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Information on and from Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis' Learning Division

Reblogged from Education Today:

Lots of great content is being shared! Looking forward to tomorrow's sessions.

#CCSSUbDOur first Common Core State Standards and Understanding by Design Summer Institute- a collaboration with the St. Louis Area Curriculum Coordinators Association (SLACCA) and Authentic Education- was a great success this week at the Fox School District. Educators from several Missouri districts, including, but not limited, to Kirkwood, Ladue, Parkway and Rockwood, attended three days of professional learning. Another three-day session of the CCSS & UbD Institute takes place July 8-10 at the Ritenour School District. Learn more at www.csd.org/wiggins. More photos from the June session will be posted to Flickr; you can read some of the thoughts shared by following the #CCSSUbD hashtag on Twitter.

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St. Louis SMARTBoard TrainingToday SMART Certified Trainer Martha Bogart is teaching SMARTBoard Level 2 in the tele at Cooperating School Districts. This week’s workshop filled so quickly, another session of Level 2 was added on the schedule for Tuesday, June 11. Note- today’s workshop and Tuesday’s are not a workshops for beginners.

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collaborationIn our region, there are schools and districts that use the language of PLCs and others that emphasize data collection/data teams. One of the sessions offered at the Common Core and Understanding by Design Institute is designed to honor the power of collaboration—for adults and for the students in our classrooms.

An important focus of the Common Core is for students to engage in academic discourse. One way in which they do this is through productive, collaborative, learning experiences where they answer questions, build understanding, and solve problems. In order for our students to engage in these collaborative experiences, we must engage in academic discourse through our own productive collaboration. In the session, educators from the region will explore and develop strategies for productive collaborative experiences in the classroom with students as well as outside the classroom with colleagues.

To learn more about the other sessions being offered over the course of this three-day professional learning opportunity, click here.

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top 5 mayHere are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them?

(1)  GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production

(2)  Web 2.0 for the Common Core​

(3)  Teaching + Learning Today with Technology

(4)  A Conversation with Sir Ken Robinson on Digital Learning & Creativity

(5)  Apply for the Google Teacher Academy in Chicago

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apple recycleNow through August 30, 2013, Apple will recycle your school’s old, unwanted Mac computers, PCs, and qualifying peripherals from any manufacturer — at no cost. There’s no purchase required, and all accredited K-12 and higher education institutions with at least 25 recyclable items are eligible to participate.

To start, you’ll need to register. Then all products must be packaged according to Apple’s detailed packaging instructions. Last but not least, you must recycle a minimum of 25 items.

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tech workshopSummer workshop season has kicked off here at Cooperating School Districts – we have a full house for SMARTBoard Level I. What workshop are you looking forward to most?

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