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Monday, April 1, 2013 March 2013 Top Reads

top 5It’s no April Fool’s! 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  Book Study: Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner
#3  CSD offers New Technology Workshops this Summer
#4  Meeting Common Core Standards Using Google Tools
#5  19th Annual National Character Education Conference is June 17-19 in Missouri

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Level 2 and 3 ActivBoard Training is Here!

The Virtual Learning Center of Cooperating School Districts has two more workshops this summer on your Promethean ActivBoard. Take both, or just select the single session that best suits your needs! Each session runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is $110 for a CSD member and $149 for a non-member. For Level 2 and 3, one graduate credit is available for each workshop (at an additional cost). To register, click here. If you’d like to get a little taste as to what this kind of professional development offers you as an educator, take a some time to view this archived webinar offered by the VLC earlier in the 2011-2012 school year.

Creating ActivBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students (Level 2) Learn the advanced features of the ActivInspire and create flipcharts; develop lesson activities that organize lesson resources, make use of sound and images to motivate students and create a story or problem where your students demonstrate knowledge or creativity in a fun way. You’ll be able to create your own usable flipchart, either from scratch or by tweaking a downloaded lesson. PREREQUISITE: Level 1 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners. This workshop is Monday, July 2.

Best Practices in ActivBoard Flipchart Lessons (Level 3) Available for teachers with intermediate or advanced skills in ActivInspire software, this workshop will teach you how to create interactive lesson activities based on curriculum standards & best practices scoring guides. You’ll also collaborate with others to design & build lessons. Lessons created during class will then shared with other teachers through Promethean Planet. PREREQUISITE: Level 2 training or equivalent; not a workshop for beginners; You will be sent a survey of their skills before enrolling. This workshop is Monday, July 9. 

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Thursday, June 21, 2012 Who is Flipping Out?

Check out some snapshots of the beginning of Stephanie Madlinger’s workshop on Flipped Classrooms! This is one of our brand new professional development sessions- it’s full title is Flipping Your Classroom with Flip Cameras & Screencasting. At a cost of $110, these participants get a full day of instruction, plus hands-on time with the cameras. Stephanie and the group will explore various online resources for “flipping” classes, and will practice using a digital Flip Camera, and consider how to use IWB software like SMART and Promethean to create their own flipped class. (In addition, if they are so interested, the attendees can earn one graduate credit for their participation).

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Monday, June 11, 2012 Summer Sale! Save Money on Tech PD

take advantage of excellent PD at a lesser cost this summer

The Virtual Learning Center is offering a discount on the remaining tele workshops for the rest of the summer (going until the July 30th Connecting Digital and Print Literacy – Creating Book Trailers workshop). For members and non-members both, tele workshops will be 25% off their regular prices:

• 1-day workshop for a CSD member will now be $110 instead of $149
• 2-day workshop for a CSD member will now be $209 instead of $279
• 3-day workshop for a CSD member will now be $277 instead of $369

• 1-day workshop for a non-member will now be $140 instead of $189
• 2-day workshop for a non-member will now be $262 instead of $349
• 3-day workshop for a non-member will now be $344 instead of $459

(If you have already registered for a tele workshop between now and the end of July, your price will be adjusted!)

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 how to register for tele workshops

This summer, if you plan to take a workshop, or two, or three, in the technology enhanced learning environment (tele) at Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, you’ll need to register prior to the event. Our preferred registration process is online, but we do accept faxed in registrations (like the one to the left) to 314-872-9128.

When registering online, remember that you’ll need your form of payment ready at that time, whether it is a purchase order number through your school (district) or credit card number. (If you wish to pay by check without a purchase order–print out a PDF of the registration form and mail in with a check made payable to CSD).

During online registration, you will first be asked which school (district) you work in. Next, you are taken to a screen that will ask for your username and password. If you have previously logged onto the registration account before, you will have this information already. If it is your first time, you will need to create an account by providing an email address. Then you are taken into a three stop process; (1) basic contact info, (2) workshop selection(s), and (3) registration payment option. (You’ll also get an email confirmation to the address you supplied in step 1).

Once you are in the system, you will be able to look up past professional development sessions you’ve attended to keep a good record of it. If you have any questions about the process, speak with tele registrar Joan Forrest.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012 Choosing Education-Friendly Mobile Apps Workshop

NEW WORKSHOP! Choosing Education-Friendly Mobile Apps takes place Monday, June 11. Do you have a mobile device and want to learn how to find education-friendly apps? Join us & find apps for any content area and get a chance to learn how to use them. The morning session will focus on apps appropriate for 6-12th grade curriculum, while the afternoon session will focus on apps for preK-5 curriculum.  In this hands-on session, we will explore a multitude of education friendly, content based resources for your mobile device. Other websites and online resources will also be shown, like app finder apps, utility apps, and apps your students can use in 1:1 environments.

K-12 educators, chose to attend one or both of these sessions at Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis. This is a BYOD session. You must bring your own mobile device, whether it is an Android or Apple product. Session times: Secondary, 6-12 8:30-11:30 a.m. and Elementary, PreK-5 12:30-3:30 p.m. Costs: $75 CSD member per session; $89 non-member. (No Graduate Credit available for these workshops). Registration is now open.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 First Summer Workshop Scheduled!

Mark you calendar! Transforming Learning with a SMART Board (Level 1) takes place Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Cooperating School Districts’ tele. This workshop kicks off our summer professional development schedule and runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This is a class for beginners with no prior knowledge of using the interactive aspects of the SMART Board. You’ll learn how this tech tool can improve the way you teach, plus excite learners. Discover how to find and develop lesson plans that make use of this classroom tool and motivate 21st century students. Cost: $149 CSD member; $189 non-member. No graduate credit is available for this course. Register for this SMART Board workshop here.

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Monday, March 19, 2012 Classes Next Week Still have Openings

K-12 educators, we still have spots open in two tele classes scheduled for next week: Creating ActivBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students (Level 2) and Google Tools for Educators. The Promethean class is 8:30-3:30 on March 28th; the Google class is 4:00-7:00 on March 28 and 29th. Classes are $149 CSD member; $189 non-member. Register here, today- registration closes Thursday, March 22nd!

The tele is equipped with dual platform computers that use both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. With any class, you will have the option of working either in a PC or Mac environment. Our instructors are skilled, knowledgeable and approachable! Our focus is on student outcomes and developing 21st century skills. These small-sized classes provide you with: hands-on activities, skill building time, plus time to create usable lesson plans with newly acquired technology skills. To read full descriptions of the classes listed above, please visit www.csd.org/tele.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012 summer schedule note…

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Great Google PD this March in St. Louis!

Support Staff Academy Session:
Google Mania presented by Google Certified Teacher Stephanie Madlinger
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
Times: 8:30-3:30 P.M. 
Location: Cooperating School Districts, 1460 Craig Road, St. Louis, MO  
Cost: CSD Member: $95 | Nonmember: $119

In this all day SSA workshop, you will learn how to create slide presentations, documents, spreadsheets, forms & surveys, as well as drawings all online for free! And the best part is, you can share with coworkers & friends, allowing them access to help edit and refine. No more emailing back and forth, trying to keep track of which version is the latest. Moving online & providing 24/7 access means you will be paperless – and green!

Be sure to bring your laptop & learn even more about other Google Tools available to make your job easier! Please set up a free Google Account prior to attending the SSA session & bring your username and password on March 16th. Register by going here (note that online registrations require a Purchase Order, Credit Card or CSD/Network credit; the reference number is 24033-11).

The annual Support Staff Academy is a Virtual Learning Center program designed to provide professional development to area schools’ educational support professionals (i.e., administrative assistants, secretaries/office personnel, maintenance/custodial, food service, security, teachers’ and library aides). The topics vary each year based upon the Advisory Committee recommendations. At the end of each year is the Support Staff Mini-Conference (June 6 this year). The VLC and SSA are programs of Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis.

Interested in using Google but you are not support staff? We have several other upcoming Google PD opportunities:

• March 14th, 4 PM CT: free Webinar Wednesday session: Google Tools for Education Save time and become more efficient! During this webinar we will spend time learning about Google’s Hidden Treasures. Participants will be empowered by their new knowledge about Google Apps.

• March 28-29th, 4-7 PM CT: Google Tools for Educators Participants will learn Advanced Search techniques, develop a Custom Search Engine, and discover easier ways to find images, resources and websites, plus much more! ($149 CSD member; $189 non-member | plus 1 Graduate Credit Available | register here)

• March 30th, All Day: Online Classroom Collaboration with Google Docs Participants will learn how Google Documents and Google Sites can support learning 24/7 because you can use the basic abilities of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel in an online collaborative environment. ($149 CSD member; $189 non-member | plus 1 Graduate Credit Available | register here)

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