BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//edWeb - ECPv6.17.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://home.edweb.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for edWeb REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T170000 DTSTAMP:20171107T222200Z CREATED:20171024T143840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171107T222200Z UID:25381-1510070400-1510074000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Get Ready for Hour of Code DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kelly Knight\, STEAM Coordinator\, Riverside Presbyterian Day School\,\nJacksonville\, FL\nSponsored by littleBits Education \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the STEM Learning community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nFrom December 4th to 10th\, educators and students around the world will be participating in the ultra-popular Hour of Code. Designed to demystify coding\, Hour of Code is all about making it easy for educators and students to engage with coding and computer science. \nBut what are the best ways to get started? How can you take Hour of Code to the next level? In this edWebinar Kelly Knight\, STEAM Coordinator at Riverside Presbyterian Day School in Jacksonville\, FL\, shares her tips\, tricks\, and tools for making Hour of Code epic. \nAdministrators\, principals\, teachers\, librarians\, and coaches for grades three to eight will benefit from watching this recorded session. Kelly also shares best practices and answer attendee questions. Join us to learn about different coding platforms\, tools\, and activities that Kelly uses with her students. \n  \nAbout the Presenter \nKelly Knight has worked for two years as the STEAM coordinator at Riverside Presbyterian Day School located in Jacksonville\, FL. She facilitates a dedicated classroom makerspace where students\, grades K-6\, visit once a week to enhance their learning with STEAM-themed projects and challenges. Kelly provides students with access to a variety of tools and multiple forms of technology so that they have the opportunity to develop diverse skill sets. Students learn basic design and engineering principles\, as well as circuitry\, coding\, robotics and most recently\, 3D printing and design. Coding education has been enhanced by learning through technology like littleBits\, as well as Sphero\, KIBO\, MaKey MaKey\, and LEGO WeDo. Students have also used programs like Scratch and its app counterpart ScratchJr to develop coding skills. \nJoin the STEM Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nlittleBits makes technology kits that are fun\, easy-to-use\, and infinitely creative. The kits are composed of electronic building blocks that are color-coded\, magnetic\, and make complex technology simple and fun. Together they’re interchangeable in millions of different ways to empower kids to invent anything – from a sibling alarm\, to a wireless robot\, to a digital instrument. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/stem20171107/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171107-stem-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T160000 DTSTAMP:20171107T211451Z CREATED:20171009T145933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171107T211451Z UID:25178-1510066800-1510070400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:A STEM Bridge of Black Swans DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Eleanor Smalley\, President & CEO\, JASON Learning\nSponsored by Girls Thinking Global and Women’s Education Project \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Girls Thinking Global community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nAs Steve Trevor accidentally discovers the island of Themyscira\, he asks Diana Prince\, “What is this place? Who are you people?” Wonder Woman responds\, “We are a bridge to a greater understanding.” \nSuperheroes have always held an attraction for Dr. Eleanor Smalley\, President & CEO of JASON Learning. In this edWebinar\, she discusess how in a rapidly changing world\, STEM has become much more important as a future design for girls. These rapid changes are called “black swan events.” She also discusses how these events have led a bridge to a greater understanding of the importance of women in leadership and careers in STEM fields. \nDr. Smalley collaborated along with colleagues in Real Women\, Real Leaders\, edited by Kathy Hurley and Priscilla Shumway\, and has a passion for offering the adventure of STEM learning to all children. There will be time for questions after the presentation. Grades 6–10 educators and administrators are invited to watch this recorded session. \nAbout the Presenter  \nDr. Eleanor Smalley is the president and chief executive officer of the JASON Project. Dr. Smalley has returned to the JASON Project after working at the University of Virginia for the Darden Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education\, aligning leadership and business practices between state and district superintendents. While at Darden Curry\, Dr. Smalley served as the senior project director\, working with the Aligned Leadership model\, a Wallace Funded Project\, The Turnaround Program and with School Board Development. Dr. Smalley served 30 years in public schools\, with 12 years as a superintendent. While Superintendent\, she promoted a zero dropout rate\, an accelerated learning model\, a collegiate learning model with James Madison University\, and was recognized by Newsweek as a national leader in The Challenge Index. Her focus on early childhood programs was recognized as a model for the state of Virginia. Dr. Smalley holds a master’s degree and doctorate in education leadership from the University of Virginia. She has served as an adjunct professor for the Curry School of Education for 12 years. She co-authored in 2011 a book along with Dr. Daniel Duke\, entitled District Case Studies and Individual Lessons in Leadership. \nJoin the Girls Thinking Global community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources.\nWatch the Recording \n  \nGirls Thinking Global (GTG) is 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. \n  \n \n  \nWomen’s Education Project (WEP) Centers provide resources for young women from families living on less than $1.50 a day to graduate from college and begin a career. Within this supportive community\, WEP students receive funds for college tuition\, books and transportation\, study in the library and computer lab and attend the I am a Leader program. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/gtg20171107/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171107-gtg-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171107T150000 DTSTAMP:20171107T202252Z CREATED:20171102T212850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171107T202252Z UID:25448-1510063200-1510066800@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:How to Support Early Learners with Challenging Behavior DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Wagner\, National Trainer and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist for the Devereux Center for Resilient Children\nSponsored by Kaplan Early Learning \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Classroom Management for Early Learning community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nOne size does not fit all. When working with young children who use challenging behavior it is important to have a variety of strategies at your fingertips that meet the needs of each unique child. In this edWebinar we will spotlight five resilience-focused and research-based strategies that help to reduce challenging behavior while also building up a child’s strengths. Watch the Devereux Center for Resilient Children’s Lead Trainer and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Rachel Wagner as she brings these strategies to life. You may think you know these strategies\, but Rachel sheds new light on their value. \nViewers will learn: \n\nHow encouragement done correctly and intentionally can promote prosocial behavior and increase a child’s confidence\nA four-step strategy called FLIP IT® that helps children become emotionally aware problem solvers\nHow visual cues can be a powerful way to help children stay on track without your having to lose track\nHow to develop play plans with children who have difficulty getting engaged and who are often “bouncing” all over the room\nA variety of self-soothing tools and how to offer them in ways that truly promote self-regulation\n\nYou will benefit from this recorded session if you are an early care and education professional working with preschool-age children who use challenging behavior. \nAbout the Presenter \nRachel Wagner is a national trainer and early childhood mental health specialist for the Devereux Center for Resilient Children. She is currently responsible for providing training and technical assistance to early childhood programs throughout the nation. Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in clinical sociology from Ithaca College in New York and received her Master’s in Social Work from The University of Albany. Rachel began her career as a preschool teacher for children who were deaf and hard of hearing. Rachel has worked in therapeutic preschool settings as a teacher and therapist. As a mental health coordinator and consultant\, Rachel has extensive experience working with young children who use challenging behavior. Rachel is based in upstate New York where she worked as the coordinator of an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Service. Most recently she has developed FLIP IT\, a strategy to address challenging behaviors and has authored a book on FLIP IT\, called FLIP IT: Transforming Challenging Behavior. \nJoin the Classroom Management for Early Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources.\nWatch the Recording \n Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/classroommanagement20171107/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171102-classroommanagement-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T190000 DTSTAMP:20180411T223815Z CREATED:20170926T162440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180411T223815Z UID:25091-1509991200-1509994800@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:The School District Funding Challenge: How Technology and Optimization Can Help Reduce Costs DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Gabe Soumakian\, Former Superintendent\, League of Innovative Schools\, Oxnard\, CA; Dr. Rick Miller\, Former Superintendent\, Santa Ana Unified School District and Riverside Unified School District\, CA; and Larry Cocco\, Digital Learning Evangelist and Former Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the New Jersey DOE \nWatch the Recording\nListen to the Podcast \nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the webinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Super-Connected community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nIn education\, we are living in an age of emerging trends and technologies\, increasing diversity\, greater accountability\, and reduced budgets. School districts are under intense pressure to meet the learning needs of their students\, the professional development needs of their staff\, and an accelerating pace of change—with limited financial resources. \nAt the same time\, superintendents are grappling with how they will balance their districts’ budgets with the ongoing increase of medical premiums and the massive escalation of pension contributions from both the employer and the employees. There is a sense of urgency to examine cost reduction and cost optimization strategies to offset the medical and pension increases. \nThese looming fiscal challenges make it even more important for school districts to reduce costs and optimize the use of technology and currently available resources. Districts will need to determine how to automate processes and enhance operational efficiency through innovative solutions to offset the rising cost and repurpose the savings toward mission critical projects such as the integration of technology solutions. \nIn this edWebinar\, watch a provocative discussion of these issues with Dr. Gabe Soumakian\, Dr. Rick Miller\, and Larry Cocco\, as they bring their years of expertise in these areas to an exploration of ways school districts can rise to the challenge. This recorded panel discussion will be of particular interest to school superintendents\, but also to any educator involved in school and district funding\, technology\, and optimization. \nAbout the Presenters \nDr. Gabe Soumakian is the retired superintendent\, League of Innovative Schools\, Oxnard\, CA. 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 10 superintendents who were accepted as a Lexington Education Leadership Award (LELA) Fellow in conjunction with EdElements. He has over 35 years of education experience\, including 18 years of high school teaching. \nDr. Rick Miller has served the last 27 years as a school district superintendent. Most recently he has served in the Santa Ana Unified School District and Riverside Unified School District in California. Dr. Miller has taught at the elementary and secondary levels and has been an elementary and high school principal. The focus of his 40-year career as a school administrator has been on school reform and improved student achievement in diverse settings. He has also co-founded a collaborative assistance program for teachers and administrators and concentrated his organizational efforts on building more collaborative structures within our school organizations. Dr. Miller is passionate about student learning and reduction of the learning gap between various student populations. \nHe currently serves on a number of state and national advisory boards including: Consortium On Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE)\, Advisory Board; Latino Film Institute Youth Cinema Project\, Advisory Board; SchoolCNXT\, Advisory Board; Lancer Educational Housing Corporation\, Board of Directors; and National Advisory Council on Cybersecurity. Dr. Miller has been recognized with a number of awards including: Mike Kneale Educational Excellence in Leadership Award; Community Service Award\, Riverside NAACP; Honorary Doctorate of Letters\, California Baptist University; Champion for Justice\, Riverside County Fair Housing Council; and the 2008 Educational Leadership Award\, University Council for Educational Administration\, University of California Santa Barbara. \n Laurence Cocco is a digital learning evangelist\, looking to transform learning strategies through the incorporation of emerging technologies and brain-based learning theory. Formerly the director of the office of educational technology for the New Jersey Department of Education\, he served on the Board of Directors for the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and was recognized in 2014 as the State Leader of the Year. He has been a member of Thirteen/WNET’s Educational Services Advisory Committee since 2006. A proponent of game-based learning\, Laurence co-founded Games4Ed to assist educators who want to incorporate gaming strategies into teaching and learning. Additional experience includes Principal K-12 Technology Consultant at Office Depot\, Media Integration Project Director at Jersey City Public Schools and Senior Audiovisual Designer for Cosentini Information Technologies. Laurence has an M.A. in educational communication & technology from NYU. \nJoin the Super-Connected community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n \n \n \nListen to the Podcast\nWe’re happy to make podcasts available for selected panel discussions and interviews.\nIf you would like a CE certificate for this presentation\, watch the edWebinar recording and take the CE quiz. \nDownload here URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/supers20171106/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171106-supers-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T170000 DTSTAMP:20210409T211643Z CREATED:20171005T175236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T211643Z UID:25149-1509984000-1509987600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:How Video Helps Teach Students DESCRIPTION:Presented by Emily Cleary\, Former Educator and Content Marketing Manager at mysimpleshow\nSponsored by simpleshow video maker \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the How Video Empowers Education community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nLearn how video helps teach K-12 students effectively and efficiently. You will come away with new ways to use video for teaching. In this edWebinar\, Emily Cleary\, former educator and Content Marketing Manager at mysimpleshow\, shares: \n\nHow video aids in teaching students\nWhy video caters to different learning styles\nWays to incorporate videos inside and outside of the classroom\nTips and tricks on the basics of creating an explainer video for teaching and learning\n\nEmily also presents facts\, statistics\, and reasoning on how and why video is a valuable teaching tool as well as how video caters to various learning styles and types of intelligences. Ways to incorporate video into the classroom and your lesson plans—as well as blended learning\, micro-learning\, flipped learning\, and homework—will be discussed. Emily will include tips and tricks on how to create an explainer video using storytelling and memorable visuals. \nEducators\, librarians\, and administrators in any role and teaching any grade level will benefit from this recorded edWebinar. Watch this session to learn the reasoning behind why videos are excellent teaching tools and how to begin using them within education. \nAbout the Presenter \nEmily Cleary is a writer with a background in higher education teaching\, writing tutoring\, and marketing. She is currently the content marketing manager for video creation software mysimpleshow. She holds a Master of Arts degree in sociology and studied business during her undergraduate years. Along with hosting webinars\, Emily writes various types of content online about education and learning\, software and technology\, and all aspects of business. \n  \n  \nJoin the How Video Empowers Education community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nsimpleshow video maker is an online\, DIY video creation tool with specialized options for education and business users. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/video20171106/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171106-video-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T160000 DTSTAMP:20171106T215253Z CREATED:20171012T181607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171106T215253Z UID:25371-1509980400-1509984000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Integrating Media Literacy and Critical Thinking DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Sperry\, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development\, Project Look Sharp\, Ithaca College \nHosted by Common Sense Education and Sponsored by Symantec \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Digital Learning & Leadership community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nHow can you fit media literacy into the curriculum when it is already so packed? How can you use media analysis to teach core content and standards while also teaching critical media literacy skills? \nIn this edWebinar discover how you can help students grapple with these topics in a thoughtful\, honest and civil way that encourages thinking about their own biases. Veteran teacher and media literacy trainer Chris Sperry presents on analyzing classroom models of inquiry-based media analysis to explore pedagogy and practice. He presents classroom-ready strategies and free online resources from Project Look Sharp—applicable to all grade levels and subject areas—for integrating constructivist media decoding activities into your curriculum. \nThis recorded edWebinar is geared towards teachers\, administrators\, and library media specialists at the K-12 level. Learn how to integrate media literacy and critical thinking into your curriculum! \nAbout the Presenter \nChris Sperry is the director of curriculum and staff development for Project Look Sharp\, a media-literacy initiative founded in 1993 at Ithaca College. He has taught secondary social studies and media studies at the Lehman Alternative Community School in Ithaca\, New York\, since 1979. He is the co-author of numerous curriculum kits that integrate media decoding and critical thinking into the curriculum. These include the Media Construction series on war\, presidential campaigns\, the Middle East\, Soviet history\, Africa\, economics\, and global warming. He is the recipient of the 2005 National PTA and Cable Leaders in Learning Award for Media Literacy and the 2008 National Council for the Social Studies James M. Becker Award for Global Understanding. \nJoin the Digital Learning & Leadership community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the 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. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/commonsense20171106/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171106-commonsense-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T150000 DTSTAMP:20171106T200552Z CREATED:20170920T185040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171106T200552Z UID:25048-1509976800-1509980400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Is Listening to Audiobooks Cheating? DESCRIPTION:Presented by Terrie Noland\, National Director\, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally\nSponsored by Learning Ally \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Empowering Struggling Readers community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \n“Audiobooks are cheating.” These are words that we hear so often when it comes to providing struggling readers with the crucial tools they need to access grade level content and curriculum. In this edWebinar\, Terrie Noland\, National Director\, Educator Engagement\, Learning Ally\, debunks popular myths of audiobooks related to academic success. Watch an exploration of these topics: \n\nWhat does cheating really mean?\nWhat are the effects of audiobooks on eye reading?\nWhat is the value that audiobooks bring to a struggling reader?\nHow are audiobooks and academic results connected?\n\nThis recorded session is designed for K-12 principals and administrators\, SPED directors\, teachers and school librarians. Learn how to put an end to the prevailing myths about learning with audiobooks. \n \nAbout the Presenter \nTerrie Noland is the National Director\, Educator Engagement for Learning Ally. She has more than 22 years of experience as both a trainer and developer of content for educators and administrators. Her focus for the past five years has been on the pedagogical practices needed to create effective environments for students with dyslexia. Terrie has trained groups numbering in the thousands helping to build better understanding of working with struggling readers. She is currently pursuing certification as an Academic Language Therapist. \n  \nJoin the Empowering Struggling Readers community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Learning Ally is a leading ed-tech\, nonprofit proven to transform the lives of struggling readers. We provide access to grade-level content to bridge the gap for students with learning differences who can cognitively comprehend the information but read below grade level. Our high-quality\, human-read audiobooks coupled with a suite of teacher resources is a cost effective solution for your school. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/listening-audiobooks-cheating/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171106-readers-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171103T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171103T140000 DTSTAMP:20171103T181837Z CREATED:20170914T172156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171103T181837Z UID:24992-1509714000-1509717600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:It’s SOCIAL Media\, not a Commercial Message DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jacob Hanson\, Managing Director of PR with Panache!; and Lisa Schmucki\, Founder and CEO of edWeb.net\nCo-hosted by edWeb.net and MCH Strategic Data \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Education Marketing Focus community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nSocial media is a powerful channel for forming deeper and broader relationships with your education community—teachers\, administrators\, librarians—any educator\, at any level. It was dubbed “social media” for good reason. These channels are ideal for digital interaction\, sharing\, collaborating\, and so much more. It’s fine to use them for “content marketing\,” but they are not effective when used for commercial messages and as a sales channel. In fact\, you will only alienate the community if you post commercial messages on social media. \nTreat social media\, regardless of the channel\, as if you were looking to engage in a face-to-face conversation and be recognized as a thought leader and expert in your field. What are some of the ways you would start that conversation? Would you walk up to them and simply begin talking about yourself? No. You would look to find common ground\, ways that you can interact with that person in meaningful ways\, ask about their interests\, challenges\, and goals. What if you could learn that information and provide a solution\, maybe in the form of educational content or inspiration that led to earning their trust? What would the result be? A relationship\, a partnership. \nJacob Hanson of PR with Panache!\, and Lisa Schmucki of edWeb.net present how social media is a channel that can make or break your success in the marketplace. Jacob and Lisa will show examples of some of the do’s and don’ts in the social media world. You’ll get great examples of how you can use today’s social media ecosystems to be a thought leader\, strengthen your brand\, generate leads\, and provide ongoing support. \nThis recorded edWebinar will be of particular interest to companies and organizations that use social media to build awareness of their products and services. \n  \nAbout the Presenters \nJacob Hanson\, Managing Director\, PR with Panache!\, has dedicated his career to sales growth\, marketing\, and brand awareness. Jacob brings to PR with Panache! a fierce passion for education and extensive experience in moving high-quality companies and their brands to the forefront of the education marketplace. A skilled communicator with a zest for life\, he has the wherewithal to see the big picture\, connecting the dots between sales\, marketing\, and public relations to create dynamic communication and integrated marketing plans to effectively tell your story. Jacob serves on the Board of Directors for a MN-based STEM non-profit\, High Tech Kids\, whose mission is to deliver fun\, hands-on science\, engineering\, and technology programs and events that inspire Minnesota kids in their formative years. \n \nLisa Schmucki is the founder and CEO of edWeb.net\, an award-winning\, professional learning network that helps educators connect and collaborate to improve teaching and learning—anytime\, anywhere. edWeb provides free professional learning for teachers\, librarians\, and administrators that is sponsored by leading organizations in the education industry. edWeb.net won the 2017 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Professional Learning Solution for Faculty and Administrative Staff and a 2017 EdTech Digest Trendsetter Award. Lisa has 30 years experience in education in marketing\, product management\, and product development with companies including Time Inc.\, Macmillan\, Peterson’s\, Films Media Group\, and Achieve3000. Lisa is a member of the board of the SIIA Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN). \n  \nJoin the Education Marketing Focus to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nIn the competitive education market\, effective public relations takes much more than sending out press releases. PR with Panache! tells your story in a memorable\, meaningful way that demands action. We have the creativity\, insight\, and relationships to ensure your story is told and repeated. PR with Panache! creates innovative storytelling and awareness campaigns backed by dynamic integrated and inbound marketing strategy. We make the right splash in the education market and deliver measurable results for your company. We are award-winning\, Data-Driven Storytellers for the education marketplace. It’s our business to influence decision-makers by telling your story. Let’s craft your next chapter! URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/social-not-commercial/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171103-edfocus-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T170000 DTSTAMP:20171102T211604Z CREATED:20171004T204932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T211604Z UID:25142-1509638400-1509642000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Fostering Student Collaboration Through Coding DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alfonso Mendoza\, Instructional Software Specialist\, Sharyland Independent School District\, Mission\, TX; with Jeff Meyer\, Director of Education\, Learning.com\nSponsored by Learning.com \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Success in a Digital World community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nBy 2020\, it is projected there will be nearly 3.8 million jobs that are computer science related. Yet\, only 25% of K-12 schools offer computer science instruction today. How do we as educators overcome this challenge to prepare our students for these jobs of the future? \nWatch Alfonso Mendoza\, Instructional Software Specialist for the Sharyland Independent School District in Mission\, TX\, to learn how he introduced a comprehensive computational thinking and coding program with his students to foster: \n\nExcitement around computer science education\nCollaboration\, perseverance\, critical thinking\, and creativity\nLanguage acquisition in all levels of ELL students\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is ideal for elementary and middle school educators and administrators\, whether you already have a coding program or are looking to get started. Learn how to foster student collaboration through coding at your school! \nAbout the Presenters \nAlfonso Mendoza is the instructional software specialist at Sharyland ISD in Mission\, Texas\, and has been working in education for 12 years. He has previously had the privilege of teaching both high school and elementary students at Sharyland ISD. He is an advocate for the use of technology in classrooms to enhance student learning in any subject. He is currently leading a district-wide initiative to promote digital literacy through coding. \n  \n  \nJeff Meyer is the director of education for Learning.com and resident product expert for its digital literacy solutions who works to identify best practices for internal and external audiences. Jeff has 34 years of experience working in education as a public school teacher and coach\, district curriculum and technology director and administrator. He is passionate about the need to transform education using data-based\, inquiry-driven approaches and digital resources\, especially with urban students and educators. Prior to his eleven years of service with Learning.com\, Jeff worked in the Austin and Eanes school districts\, Education Service Center\, and University of Texas at Austin\, Texas. \n  \nJoin the Success in a Digital World community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources.\nWatch the Recording \n  \n Learning.com helps students\, teachers\, and schools excel in a digital world. We provide solutions to support educators as they build students’ digital literacy skills and transition to digital content. We work with 1 in 6 districts across the US and serve 5.6 million students across more than 20 countries. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/digitalworld20171102/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171107-digitalworld-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T160000 DTSTAMP:20180723T204654Z CREATED:20170621T205237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180723T204654Z UID:24457-1509634800-1509638400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:How to Support Early Learners with Challenging Behavior DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Wagner\, National Trainer and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist for the Devereux Center for Resilient Children\nSponsored by Kaplan Early Learning \nThis edWebinar was rescheduled.\nYou can view the edWebinar recording here.  \nOne size does not fit all. When working with young children who use challenging behavior it is important to have a variety of strategies at your fingertips that meet the needs of each unique child. In this edWebinar we will spotlight five resilience-focused and research-based strategies that help to reduce challenging behavior while also building up a child’s strengths. Join the Devereux Center for Resilient Children’s Lead Trainer and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Rachel Wagner as she brings these strategies to life. You may think you know these strategies\, but Rachel will shed new light on their value. \nAttendees will learn: \n\nHow encouragement done correctly and intentionally can promote prosocial behavior and increase a child’s confidence\nA four-step strategy called FLIP IT® that helps children become emotionally aware problem solvers\nHow visual cues can be a powerful way to help children stay on track without your having to lose track\nHow to develop play plans with children who have difficulty getting engaged and who are often “bouncing” all over the room\nA variety of self-soothing tools and how to offer them in ways that truly promote self-regulation\n\nThere will be time to ask Rachel your questions after her presentation. You will benefit from this session if you are an early care and education professional working with preschool-age children who use challenging behavior. \nAbout the Presenter \nRachel Wagner is a national trainer and early childhood mental health specialist for the Devereux Center for Resilient Children. She is currently responsible for providing training and technical assistance to early childhood programs throughout the nation. Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in clinical sociology from Ithaca College in New York and received her Master’s in Social Work from The University of Albany. Rachel began her career as a preschool teacher for children who were deaf and hard of hearing. Rachel has worked in therapeutic preschool settings as a teacher and therapist. As a mental health coordinator and consultant\, Rachel has extensive experience working with young children who use challenging behavior. Rachel is based in upstate New York where she worked as the coordinator of an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Service. Most recently she has developed FLIP IT\, a strategy to address challenging behaviors and has authored a book on FLIP IT\, called FLIP IT: Transforming Challenging Behavior. \nJoin the Classroom Management for Early Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \n Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/support-early-learners-challenging-behavior/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171102-classroommanagement-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T170000 DTSTAMP:20171106T184025Z CREATED:20170914T181250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171106T184025Z UID:24997-1509552000-1509555600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Finally\, A Guide to Parent Engagement That Works Every Time! (Encore Presentation) DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sarah M. Rich\, Lead Teacher Champion\, Squiggle Park\nSponsored by Squiggle Park \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Creating a Positive School Climate community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThis is an encore presentation of the edWebinar presented on September 11\, 2017. \nWe all know that parent engagement in their child’s education is key to successful growth\, but consistently engaging parents is at the top of the list of teacher frustration. This year it is time to break down these walls!\nDuring this encore event\, Sarah Rich\, Lead Teacher Champion at Squiggle Park\, shows you how to engage parents (of any background and socio economic level) in creative ways beginning the day your kids enter the classroom. Sarah\, also a trained blended learning expert with expertise in parent engagement\, shares: \n\nWays to hook parents and build the relationship at the start of the school year\nResources to engage parents and update them on their children’s learning throughout the year\nCreative ways to get parents into the classroom and showcase your students’ work\nHow to build challenging concepts to life through videos\nUsing data to enhance your parent conferences\nTips to managing the wide variety of parents you have in your classroom\n\nThe session features many examples and valuable resources you can use now and throughout the school year and years to come. You will come away feeling excited and prepared to make parents a part of your successful school year! This recorded edWebinar will benefit all teachers with a specific focus on early elementary\, librarians\, and administrators as well as reading coaches\, curriculum directors\, and technology directors. \n  \nAbout the Presenter\nSarah Rich was a founding faculty member at Paul Cuffee School in Rhode Island and a teacher of 17 years. She graduated from the Highlander Institute’s Fuse RI Fellowship Program. Sarah coaches teachers and works with administration internationally\, making blended personalized learning available to schools. Sarah uses a flipped learning model with playlists. Her strengths include management in a 21st century classroom\, parent engagement\, and data analysis. She now is lead teacher at Squiggle Park. Follow her on Twitter @edtechSAE. \n  \n Join the Creating a Positive School Climate community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording \n At Squiggle Park\, we take video games seriously. Our bite-sized games are effective in building mastery through practice and play. \nChildren aged 4-7 enter a magical world where books come to life as they demonstrate a combination of reading skill accuracy\, speed and context. As our game progress\, the frequency of skills introduced adapts to the strengths and weaknesses of each child\, reinforcing mastery. \nBuilt for teachers to use in their PreK-2 classrooms or at home to reinforce curriculum through play. It’s simple\, and it works. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/encore-finally-guide-parent-engagement/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20170911-positive-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T190000 DTSTAMP:20170918T182541Z CREATED:20170918T182541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T182541Z UID:25024-1509386400-1509390000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:How We Helped 800 Students Participate in Educational Travel: Proven Tools and Tips DESCRIPTION:Presented by Carrie A. Olson\, PhD\, Researcher and Teacher\, West Leadership Academy\, Denver Public Schools; with Carylann Assante\, CAE\, Executive Director of SYTA and the SYTA Youth Foundation\nSponsored by SYTA – The Student & Youth Travel Association \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording or listen to the podcast and would like a CE certificate\, join the Teach & Travel community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nIn this edWebinar\, learn how to set up a structure for fundraising to support your students who want to travel\, regardless of their family income. Carrie A. Olson\, PhD researcher and teacher gives a presentation of the fundraising techniques she used to make it possible for over 800 students from a low-income neighborhood to take part in educational travel. She shares the structure she used to successfully raise the money needed for educational travel\, including her fundraising handbook template\, which you can adapt for a program at your own school. \nViewers will come away from this session equipped with: \n\nAn understanding of how and why you need a structure and a philosophy for an effective fundraising program for educational travel\nIdeas for applying these ideas to your own school and community\nThe benefits and drawbacks of creating your own 501(c)3 nonprofit for student travel programs\n\nAfter Dr. Olson’s presentation\, Carylann Assante\, CAE\, Executive Director of SYTA and the SYTA Youth Foundation\, shares information on scholarship opportunities for providing access to travel experiences to young people that would not be possible otherwise due to family hardship or budget cuts in school systems. \nThis edWebinar is designed for teachers\, administrators\, and guidance counselors working with teenage students\, however\, anyone in a position to travel with students or anyone who supports educational travel is invited to attend. Watch for expert advice and inspiration for becoming successful in fundraising for meaningful travel experiences for your students! \nAbout the Presenters \nCarrie A. Olson\, PhD\, teaches grades 6-12 at West Leadership Academy in Denver Public Schools where she has taught since 1985. She teaches social studies in Spanish and English classes to recent immigrants and an AP seminar class. Her PhD is in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from the University of Denver. She received her BA from Wartburg College and her master’s in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in language\, literacy\, and culture from the University of Colorado at Denver. Dr. Olson is a National Board Certified Teacher since 1999. She is also a Museum Teacher Fellow for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She has traveled with over 800 students to Washington\, DC since 1993 and to Europe since 2003\, and is passionate about providing equity in educational travel for students. \nA seasoned tourism and association executive with more than 30 years of experience in the industry\, Carylann Assante\, CAE serves as the Executive Director of the Student & Youth Travel Association\, the international association that promotes student and youth travel worldwide. Carylann is also the Executive Director of the SYTA Youth Foundation\, the philanthropic arm that provides scholarships and education experiences for students and youth who are unable to travel due to financial and personal hardship. \n  \n  \nJoin the Teach & Travel community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n SYTA is the non-profit\, professional trade association that promotes student & youth travel and seeks to foster integrity and professionalism among student and youth travel service providers. SYTA is “The Voice of Student and Youth Travel.® URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/helped-students-participate-educational-travel/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171030-travel-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T180000 DTSTAMP:20170912T195514Z CREATED:20170912T195514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170912T195514Z UID:24972-1509037200-1509040800@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Tapping Research to Personalize Early Elementary Math Learning DESCRIPTION:Presented by Vic Vuchic\, Chief Innovation Officer\, Digital Promise Global; and David C. Geary\, Ph.D.\, Curators’ Distinguished Professor\, Department of Psychological Sciences\, University of Missouri\nHosted by Susanne Nobles\, Partnerships Director\, Learner Positioning Systems\, Digital Promise Global\nSponsored by Digital Promise \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Personalized Learning for All community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nLearner diversity in classrooms has grown tremendously over the past 30 to 40 years\, however\, our education system has been slow to support millions of students who are bright\, capable\, and eager to learn\, but are held back by traditional pathways designed for the mythical “average.” To meet this challenge\, Digital Promise Global has developed the Learner Positioning SystemsTM (LPS) project. Steeped in learning science research\, LPS helps educators and product developers understand how learners vary and provides instructional and product design strategies to support the full diversity of learners. \nIn this edWebinar to explore how learning science research in the area of early math instruction can help us better support all learners to develop the knowledge and skills they need to achieve success in math. This recorded session will be of interest to teachers (especially elementary and math teachers)\, administrators\, instructional technology coordinators\, curriculum coordinators\, and edtech developers and entrepreneurs. \nAbout the Presenters \nVic Vuchic\, Chief Innovation Officer\, Digital Promise\, is a seasoned thought leader in education technology and philanthropy. He is an expert in learning science\, innovation\, and scaling what works and has launched game-changing initiatives that have increased access to education and improved learning for tens of millions of learners in the Americas\, Europe\, Asia and Africa. Prior to Digital Promise Global\, Vic consulted with a number of foundations and organizations on education technology\, innovation and philanthropy. Prior to consulting\, Vic developed strategies and managed over $100 million in technology-focused grants at the Hewlett Foundation to launch and grow the Open Educational Resources movement and create and advance the Deeper Learning strategy. \nDavid C. Geary\, Ph.D.\, is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri. He has wide ranging interests\, but his primary areas of research are children’s mathematical cognition and learning and Darwin’s sexual selection as largely but not solely related to human sex differences. The former includes directing several longitudinal studies of children’s mathematical development from preschool to ninth grade\, with a focus on identifying the core deficits underlying learning disabilities and persistent low achievement in mathematics. He served on the President’s National Mathematics Advisory Panel from 2006-2008 and chaired the learning processes task group. He was appointed by President Bush to the National Board of Advisors for the Institute of Educational Sciences\, U.S. Department of Education\, and served from 2007 to 2010. He is currently co-editing a 5 volume series on mathematical cognition and learning\, and one of his five sole-authored books is Children’s Mathematical Development\, published by the American Psychological Association. \nAbout the Host \nSusanne Nobles is the partnerships director\, learner positioning systems at Digital Promise Global. Her focus at Digital Promise Global (DPG) is identifying and communicating the best learning and instructional strategies for learners of all ages and all learning differences. She manages DPG’s Learner Positioning Systems’ partnerships with product developers\, recommending integration of personalized learning research and collaborating with them to solve instructional design challenges and define development roadmaps. She also manages the instructional strategies research for each learner model. Prior to coming to Digital Promise Global\, Susanne was a teacher and administrator for 20 years\, leading and advising 1:1 programs at middle\, secondary\, and collegiate levels\, as well as teaching English and advising yearbook staffs. \nJoin the Personalized Learning for All community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nDigital Promise was created with the mission to accelerate innovation in education to improve opportunities to learn. \nThe third installment in Digital Promise Global’s Making Learning Personal For All series\, “Supporting Research-Based Personalization for Reading Success\,” provides an overview of the learning science research behind learning to read. As a supplement to the research summaries presented on the LPS website\, this report details each area of LPS’s K-3 Reading research and provides links to full annotated bibliographies for each Factor. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/personalize-early-elementary-math-learning/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171026-personalizedlearning-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T160000 DTSTAMP:20170919T160431Z CREATED:20170919T160431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170919T160431Z UID:25028-1509030000-1509033600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Dyslexia: Applying New Research to Our School Practices DESCRIPTION:Presented by Susan E. Miller\, M.A.\, LDT-C\, Assistant Director of the Robinowitz Education Center\nSponsored by Learning Ally \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Empowering Struggling Readers community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThis edWebinar presentS the latest research findings by Dr. Nadine Gaab and Dr. John Gabrieli on the importance of identifying students with dyslexia across all grades. The research findings should inform administrator and educator decisions regarding best practices on how to identify\, remediate and accommodate these students. \nSusan E. Miller\, M.A.\, LDT-C\, Assistant Director of the Robinowitz Education Center\, leadS this session on applying the latest research on supporting students with dyslexia. Topics include: \n\nWhy\, when\, and how best to screen for dyslexia\nWhat activities to include when planning appropriate\, meaningful interventions for students presenting the characteristics of dyslexia\nHow to put the latest research on students with dyslexia into action\n\nAll K-12 administrators\, educators\, special education staff\, and librarians are invited to watch this recorded session. \nAbout the Presenter \nSusan E. Miller is a New Jersey licensed learning disability consultant who has worked in the field of dyslexia for 25 years. She is a certified Wilson Reading instructor and presenter for Wilson Language\, a certified mentor for Dibels-Next and Dibels Math\, and a certified regional trainer for LETRS. Susan is a long-time member of the International Dyslexia Association and has served on the board of the New Jersey branch of IDA. She has worked for the Newgrange organization for 10 years and is the assistant director of the Robinowitz Education Center. \n  \nJoin the Empowering Struggling Readers community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Learning Ally is a leading ed-tech\, nonprofit proven to transform the lives of struggling readers. We provide access to grade-level content to bridge the gap for students with learning differences who can cognitively comprehend the information but read below grade level. Our high-quality\, human-read audiobooks coupled with a suite of teacher resources is a cost effective solution for your school. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/dyslexia-applying-new-research-school-practices/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171026-readers-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T150000 DTSTAMP:20170724T202738Z CREATED:20170724T202738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170724T202738Z UID:24621-1509026400-1509030000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Teaching Practices to Support Learning through Play in Your Preschool Program DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kristen Kemple\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Early Childhood Studies\, University of Florida\nSponsored by Gryphon House \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Early Learning Book Chats community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nDo you find yourself struggling to justify the importance of play in your preschool program? Do you wonder how to explain the contributions of play to children’s learning and development? Would you like to develop your own skills for making the most of play’s potential? \nIn this edWebinar\, Kristen Kemple\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida\, provides an overview of the nature of play\, and an introduction to how play contributes to children’s learning in the areas of language\, literacy\, self-regulation\, mathematical thinking\, scientific reasoning\, creativity\, socio-emotional development\, and physical growth and well-being. To make the most of children’s play\, we can do so much more than simply provide the time and the space for play. After a general overview of teachers’ various roles in supporting play\, the presentation zooms in on a few selected specific skills that preschool teachers can develop and use to optimize the learning power of children’s play\, while still allowing it to be play! \nWatch this presentation to learn how to: \n\nExplain what play is and what it is not\nIdentify at least two contributions of play to children’s learning\, development and well-being\nDescribe at least two play-support skills you can use to support children’s learning and development through play\n\nLearn how to optimize children’s play to support learning goals. All preschool educators and administrators are invited to this recorded session.\n\nAbout the Presenter \nKristen Kemple\, Ph.D.\, is a professor of early childhood studies\, and a member of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. She received her Ph.D. in child development and family relationships from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. As a former preschool teacher in a variety of settings including Head Start\, she is committed to combining her “real world” experience and her scholarship to provide relevant research-to-practice support for early childhood educators. Dr. Kemple is the author of Planning for PLAY: Strategies for Guiding Preschool Learning. Her research and writing focus on the role of play in early childhood education\, social and emotional learning in early childhood\, and early childhood teacher education. \nJoin the Early Learning Book Chats community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Gryphon House\, Inc. is an award-winning publisher of early childhood resources for teachers and parents. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/teaching-practices-support-learning-play/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171026-bookchats-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T140000 DTSTAMP:20180411T223606Z CREATED:20170928T174019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180411T223606Z UID:25108-1509022800-1509026400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Character Education: Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Simanek (Korean War) DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation\nSponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation \nWatch the Recording\nListen to the Podcast \nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join The Medal of Honor Character Development Program community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nPlan for your class to watch the on-demand recording with Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Simanek. In August of 1952\, while accompanying a patrol en route to occupy a combat outpost forward of friendly lines\, Pfc. Simanek exhibited a high degree of courage and a resolute spirit of self-sacrifice in protecting the lives of his fellow marines. Determined to save his comrades when a hostile grenade was hurled into their midst\, he unhesitatingly threw himself on the deadly missile\, shielding his fellow marines from serious injury or death. \nThis edWebinar\, presented by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation\, is an inspiring learning opportunity for middle and high school students to connect directly with an American hero. Interviews with Medal of Honor Recipients are part of the Medal of Honor Character Development Program\, a free program that helps students build character and promotes responsible citizenship through a deeper understanding of stories of courage and sacrifice. Before the edWebinar\, we encourage teachers to review Simanek’s story with their class. \nStudent must view the program with their teacher. Click on the links to the recording if you would like to show it to your class at another time. \nMedal of Honor Recipient Robert Simanek Citation \nFor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company F\, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While accompanying a patrol en route to occupy a combat outpost forward of friendly lines\, Pfc. Simanek exhibited a high degree of courage and a resolute spirit of self-sacrifice in protecting the lives of his fellow marines. With his unit ambushed by an intense concentration of enemy mortar and small-arms fire\, and suffering heavy casualties\, he was forced to seek cover with the remaining members of the patrol in a nearby trench line. Determined to save his comrades when a hostile grenade was hurled into their midst\, he unhesitatingly threw himself on the deadly missile absorbing the shattering violence of the exploding charge in his body and shielding his fellow marines from serious injury or death. Gravely wounded as a result of his heroic action\, Pfc. Simanek\, by his daring initiative and great personal valor in the face of almost certain death\, served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. \nHost and Interviewer \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  \nJoin The Medal of Honor Character Development Program community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\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.” \n \n \n \nListen to the Podcast\nWe’re happy to make podcasts available for selected panel discussions and interviews.\nIf you would like a CE certificate for this presentation\, watch the edWebinar recording and take the CE quiz. \nDownload here URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/cmoh20171026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171026-cmoh-event-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171025T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171025T180000 DTSTAMP:20180301T222044Z CREATED:20170922T151008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180301T222044Z UID:25066-1508950800-1508954400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Empowering Readers with Tech Tools DESCRIPTION:Presented by Katherine Bush\, Fourth Grade Teacher\, Maury County Public Schools\, TN\nSponsored by myON \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Building a Community of Readers community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nWhen teaching elementary schoolers\, it’s important to make your lessons engaging and relevant for them. But it’s also important that the tech you use for this purpose feels essential to you and your goals. Don’t settle for what’s available. Think outside the box and go try something new! \nIn this edWebinar\, Katherine Bush\, 10-year veteran and fourth grade teacher in Maury County Public Schools\, shares how she adapted existing reading practices and gave them a modern “makeover” leveraging technology to engage all students. Katherine’s presentation provides many valuable tips for you to use with your own students\, including: \n\nExamples of reading tech tools she uses in her classroom\nHow she has integrated these tools into her lesson plans\nHow she aligned the tools to standards while driving student achievement\n\nAll educators looking for ways to integrate technology into their reading will benefit from the real-world experience from this veteran teacher. Learn how to empower the readers in your classroom with tech tools! \nAbout the Presenter \nKatherine Bush is a 10-year veteran teacher at Maury County Public Schools in Tennessee and a proud alumna of MCPS and a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University. She was offered her first teaching position in 2009 in MCPS at J.E. Woodard Elementary\, and has been there ever since. She teachers fourth grade and is the elementary cross country coach\, Knowledge Bowl coach\, ambassador for Seesaw\, STEM camp leader\, and a DIPLOMA teacher. Her passion and creativity has led her to develop innovative approaches and lessons to engage students’ attention. She enjoys learning\, searching\, collaborating\, and sharing ideas that prepare kids for their futures and loves finding ways to let her students create\, communicate\, and think for themselves. She also enjoys collaborating with other educators to break outside the box. \nJoin the Building a Community of Readers community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nmyON is a student-centered\, personalized literacy platform that offers unlimited access to thousands of enhanced digital books. Titles are dynamically matched to each individual student’s interests\, grade and Lexile® reading level. Literacy tools and embedded supports foster engagement and achievement. Teachers can assign reading\, writing and robust projects to support curriculum and differentiate instruction 3/4 and monitor student progress 3/4 within the myON platform. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/readingk820171025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171025-readingk8-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171025T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171025T170000 DTSTAMP:20170918T165632Z CREATED:20170918T165632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T165632Z UID:25022-1508947200-1508950800@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Developing Fact Fluency with Understanding: Addition and Subtraction DESCRIPTION:Presented by James Burnett\, President and Senior Author\, ORIGO Education\nSponsored by ORIGO Education \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Mathematics for Young Learners community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nFluency is more than memorization of isolated facts. Students need to see connections between facts. They need visual models to help form a “mind picture” that connects to a thinking strategy. In this edWebinar\, James Burnett\, President and Senior Author at ORIGO Education\, demonstrates easy-to-make visual aids and games that help students to master the three basic fact strategies for addition (Count On\, Use Doubles\, and Make 10) and one strategy for subtraction (Think Addition) as described in contemporary standards that are used across the country. \nIn this recorded session\, James will: \n\nDemonstrate the use of powerful models that give students a visual picture of thinking strategies for addition and subtraction as described in contemporary standards\nShow various games for reinforcing and practicing number fact skills\nIllustrate how basic fact strategies can be extended and applied to numbers beyond the number fact range\n\nEarly childhood through primary grade teachers and administrators\, including math supervisors\, math curriculum directors\, special education professionals\, and math interventionists are invited to watch this recorded edWebinar. Learn new math strategies for addition and subtraction to support your students! \nAbout the Presenter \nJames Burnett is the president\, co-founder and senior author at ORIGO Education. He started the company because he is passionate about education and is continually striving to improve the way mathematics is taught. Over the past two decades\, he has authored and co-authored more than 300 mathematics resources for teachers and students ages 5 to 12 and regularly presents to audiences across Australia and North America. As President\, James aims to lift the profile of mathematics through dynamic professional learning and the development of quality print and innovative digital resources for the classroom. These achievements were recently recognized by winning the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in his home state of Australia. \nJoin the Mathematics for Young Learners community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nORIGO Education is dedicated to making learning meaningful\, enjoyable and accessible for all students with Pre-K to Grade 6 print and digital instructional materials\, as well as professional learning for mathematics. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/developing-fact-fluency-addition-subtraction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171025-mathlearners-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171024T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171024T180000 DTSTAMP:20241204T201515Z CREATED:20170724T175817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T201515Z UID:24616-1508864400-1508868000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Classroom Management Tips for New Teachers DESCRIPTION:Presented by Shannon Holden\, Assistant Principal\, Republic Middle School\, MO \nThe recording is no longer available. \nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the New Teacher Help community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nTeachers are presented with a challenge each year: how do you balance being strict enough to command respect with being personable enough to build positive relationships with students? Veteran teacher and administrator Shannon Holden shows novice teachers how to establish themselves as the authority figure in the classroom. \nAbout the Presenter \nShannon Holden has been a high school and middle school teacher and administrator in Texas and Missouri for 20 years.  Shannon built a website\, www.newteacherhelp.com to help reduce the 50% five-year attrition rate for new teachers in the educational profession. Shannon speaks to college students\, teachers\, and administrators across the Midwest about classroom management\, maintaining positive relationships with parents\, instructional strategies that engage students\, and implementing technology in the classroom. He is the host of the New Teacher Help and TechTools for the Classroom communities on edWeb.net. Follow him on Twitter @newteacherhelp. \nJoin the New Teacher Help community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/classroom-management-tips-new-teachers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171024-newteacherhelp-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T170000 DTSTAMP:20170919T174430Z CREATED:20170919T174430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170919T174430Z UID:25031-1508428800-1508432400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Arts Integration Meets Diverse Learners’ Needs DESCRIPTION:Presented by Cheri Sterman\, Crayola Education Director; and Bobby Riley\, Principal of Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington\, VT\nSponsored by Crayola \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Champion Creativity community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nArts integration is a highly engaging teaching approach that meets the needs of diverse learners. Embracing diversity is an important way to honor the broad range of dialects\, languages\, experiences\, and cultural backgrounds that students bring to school. Art is a universal language that helps students who are struggling with complex concepts\, learning English\, or experiencing trauma. Art also helps to reduce language barriers and draw families into welcoming learning communities. In this edWebinar\, Crayola Education Director Cheri Sterman and Bobby Riley\, Principal of Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington\, VT\, discuss how art makes thinking visible\, thus giving teachers a window on what students are thinking and feeling. This recorded edWebinar will benefit elementary principals\, art educators\, elementary classroom teachers\, and district administrators. \nAbout the Presenters\nCheri Sterman\, Director of Education for Crayola\, helps ignite educators’ creative confidence and establish creative collaborations within schools and communities. She leverages insights from having worked with educators across the country\, hearing their passion for innovative teaching strategies that awaken students’ voices. Her approach is to ask essential questions\, spark personal epiphanies through hands-on experiences that make thinking visible\, and provide reflective prompts. Cheri knows that the best solutions live within educators\, and so coaches them in planning their own next steps. Cheri uses an iterative process that helps educators create\, present\, respond\, and connect—making their voices visible. She authored the Art Builds 21st Century Learning series available on Crayola.com and articles in the annual Champion Creatively Alive Children: Principal magazine\, helping schools build creative capacity and engage families in this process. \nBobby Riley\, Principal at Integrated Arts Academy\, is the 2016 National Distinguished Principal from Vermont. A visionary educational leader\, his passion for integrating the arts across the curriculum brought him to his school’s creative\, collaborative community over a decade ago. Leading an arts-integration school is a natural fit for this creative educator\, who plays a half-dozen musical instruments. Bobby’s school is often a refugee family’s first experience with our country’s public institutions. He embraces the diverse talents and cultures the families bring. \n  \n  \nJoin the Champion Creativity community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n \n  \nArt-infused education builds 21st Century skills. Crayola helps parents and educators raise creatively alive children. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/arts-integration-meets-diverse-learners-needs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171019-creativity-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T160000 DTSTAMP:20170921T195205Z CREATED:20170921T195205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T195205Z UID:25057-1508425200-1508428800@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Overcome Social Media Barriers to Create a District-Wide Movement DESCRIPTION:Presented by Greg Turchetta\, Executive Director of Communications and Community Engagement at Collier County Public Schools in Naples\, FL\nSponsored by Blackboard \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Family Engagement & Community Outreach in K-12 community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nWhether you are a PR shop of 1 or 100\, you need an army of social media content creators to help tell your district’s success stories. In this edWebinar\, Greg Turchetta\, Executive Director of Communications and Community Engagement at Florida’s Collier County Public Schools\, shares how to create\, implement\, and run a district-wide social media effort by creating a coalition of “tweetchers” in the classroom. \nDuring this edWebinar\, learn how to incorporate Twitter and Facebook into your communications strategy\, along with tips that can help you: \n\nIntroduce and roll out social media to your schools\nOvercome the fears of content creation\, student privacy\, and technology\nGain parent and community followers\nMeasure success and establish goals for the future\n\nLearn how to overcome social media barriers and start getting the word out about success stories at your district or school! K-12 communications leaders\, public relations leaders\, superintendents\, and building administrators are invited to watch this recorded session. \nAbout the Presenter \nGreg Turchetta is the executive director of communications and community engagement for Collier County Public Schools in Naples\, FL. Greg and his team are responsible for district-wide communication with 45\,000 students\, parents\, and 7\,500 employees. He uses his extensive media management background to counsel schools on effective communications strategies\, media and crisis management. Greg led Collier County’s “One #tweetcher at a time” social media initiative that earned his district both the 2017 Gold Medallion Award for National School Communications\, sponsored by the National Public Relations Association\, and the 2017 Blackboard Catalyst Award for Community Engagement. \nJoin the Family Engagement & Community Outreach in K-12 community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n At Blackboard\, we’re shaping the future of education with big ideas that are transforming the face of education. Every day we’re helping millions of people around the world find new ways to learn\, connect and advance. With innovative technologies and solutions we’re bringing them closer to the knowledge they seek and the potential they can achieve. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/engagement20171019/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171019-engagement-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171019T150000 DTSTAMP:20170907T135019Z CREATED:20170907T135019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170907T135019Z UID:24937-1508421600-1508425200@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Designing Your Primary Classroom to Support Learning DESCRIPTION:Presented by Pamela Evanshen\, EdD; with Janet Faulk\, EdD\nSponsored by Kaplan Early Learning \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Classroom Management for Early Learning community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThis recorded edWebinar will help you design a more effective primary classroom environment to better support teaching and learning. Dr. Pamela Evanshen and Dr. Janet Faulk begin with a review of the philosophy and theory related to developmentally appropriate practice for young learners in the primary grades. They then explore the components of an environment that support these six types of learning: \n\nMeaningful Learning\, which occurs in a brain-compatible classroom environment which is safe\, healthy and welcoming for the learner\nSocial Learning\, which promotes positive learning interactions through room arrangement and furniture design\nPurposeful Learning\, which facilitates discovery\, active engagement and learning through allocation of defined areas in the classroom (e.g. learning centers and stations)\, student space and teacher space\nResponsible Learning\, which encourages and sustains engagement in learning through multiple and accessible tools and materials\nContinuous Learning\, which supports the content and process of learning through visible and authentic peripherals and artifacts which represent and document the current learning topics\nInquiry-based Learning\, which fosters active student engagement\, higher-order thinking\, reflection and application of skills\n\nPhotographic examples of how to design a primary learning environment to engage children in active learning are shared throughout the session. This recorded event is designed for kindergarten through third grade teachers and administrators. \nAbout the Presenters \nDr. Pamela Evanshen holds a Doctorate of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and is currently Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City\, TN. Dr. Evanshen has published books and articles and presents at conferences nationally and internationally. She has been a teacher and administrator in early childhood and special education in public schools for 16 years prior to moving into higher education at ETSU. \n  \n \nDr. Janet Faulk has been a teacher at the preschool\, elementary\, middle school and college levels in both public and private institutions and has worked as an educational diagnostician with students in grades preK-12. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Dr. Faulk has authored books and articles focused on developing learning environments for young children. \n  \n  \n  \nJoin the Classroom Management for Early Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/designing-primary-classroom-support-learning/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171019-classroommanagement-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T180000 DTSTAMP:20170725T195133Z CREATED:20170725T195133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170725T195133Z UID:24635-1508346000-1508349600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:News Literacy as a Vehicle for Reading Skills Instruction DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michelle Luhtala\, Library Department Chair\, New Canaan High School\, CT; and Jacquelyn Whiting\, Library Media Specialist\, Wilton High School\, CT\, Google Certified Educator Level 2\, and Google Certified Innovator\nSponsored by Mackin Educational Resources \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Emerging Tech community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nNews literacy is a hot topic in the national media\, not just in education. The lexicon is changing. Popular news outlets now routinely use phrases such as “different narrative\,” “right version\,” “fake news\,” “alternative facts\,” and “wrong information” to describe one another’s reporting. Six in ten Americans get their news from social media\, and according to UNESCO’s Five Laws of Media and Information Literacy\, that is not a bad thing so long as news consumers are equipped to read intelligently: with skepticism and empathy. In this edWebinar\, Michelle Luhtala\, Library Department Chair at New Canaan (CT) High School and Jackie Whiting\, Library Media Specialist at Wilton High School\, CT\, share close reading exercises and activities for learners in grades 6-12. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nMichelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.\n  \n  \n \nJacquelyn Whiting is a veteran educator with 25 years of experience as both a high school social studies teacher and a library media specialist. She is a Level 2 Certified Google Educator and Certified Google Innovator. She currently works as a library media specialist in the library learning commons at Wilton High School in CT. You can follow Jacquelyn on Twitter @MsJWhiting. \n  \n  \n  \nJoin the Emerging Tech community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Mackin is one of the top providers of library and classroom materials for grades PK-12. Working with over 18\,000 publishers and a database of nearly 3 million printed titles\, and more than 1.9 million digital titles\, Mackin supplies print books\, eBooks\, online educational databases\, audiobooks and video resources to schools around the globe. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/news-literacy-vehicle-reading-skills-instruction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171018-emergingtech-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T170000 DTSTAMP:20170921T205228Z CREATED:20170921T205228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T205228Z UID:25060-1508342400-1508346000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Bober\, Librarian at RM Captain Elementary School in Clayton\, MO\nSponsored by Libraries Unlimited and ABC-CLIO \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the SLC @ the Forefront community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThere is a wealth of information in historical newspapers\, but it can be challenging for students to find and access the information on the page. This edWebinar explores how students can find content in historical newspapers related to topics of study and how close reading and other historical analysis approaches can assist students in coming to an understanding of the text’s meaning in the newspaper and of the historical event being written about. \nTom Bober\, Librarian at RM Captain Elementary School in Clayton\, MO\, focuses his presentation around historical newspapers from the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America and the Google Newspaper Archive. He will share: \n\nUnique search techniques for each source to find articles as well as information on the newspapers themselves\nClose reading strategies to use with historical newspapers\nSourcing\, contextualizing\, and corroborating to make meaning of the event or individual being explored through historical newspapers\n\nMultiple elements within a newspaper\, including news stories\, headlines\, news leads\, advertisements\, comic strips\, and editorials\, will be part of the session. Upper elementary through high school educators\, librarians\, instructional coaches and coordinators are invited to watch this recorded session. Learn how to use close reading with historical newspapers to make meaning from the past for your students! \nAbout the Presenter \nTom Bober is an elementary librarian at RM Captain Elementary in Clayton\, Missouri\, a former teacher in residence at the Library of Congress\, and a Digital Public Library of America community rep. He has written about the use of primary sources in classrooms in School Library Connection\, Social Education magazine\, Library of Congress Magazine\, the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog\, and AASL’s Knowledge Quest blog. Tom also presents at regional and national conferences\, runs workshops\, and has developed and presented webinars for the Library of Congress and ABC Clio on a variety of strategies and topics for students’ use of primary sources in the classroom and is a Teaching with Primary Sources Regional Grant recipient. His foundation is built on over 20 years in public education\, with six years as an elementary classroom teacher\, seven years as a building and district instructional technology specialist\, and eight years in school libraries. \nJoin the SLC @ the Forefront community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nLibraries Unlimited is committed to serving libraries by producing library science textbooks\, reference works\, practical handbooks\, and professional guides of unparalleled quality. \n  \nFor 60 years now\, ABC-CLIO\, LLC\, has been recognized as an industry leader in the creation of innovative reference and professional development resources. Our four complementary imprints publish a comprehensive range of print and online materials that benefit learners\, researchers\, educators\, librarians\, and information specialists worldwide. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/slcforefront20171018/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171018-SLCforefront-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T160000 DTSTAMP:20170928T204258Z CREATED:20170928T204258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T204258Z UID:25112-1508338800-1508342400@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:The Power of Family Partnerships: Engaging in the Six Essential Building Blocks DESCRIPTION:Presented by Melissa Williamson\, M.Ed.\, Special Project Manager\, Frog Street Press\nHosted by Stephen Fite\, Award-Winning Musician/Writer\nSponsored by Frog Street Press \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the webinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Early Childhood Learning Solutions community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nFamily engagement is increasingly recognized as the “missing link” to school improvement. Families and schools should actively engage in dialogue about the complementary responsibilities and strive to reach agreement on family roles as consumers of education\, partners in student learning\, and advocates for high performance. The United States Department of Education issued: Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family–School Partnerships. Hear from Melissa Williamson\, M.Ed.\, Special Project Manager\, Frog Street Press\, LLC\, about the five essential supports that are recommended within the framework: \n\nLeadership as the driver of change\nBuilding professional capacity\nFamily and community ties\nStudent-centered learning climate\nFamily instructional guidance\n\nResearchers agree\, many families\, especially those in high-need areas\, say that although they want to support their children\, they do not know what to do to engage in their children’s learning and school improvement. Likewise\, often school officials are perplexed about engaging families. In this edWebinar\, school leaders\, teachers\, and auxiliary staff will have an opportunity to explore six building blocks of family engagement. Come and explore concepts that are proven to build capacity for your campus. \n \nAbout the Presenter \nMelissa Williamson\, M.Ed.\, is the special project manager for Frog Street Press. Her work currently includes supporting campus leaders in developing and executing their family engagement plans. Additionally\, she has experience as a child development associate credential instructor\, child development center director\, head start director of curricula & service design\, and is a master trainer for the Texas Trainer Registry. She currently serves as the president of the San Antonio Association for the Education of Young Children and is a University of Texas at San Antonio faculty member and current doctoral candidate researching family engagement. She previously led the team that was responsible for NAEYC accreditation of the first four Head Start centers in San Antonio to accomplish this feat. Her recent journal article highlighted her work in the High School to CDA project in San Antonio. In 2015 she was awarded the Susan Hargrove Trainer of the Year by the San Antonio Association for the Education of Young Children and has received various service awards from the United States Army during her husband Larry’s 22 years of service. \n \nAbout the Host \nStephen Fite is an award-winning musician/writer whose albums have received eighteen nationally recognized honors.  Suitable for the classroom\, car or living room\, his upbeat brand of children’s music has been delighting students\, teachers and parents around the nation for three decades. \n  \n  \nJoin the Early Childhood Learning Solutions community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n  \n Frog Street is dedicated to continually improving programs and products based on current research and input from early childhood classroom educators and caregivers. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/earlychildhood20171018/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171018-earlychildhood-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T170000 DTSTAMP:20170915T155111Z CREATED:20170915T155111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170915T155111Z UID:25004-1508169600-1508173200@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Unlock Deeper K-5 Comprehension with Better Questions DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jill Eggleton\, Author and International Educational Consultant from Auckland\, New Zealand\nSponsored by Abrams Learning Trends \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Be a Literacy Hero in the K-5 Classroom community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nWhen it comes to literacy\, questioning is a crucial part of the learning process. But for teachers\, it can be easy to underestimate the time and effort it takes to create the right types of questions that spark students’ interest and support deeper levels of comprehension. After all\, there is so much to consider: What types of questions should you ask? Should your questions place an emphasis on the right answer or critical thinking? Should your students be asking as many\, or more\, questions than you? \nIn this edWebinar\, author and literacy expert Jill Eggleton discusses the art and science behind crafting robust questions that make shared\, guided\, and peer reading time more interactive and more effective\, including: \n\nSteps for how to craft more effective questions\nTips on turning a “good” question into a great one\nWays to strike the right balance between various question types (i.e. factual\, divergent\, higher-order\, and more)\nIdeas to help empower students to generate their own thought-provoking questions\n\nK-5 classroom teachers\, reading specialists\, literacy coaches\, administrators\, and librarians as well as K-12 district-level elementary curriculum and instruction directors/coordinators\, elementary reading directors/coordinators\, and elementary remedial reading directors/coordinators are invited to watch this recorded session. \nAbout the Presenter \nJill Eggleton is an international educational consultant in literacy with a wide variety of teaching experience spanning 30 years. An adjunct professor at the University of Sioux Falls\, Jill is based in New Zealand\, the birthplace of balanced literacy\, and has trained educators and administrators across the globe\, including in the USA\, Canada\, Australia\, and New Zealand. \n  \n  \nJoin the Be a Literacy Hero in the K-5 Classroom community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming webinars\, view past webinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past webinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Abrams Learning Trends develops innovative Pre-K through Grade 5 supplemental literacy materials that engage children and empower educators. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/unlock-deeper-k5-comprehension-better-questions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171016-literacyhero-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T160000 DTSTAMP:20170917T234220Z CREATED:20170917T234220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170917T234220Z UID:25019-1508166000-1508169600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:How to Implement Successful Inclusive Programming DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kathryn Wahl\, Director II\, Inclusion Collaborative\, Santa Clara County Office of Education\nSponsored by Brookes Publishing \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nImplementing successful inclusion programs can be done with thoughtful\, intentional planning. In this edWebinar\, Kathryn Wahl\, Director of the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Inclusion Collaborative Department\, will leads session on: \n\nThe importance of inclusion\nThe different types of inclusion models\nPractices needed for successful inclusion implementation\, collaborative teaming and planning\n\nKathryn also shares about her experiences with the Inclusion Collaborative of the Santa Clara County Office of Education\, which provides professional development\, coaching and technical assistance to support successful inclusive programming. Preschool through grade 12 administrators and educators are invited watch this recorded session. Learn ways to begin or improve your school or district’s inclusion program. \nAbout the Presenter \nAs Director of the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s (SCCOE) Inclusion Collaborative Department\, Kathryn Wahl is responsible for promoting\, supporting and advocating for all children to have full access to inclusive environments\, regardless of their abilities\, both locally\, regionally and statewide. The Inclusion Collaborate of SCCOE strives to build a culture that values all children by strengthening\, sustaining\, and ensuring inclusive practices. \n  \n  \nJoin the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community to participate in online discussions with peers\, for invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, to view past edWebinar recordings\, to take a quiz and receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and for access to more resources.\nWatch the Recording \n  \nFounded in 1978\, Brookes is an independent\, highly respected educational publishing company with a strong focus on helping all people—with and without disabilities—reach their potential. We publish 50+ new titles a year on screening and assessment\, early intervention\, inclusive and special education\, autism and other disabilities\, literacy\, behavior\, communication\, and more. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/implement-successful-inclusive-programming/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171016-inclusiveeducation-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T170000 DTSTAMP:20170907T194858Z CREATED:20170907T194858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170907T194858Z UID:24947-1507824000-1507827600@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Keeping Your Students Safe Online: The Toledo Model DESCRIPTION:Presented by Shannon Bischoff and Amy Graver\, Technology Facilitators\, Toledo Public Schools; with Jeff Meyer\, Director of Education\, Learning.com\nSponsored by Learning.com \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Success in a Digital World community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nThe internet is the digital community where your students live 24 hours a day\, 7 days a week. Knowing how to stay safe online\, be aware of and prevent cyberbullying\, and determine what information is credible are all important skills that today’s students need to have. But\, where do you start? \nIn this edWebinar\, learn how Toledo Public Schools implemented an online safety program to ensure their students were prepared to stay safe online. You’ll also hear their insights and best practices on how to implement a similar program at your school or district. During this session\, Technology Facilitators at Toledo Public Schools Shannon Bischoff and Amy Graver share how they: \n\nDetermined what elements were needed for online safety instruction and chose a standards-aligned curriculum\nOvercame challenges in implementing a new program\nMeasured the program’s success and made improvements along the way\n\nThis recorded session is ideal for elementary and middle school educators\, administrators\, and library media specialists whether your school already has an online safety program or you are just getting started. \nAbout the Presenters \nShannon Bischoff is a technology facilitator for Toledo Public Schools. Shannon has 20 years of experience in the field of education as a classroom teacher\, data coordinator\, educational technology instructor\, and technology facilitator. Shannon holds a Master of Education in elementary education. \n  \n  \nAmy Graver is a technology facilitator for Toledo Public Schools. Amy has 17 years of experience in the field of education as a special education teacher\, data coordinator\, educational technology instructor\, and technology facilitator. Amy has Bachelor of Science in education of handicapped K-12. \n  \n  \n  \nJeff Meyer is the director of education for Learning.com and resident product expert for its digital literacy solutions who works to identify best practices for internal and external audiences. Jeff has 34 years of experience working in education as a public school teacher and coach\, district curriculum and technology director and administrator. He is passionate about the need to transform education using data-based\, inquiry-driven approaches and digital resources\, especially with urban students and educators. Prior to his eleven years of service with Learning.com\, Jeff worked in the Austin and Eanes school districts\, Education Service Center\, and University of Texas at Austin\, Texas. \n  \nJoin the Success in a Digital World community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources.\nWatch the Recording \n  \n Learning.com helps students\, teachers\, and schools excel in a digital world. We provide solutions to support educators as they build students’ digital literacy skills and transition to digital content. We work with 1 in 6 districts across the US and serve 5.6 million students across more than 20 countries. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/keeping-students-safe-online-toledo-model/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171012-digitalworld-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171012T160000 DTSTAMP:20170917T230819Z CREATED:20170917T230819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170917T230819Z UID:25015-1507820400-1507824000@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:No More Slipping Through the Cracks: Identify Dyslexia and Improve Student Success DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kathy Futterman\, Ed.D\, Dyslexia Consultant\nSponsored by Learning Ally \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the Empowering Struggling Readers community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nMost educators know when a student is struggling\, but so many students slip through the cracks—especially if they have high IQ and strong coping skills. Are your disengaged students actually dyslexic? Are your students getting by with strong sight word recognition? Do you know how to identify these students who don’t portray the classic signs of dyslexia? October is dyslexia awareness month and now is the time to know the answers to these questions and more! \nIn this edWebinar\, reading expert and dyslexia virtuoso Kathy Futterman\, Ed.D. shares key insights on how to successfully support students with dyslexia in elementary and middle school. You will walk away with a deeper understanding of dyslexia\, including: \n\nIdentification of students with dyslexia and how it changes from grade to grade\nHow districts and administrators can best support student learning\, engagement and success\nKey accommodations that lead to successful outcomes\nBest practices and tips to transform schools into empowering environments for dyslexic students\n\nUnderstand all the ins and outs of empowering students with dyslexia. K-8 administrators\, principals\, SPED directors\, SPED teachers\, and librarians are invited to watch this recorded session. \nAbout the Presenter \nKathy Futterman\, EdD\, is a sought-after consultant in the field of special education\, working with California schools\, districts\, and SELPAs in the development and implementation of instructional programs for students with dyslexia and related disabilities. Dr. Futterman participated in the collaboration efforts that led to the successful passage of California’s newest dyslexia legislation\, AB 1369\, including providing expert testimony to the CA Senate Appropriations Committee. She is an adjunct faculty member at CSU-East Bay\, an educational specialist at Mt. Diablo USD and a dyslexia consultant with Decoding Dyslexia California. Dr. Futterman was also a workgroup member for California’s Department of Education Dyslexia Guidelines. \n  \nJoin the Empowering Struggling Readers community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\n Learning Ally is a leading ed-tech\, nonprofit proven to transform the lives of struggling readers. We provide access to grade-level content to bridge the gap for students with learning differences who can cognitively comprehend the information but read below grade level. Our high-quality\, human-read audiobooks coupled with a suite of teacher resources is a cost effective solution for your school. URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/no-slipping-cracks-identify-dyslexia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://home.edweb.net/wp-content/uploads/20171012-readers-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T170000 DTSTAMP:20170922T200421Z CREATED:20170922T200421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170922T200421Z UID:25073-1507737600-1507741200@home.edweb.net SUMMARY:Coding + STEAM: Getting Students Future Ready DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jon Samuelson\, Innovation Strategist\, Beaverton School District\, Beaverton\, OR\nSponsored by littleBits Education \nWatch the Recording\nIf you attended the live session\, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the edWebinar. If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate\, join the STEM Learning community and go to the edWebinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. \nCoding is an essential 21st century language\, but coding alone won’t be enough to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s careers. What students are able to DO with code will be what matters. Students will need to be creative problem solvers in order to truly be ready for whatever lies ahead. By engaging students in STEAM as well as coding\, educators will help prepare students to be creative problem solvers no matter what careers come their way. \nIn this  edWebinar\, hear from Jon Samuelson\, Innovation Strategist at Beaverton School District\, Beaverton\, OR\, who is actively combining coding with STEAM learning objectives. Get tips and tricks on integrating coding and STEAM plus lots of ideas that you can try in your classroom\, makerspace\, or school. \nThis recorded session is designed for administrators\, principals\, teachers\, librarians\, and coaches who serve students in grades 3-8\, but anyone interested in coding and STEAM learning is invited to attend this live\, interactive event. Learn how to get your students future ready with coding and STEAM! \n  \nAbout the Presenter \nJon Samuelson currently works as an innovation strategist for the Beaverton School District in Beaverton\, OR. Creator of the Techandia Podcast\, he has been an educator for over 20 years. He has presented and keynoted at conferences around the United States\, sharing his love of learning and educational technology\, and constantly strives to learn and share ideas with educators. \n  \n  \nJoin the STEM Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, view past edWebinars\, take a quiz to receive a CE certificate for a past edWebinar\, and access free resources. \nWatch the Recording\nlittleBits makes technology kits that are fun\, easy-to-use\, and infinitely creative. The kits are composed of electronic building blocks that are color-coded\, magnetic\, and make complex technology simple and fun. Together they’re interchangeable in millions of different ways to empower kids to invent anything – from a sibling alarm\, to a wireless robot\, to a digital instrument. 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