by Dr. Gabe Soumakian\, Retired Superintendent\, Ventura County (CA) with Ryan Imbriale\, Executive Director\, Department of Innovative Learning\, Baltimore County Public Schools (MD); Dr. Devin Vodicka\, Superintendent of Schools\, Vista Unified (CA); and Tom Murray\, Director of Innovation\, Future Ready Schools (DC)\nSponsored by Learning Bird \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Leadership and Innovation community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nEducation is experiencing an extraordinary transformation that requires Innovative Leadership to implement major change initiatives and redesign numerous systems within a school district. A strong movement driven by Future Ready Schools is charging toward a personalized learning environment to prepare students for college\, career\, and life readiness that links the learning in the classroom to a real world setting. \nA “Chief Innovation Officer” must lead the organization in creating a mind shift that redesigns the learning experience in new way of implementing educational technology in their districts. This webinar will discuss why and how leaders and cabinet members need to drive innovation to foster and develop the skills and understanding needed to help guide their districts towards the digital revolution. These system changes demand and call for a highly skillful superintendent and cabinet member to understand the complex technology solutions to be implemented. \n\nWhy there is a greater demand for the role of a Chief Innovation Officer or a cabinet member who may take on that role\nAn understanding of how technology impacts all departments within the district\nGreater understanding of Future Ready\, ESSA\, California LCAP and the infrastructure components for those initiatives.\n\nThis webinar will be of high interest for superintendents\, cabinet members\, assistant superintendents for education services\, board members\, principals\, assistant principals\, curriculum directors\, directors of instructional technology\, and anyone interested in leading innovation in a school district. \n  \nDr. Gabe Soumakian\, Retired Superintendent\, Ventury County\, CA\, was recently selected as a new member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools for his leadership. He has been actively involved and presented at numerous leadership organizations\, including ACSA\, AASA\, CSBA\, CALSA\, Partnership for the 21st Century\, TICAL on topics of Personnel\, 21st Century Learning\, eLearning Summit\, Personalized Learning Summit\, and Linked Learning Convening. Most recently\, Dr. Soumakian serves on the CoSN Superintendent’s Advisory Council\, Future Ready Leaders Panel of Visionary Educators\, and the NAF Leadership Fellow.  Dr. Soumakian was recognized as one of ten Superintendent who were accepted as a Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellow in conjunction with EdElements. Dr. Soumakian has over 35 years of education experience\, including 18 years of high school teaching. \n  \n \nMr. Ryan Imbriale\, Executive Director\, Department of Innovative Learning\, Baltimore County Public Schools\, has spent his leadership career in education focused on how technology can empower student learning. After several years coordinating professional development at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education\, Mr. Imbriale joined BCPS as an instructional technology specialist and then assistant principal. Before overseeing the Department of Innovative Learning\, Mr. Imbriale also served as Principal of Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts in Baltimore and was recognized in 2013 as a “Digital Principal” by the National Association of Secondary School Principals\, and as an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa. Most recently\, Mr. Imbriale was named one of the inaugural Intel Education Visionaries. \n  \nDr. Devin Vodicka was hired as Superintendent of Schools for Vista Unified in July 2012. Since that time\, VUSD has won numerous awards and recognition\, including the “Golden Bell” award from the California School Boards Association and acceptance into the prestigious League of Innovative Schools. Dr. Vodicka participated in the Superintendents Technical Working Group in collaboration with the US Department of Education Office of Educational Technology. He was also named “Superintendent of the Year” by Pepperdine University in 2015. \n  \n  \nMr. Tom Murray serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools\, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education\, located in Washington\, DC. He has testified before the United States Congress and works alongside that body and the US Senate\, the White House\, the US Department of Education and state departments of education\, corporations\, and school districts throughout the country to implement student-centered\, personalized learning while helping to lead Future Ready and Digital Learning Day. Murray serves as a regular conference keynote\, was named one of “20 to Watch” by NSBA\, and was recently named the “2015 Education Policy Person of the Year” by the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Connect with him on Twitter at @thomascmurray or on his website at thomascmurray.com. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n Learning Bird provides teachers with the content\, tools and professional development to easily guide each student to success on their own personal learning path. With thousands of lessons that offer multiple approaches on each topic\, teachers can keep students engaged even when they encounter an obstacle. Our lessons are trustworthy\, vetted by real teachers\, and aligned to local curriculum. Learning Bird moves students in grades 6-12 toward better outcomes\, higher graduation rates\, and increased college and career readiness.
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SUMMARY:Implement Digital Citizenship Across Your District: Expert Tools and Tips
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Sherman\, Manager for the Instructional Technology Specialists\, El Paso Independent School District\nHosted by Common Sense Education and Sponsored by Symantec \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate \, join the Digital Citizenship community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. Learn more about edWeb CE certificates. \nWhat is the best way to implement a digital citizenship plan across a district or school? Let Chris Sherman guide you through the planning and implementation of the program that he put in place to achieve 100% certification in his 85-building district in less than eight months. In this webinar\, Chris shared the resources\, documentation\, and step-by-step process used to achieve this goal. Gain valuable insight into developing or extending your own digital citizenship plan at the teacher or district level. This webinar is geared for both teachers and administrators at the K-12 level. \nChris Sherman is the Manager for the Instructional Technology Specialists in the El Paso Independent School District. Last year he implemented a 1:1 laptop initiative with his high school students. In addition\, the district has over 20\,000 iPads\, bringing to the front a need to take a major step forward in helping their students and teachers become responsible digital citizens. In August\, Chris directed the tech department in guiding the district toward becoming a Common Sense Certified Digital Citizenship district. By the beginning of March\, the goal was achieved\, with all of the district’s 85 campuses becoming Certified Digital Citizenship schools. Chris believes this is a testimony to the power of working together to accomplish a worthwhile task. \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nCommon Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life. Our K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum and interactive games teach students how to make safe\, smart\, and ethical decisions in the digital world. And our revolutionary educational rating system\, Common Sense Graphite\, helps educators discover\, use\, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning. \n  \nSymantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. The company has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18\,500 employees in more than 50 countries. We provide security\, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers – from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations – secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points\, more completely and efficiently than any other company.
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SUMMARY:How to Connect Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, Robotics\, Arts\, and Math in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Karey Killian\, Library Media Specialist\nSponsored by Quill.com | Co-hosted by Big Deal Media \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a  CE certificate\, join the Amazing Resources for Educators community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nSTREAM teaching isn’t about a checklist for ticking off items that are covered in class. Rather\, it’s a unique approach to teaching that uses science\, technology\, robotics\, engineering\, arts\, and math to connect the dots for authentic\, deep learning. \nWhen young scholars see themselves as inventors\, creators\, designers\, problem-solvers\, and collaborators\, their ability to discover their true potential increases. As educators\, it is our job to provide them with opportunities to experience a variety of activities that allow them to make mistakes\, fix problems\, try again\, and brainstorm something new. \nIn this webinar\, Library Media Specialist Karey Killian led an exploration of how STREAM teaching can create meaningful learning for our students. Topics included: \n\n Approaching STREAM as a way of thinking through learning\, not as a subject or a class\nHow to provide ALL students with opportunities to discover unique ways of making learning connections—despite individual economic backgrounds—with science\, technology\, robotics\, engineering\, arts\, and mathematics\nHow to connect students’ experiences with those of other students\, while sharing their learning adventures\nHow to help students showcase their discoveries with others\nHow to include STREAM thinking activities in the classroom\nHow to create unique learning adventures by using #Skypeclassroom\n\nLearn more about STREAM teaching. This event is for K–12 teachers and librarians/media specialists. \n  \n Karey Killian is a certified Library Media Specialist for elementary schools in the Milton Area School District in Pennsylvania. She is a twenty-first century librarian who seeks ways for every student to achieve more by discovering their interests and talents. Those life moments usually occur during time in Makerspaces and Skype lessons. Karey was selected to engage in the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert community in November 2015. Being among colleagues and an organization that strive to “empower every student on the planet to achieve more” continues to motivate her to find powerful learning opportunities. Follow Karey on Twitter @CoLIBRAtoRY. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nFounded in 1956 and headquartered in Lincolnshire\, IL\, Quill.com serves the needs of over a million small to medium sized businesses.  As a premier business to business office products provider\, Quill.com sells everything from paper and ink and toner to cleaning supplies and technology with 24-hour-a-day access to more than 100\,000 business essentials. Introduced in 1996\, Quill.com was one of the first successful Web sites launched in the office products industry and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staples\, Inc.\, since 1998. \n  \nThe Big Deal Media mission is to save every educator time and money while identifying top-quality resources for schools and classrooms. Big Deal Media is a content-rich collection of print and electronic publications that offer the information and tools K-12 educators need—all vetted through the prism of the curriculum.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/connect-science-technology-engineering-robotics-arts-math-classroom/
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SUMMARY:Options for eText: Facilitating Access and Comprehension Through Electronic Text
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sean Sweeney\, Speech-Language Pathologist/Instructional Tech Specialist\nSponsored by MES Publishing \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Everyone CAN! community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nWith the advent and proliferation of mobile devices available to students and teachers has come a wide range of options for accessing text. Electronic Texts and accompanying accessibility features such as text to speech can facilitate organization of materials\, richer arrays of contexts available\, and comprehension of classroom content for those with reading\, language learning and other disabilities. This recorded webinar will familiarize educators with a variety of options at various price points and platforms\, with demonstration of apps and features that put eTexts at your and students’ fingertips in no time. These include: iOS and Mac built-in accessibility features\, Read and Write for Google and iPad\, eText Platforms such as EPIC! Books for Kids\, the Crack the Books series of accessible textbooks\, and options for creating eTexts such as the renowned Book Creator App. \nThis webinar will be especially relevant for general and special education teachers\, related service providers (SLP\, OT)\, technology specialists\, and administrators. \n Sean Sweeney\, MS\, MEd\, CCC-SLP\, is a speech-language pathologist and technology consultant working in private practice at The Ely Center in Newton\, MA. Sean spent over a decade in the public school setting in these complementary roles and his blog\, SpeechTechie\, was inspired by a desire to empower educators to employ technology in their work. Sean currently consults to local and national organizations on technology integration in speech and language interventions. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n  \n Our books take full advantage of all iPad’s capabilities\, not only to help children become better readers\, but engage them like no other digital book can. Our team of dedicated education professionals are working hard to bring books across a wide range of subjects to our kids and help them become better readers\, one book at a time. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/options-etext-facilitating-access-comprehension-electronic-text/
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SUMMARY:Putting Manipulatives to Work Part 2: Developing Fraction Sense in Grades 3-6 with Fraction Circles\, Fraction Tiles\, Fraction Towers\, and Number Lines
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Sara Delano Moore\, educational consultant at SDM Learning\nSponsored by ETA hand2mind \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Building Understanding in Mathematics community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nSchools and teachers often find manipulatives gathering dust in the back of a closet.  Our Summer webinar 2016 series will be an opportunity to explore new uses for familiar manipulatives as well as learn about new tools to add to your toolkit. \nIn part two of our three part series\, Dr. Sara Delano Moore shared manipulatives to use to develop fraction sense – understanding what fractions are\, making sense of how they behave\, and modeling operations with fractions. Learn about using fraction circles\, fraction tiles\, fraction towers\, and number lines to strengthen student learning about fractions. \n  \nDr. Sara Delano Moore is an educational consultant at SDM Learning.  Sara focuses on helping teachers and students understand mathematics as a coherent and connected discipline.  An experienced teacher and nationally recognized speaker\, her work emphasizes the power of deep understanding and multiple representations for learning.  Sara’s interests include building conceptual understanding of mathematics to support procedural fluency and applications\, incorporating engaging literature into mathematics & science instruction\, and connecting mathematics to engineering design in meaningful ways. Learn more about her education and experience at sdmlearning.com.  Follow her on Twitter @saradelanomoore. \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n ETA hand2mind believes that educating students is the most important job in the world. Our story is all about the Educators\, Teachers\, Parents and Partners who share our goal of helping children learn and succeed. We believe real success in the classroom happens when students learn by doing. We are excited to welcome you on this professional journey and hope that together we can innovate\, initiate & invigorate teaching conversations around the country.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/putting-manipulatives-work-part-2-developing-fraction-sense-grades-3-6-fraction-circles-fraction-tiles-fraction-towers-number-lines/
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SUMMARY:“You’re in Charge?” Women’s Leadership in Difficult Circumstances
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kasturi Shah and Vaasvi Goyal\, Co-Founders of Hello\, Seekho\nSponsored by Girls Thinking Global \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Girls Thinking Global community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nVaasvi Goyal and Kasturi Shah grew up in India and recently graduated from Princeton University where they took on multiple leadership roles including the co-founding of the startup Hello\, Seekho. In this webinar\, they shared their experiences leading in difficult situations and the techniques that they used\, or wished they had used\, to overcome challenges they faced including: \nBreaching the glass ceiling: leading when gender equality or bias creates an impasse\nWhat is the glass ceiling? To what extent does it still exist? Tactics for overcoming gender bias: being assertive\, firmly and politely remaining in charge\, strategic delegation or deputization. \nLeading with a lack of infrastructure\nCreating your own infrastructure and processes that you can trust and rely on\, gathering the resources to do so\, building a network of like-minded people\, forming meaningful beneficial partnerships.\n\nWhen organizational hierarchy does not obey the ascension of age\nMentorship can help to build a good support network. Why has women’s mentorship increased in recent years? Value of formal specific mentorship: experience\, skills\, deeper understanding of the situation. \nDealing with personality clashes and the role of informal mentorship\nAlmost everyone experiences at least one difficult circumstance when acting as a leader in some capacity\, particularly a clash of personality. A final goal of this webinar is to realize that we are not alone. Seeking advice from or opening up to close friends and family is often a very fruitful experience. This type of informal mentorship is one that is so constant that it is often overlooked. \nVaasvi and Kasturi included their leadership experiences with organizations including Engineering without Borders\, Business Today\, and the co-founding of Hello\, Seekho. \nThis webinar will benefit young professionals and/or students\, teachers or professionals who act as mentors or instructors for these young professionals and students\, educators who may have specific experiences leading in difficult circumstances. \n \n Kasturi Shah is from Mumbai and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Physics. She co-founded PiCreate\, which provides affordable computers with offline educational content to students in underprivileged circumstances. She was co-Project Manager of Princeton’s Engineers without Borders Peru Program\, building two potable water systems in the Peruvian Andes. She was President of Princeton women’s rugby\, House Manager of the Cap and Gown Club and sits on the boards of both organizations. Kasturi is a co-founder of Hello\, Seekho\, a free mobile app that helps young people in India learn English. \n  \nVaasvi Goyal graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Economics. She was the first female President of Business Today in 8 years\, serves on its Board of Trustees and was co-President of Princeton Business Volunteers. From New Delhi India\, Vaasvi spent her gap year before Princeton developing curriculum to teach English and Vedic Mathematics at the Arpana Trust. Vaasvi has developed a keen interest in social entrepreneurship and she hopes to create sustainable change through equal\, engaging access to education. Vaasvi is a co-founder of Hello\, Seekho\, a free mobile app that helps young people in India learn English. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n Girls Thinking Global (GTG)\, a global community of organizations serving girls and young women by leveraging technology to create a collaborative space that connects best practices\, knowledge\, and expertise.
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SUMMARY:Makerspace of the Mind: Increase Learning Retention by 75%!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kevin Baird\, Chairman of the Board at the nonprofit EdCenter: The Center for College & Career Readiness\nSponsored by Ed Center \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the College and Career Readiness community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nStudents retain less than 10% of what they read alone\, but 75% of what they practice by doing. The idea of a “makerspace” has captured imaginations as we consider how we enable student learning through creative projects. In this research-driven session\, Kevin Baird (Chairman\, non-profit Center for College & Career Readiness) leads us to understand the core elements of creativity and how we can provide students with rigorous\, powerful learning experiences through lens of a literacy makerspace. \n \n  \nKevin Baird is our series presenter. He serves as Chairman of the Board at the nonprofit EdCenter: The Center for College & Career Readiness\, which focuses on creating sustainable capacity in schools for job-ready learning outcomes for all students. Kevin is a self-identified library nerd who always has a paperback for take-off and landing as he travels the globe. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nThe nonprofit EdCenter: The Center for College & Career Readiness focuses on creating sustainable capacity in schools for job-ready learning outcomes for all students.
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SUMMARY:Top Tech for Teachers to Start the School Year
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Langenhorst\, Technology Integrationist\nSponsored by Mackin Educational Resources \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Exploring eBooks for K-12 community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nLearning about new technology can sometimes feel like you’re trying to drink from a fire hose. By focusing on a handful of top tech tools\, you can avoid the barrage and start your school year off right without being overwhelmed. In this webinar\, K-12 Technology Integrationist and Instructional Coach Rachel Langenhorst introduced her top selections of websites and apps that can be used at any grade level. Learn about tools to: \n\nEnhance learning and collaboration\nTrack student progress\nKeep parents involved\nIgnite student passion\n\nLearn myriad new ideas for implementing meaningful technology integration as well as ways to utilize your students in building your technology tool kit! This session is geared toward K-12 educators and librarians. \n  \n Rachel Langenhorst is a K-12 Technology Integrationist and Instructional Coach in Rock Valley\, Iowa and she also serves as an adjunct professor for Northwestern College. A 20+ year teaching veteran\, Rachel presents throughout the Midwest\, focusing on technology integration strategies and best practices. She serves as a contributor for Mackin Educational Resources\, edWeb.net\, and Education Talk Radio. Find Rachel on Twitter @rlangenhorst and on her blog at Tech from the Trenches. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n For more than 30 years\, Mackin Educational Resources has provided library and classroom materials for grades PK-12. Working with over 18\,000 publishers and a database of more than 2.5 million printed titles and more than 350\,000 digital titles\, Mackin supplies print books\, eBooks\, online educational databases\, audiobooks\, video resources and more\, along with digital content management and custom collection analysis services. A true partner in education\, Mackin’s continued success and unblemished reputation is known by thousands of teachers\, administrators\, and librarians across the country and throughout the world.
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SUMMARY:Development and Evaluation of an HIV Prevention Videogame
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lynn Fiellin\, Director\,and Kimberly Hieftje\, Deputy Director\, Yale Center for Health & Learning Games and the play2PREVENT Lab at Yale\nPresented by Yale Center for Health & Learning Games and the play2PREVENT Lab \nCo-hosted by Games4Ed\, ISTE GSN\, ISTE VEN\, and the Education Technology Industry Network of SIIA \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Game-Based Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nDeveloped in partnership with Schell Games\, DigitalMill\, and the play2PREVENT Lab at Yale School of Medicine (play2prevent.org)\, PlayForward: Elm City Stories is an interactive\, role-playing videogame designed to provide at-risk young teens the opportunity to acquire and practice skills to reduce sexual risk behaviors\, with the ultimate goal of preventing HIV. PlayForward is currently being evaluated in a large randomized controlled trial with 333 teens aged 11-14\, and we are examining a range of outcomes including knowledge\, intentions\, self-efficacy and actual behaviors with data being collected at baseline\, 6 weeks\, 3\, 6\, 12\, and 24 months. \nDeveloping a videogame that involves sensitive topics\, like sex\, for young teens can be challenging. To help us create authentic storylines\, characters\, and artwork for the game\, we used several tactics directly involve teens and community stakeholders in the development process.  Our formative process of developing PlayForward is well documented in peer-reviewed published articles. We hope that by sharing our experience\, attendees will gain insight into the importance of engaging target audiences\, like young teens\, in the development of a videogame intervention.  We believe attendees will learn about valuable methods that can be used to develop a video game’s narrative\, characters\, and artwork\, creating an authentic player experience. \nEducators\, researchers\, practitioners\, school administrators\, after-school and community program leaders\, and serious videogame design and developers will benefit from attending our webinar. \n Lynn E. Fiellin\, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and at the Yale Child Study Center. She is also the Founder/Director of the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games and the play2PREVENT Lab at Yale. Her research focuses on developing and testing novel intervention models to promote health and reduce risk in vulnerable populations. \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Hieftje is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale University School of Medicine and the Deputy Director of the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games and the play2PREVENT Lab. She is currently involved in the development and evaluation of several videogame interventions. Dr. Hieftje’s research interests primarily focus on health promotion and behavior change through the use of videogames.  She has published several articles on the topic of developing serious videogames. \n  \n  \n \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n  \n Yale Center for Health & Learning Games and the play2PREVENT Lab\nAt the play2PREVENT Lab\, which is now a part of the newly formed Yale Center for Health & Learning Games\, our aim is to develop and evaluate videogame interventions focused on behavior change\, education\, health\, well-being\, and social intelligence\, using the most rigorous scientific methods and metrics available. We are comprised of a multidisciplinary team of scientists\, educators\, community leaders\, videogame designers and software developers and have published several articles on the topic of serious game development.
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SUMMARY:Young Children and Technology: Warren Buckleitner Shares Expert Advice
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Warren Buckleitner\, Editor\, Children’s Technology Review\nSponsored by Gryphon House \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Early Learning Book Chats community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThere’s a lot of controversy surrounding children and technology. Adults worry about too much screen time. App makers promise to turn a child into a scientist\, poet or astronaut. What’s the truth? \nWarren Buckleitner has been studying this topic for over three decades as a teacher\, educational psychologist\, parent and reviewer. In this webinar\, he hosted an informal conversation about children and technology. \nTopics included: \n\nTen of the most exciting apps — that really support learning\nWhat hardware you need to get started\nHow can I use my child’s “technology addiction” to my advantage\nA simple\, powerful formula to pass along to other parents and teachers — A\, B\, S (Access\, Balance and Support)\n\nThis webinar will benefit educators working with Pre-K through elementary students. \nWarren Buckleitner is an educational psychologist who reviews children’s interactive media.He is the founding editor of Children’s Technology Review. Warren has been a preschool\, elementary and college teacher. He has written for a variety of books\, blogs and magazines\, including a decade of children’s tech coverage for the New York Times. His latest book is Buckleitner’s Guide to Using Tablets with Young Children. Warren holds degrees in elementary\, early childhood education and a doctorate in educational psychology. Follow him on Twitter @buckleit. \n  \n \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING \n  \nGryphon House\, Inc. is an award-winning publisher of early childhood resources for teachers and parents.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/young-children-technology-warren-buckleitner-advice/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160712T160000
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SUMMARY:You CAN Win Grants for Your School: Secrets and Strategies from a Pro (Part 3)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Toni Rockis\, PhD\, CGW\, President & CEO of Granted\, Inc. and Grantmamas\, Inc.\nSponsored by CDW-G \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the GetEdFunding community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nMore than 81\,000 foundations give away nearly $50 billion each year in grants. \nWould you like to learn how to write competitive grants and bring some of this “free money” to your school? Have you thought about writing a grant to purchase updated technologies\, support field trips\, or fund other educational needs\, but aren’t sure where to begin? Or have you written grant proposals\, but didn’t get funded as often as you’d hoped? \nDon’t miss out on your share of this $50 billion! Learn how to write competitive grant proposals in our three-part grant-writing miniseries. Dr. Toni Rockis reviewed and dissected the eight typical sections of a proposal so you come away feeling equipped and confident to begin your own winning grant-writing journey. \nIn the third and final webinar of this miniseries\, Toni gave insider tips\, tricks\, and techniques for writing the last three sections of a foundation grant proposal: \n\nEvaluation of the Project\nProject Budget\nAppendices\n\nLearn the skills and processes it takes to write clear\, concise\, and compelling grant proposals. This webinar will be helpful for both teachers and administrators.\nToni Rockis\, PhD\, CGW\, is President/CEO of Granted\, Inc. and Grantmamas\, Inc. Through Granted\, she and her associates help schools and nonprofits bring money into their organizations. In 2014 Toni cofounded Grantmamas to help mothers obtain money and resources for expanded programs and services in classrooms and schools. She has authored/coauthored/administered $72 million in grants for K–16 schools and other nonprofits. Toni is the author of Grant Writing Success: Opening the Door to Financial Opportunity. Follow her on Twitter @GrantMamas. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING \nGetEdFunding.com is a free grant-finding resource\, which hosts a collection ofthousands of active grants and awards. Dedicated to helping educators identify the financial backing that’s needed to take learning to higher levels\, this 2013 Beacon Award-winning site was designed for K-12 and higher education institutions\, and currently delivers access to billions of dollars in educational funding opportunities.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/you-can-win-grants-for-your-school-secrets-and-strategies-from-a-pro-part-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160711T150000
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SUMMARY:Turn Your Elementary School into a STEM School! How-To Steps from Educators Who Transformed Their School
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Susan Slate Hayes\, Principal\, Barkley Bridge Elementary School\nSponsored by Project Lead The Way \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the STEM Learning: Full STEAM Ahead community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nWhat would prompt a high-performing\, National Blue Ribbon School in rural Alabama to turn their world upside down and become a STEM school? What motivated them? How did they begin? What progress have they made so far? \nIn this webinar\, Susan Hayes\, principal of Barkley Bridge Elementary in Hartselle\, Alabama\, and her three colleagues – Angie Harris\, 4th grade math teacher; Kim Jared\, gifted specialist; and Jamie Dutton\, library media specialist – outlined their school’s STEM journey and share why they chose to ride the wave of change and how they held on successfully. Learn more about: \n\nHow they got their program off the ground\nThe importance of choosing the right program and resources needed\nHow to engage teachers and build school culture\nThe role of the community in creating a sustainable program\n\nWalk away with some peer-to-peer “getting started” tips and an account of pitfalls\, a real experience that shows why all students in all schools can benefit from a problem-based learning approach. You also will hear about overall strategies to integrate problem-based STEM curriculum into the school day and the results that are possible. This webinar will be useful for elementary school teachers and administrators\, STEM program coordinators (at the school or district level)\, Chief Academic Officers\, and District level elementary curriculum instruction administrators. \nBONUS! Access one of the PLTW Launch activities to start experiencing the value of a problem-based learning approach to STEM. Download Rosie’s Runtime and bring a fun activity to your classroom—for free! Your download will include a printable game board\, code cards\, instructions for play\, and more. \n  \n Susan Slate Hayes is in her fourteenth year as Principal of Barkley Bridge Elementary School.  Under her leadership\, the school has been honored as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ‘Lighthouse School’ (2010) and a U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School (2011).  In 2014\, Hayes and the Barkley Bridge community of leaders and learners made the commitment to bring problem-based learning to all K-4 classrooms.  With the help of Project Lead The Way\, the school will play a key role in preparing young learners for STEM careers in nearby Huntsville and beyond. Follow Susan on Twitter @sushay82. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a nonprofit organization that provides a transformative learning experience for K-12 students and teachers across the U.S. PLTW empowers students to develop in- demand\, transportable knowledge and skills through pathways in computer science\, engineering\, and biomedical science. PLTW’s teacher training and resources support teachers as they engage their students in real-world learning. More than 8\,000 elementary\, middle\, and high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia offer PLTW programs.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/elementary-school-stem-school/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160708T130000
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SUMMARY:A Roadmap for Women’s Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ann McMullan\, Education Consultant and Dr. Darline P. Robles\, Professor\, University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education\nSponsored by Girls Thinking Global \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Girls Thinking Global  community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nExplore issues of women’s leadership in education with two outstanding leaders in education Dr. Darline P. Robles and Ann McMullan. Darline was the first Latina County superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)\, the nation’s largest regional service agency. Ann served sixteen years as Executive Director for Educational Technology in Klein ISD\, outside Houston\, serving nearly 50\,000 students. In this webinar they shared personal insights on their paths to leadership and will explore how women can expand their leadership roles in education. \nDarline and Ann gave a preview of the upcoming Women Leaders in Education Conference on July 31 – August 1. This conference is designed for K-12 education professionals to share strategies\, learn from experts\, and connect with colleagues. Workshop sessions will be facilitated by the creators of the conference\, three former school superintendents: Dr. Darline Robles\, Dr. Carmella Franco\, and Dr. Maria Ott. Collectively\, these three remarkable women have more than 100 years of experience in navigating education professional pathways. This conference is the outgrowth of the many years they have each served as advisors and mentors to hundreds of women working in a wide variety of school settings. \nAnn McMullan is an education consultant who works throughout the United States and internationally as a public speaker\, writer\, and consultant focused on leadership\, professional development and curriculum. Ann is a frequent speaker at state and national education conferences. She is also a contributor to several educational publications\, including eSchoolNews\, EdNET Insight and CoSN. Previously\, Ann served sixteen years as Executive Director for Educational Technology in Klein ISD\, outside Houston\, serving nearly 50\,000 students. \n  \n  \nDr. Darline P. Robles is a Professor of Clinical Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Her primary responsibility is the development of a new national hybrid Master’s degree program in School Leadership. Dr. Robles retired after serving eight years as the first Latina County superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)\, the nation’s largest regional service agency. As chief of the Salt Lake City School District from 1995–2002\, she was recognized for raising student achievement. Prior to her position in Salt Lake City School District\, she served as superintendent of the Montebello Unified School District in California. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n Girls Thinking Global (GTG)\, a global community of organizations serving girls and young women by leveraging technology to create a collaborative space that connects best practices\, knowledge\, and expertise.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/roadmap-womens-leadership/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160707T140000
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SUMMARY:Embedding Music in the Early Childhood Inclusion Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Carol Ann Blank\, Board certified music therapist and Manager of Special Needs Services\, Music Together\nSponsored by Music Together \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Arts & Music in Early Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nInclusion is more than bringing all learners to the same early childhood early learning environment. Inclusion means structuring learning experiences with many access points to meet students where they are. Embedding music-making experiences in the inclusion classroom takes many forms and serves different purposes. Classroom management (i.e. transitions and rituals)\, social-emotional learning (i.e. self-regulation and peer relationships)\, and academic skills (i.e. pre-literacy and numeracy) can all be supported through the use of the elements of music: melody\, harmony\, and rhythm. \nThis webinar helps educators find ways to create additional access points into learning through the inclusion of songs and chants throughout the school day. Look at music activities that support social development\, language development\, and physical-motor development for ALL children in the early childhood inclusion classroom\, including special learners or those with challenging behaviors. Gain an understanding of the learning and social benefits of music while gaining some fun musical tools to include special-learners in the classroom experience — not only during music time\, but throughout the day\, as well! \n  \nCarol Ann Blank\, LCAT\, LPC\, MMT\, MT-BC (ABD)\, earned her Master of Music Therapy at Temple University in Philadelphia\, PA and is a doctoral candidate at Drexel University in Philadelphia\, PA. She responsible for developing training\, materials\, and mentoring for Music Together teachers who work with children with special needs and their families. In addition\, Carol Ann coordinates research for Music Together and teaches Music Together classes for children with special needs. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n At Music Together\, we understand the importance of music in early childhood—from birth\, in fact. Because the truth is\, most people are born with enough music aptitude to play in a symphony orchestra when they are adults\, if they choose. But first we must learn how to “speak music”—to take the musical instrument we all have\, ourselves\, developing that musical capacity from a very young age. The sounds we make\, our movements\, our rhythms—these are the building blocks of music and of early childhood learning. And that’s what Music Together is all about.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/embedding-music-early-childhood-inclusion-classroom/
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SUMMARY:Lessons in Character Education: Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Leroy Petry (Afghanistan)
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation\nSponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Lessons of Personal Bravery and Self-Sacrifice community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nMedal of Honor Recipient Leroy Petry told his personal story of service in Afghanistan during this special webinar presented by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOHF). This recorded interview is an exciting learning opportunity for students. \nOn May 26\, 2008\, Petry’s platoon was conducting combat operations against an armed enemy in Paktya\, Afghanistan. Reacting to the need of another assault squad\, he moved to their aid to provide supervision and guidance. Although wounded by a round which went through both of his legs\, Petry still managed to lead a comrade to cover. When a grenade landed just a few feet from them\, Petry risked his life to reach and secure the live grenade and throw it away from his fellow Rangers. As he released the grenade\, it detonated and amputated his right hand. \nDuring this webinar\, Mr. Petry discussed what the Medal of Honor means to him and how it has affected his life\, adding his unique perspective on the values celebrated by the CMOHF Character Development Program. Cathy Metcalf\, Vice President of Education for the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation\, moderated the session. \n  \n Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petry distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy in the vicinity of Paktya Province\, Afghanistan\, on May 26\, 2008. Petry was a Weapons Squad Leader with D Company\, 2nd Battalion\, 75th Ranger Regiment. Staff Sergeant Petry’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service\, and reflect great credit upon himself\, 75th Ranger Regiment\, and the United States Army.  Learn more about Staff Sergeant Petry’s service. \n  \n  \nCathy Ehlers-Metcalf joined the Medal of Honor Character Development Program as Vice President of Education in 2015 after serving as a Regional Curriculum Trainer. Cathy taught college-level writing for over 33 years in Southern California. Cathy’s father was a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. Those experiences gave Cathy a great respect for both the Medal of Honor and a passion for service to our Nation’s Veterans. \n  \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nThe Medal of Honor Character Development Program is a free resource that teaches character through stories of the Medal of Honor recipients. The CDP is a cross-curriculum supplement and complies with National/State Common Core standards. The Medal of Honor Character Development Program incorporates the ideals of courage and selfless service into the middle and high school curriculum to build character and promote responsible citizenship.  The program is FREE and includes 50+ lesson plans supported by over 100 video vignettes of the Medal of Honor Recipients themselves\, as well as videos of hometown heroes selected by the Medal of Honor Recipients as “Citizen Heroes.”
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/interview-medal-honor-recipient-leroy-petry-afghanistan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160629T140000
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SUMMARY:Diverse Strategies for Communication with Dual Language Learners
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Jennifer J. Chen\, Associate Professor of Early Childhood-Family Studies at Kean University\, New Jersey\nSponsored by Gryphon House \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nIf you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Early Learning Book Chats community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nEducating the nation’s rapidly rising child population of dual language learners (DLLs) is as much a challenge as it is an opportunity for improving our practice with them. Many English-speaking young children struggle with learning to communicate effectively. DLLs face a double challenge of learning not only the academics (content/task knowledge and skills)\, but also the social imperatives associated with communication. To be successful in school\, they must navigate the cultural\, linguistic\, academic\, and social terrains. The book\, Connecting Right from the Start: Fostering Effective Communication with Dual Language Learners\, was conceived to offer a wide variety of strategies for fostering effective communication skills in DLLs that are needed to succeed academically and socially now and in the future. It also includes strategies for DLLs with special needs. \nLearning objectives include: \n\nUnderstanding how diverse early childhood settings are\nConnecting theories of second-language acquisition\, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences\, and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory to practice\nApplying effective strategies of assessment of and for DLLs’ learning\nApplying developmentally\, culturally\, and linguistically appropriate strategies to address DLLs’ diverse communication needs\nUnderstanding the importance of and applying effective strategies for building strong school-family-community partnerships\n\nThis recorded webinar is designed to meet the needs of early childhood teachers\, infant through third grade and those educators who work with special needs. \n  \nDr. Jennifer J. Chen is an associate professor of early childhood and family studies at Kean University in New Jersey\, where she was the President of NJ Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. The author of the new book\, Connecting Right from the Start: Fostering Effective Communication with Dual Language Learners\, Dr. Chen has contributed more than 40 other scholarly publications to the field. A Fulbright Scholar in 2013-14 in Hong Kong\, Dr. Chen earned her Ed.D. and Ed.M. from Harvard University. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nGryphon House\, Inc. is an award-winning publisher of early childhood resources for teachers and parents.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/diverse-strategies-communication-dual-language-learners/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160628T120000
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SUMMARY:Effective Transition Planning for Students with ASD
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nina Finkler M.Ed.\, LDT/C\, BCBA\, president of Nina Finkler Autism Services\nSponsored by Monarch Center for Autism\, STAR Autism Support\, and VizZle \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Teaching Students with Autism community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nThe main purpose of IDEA is “to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to … prepare them for further education\, employment and independent living…” In order for the last part to be accomplished\, effective transition planning must occur. \nWhile transition planning is one of the most important parts of a student’s education\, it is often misunderstood and mishandled. IDEA states that transition planning is required to start at age 16\, but the truth is planning and discussion about post-21 should start as early as possible. The earlier the team (school\, parent and student) starts discussing transition\, the earlier the student’s educational program can incorporate instruction. Many skills will require years to introduce\, develop\, master and generalize. Waiting too long may limit what a student can achieve during the years of guaranteed entitlement. \nThe process of transition planning should not fall solely on the school district. Educators can  help parents play an active role in planning as well as providing opportunities for instruction within the home and community. When having the discussion about transition\, there are five critical skill areas that must be considered and included in the Individualized Education Plan (IEP).  These areas are: \n\nCommunication\nSocialization\nBehavior Skills\nIndependence\nLeisure Skills\n\nThis webinar focused on these five critical areas and their importance. Specific strategies for incorporating these skills into the IEP\, classroom\, and home will be discussed. Finally\, discussion about how educators can help parents understand their role in the transition process will occur. \nThis recorded webinar will benefit preschool through high school educators\, CST\, and administrators. \nNina Finkler is the president of Nina Finkler Autism Services\, LLC based in East Windsor\, New Jersey. Ms. Finkler has over twenty years of experience working in the field of autism. Her experience includes extensive practical application of applied behavior analysis\, curriculum development\, professional/parent training\, consultation\, and assessment. Ms. Finkler has presented at both the state and national levels on various topics including effective teaching strategies for students with autism\, behavior management strategies\, and educational assessment. She holds a Master’s degree in Special Education from Rutgers University and is a New Jersey licensed Learning Consultant and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Ms. Finkler is on the advisory board of National Autism Resources. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nMonarch Center for Autism\, a division of Bellefaire JCB\, is located in Cleveland\, Ohio. Monarch offers a comprehensive array of programs and services for individuals ages three through adulthood with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Highlights\, which incorporate Monarch’s visual language treatment model\, include a preschool; day school for children\, adolescents & young adults; transition education program; summer & extended school year programs; therapeutic residential treatment program; adult vocational & supported living programs; and community training. \n \n \nSTAR Autism Support (SAS) provides curriculum materials\, workshops and training to school and agency staff who work with students with autism. Our mission is to help others successfully implement research-based applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques. We want every child with autism to receive effective instruction! \n \n \nVizZle provides a library of more than 14\,000 lessons and the tools and media to customize them or create your own from scratch. The lessons can be tailored to any grade level\, assigned to any student\, and played on iPad or Android tablets\, laptop or desktop computers. Data is tracked automatically. This award-winning software is developed collaboratively with educators.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/effective-transition-planning-students-asd/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160623T150000
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SUMMARY:Expand Your Toolkit: Teaching Strategies for Deeper Math Learning
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Courtney Foreman\, Professional Development Specialist\, DreamBox Learning\nSponsored by DreamBox Learning \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Blended Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nThe road to conceptual understanding in mathematics is difficult. Through this journey\, our students are required to demonstrate this understanding at every step. With the integration of technology in the classroom\, blended learning can support student growth and understanding in math. \nOf course\, preparing students to model math concepts is problematic if teachers are struggling with the concepts themselves. Blended classrooms can provide support for both the learner and teacher. Want to learn how? \nIn this webinar\, Courtney Foreman showed you how to expand your teaching toolkit by exploring new strategies and techniques for introducing traditionally difficult mathematics concepts to your students. Explore tools to promote the following in your blended classroom: \n\nHow to implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem-solving\nHow to use and connect mathematical representations\nHow to build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding\n\nLearn new teaching strategies to support deeper math learning for your students. This webinar will benefit K-8 teachers\, coaches\, math coaches and specialists. \n  \n Courtney Foreman is a Professional Development Specialist at DreamBox Learning. Serving 18 years in Texas public education\, Courtney taught grades K-8. She offers 12 years of experience as an Instructional Mathematics Coach\, implementing curriculum structured around math talk\, conceptual understanding\, and student-centered mathematics. Courtney has facilitated workshops on a national\, regional\, and state level by presenting at the NCTM\, ASCD\, and CAMT conferences. She enjoys working with educators across the nation to reach\, teach\, and engage their math students. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n DreamBox Learning Math offers a groundbreaking combination of intelligent adaptive learning\, rigorous elementary mathematics curriculum\, and motivating learning environment. The innovative DreamBox platform captures every decision a student makes while working in the program and adjusts the student’s learning path appropriately\, providing millions of individualized learning paths\, each one tailored to a student’s unique needs.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/expand-toolkit-teaching-strategies-deeper-math-learning/
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SUMMARY:A Year in the Life of a New Makerspace
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michelle Luhtala\, Head Librarian\, New Canaan High School\, CT \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Emerging Tech community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions.\n \nWhether you’ve had a makerspace for years\, don’t have one yet\, or are just getting started\, this webinar has something for you! The presenter chronicled her experience jump-starting maker culture in her learning community. Funding\, curricular connections\, equipment\, and celebrations\, and challenges were addressed. \nThis webinar\, presented by Michelle Luhtala\, Head Librarian at New Canaan High School (CT)\, will benefit K-12 school librarians\, classroom teachers\, and curriculum leaders. Michelle will field questions from the audience after the presentation. \n  \n \n  \nMichelle Luhtala is the Head Librarian at New Canaan High School in New Canaan\, Connecticut. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award\, the 2010 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY)\, and the Connecticut Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/year-life-new-makerspace/
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SUMMARY:Putting Manipulatives to Work Part 1: Developing Place Value Concepts in K-5 with Rekenreks\, Base Ten Blocks\, and Place Value Chips
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Sara Delano Moore\, educational consultant at SDM Learning\nSponsored by ETA hand2mind \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Building Understanding in Mathematics community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nSchools and teachers often find manipulatives gathering dust in the back of a closet.  Our Summer webinar 2016 series is an opportunity to explore new uses for familiar manipulatives as well as learn about new tools to add to your toolkit. \nIn part one of our three part series\, Dr. Sara Delano Moore shared manipulatives to use to develop understanding of place value in grades K-5.  Learn about building a progression beginning with Rekenreks through base ten blocks to place value chips. \n  \nDr. Sara Delano Moore is an educational consultant at SDM Learning.  Sara focuses on helping teachers and students understand mathematics as a coherent and connected discipline.  An experienced teacher and nationally recognized speaker\, her work emphasizes the power of deep understanding and multiple representations for learning.  Sara’s interests include building conceptual understanding of mathematics to support procedural fluency and applications\, incorporating engaging literature into mathematics & science instruction\, and connecting mathematics to engineering design in meaningful ways. Learn more about her education and experience at sdmlearning.com.  Follow her on Twitter @saradelanomoore. \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n ETA hand2mind believes that educating students is the most important job in the world. Our story is all about the Educators\, Teachers\, Parents and Partners who share our goal of helping children learn and succeed. We believe real success in the classroom happens when students learn by doing. We are excited to welcome you on this professional journey and hope that together we can innovate\, initiate & invigorate teaching conversations around the country.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/putting-manipulatives-work-part-1/
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SUMMARY:Empower\, Enable\, Engage: Create the Learning Environment Your Students Have Always Dreamed Of
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Carol Webb\, Learning Commons Facilitator\, Turner Valley School\, Alberta\, Canada\nSponsored by Nureva \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Fostering Student Collaboration  community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nAre you interested in transforming your learning environment into a vibrant\, student-centered space? Providing students with a safe\, creatively enriched place to pursue project-based learning (PBL) can help them discover and develop a passion for learning that reaches far beyond the classroom walls. By using new game-changing technology to support an innovative approach to experiential learning\, you can better empower and engage students on their own learning journey. \nTopics included: \n\nHow new technology and tools can help you add real-world relevance to student learning\nHow design thinking fosters collaboration and communication\, and can even lead students to discover a lifelong passion\nHow student-led learning makes it easier to develop cross-curricular competencies such as critical thinking\, problem solving\, and information management\nHow teachers at Turner Valley School are taking student-led learning further\, using design thinking and the Reggio Emilia principle of space as the third teacher\n\nLearn concrete ideas of what you can do tomorrow to begin the transformation in your own classroom. \n  \nCarol Webb is learning commons facilitator at Turner Valley School in Turner Valley\, Alberta\, and has been instrumental as an informal leader in rolling out educational transformation to the professional learning community in the Foothills School Division. Carol continues to work to support other learning commons facilitators and teachers in bringing meaningful and innovative experiences to students to enhance learning. Carol brings collaborative experiences from system-wide collaboration that supports the somewhat radical changes required to be successful in a changing learning culture. She recently won the 2016 Trustees Award for Excellence in Supporting Student Success. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nNureva Inc. develops education solutions that foster a joy for learning. The company focuses on delighting customers with simple\, thoughtful hardware\, software and services. A passion for deep customer understanding and a commitment to innovation drive the company’s product roadmap.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/create-learning-environment-students-dream-of/
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SUMMARY:Social Media and Cell Phones – Today’s Tools to Connect with Families This Summer
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lisa Nielsen\, Director of Digital Engagement & Professional Learning\, NYCDOE Division of Instructional and Information Technology\nHosted by Common Sense Education \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Digital Classroom community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nHow can you stay connected with parents and students over the summer? In this webinar\, Lisa Nielsen shared practical step-by-step advice on how to leverage social media in a responsible way. She demonstrated best practices for using these social media platforms to help eliminate the summer educational disconnect: \n\nFacebook\nTwitter\nInstagram\nAnd other platforms!\n\nLearn how to use today’s tools to connect with families this summer. This webinar is designed for K-12 educators. \n  \nLisa Nielsen is The Innovative Educator. She found school boring and irrelevant. That ticked her off so she became a public school educator who works to help change that for others. \nLisa began her career in the 90’s as a librarian\, which was a perfect fit\, enabling her to create a vibrant oasis in Harlem where students could find their passions with support from the community. Since then she has served as a literacy coach\, ed-tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager. Today Lisa is the Director of Digital Engagement & Professional Learning at the NYCDOE Division of Instructional and Information Technology. \nLisa writes for and speaks to audiences across the globe about the future of education but she is best known for her award-winning blog\, The Innovative Educator. Her writing and work are also featured in places such as The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, T.H.E. Journal\, Tech & Learning\, Smartblogs\, ISTE Connects\, Huffington Post\, MindShift\, Leading & Learning\, Answers.com and she is the author the book Teaching Generation Text. Follow Lisa on Twitter @InnovativeEdu. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life. Our K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum and interactive games teach students how to make safe\, smart\, and ethical decisions in the digital world. And our revolutionary educational rating system\, Common Sense Graphite\, helps educators discover\, use\, and share high-quality digital products that propel student learning.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/social-media-cell-phones-connect-families-summer/
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SUMMARY:The Technology Balancing Act: Using Technology to Bring Intentionality and Purpose into the Early Childhood Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kelly Elmore\, Educational Technology Consultant\, Kaplan Early Learning Co.\nSponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Classroom Management for Early Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions.. \nThis webinar addressed four hurdles that make appropriate use of technology in the early childhood classroom difficult for many to embrace. Learn more about these obstacles and issues and then look toward solutions or compromise\, to create meaningful learning experiences for today’s young children. \nThe topics discussed: \n\nScreen time: The elephant in the room. How much is too much and just how do we measure “screen time” today?\nBest Practices: We will discuss ways to bridge the mental gap between best practices in the traditional sense and how that knowledge is the most powerful tool for measuring best technology practices in your classroom.\nDigital Literacy: How do we go about teaching digital literacy when we aren’t even sure that we’ve mastered it ourselves? We’ll address just what this term means and how it can transform how you approach the use of technology in your classroom every day.\nKISS: Keep it Simple for your Students. Let’s face it; money can be a barrier\, or a convenient excuse\, for putting off integrating technology into your classroom. Our final topic will leave you with multiple approaches that can allow technology to be implemented in your classroom with little or no money required.\n\n  \nKelly L. Elmore graduated from Appalachian State University with a BS in Middle Grades Education. She earned her National Board Certification in Language Arts\, Middle Grades while teaching in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System. Her career path led to Kaplan Early Learning Company where she merchandised and developed products for young children for more than a decade. Several years ago\, she discovered her true passion for early childhood learning in her position as Educational Technology Consultant for Kaplan. In this position\, her responsibilities include technology product development\, customer and team training\, and post-sales support. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nKaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/the-technology-balancing-act-using-technology-to-bring-intentionality-and-purpose-into-the-early-childhood-classroom/
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SUMMARY:Leading Your School Culture Shift
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Derek L. McCoy\, Principal\, West Rowan Middle School\nSponsored by Learning Bird \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Leadership 3.0 community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \n“Culture eats strategy for breakfast\, operational excellence for lunch and everything else for dinner.” Quote attributed to Peter Drucker. \nNo matter the innovations\, approaches or changes lead learners devise or create for schools\, one significant fact is ever prevalent – people follow the culture of a school\, not strategies. As we build more creative learning and teaching opportunities\, whether it is instructional strategies or digital resources\, we first have to ensure that we are creating a healthy\, growing school culture centered on student learning and teacher development. This attention to school culture needs to be ongoing and requires planning\, input\, and monitoring from the entire school community. No school initiative can launch or sustain unless a healthy culture is in place to receive and nurture it. \nDerek L. McCoy\, Principal at West Rowan Middle School\, focused on the characteristics of healthy\, innovative cultures and the high impact strategies that lead learner teams can use to build the healthy\, responsive cultures our schools need to help students maximize their learning and growth. \nReflect on these key issues around the culture at your own schools: \n\nDo we have a healthy\, evolving culture?\nAre we maximizing PD?\nWhat role does technology play in school culture?\n\nLearn about the practical\, strategic steps that his school is going through now to build an innovative learning culture focused on student growth and teacher development. This webinar is designed for leaders at all levels – teachers\, assistant principals\, principals and central office personnel. \nDerek McCoy is the principal of West Rowan Middle School in Rowan-Salisbury Schools. He presents and conducts workshops on improving student learning and achievement\, increasing teaching efficacy\, and creating a learning environment that will prepare students for their future. Derek’s approach involves innovative instructional design/best practices and developing and implementing relevant\, student-centered\, and flexible learning practices. He was named as a 2014 Digital Principal of the Year by NASSP and has received recognitions from other groups for his efforts to use social media and technology to help connect learners with best practices and experts\, create impactful collaboration networks and ultimately help grow all schools. Follow Derek on Twitter @mccoyderek. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n Learning Bird provides teachers with the content\, tools and professional development to easily guide each student to success on their own personal learning path. With thousands of lessons that offer multiple approaches on each topic\, teachers can keep students engaged even when they encounter an obstacle. Our lessons are trustworthy\, vetted by real teachers\, and aligned to local curriculum. Learning Bird moves students in grades 6-12 toward better outcomes\, higher graduation rates\, and increased college and career readiness.
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SUMMARY:School Lockdowns:  Ensuring Maximum Security and Code Compliance
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Wm. David Akins\, Director of Product Management\, Securitech Group\, Inc.; with Mark J. Berger\, President and Chief Product Officer\, Securitech Group\, Inc.\nSponsored by SSI Guardian\, LLC a subsidiary of School Specialty\, Inc. \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the School Safety community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nThere are many different solutions and approaches to accomplishing a school lockdown. In this webinar\, these methods were explained and evaluated by how well and how safely they meet the need for instant lockdown security\, while still offering simplicity and speed of use\, accessibility to First Responders\, and operational longevity and reliability that all schools require during normal everyday use. \nSchools are special areas of public assembly that are often difficult to instantly secure in an emergency\, while still maintaining an intrinsically safe and code compliant environment for the building occupants. Understanding how different hardware elements must work together is critical to achieving a safe and secure environment for students\, staff and visitors alike. David Akins and Mark J. Berger\, both with Securitech Group\, Inc.\, removed the mystery surrounding the correct uses of special locking devices and also help you better assess security and life safety conditions in your school and college facility. \nTopics included: \n\n How to recognize and identify the problems presented by different types of door openings in schools.\nHow to use the recommendations of the Homeland Security Primer to Design Safe School Projects to assess their security plans.\nHow to apply the relevance of CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environment Design) principles.\n\nSchool administrators\, district superintendents\, teachers\, facility managers\, security directors\, and building architects will benefit from this webinar. \nDave Akins is the Director of Product Management for Securitech. His background in the door and hardware industry spans over four decades.  In that time\, he has worked as a locksmith\, lock manufacturer\, special-locking product developer\, national sales manager. He is a specialized door hardware consultant.  Dave is active in the New York metro area for the Red Cross\, and he is the District Emergency Coordinator for Nassau County ARES and the president of ARCECS radio. He also is active in Nassau County OEM/RACES emergency radio communications. \n  \n  \nMark Berger is the President of Securitech\, and serves as Chair of the Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association Codes Committee. He is also the Vice-Chair of ASIS School Safety and Security Council\, and he authored the AIA accredited class “Safe School Locking.” Mark holds several patents in the locking field\, and he had participated in the design and development of many innovative solutions\, including the first FEMA 361 approved windstorm shelter locking devices. \n  \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nAbout SSI Guardian\, LLC a subsidiary of School Specialty\, Inc.\nFor more than 56 years\, School Specialty has served the educational community as a leading solutions provider. Through its newest subsidiary\, SSI Guardian\, that service continues in the most important area: school safety. Setting the new industry standard\, SSI Guardian advanced training curriculum is evidenced-based and PhD-authored to meet academic standards and is currently part of an emergency management course taught at Methodist University. This advanced program is customized to meet your school’s specific needs and is delivered in a live interactive setting by some of America’s premier protective security experts whom have protected US Presidents\, high ranking dignitaries and Hollywood mega stars. Through its comprehensive approach\, SSI Guardian offers tier one consulting\, advanced training and product and technology solutions. Our children and our teachers deserve nothing less than the best to achieve the safest school environment possible.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/school-lockdowns-ensuring-maximum-security-code-compliance/
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SUMMARY:The Bebras Challenge: Bringing STEM to Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Daphne Blokhuis\, Organizer and Support of the international Bebras Community \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Coding and Robotics community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nDo you have trouble keeping your students engaged in informatics or computational thinking? Do you find it difficult to involve the youngsters? \nYou are not the only one. All over the world teachers are trying to find new ways to teach kids that informatics and computational thinking is becoming more important in our daily lives and future careers. \nBebras is an international initiative to bring computational thinking to your classroom. It is an online challenge where students solve interactive tasks. The goal is to recognize the children with an aptitude for computational thinking. Bebras is interesting for your entire student population\, not only for the best students. \nBebras delivers four different challenges\, aimed at different age groups. Each challenge consists of 5 easy questions\, 5 medium questions and 5 hard questions. The questions showcase different aspects in the field of computational thinking. \nThe Bebras Challenge:\n• Is a motivational aptitude challenge\n• Requires no prior knowledge\n• Is low time investment for teacher\n• Takes one class hour\n• Runs for two weeks\, so many classes can participate\n• Provides certificates of achievement for all participants \nIn this webinar\, see how easy it is to use this challenge in your curriculum and how it can be a step-up to other computational thinking/coding/informatics subjects. \nTry the practice challenge at: http://challenge.bebraschallenge.org/ \nThis webinar will benefit 5-12 teachers that want to find a way to cover the basics of computational thinking in a fun and motivating way. \n  \nDaphne Blokhuis has majored in Journalism. After her studies she decided that the ICT education sector was a better fit. She uses her knowledge and skills to support Computer Science Education in over 15 countries. \nShe is a member of the core team of the Bebras Challenge in the USA\, has developed many tasks herself\, and is in constant contact with STEM teachers all over the world. Her goal is to reach as many students as possible and challenge them to reach their own potential in the field of computational thinking. \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bebras-challenge-bringing-stem-classroom/
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SUMMARY:What’s New in Space? A Chat with TIME Editor Jeffrey Kluger
DESCRIPTION:Presented by TIME Editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger\, with Melanie Kletter\, Senior Editor\, TIME For Kids\, and Laura Blackburn\, Associate Editor\, TIME For Kids\nSponsored by TIME For Kids & TIME Edge \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Real World Literacy community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nIn this TIME For Kids webinar\, hear from TIME editor Jeffrey Kluger about what is happening in space exploration. Kluger is an editor-at-large at TIME magazine. He is the author of nine books\, and often writes about space and NASA for TIME and time.com. \nDuring his presentation\, Kluger reported on the Year in Space mission\, and NASA’s efforts to send astronauts to Mars in 2030. He will also talk about the Pluto expedition New Horizons\, and NASA’s efforts to explore the outer reaches of space beyond our solar system. In addition\, Kluger also spoke about new spacecraft and rockets being developed by private companies such as SpaceX. \nTFK editors provided background information on the Year in Space mission and other space programs. \nWe hope you and your K–8 students watch this special event! \n  \n Jeffrey Kluger is an Editor at Large at TIME overseeing science and health reporting. He is the co-author\, with astronaut Jim Lovell\, of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13\, which was the basis of the 1995 movie Apollo 13. His other books include Splendid Solution\, published in 2006\, which tells the story of Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine; 2008’s Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and Why Complex Things Can Be Made Simple); and The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us. Kluger\, who is also an attorney\, has taught science journalism at New York University. \n  \n Melanie Kletter\, Senior Editor\, TIME For Kids\, joined TFK in 2013 after teaching for seven years at a public school in Brooklyn\, New York. Melanie taught first and second grade where her classrooms included English Language Learners and students of many abilities. Now Melanie is the editor of the kindergarten and first grade edition of TFK. She loves creating engaging material that is accessible for emerging readers. Melanie also creates teacher’s guides\, writes and edits for other editions of TFK\, and writes and edits for timeforkids.com. She is very interested in early literacy\, and in exploring the different ways in which kids learn to read and write. \n  \n After teaching in public and charter schools in Bronx\, NY\, for four years\, Laura Blackburn came to TIME For Kids in the summer of 2014. At TFK\, she gets to channel her passion for education into creating teaching resources to be used with TFK’s classroom app\, which includes lessons aligned with Common Core State Standards. Laura also edits stories and creates teaching materials for weekly stories on timeforkids.com.\n \n  \n \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING \n  \n  \n TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read. Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about – and it’s the best nonfiction text you’ll find. Our Digital Editions are the perfect supplement to your TIME For Kids print subscription\, and they deliver a host of exciting features to help bring TIME For Kids to life. A powerful teaching tool\, TIME For Kids builds reading and writing skills and is easily integrated across your curriculum\, including social studies\, science and math. \n TIME Edge is a NEW digital literacy resource for grades 6 and up. TIME Edge is browser-based and available on all devices for easy implementation! TIME Edge features in-depth current events articles enhanced with interactive features to support close reading of nonfiction texts. Our original content is updated weekly throughout the school. PLUS! TIME Edge teachers receive access to 90 years of primary source documents from the TIME Vault to extend their lesson plans. Start your 60-day FREE trail!
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/whats-new-space-chat/
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SUMMARY:Designing and Creating Maker Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Beth Holland\, EdTech Teacher and contributor to Education Week\, and Douglas Kiang\, teacher\, author and Apple Distinguished Educator\nSponsored by Nureva \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Fostering Student Collaboration community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nMost educators think robotics\, 3D printing and construction when they envision maker spaces\, so how does this concept fit into the curriculum? By using design thinking as a framework for instruction\, we will explore the possibilities for students to engage in empathy\, seek new problems to solve\, then prototype and test their solutions. When students start to create material for a larger audience\, they ultimately need a way to make their ideas into physical realities. We will look at the pedagogy and the process to help make this happen. \nTopics included: \n\nDiscussion of the pedagogy behind the evolution of maker spaces\nExamples of maker spaces from around the world\nIdeas for how you can bring design thinking and making into any curriculum\n\nYou can also attend one of the EdTech Teacher Summer Workshops taking place in seven cities across the United States to learn from Beth and Douglas in person. Visit ettsummer.org/#Workshops to find out how to get involved. \n  \n \nBeth Holland combines over 17 years of experience in mobile learning\, K–12 education and differentiated instruction to help teachers create innovative learning environments. She blogs regularly for Edutopia and EdTech Researcher at Education Week\, presents nationally and internationally\, and is an authorized Google Education Trainer. Beth holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. In addition to being an EdTech Teacher instructor\, she is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University. \n  \n  \nDouglas Kiang is a dynamic speaker\, teacher and workshop presenter with over 20 years of teaching experience in independent schools at every grade level. He currently teaches computer science and heads the technology resource teachers group at Punahou School in Honolulu\, Hawaii. Douglas holds a master’s degree in technology\, innovation and education from Harvard and is an Apple Distinguished Educator as well as an authorized Google Education Trainer. He is the author of five bestselling game strategy guides\, and his latest book on Minecraft in Education is soon to be published by Peachpit Press. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nNureva Inc. develops education solutions that foster a joy for learning. The company focuses on delighting customers with simple\, thoughtful hardware\, software and services. A passion for deep customer understanding and a commitment to innovation drive the company’s product roadmap.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/designing-creating-maker-spaces/
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SUMMARY:Harness the Power of Music to Enhance Learning
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ellen Acuna and Alex Farkas\, Music Together In-School Services Mentors\nSponsored by Music Together \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Arts & Music in Early Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nMusic can be an incredible and enjoyable tool to use with children of all ages. However\, many early childhood professionals don’t realize that the means to do this are very accessible for any educator regardless of music talent or experience. In this lively webinar\, experience how easy it is to create a musically rich environment that promotes a positive learning atmosphere\, engaging children and enhancing the classroom environment. Learn how simple music activities can support children’s focus\, approaches toward learning\, transitions\, classroom management\, and the daily routine in early learning settings. \n  \nEllen Acuna has eighteen years of experience as an early childhood music and movement specialist working with children birth through age five and their parents and caregivers in a developmentally appropriate and research-based music and movement program. She has a B.A. from West Chester State College (now West Chester University) where she studied Speech Communications. In addition to being a Music Together In-School teaching mentor for other music and movement specialists\, she presents professional development workshops for music specialists and classroom teachers and has presented at national conferences. \n  \nAlexandra Farkas\, M.A.T.\, has many years of experience as an early childhood music and movement specialist\, and holds a New Jersey State Teacher certification for K-12 Music. Alex has served as the general music teacher at a K-8 school and as a private voice teacher. She currently enjoys her work as a Mentor for the In-School Services Department at Music Together\, LLC\, as well as a teacher of Music Together in both school settings and family classes. Alex is a graduate of Westminster Choir College of Rider University where she earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Education and her Master of Arts in Teaching. She is also an active performer and musician and has performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Pierre Boulez\, Kurt Masur\, Lorin Maazel\, and many others. \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \nAt Music Together\, we understand the importance of music in early childhood—from birth\, in fact. Because the truth is\, most people are born with enough music aptitude to play in a symphony orchestra when they are adults\, if they choose. But first we must learn how to “speak music”—to take the musical instrument we all have\, ourselves\, developing that musical capacity from a very young age. The sounds we make\, our movements\, our rhythms—these are the building blocks of music and of early childhood learning. And that’s what Music Together is all about.
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SUMMARY:Honoring Memorial Day with Your Students: A Personal Perspective on an American Holiday
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Cory Etchberger\, Regional Curriculum Trainer – MOH Character Development Program\nSponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\nWithin 24 hours after the live event\, a CE certificate is emailed to live attendees who logged in online with their email address. To get your CE certificate for logging in live by phone\, or for watching the recording\, join the Lessons of Personal Bravery and Self-Sacrifice community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. As a member of the community\, you’ll also have access to additional resources and online discussions. \nAs Memorial Day approaches it is important for us to pause and think about the ultimate sacrifice that many of our service members\, and their families\, have made. Learn more about the true meaning of this American holiday and to find ways to honor the day with your students. This session featured lessons\, activities\, and videos you can use with your students on Memorial Day or any day. \nViewers will: \n\nBetter understand Memorial Day\nLearn about Gold Star Families\nExamine the lives of some of our fallen heroes and how to honor their legacy with students\nDiscover new ways to observe the holiday in and out of the classroom\n\n  \n Cory Etchberger joined the MOH Character Development Program as a Regional Curriculum Trainer in 2015. He has taught science at the middle and high school levels\, and college biology. He is the youngest son of the Air Force’s most recent Medal of Honor recipient\, Chief Master Sergeant Richard Etchberger and also serves as the Academic Director for the Medal of Honor Legacy Program at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge\, PA. Cory contributed to his father’s biography\, At All Costs\, which was published in May 2015. \n  \n  \n  \nWATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING\n  \n The Medal of Honor Character Development Program is a free resource that teaches character through stories of the Medal of Honor recipients. The CDP is a cross-curriculum supplement and complies with National/State Common Core standards. The Medal of Honor Character Development Program incorporates the ideals of courage and selfless service into the middle and high school curriculum to build character and promote responsible citizenship. The program is FREE and includes 50+ lesson plans supported by over 100 video vignettes of the Medal of Honor Recipients themselves\, as well as videos of hometown heroes selected by the Medal of Honor Recipients as “Citizen Heroes.”
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