Category Archives: Web 2.0
Monday, June 3, 2013 May 2013 Top Reads
Here 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
Tags: Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Google Teacher Academy, Pedagogy & Production, Sir Ken Robinson
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- Posted under Common Core, Digital Media, Google, Media Literacy, Tech PD, Web 2.0
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 21st Annual Support Staff Academy Mini-Conference
Sessions for next week’s Support Staff Academy Mini-Conference have been posted! Taking place June 5 at Lindenwood University, SSA’s Mini-Conference offers a great selection of sessions for attendees participate in. Here’s a small sampling of what’s being offered, visit the website to see all the sessions. Registration is still open.
• Everyone Get Ready! Dealing with the Media
• Preparing for Retirement: (PEERS) Public School & Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri
• Secrets of a Professional Organizer
• Safe Schools: Everyone Plays A Part!
• Saving Time with Online Documents: Google 101
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, lindenwood university, Public School & Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, Support Staff Academy Mini-Conference
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- Posted under Collaborations, Conferences, Google, Learning Division programs, Links, Media Literacy, Web 2.0
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Apply for the Google Teacher Academy in Chicago
Apply by June 10 for the Google Teacher Academy in Chicago, which takes place over two days on July 24-25, 2013. Educators who attend the Academy become Google Certified Teachers. GCTs are:
- Outstanding educators with a passion for using innovative technologies and approaches to improve teaching and learning.
- Creative leaders who understand opportunities and challenges, and have a desire to help empower others in their local community and beyond.
- Ambassadors for change who model high expectations, life-long learning, collaboration, equity, and innovation.
Approximately 50 innovative educators from around the world are selected to attend each GTA based on the merits of their online application. Applicants include classroom teachers, curriculum specialists, technology specialists, librarians, administrators, professional trainers, and other education professionals who actively serve the world’s primary and secondary teachers and students. Learn all the details here.
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- Posted under Tech PD, Web 2.0, Google, Academy
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Web 2.0 for the Common Core
Learn from Julie Smith (who describes EdTech Evangelization as her new passion) how to use Web 2.0 applications to help your students create curriculum-based podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines and videos. See how this type of creation on the part of students can help them meet Common Core State Standards. In addition, one graduate credit is available through Lindenwood University by taking this workshop. Requirements for graduate credit: attend class; develop a lesson plan that incorporates the technology learned; and write a reflection explaining how technology enhances your lesson plan.
Web 2.0 for the Common Core takes place Monday, June 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cooperating School Districts. The cost is $145 for a CSD member and $185 for a non-member. For additional information, contact Joan Forrest. Register online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Web 2.0, videos, podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Teaching + Learning Today with Technology
The Learning Division of Cooperating School Districts is excited to invite you to participate in a week long edtech bootcamp! You should register for this summer professional development experience with Meg Ormiston if you want to create a classroom where students are engaged in creating projects aligned to the Common Core State Standards using digital tools. Meg feels teaching and learning today cannot be done without integrating technology and redesigning projects for students. This training is open for any interested K-12 educator.
During the course of the 5-day session, each participant will build, create, and publish project examples that they will have students complete back in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to bring materials they would like to redesign into technology rich projects. They will also learn new Web 2.0 tools to use while designing lessons aligned to the Common Core State Standards. All tech camp participants will have access to an online professional development library with 70 titles created by Meg. These 70 items are grouped into the four domains similar to the evaluation frameworks. In addition to walking away with a wealth of resources and ideas, those interested can earn three graduate credits for their participation.
Participants will:
• Design lessons that align to the Common Core State Standards identified at their grade level.
• Analyze, select, and organize appropriate on-line resources.
• Synthesize the various assessment options and apply authentic assessment strategies to technology rich projects.
• Analyze and reflect on best practice as it applies to literacy and math across the curriculum.
• Become involved in active, professional research exploring new ways to expand their personal learning network.
• Prepare students and teachers for the Next Generation Assessments.
Bring your own device! The July sessions are hands-on, fast paced, and relevant to teachers today. Each session is focused on the skills a teacher needs today to actively engage students in a 21st Century classroom.
To enlist in this boot camp, visit CSD’s registration site.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, 21st Century Classroom, Meg Ormiston, edtech, BYOD, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 What is the difference between social bookmarking + digital curation?
Explore the options for curating and evaluating the flood of information that pours over your media streams in this one-day workshop offered by Cooperating School Districts on July 8. Track your personal learning network by implementing a curation blueprint that suits your style & time.
Geared for anyone who needs help with the overload of digital information, this workshop from Linda Dougherty will familiarize you with online storage sites such as LiveBinders, Symbaloo, Evernote, and Pinterest. In addition, ways to share resources among staff and students will be explained. Walk away with your digital information organized and ready to be shared with anyone! Register online for Digital Curation: How to Collect and Save Resources; the course is $145 for a CSD member; $185 for a non-member and runs 8:30-3:30.
Tags: social media, social bookmarking, Pinterest, LiveBinders, Evernote, Symbaloo, Digital Curation, digital information
Monday, April 22, 2013 Visual Literacy & the Common Core Standards
How can learning to “read” the visual images we see in news reports and advertisements result in critical thought and media literacy for our students, and how does this type of literacy relate to the Common Core State Standards? In this one day workshop on June 20, we will examine how technology has changed the creation of visual images in news and ads and what that effect has been on our students. Learn how to help students decipher the messages implicit in visual images while developing lessons that align to 
Common Core. Cost: $145 CSD member; $185 non-member | one graduate credit available through Lindenwood University | lunch is not included. Register online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, media literacy, visual literacy, Common Core State Standards
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- Posted under Tech PD, Links, Web 2.0, Media Literacy, Common Core, Literacy, Learning Division programs
Friday, April 12, 2013 New PD Comes to CSD’s tele this Summer
This summer heats up with great educational technology professional development opportunities from the Learning Division of Cooperating School Districts! Check out the offerings taking place in just in July!
July 2 | Integrating Technology Tools in English Language Arts to Meet Common Core Standards
July 8 | Digital Curation: How to Collect and Save Resources
July 9 | Social Media Management
July 10 | Using Digital Portfolios to Collect & Evaluate Student Work
July 11-12 | Digital Citizenship – It’s Common Sense
July 15-19 | Teaching and Learning Today with Technology: Tech Boot Camp 2013
July 22 | DIY Infographics for Easy Data Reporting
July 24 | Flipping Your Classroom with Video Cameras & Screencasting
July 29 | Integrating Technology Tools in Math to Meet Common Core Standards
July 30 | Best Practices in ActivBoard Flipchart Lessons (Level 3 Training)
July 31 | 3 C’s + School Librarians = Common Core Success
Full descriptions and online registration can be located here. Graduate credit is available for some classes. Classes taught by ed tech professionals from CSD and area districts & universities.
Tags: best practices, Cooperating School Districts, digital citizenship, Digital Curation, ed tech, Midwest Spotlight Educator, social media
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- Posted under Classroom Technology, Collaborations, Common Core, Digital Media, Links, Literacy, Tech PD, Web 2.0
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 This Summer, Attend a Tech Boot Camp!
Learn more about Cooperating School Districts’ summer educational technology workshops, like the boot camp
with Meg Ormiston, by clicking on the image below.
Tags: Common Core State Standards, Cooperating School Districts, Meg Ormiston, Microsoft Tools, Next Generation Assessments, Understanding by Design®
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- Posted under Common Core, Learning Division programs, Literacy, Moodle, podcast, STEM, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, webinar
Thursday, March 21, 2013 CSD offers New Technology Workshops this Summer
Registration opens soon for exciting summer instructional technology professional development opportunities!
New sessions offered by the Learning Team and ed tech professionals from around the region include:
• Are You Ready to Moogle? Combing the Power of Moodle & Google
• Free Microsoft Tools for the Classroom (prerequisite: PC computer with Windows 7 operating system. These apps will NOT work on a Mac).
• Visual Literacy & the Common Core Standards
• How to Use Cell Phones as TOOLS in the Classroom
• DIY Infographics for Easy Data Reporting
• plus much more!
Check back for dates, prices, and even more workshop selections!
Tags: Common Core State Standards, Cooperating School Districts, Google, infographics, Microsoft Tools, Moodle, summer PD, visual literacy
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- Posted under Classroom Technology, Digital Media, Google, Learning Division programs, Links, Media Literacy, Moodle, Tech PD, Web 2.0
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