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Upcoming Webinars:
| Assistive Technology for Students Diagnosed with Communication Disorders | ||
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There are many different types of assistive technologies and augmentative and alternative communication devices available for students who have been diagnosed with communication disorders. In this webinar, we will discuss several sites, apps, and tools that you can use online and on your mobile device with students who have communication disorders. This webinar will also examine some strategies to incorporate these sites and apps in your classroom or speech therapy session. |
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Presented By: Samantha Fecich Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Simplify Grading, Stay Organized, and More with Edmodo! | ||
| You may be aware that Edmodo, a social learning network for K12 education, allows you to communicate with students and parents, but did you know that it allows you to do so much more? In this webinar we’ll show you how the new quiz feature works and how to have quiz grades post directly to your Edmodo gradebook. We will explore the library features that can keep you and your students organized. You will also learn how to back up your websites and files for future reference and how you can share them with your classes at a click of a button. We will also take a look at Edmodo's blog and help site which have mini-lessons, ideas, and groups to help make the most of your Edmodo experience.
Part of the webinar series: "The Wonderful World of Web Tools" -- a showcase of free, online classroom tools. |
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Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Encore Showing: 20 Free iPad Apps Educators Can’t Live Without! | ||
| There are thousands of free iPad Apps out there, but finding the perfect ones for you can be tough. We’ve spent hours searching for the best-of-the-best, free iPad Apps for Educators, and we’re sharing all of them with you in this webinar! Discover a multitude of free apps for professional development, cross-curricular activities, and every area of the core curriculum.
BONUS: No note-taking will be necessary! Every attendee will receive a free eBook with all of the information covered in the webinar. |
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Presented By: Kimberly Warrner Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 Time: 5:00 PM-5:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: This webinar is brought to you by SimpleK12. |
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| Choosing Apps that Support Instruction: Tips for Administrators | ||
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First use of a new technology often becomes entrenched use—even when better resources are identified later. As instructional leaders, school administrators are responsible for assisting teachers in approaching new technology with a critical eye. In this webinar, we will discuss tools that school administrators can use to expand their own understanding of how to select mobile apps for instructional use, as well as how to share these tools with your staff as part of the school’s overall plan for effective instruction. We will be covering apps that are appropriate for both iOS and Android OS devices. |
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Presented By: Susan Brooks-Young Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM-3:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| 10 Ideas for Using Mobile Devices Offline to Motivate Learners | ||
| Mobile devices are powerful learning tools. However, many teachers hesitate to use mobile devices because their classrooms aren't connected to the Internet. In this presentation you will discover 10 ways your students can use mobile devices to learn – even if they aren't connected to the Internet! Each of these ideas makes learning the textbook material more exciting and will have your students actively engaged in the subject. |  Who Can Attend: |
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Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 12:00 PM- 12:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| 3 Student-driven Projects: Using a Blended Learning Model | ||
| Not enough time to cover everything you’d like to do in class? What if you could increase the amount of material covered and easily facilitate student-driven projects using asynchronous, online discussions? In this session, we will cover how to group students online, facilitate focused conversations, and engage them in collaborative group work using an online learning platform. Learn how you can create more opportunities for students to work together explore, problem-solve, think critically and create! This presentation will present three different multidisciplinary project structures that can be facilitated in a blended learning model –combining work in the physical classroom with work done online – to increase student engagement. | Who Can Attend: |
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Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM- 1:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| 10 Techie Tools for Teachers | ||
| Are you ready to make grading and collecting information from your students a breeze? Would you like to have real-time collaboration and brainstorming with your students? This session covers ten of the most popular Web tools in the education community, and the best part is...they’re all free! Learn how easy it can be to create online bulletin boards, edit photos in just a few clicks, and develop engaging presentations. These ten tools are popular for a reason: they are must-have freebies that you shouldn’t teach without. | Who Can Attend: |
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Presented By: Kimberly, SimpleK12 Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 2:00 PM- 2:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: This webinar is brought to you by SimpleK12. |
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| Making a Difference for Our Most Struggling Readers | ||
| Are you looking for ways to effectively implement Response to Intervention (RTI)? Technology can remove the obstacles to learning and change the lives of struggling readers. In this webinar, we will explore how to use both instructional and assistive technology to differentiate learning and support our most discouraged learners within an RTI framework. We will share a variety of tips, tools, and resources that can be used at home and at school to build confidence and improve achievement. | Who Can Attend: |
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Presented By: Heather Baptie and Terry Dobson Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| A Digital Tour Guide Project: Using Video to Foster Creativity and Language Skills | ||
| Would you like for your students to be engaged in their own learning? Do you want to foster creativity, language skills, and digital competence? Have them be tourists in their own town! In this session, we will show you how students can create interesting, informative movies about places of interest in their neighborhood, city, province, or state. This project is a fantastic alternative to the typical social studies report! It also allows students who are learning English to use their skills in an engaging and challenging way. We will cover how to use pictures, video clips, narration, and Windows Movie Maker, as well as how to upload your videos and share them using QR codes. | Who Can Attend: |
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Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 4:30 PM- 5:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Reaching Out to Make Global Connections | ||
| In this world of global connectedness in which we now live, learning opportunities can come from almost anywhere – and finding and making these connections has never been easier. Whether you want to connect to authors, scientists, subject-matter experts, or other teachers, Google and other search engines make it incredibly easy to find the people you’re looking for. In this session, we’ll suggest how and where to search. We will also explore how reaching out to others to share real-life experiences and knowledge can create authentic, meaningful learning experiences for our students. | Who Can Attend: |
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Presented By: Jerry Swiatek Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM- 6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Show and Tell – An Exclusive Tour of Teacher Learning Community | ||
| Join SimpleK12 as we show you why educators all over the world can’t stop raving about the Teacher Learning Community. Come see why over 75,000 teachers have joined this exciting new professional learning community for educators. For the first time ever, get an exclusive sneak peek inside the Teacher Learning Community. If you’re interested in learning more about The Teacher Learning Community for yourself, school, or district, don’t miss this chance to take a look inside. | 
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| 10 Must-have iPad and Android Apps for Admins | ||
| The touch tablet is the consumer electronic with the fastest adoption rate ever. Have you ever considered how devices might impact schools and education? Some districts are trying to answer that question beginning with school administrators. In this Webinar we will discuss some of the free and low-cost apps you can download to make your tablet a productivity tool. The apps covered will be appropriate for iOS and Android OS devices. | 
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Presented By: Susan Brooks-Young Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM-4:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Tips and Tricks for Creating Good Screencast Tutorials | ||
| How would you like to make tutorials that you can share with your students, other teachers, substitutes, or even parents? In this webinar we will share tips on how to create video tutorials, as well as a free tool that can be used for capturing your screen. Creating tutorials is easy and liberating. Once you make a good one, it can be used over and over – no more repeating yourself a thousand times. We will share tips for improving audio sound, why you should use an enhanced cursor, and more. | 
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Presented By: Kim Munoz Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| The 7 Building Blocks for Success for Learning with Cell Phones | ||
| How would you like to increase learning with "screenagers" by using one of the mediums they most enjoy – cell phones? In this presentation, we will take participants through the seven essential building blocks for success when learning with cell phones and other mobile devices in the classroom. Participants will find out if they are "smarter than a screenager" and learn how to catch up if they’re not. They’ll also be introduced to effective tools for measuring teacher and student success when learning with cell phones. We will share samples of appropriate forms and policies used by real educators who are effectively using mobile devices with students. Participants will leave this presentation with the building blocks necessary to stop fighting and start embracing the successful use of cell phones in the classroom. |
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Presented By: Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 Time: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| You Just Got an iPad: Now What? | ||
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You have a new iPad, now what? One of the first things to keep in mind is that the iPad is not a computer. It is not a computer replacement. It is a mobile device – essentially, a giant iPod Touch – but what an amazing device it is! While keeping iPad limitations in perspective, Chris Casal constantly experiments with pushing iPads to the limit, and will share how to get the most out of your iPad. In this webinar we will cover the basics of out-of-the-box setup, the iOS platform, app shopping, and downloading apps. We will also provide a list of apps to get you closer to that familiar computing environment. |
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Presented By: Chris Casal Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Tips and Tricks to Building an ePortfolio | ||
| In our ever-changing, digital world, it is becoming more and more important that teachers and students create electronic portfolios, or ePortfolios, to showcase their skills and the work that they have done. In this webinar, you will learn how to effectively communicate your skills and market yourself to the world through building a world-class ePortfolio. We will show you how to brainstorm and develop a framework for an ongoing professional portfolio to be used as a showcase for practice and career advancement.
We will discuss a variety of Web-based tools that can be used, and will demonstrate primarily with a free Web 2.0 application called WordPress. We will share some sample portfolios and show you how to create a framework for building professional portfolios for educators and students of all levels. |
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Presented By: Joseph Bartlett Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Time: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: This webinar is brought to you by our friends at Emergency Clipboard. |
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| Connecting and Collaborating with VoiceThread and Your iPad | ||
| Have you ever wanted to begin a collaborative project or share information, but didn’t want to be stuck in a single medium. VoiceThread, a cloud-baased application, allows you create multimedia conversations – collaborative, multimedia slide shows that hold images, documents, videos, and presentations. A VoiceThread allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in a variety of formats, including via text, audio files, and video.
VoiceThreads are very powerful, collaborative learning environments that can be utilized in any subject and by any age student ... and they’re now available on the iPad. In this webinar, we’ll show you how to begin a VoiceThread, add assorted elements, and include various types of comments. Come learn how to join the conversation! Although not required, if you have an iPad, you might want to have it handy during the webinar. |
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Presented By: Sam Gliksman Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 12:00 PM-12:45 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Teaching to the Common Core Standards Using Blended Instruction | ||
| Overwhelmed by the idea of transitioning to a new set of standards? Don’t be! Join me for a webinar that will discuss concrete strategies for how you can leverage blended learning, online discussions and group collaboration to address the Common Core State Standards. Teach technology and media literacy while providing students more opportunities to develop their reading, writing, communication, critical thinking and problem solving skills. More effectively prepare your students for life beyond high school! |
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Presented By: Catlin Tucker Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM-2:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Web Tool Smackdown | ||
| Warning: This Webinar is a fast-paced, smackdown-style showcase of free tech tools! Three minutes per tool and we're on to the next!
We at SimpleK12 will set the stage for how the smackdown will work and educate the audience on how to participate. Then we'll pick from the crowd who can take the floor and volunteer their favorites! PLUS we're giving all attendees a FREE copy of SimpleK12's eBook, "Hidden Webtools: 11 Tools for Your Classroom," with cool tools and ideas to enhance your 21st century classroom. This webinar and eBook were designed specifically for Teacher Learning Community members but we're opening them to the public for FREE. |
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Presented By: Kimberly Warrner Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 2:30 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: This webinar is brought to you by SimpleK12. |
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| Free Web Tools for Administrator Communication and Collaboration | ||
| As school leaders, it is our responsibility to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, such as students, staff, parents, colleagues, and community members, as well as facilitate collaborative planning and learning efforts among those groups. Using a variety of free, interactive web tools, school leaders can enhance communication and collaboration throughout their organizations. Join us to learn more about tools such as blogs, wikis, Google docs, Twitter, and more. Discover how the use of these tools can transform the way you communicate and collaborate with your school community. |
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Presented By: Lyn Hilt Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 3:30 PM-4:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Every Student’s Success: Accommodations in a Flipped Classroom | ||
| While the flipped classroom allows for differentiation, there will still be students that struggle in any content area. How can you effectively work with those students in danger of failing a class? In this webinar, we will discuss accommodations that are natural and work effectively in a flipped setting to ensure that every student is given the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential. |
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Presented By: Brian Bennett Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 4:30 PM-5:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Getting the Most Out of Your Posterous Blog | ||
| Perhaps you’ve used Posterous Spaces for your blog or space and know how easy it is to use and share content and posts, but do you know how to get the most out of your space and keep it secure? In this webinar, we'll take an in-depth look at several different Posterous settings, including security and privacy settings. We'll also show how to post to multiple blogs from a single email address.
Although it helps to have viewed the “Secrets to Simple Blogging” webinar or to have some basic experience using Posterous Spaces, it is not required. |
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Presented By: Jerry Swiatek Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Net Smart: How to Thrive Online | ||
| How can we use digital media so that we become empowered participants rather than passive consumers; grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking neurotics? In this Net Smart webinar, join noted lecturer, author, blogger, and digital pioneer Howard Rheingold as he shares how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.
Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing and cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. In this webinar, Howard outlines and explores five fundamental digital literacies that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or "crap detection"), and network smarts. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody. Presented by Howard Rheingold, the author of a variety of articles and books, including Tools For Thought, Virtual Reality, The Virtual Community, Smart Mobs, and his upcoming release, Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. Credited with inventing the term "virtual community,” Howard has lectured at Stanford, UC Berkeley's School of Information, and De Montfort University in the UK. He continues to teach at Stanford and online at Rheingold U. |
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Presented By: Howard Rheingold Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Time: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: This webinar is brought to you by SimpleK12. |
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| Autism: Evidence-Based Practices in Action | ||
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Please join us as we focus on children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In this webinar, you will gain an understanding of the characteristics of children with autism and how you can choose evidence-based practices for your classroom. We will share tips and tricks that you can use today in shaping your environment, instruction, and thinking to improve the education of your students! Whether you teach in a mainstream class or in a special needs autism class, this webinar has something to offer. |
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Presented By: Lauren Stafford Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Reaching All Students: Ensuring the Success of At-Risk Students | ||
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In this webinar, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach explores the importance of blending learning with digital literacy skills to ensure success for our most at-risk students. Come hear about ways of broadening your technology program’s reach and effectiveness to engage a full range of students, including those who have the most to gain from successful implementations. |
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Presented By: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Date: Monday, March 26, 2012 Time: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| How to Get Started with Project-Based Learning | ||
| Have you ever considered trying project-based learning in your classroom, but wondered if it was right for you and your students? The Nerdy Teacher has changed the way he runs his classroom by moving away from stand-and-lecture to project-based learning, and he couldn't be happier. More importantly, his students couldn't be happier. In this webinar, The Nerdy Teacher will talk about the pros and cons of moving to project-based learning and how any teacher can get started on using project-based learning in his or her class. | 
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Presented By: Nick Provenzano Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Time: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| Movies in Minutes: Creating Videos with iMovie | ||
| In this webinar, you will learn the basics of using iMovie! Discover how you can create videos to enhance your lessons, and hear about video projects your students can dive into! We will take you through the steps of importing, editing, and exporting video clips and pictures. We will also cover where you can access the advanced features, such as green screen, picture-in-picture, and cutaway. Learn why iMovie is a great classroom tool and how it teaches students analytical skills. | 
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Presented By: Kim Munoz Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| No More Excuses! It’s Time To Overcome Your Techphobia! | ||
| The SimpleK12 Team has discovered the best tips, advice, and webtools proven to CURE Techphobia of all degrees. And now we’re sharing all of these SECRETS with you!
Whether you’re Techphobic Tracy or EdTech Eddie, there’s something for you at this webinar. So join Kimberly and Grace from SimpleK12 as they go over the 7 major symptoms of Techphobia, and how to overcome them. SPECIAL BONUS** All viewers will find out how to get a free copy of SimpleK12's "32 Tips for the Techphobic Teacher" workbook.
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| Creating Content Using Tablets: Tips for Teachers and Administrators | ||
| When new users talk about tablet technologies, they nearly always focus on use of apps where students are consumers of content. However, it is also important that students use apps and technologies that focus on higher level thinking skills. This webinar will help teachers learn ways in which they and their students can use tablets to create content that develops these higher level skills. We will show why this is important and explore how school administrators can assist their teachers in by sharing these strategies with their staff as part of the school’s overall plan for effective instruction. |
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Presented By: Susan Brooks-Young Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM-4:30 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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| The Flipped Class and Mastery Learning: A Snapshot of Methods and Tools | ||
| Utilizing 21st century technology and web distribution, the classroom is no longer confined to the building. Learning can happen anywhere and anytime. In this webinar, we will show how to use podcasting as a medium to turn the classroom around…homework becomes classwork and instruction becomes the homework. This allows for 24/7 content access and increased differentiation. Student learning becomes personalized and performance objectives become the new standard of assessment. In addition, we will dispel some myths surrounding the Flipped Classroom and explain what teachers can do today to incorporate these methods into their classes. | 
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Presented By: Brian Bennett Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern Time, USA Sponsor: To sponsor this webinar, please click here. |
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