This session is geared to relatively new users although experienced Twitter users could certainly benefit from this session as well. Attendees ideally will have Twitter accounts established and have either access to the website or the app on their mobile device.
How are you using Twitter? Complete a 5 point check of your Twitter account to maximize connections. Pick up tips and tricks that make the difference between Twitter being a time drain and an invaluable resource. The last 10 minutes of the session will be an interactive Twitter chat.
This entry level seminar is for anyone who has a small business or would like to start one. I will walk you through my techniques and accomplishments of starting a business from scratch on a small budget.
While it may seem like it, the biggest advance of the last 15 years has not been the Web and hundreds of technologies that connect us to it. No, the biggest shift is what that connectedness brings us, the new reality that each one of us can now stand as the central organizing force in our own learning, education, and work. With our growing access to the sum of human knowledge and billions of people around the world, we decide what we need to learn, when we need to learn it. Wedevelop our own pathways to an “education.” And we as individuals have the power to create and share and bring beautiful, meaningful, important work into the world. The institutions that used to mediate those interactions, schools, publishing houses and corporations among them, are all now struggling to maintain relevance.
In this moment, those who understand the powerful affordances of the Internet to learn and create will flourish, and those who understand how to leverage those affordances for the greater good will lead. That requires a whole set of new literacies, ones that deal with not just reading and writing but collecting, creating, connecting, sharing, and sense making. In this institute, we’ll explore these shifts, and we’ll begin to develop a context and a practical framework for helping our students become literate, self-directed masters of learning and making in this new, interconnected world.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
The iPad should be accessible for all students. This session will focus on the Universal Design for Learning technologies built into the iPad that help make it an indispensable tool for providing access to all students. You will learn about accessibility features such as text to speech, screen reader, screen magnification, switch access and more. There are many features that are part of the operating system that can be individualized, customized and modified for the diverse learner, plus all students can benefit from these features. This session will also provide information on how to set up switch access and demonstrate various switch interfaces and switches as well as iPad mounts.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
In this session, we will discuss the modifications made to the school and district accountability model. In the future, you will be able to use spreadsheets to fairly accurately predict your school and district letter grade once you have your data back. The new model rewards student growth in each performance tier. There will be an increase in the number of tiers.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
This session will provide an introduction to Google+ for personalized PD with a focus on the DOE Online Communities of Practice and Google Educator Groups. Learn how to leverage Google+ to connect with colleagues and enrich classroom experiences. Michelle will share strategies for establishing your online presence and tips for engaging in online communities.
This will be a hands-on session, so come prepared for some social learning and bring your device!
During this session, I will quickly introduce 25 tools that are helpful in the secondary classroom. Many of these tools lend themselves to English, but could be adapted to many other disciplines. All of the tools are free, but some have paid options for advanced versions.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
This session is geared to relatively new users although experienced Twitter users could certainly benefit from this session as well. Attendees ideally will have Twitter accounts established and have either access to the website or the app on their mobile device.
How are you using Twitter? Complete a 5 point check of your Twitter account to maximize connections. Pick up tips and tricks that make the difference between Twitter being a time drain and an invaluable resource. The last 10 minutes of the session will be an interactive Twitter chat.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
6th grade teacher, Julie Kissinger, and Director of Information Systems will talk about how they implemented MINECRAFT EDU into the classroom. Minecraft EDU is a non-violent educational version of the hit game, Minecraft. Julie and Bill will talk about our implementation from start to finish and more importantly- how to teach with it!
Not a big of fan of Minecraft? Well, your students probably are! Did you know there is a special version of Minecraft just for schools called Minecraft EDU? Come join us and learn how to implement and teach with Minecraft EDU to engage and promote collaboration in your classroom!
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
This session will provide an introduction to Google+ for personalized PD with a focus on the DOE Online Communities of Practice and Google Educator Groups. Learn how to leverage Google+ to connect with colleagues and enrich classroom experiences. Michelle will share strategies for establishing your online presence and tips for engaging in online communities.
This will be a hands-on session, so come prepared for some social learning and bring your device!
Gayle Denny, Education Consultant Apex Learning, will get you started with a teacher login for Apex Learning TUTORIALS at your school and have you set up in our Mt Vernon Apex Learning site with the classes you teach so you can preview Apex Learning Tutorials and be ready to use them in the fall with your students in English and Math grades 6-12. You will have time to explore the Tutorial Outlines of each Tutorial and Explore the Modules within the Tutorials.
You will see how to find student data and all the features of presenting that data to you as a teacher. Mt Vernon has partnered with Apex Learning for the past 6 years and this Tutorial product is in its second year.
