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Ana Patricia Guevara - Benavides Elementary Elsa Villarreal - Benavides Elementary Session: Early Childhood: Using Google Slides to Create Interactive and Engaging Student Lessons (Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) Audience will learn how to create, modify, and share interactive Google Slides presentations to enhance student academic growth by providing meaningful and engaging lessons. Instructional Level: Elementary Skill Level: Beginner Subject: All Content Areas |
Andre Mastrogiuseppe, Microsoft
Session: SWAY
(Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30)
Introduction to Sway
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: Career & Technology
Session: SWAY
(Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30)
Introduction to Sway
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: Career & Technology
Angel DeRue, Infobase
Session: Engage Returning Students with Learn360: Your PK-12 Streaming Multimedia Resource for Every Classroom (Session 3: 10:30 - 11:30 am) Learn how you can use Learn360, our award-winning multimedia streaming resource for PK-12 classrooms, to engage and motivate students of all ages, whether students are back in the classroom or continuing with virtual instruction. We'll show you how to add videos to a shareable playlist, create your own custom segments, share videos and other types of content outside of the platform, and so much more! Instructional Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Subject: All Content Areas |
Carlo Amato, Nearpod
Session: Integrate with Nearpod-Flocabulary (Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) Take a deep dive with us to explore how Nearpod-Flocabulary keeps students seamlessly engaged through integrations like Flipgrid and other apps used within BISD. We will also dive into how you can mobilize your existing resources through Google Slides and Schoology. We look forward to an interactive session filled with strategies, new updates, and pro tips that can be implemented right away. Lastly, all attendees will walk away with upgraded access to Nearpod! Instructional Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Subject: All Content Areas |
Carmen Garcia, Brownsville ECHS
Session: Using Google Classroom to go Paperless
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
Forms and more paperwork is part of our daily life as educators. Google classroom can serve as a great tool to compile and organize it. This session explains and trains faculty and staff on how students can digitize paperwork, important documents, or assignments.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Intermediate
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Using Google Classroom to go Paperless
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
Forms and more paperwork is part of our daily life as educators. Google classroom can serve as a great tool to compile and organize it. This session explains and trains faculty and staff on how students can digitize paperwork, important documents, or assignments.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Intermediate
Subject: All Content Areas
David Delgado, Pace ECHS
Session: Social Skills in GE/SE (Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30) Session: Managing Aggression/Anxiety COVID 19 Return (Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30) These sessions are a result of working with behavior and are meant to help the teachers and staff assist students with social emotional learning as well as assisting with aggressive or anxious students. Both sessions include components to work with technology and assist with individuals to learn new skills and cope better during the period of COVID-19. The expertise is related to working 20 years with EBD population in the district. Look forward to sharing some time with you and I challenge you to try something new. Session: Nearpod for Beginners/SEL Component ( Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30) Introduction to Nearpod. Here the learner will be introduced to the basics of Nearpod. I am a certified Nearpod educator and used it during COVID-19 pandemic and face to face instruction. I will also share an example of one of my SEL Nearpods geared toward Anxiety. Instructional Level: All Levels Skill Level: Advanced Subject: Special Education |
David Mitchell
Session: Wakelet Collections to Start your Year (Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30) Wakelet is a “completely” free online tool that provides control of your online resources including links, images, bookmarks, PDFs, tweets, and videos. It even provides a tool for you to easily record videos to share. Collaborative lessons can be created and shared with students or used with colleagues. In the class we will develop a Wakelet then examine some of the free Wakelets available to help you with your face-to-face or online classroom. Session: Best Practices for Online Sharing (Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30) Share documents and folders with confidence. Review Office 365 and Microsoft OneDrive’s direct and link sharing, sharing with various rights, and examples of sharing a live document with PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Session: Encourage Students’ Imaginations with Sway using Video and Images (Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) Create and share, stories, presentations, and reports online in a highly engaging, interactive, storyline format. Instructional Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Subject: All Content Areas |
Estrella Davila, Microsoft
Session: Microsoft Teams 100
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
This introductory course shows the fundamentals to navigate Teams, get your team up and running, and start having conversations.
Session: Assignment and Assessments
(Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30)
This training provides an overview of assignments and assessments in Teams for Education, including rubrics, quizzes, grading, and actionable insights.
Instructional Level: All levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Microsoft Teams 100
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
This introductory course shows the fundamentals to navigate Teams, get your team up and running, and start having conversations.
Session: Assignment and Assessments
(Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30)
This training provides an overview of assignments and assessments in Teams for Education, including rubrics, quizzes, grading, and actionable insights.
Instructional Level: All levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Jason Galvan, Vela Middle School
Session: Brain Pop: Post-Video Enrichment Activities
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30) - Beginner
This session will guide users in learning how to utilize the many tools, activities, and games that are available in Brain Pop. These items go beyond the standard Brain Pop movies that have been a staple of many classrooms over the years. The participant will learn how Brian Pop can be accessed through Clever and how classes are automatically loaded inside Brain Pop. They will then be led through tools such as Games, Related Reading, Make-a-Movie, Make-a-Map, and Coding.
Session Title: Learn How to Create Dynamic Virtual Classrooms with Buncee
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30) - Beginner
Learn how to use Buncee to develop dynamic virtual classrooms and libraries. Buncee's array of tools allow you to create classrooms containing text, images, unique shapes, animated elements, video, and voice recordings. The presentation will cover how to create/open a Buncee account, sign up for the free version, and learn how to create fantastic Buncee boards (using the items mentioned above) that can be embedded on Websites or Schoology. Animations, links, and other moveable items will all work seamlessly using the "embed" feature, which will be covered step-by-step.
Session: Interactive Google Slides: Bulletin Boards, Announcements, Notebooks, Planners, and More!
(Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30) - Intermediate
Participants will learn how to create interactive Google Slides for use on websites or Schoology (using the "embed" feature). Participants will be taught how to work with shapes, use hyperlinks, use images, and work with text to create content that students or other site visitors can utilize with a simple click. The steps involved can be used for the creation of a wide range of content, including bulletin boards, announcements, notebooks, planners, and more!
Session: Canva for Education - Templates for Classroom Activities (Flash Cards, Graphic Organizers, Infographics, Anchor Charts and Worksheets)
(Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30) - Intermediate
Participants will be given a brief review of the basic functions of Canva, before going into a more in depth presentation of how to access and utilize the many templates available in Canva for Education. These templates include: flash cards, graphic organizers, infographics, and anchor charts. All can be modified for the purposes of individual classroom/subject use. The trainer will also demonstrate how the users may apply for the Canva for Education program.
Session: Website Creation with Weebly: Learn How to Build Dynamic Websites!
(Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) - Beginner
Participants will learn the basics of building dynamic websites using Weebly. As this is a beginner session, time will be taken to cover topics such as signing up for a Weebly account, the main dashboard, creating a site using Weebly's templates, and populating the site with the aid of Weebly's tools/controls (photos, text, titles, hyperlinks, embedded content, videos, etc.).
Instructional Level: All Levels
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Brain Pop: Post-Video Enrichment Activities
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30) - Beginner
This session will guide users in learning how to utilize the many tools, activities, and games that are available in Brain Pop. These items go beyond the standard Brain Pop movies that have been a staple of many classrooms over the years. The participant will learn how Brian Pop can be accessed through Clever and how classes are automatically loaded inside Brain Pop. They will then be led through tools such as Games, Related Reading, Make-a-Movie, Make-a-Map, and Coding.
Session Title: Learn How to Create Dynamic Virtual Classrooms with Buncee
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30) - Beginner
Learn how to use Buncee to develop dynamic virtual classrooms and libraries. Buncee's array of tools allow you to create classrooms containing text, images, unique shapes, animated elements, video, and voice recordings. The presentation will cover how to create/open a Buncee account, sign up for the free version, and learn how to create fantastic Buncee boards (using the items mentioned above) that can be embedded on Websites or Schoology. Animations, links, and other moveable items will all work seamlessly using the "embed" feature, which will be covered step-by-step.
Session: Interactive Google Slides: Bulletin Boards, Announcements, Notebooks, Planners, and More!
(Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30) - Intermediate
Participants will learn how to create interactive Google Slides for use on websites or Schoology (using the "embed" feature). Participants will be taught how to work with shapes, use hyperlinks, use images, and work with text to create content that students or other site visitors can utilize with a simple click. The steps involved can be used for the creation of a wide range of content, including bulletin boards, announcements, notebooks, planners, and more!
Session: Canva for Education - Templates for Classroom Activities (Flash Cards, Graphic Organizers, Infographics, Anchor Charts and Worksheets)
(Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30) - Intermediate
Participants will be given a brief review of the basic functions of Canva, before going into a more in depth presentation of how to access and utilize the many templates available in Canva for Education. These templates include: flash cards, graphic organizers, infographics, and anchor charts. All can be modified for the purposes of individual classroom/subject use. The trainer will also demonstrate how the users may apply for the Canva for Education program.
Session: Website Creation with Weebly: Learn How to Build Dynamic Websites!
(Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) - Beginner
Participants will learn the basics of building dynamic websites using Weebly. As this is a beginner session, time will be taken to cover topics such as signing up for a Weebly account, the main dashboard, creating a site using Weebly's templates, and populating the site with the aid of Weebly's tools/controls (photos, text, titles, hyperlinks, embedded content, videos, etc.).
Instructional Level: All Levels
Subject: All Content Areas
Jeb Becker, Infobase
Session: Getting the Most out of the Infobase Learning Cloud
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
A guided tour of the Infobase Learning Cloud and best practices for teaching and professional development.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Intermediate
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Getting the Most out of the Infobase Learning Cloud
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
A guided tour of the Infobase Learning Cloud and best practices for teaching and professional development.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Intermediate
Subject: All Content Areas
Jude Solomon, Microsoft
Session: OneNote Class Notebook
(Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30)
In this session we will be going over how to implement Class Notebook for OneNote in your classroom to allow for more seamless collaboration, communication, and accessibility in your lesson plans.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: OneNote Class Notebook
(Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30)
In this session we will be going over how to implement Class Notebook for OneNote in your classroom to allow for more seamless collaboration, communication, and accessibility in your lesson plans.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Julie Pedraza, Computer Services
Session: Intro to Schoology
(Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) - All Instructional Levels
This session will go over a general overview of the Schoology Learning Management System (LMS) and show all of the current integrations, self-pace teacher PD, and conferencing available inside of Schoology!
Session: Schoology - Elementary TAC Syncing
(Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
This session will outlines how to setup and use the Schoology Grade Passback App in your Schoology course to sync your grades and graded items to your TAC. After creating an assignment, test/quiz, or discussion in your Schoology course, you can then sync that item and its associated grades to your TAC gradebook.
Session: Schoology - Secondary TAC Syncing
(Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30)
This session will outlines how to setup and use the Schoology Grade Passback App in your Schoology course to sync your grades and graded items to your TAC. After creating an assignment, test/quiz, or discussion in your Schoology course, you can then sync that item and its associated grades to your TAC gradebook.
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Katy Castillo, Microsoft
Session: Flipgrid
(Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30)
Flipgrid is Microsoft's simple and accessible video discussion experience. During the 60-minute session, you will learn everything you need to know to get started with Flipgrid and how to inspire your students to engage with their peers through recordings and videos.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Flipgrid
(Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30)
Flipgrid is Microsoft's simple and accessible video discussion experience. During the 60-minute session, you will learn everything you need to know to get started with Flipgrid and how to inspire your students to engage with their peers through recordings and videos.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Katheryn Allala King, Curriculum & Instruction Specialist
Session: BrainPOP 101
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
Teachers will be guided to complete the BrainPop 101 (prerequisite to the BrainPop Certified Educators Badge). Learn the basics of the tools in BrainPop: MOVIE - Watch an animated movie on how kids learn with BrainPOP. CHALLENGE- Engage higher-order thinking with interactive assessment tasks. RELATED READING - Read short articles on the people and technology behind BrainPOP. PRIMARY SOURCE - Examine documents from the BrainPOP archive. QUIZ -Test yourself with a multiple choice quiz. TIME ZONE X - Play a timeline game that requires close reading skills. MAKE-A-MAP - Visualize thinking and connect ideas. MAKE-A-MOVIE - Make your own BrainPOP-style movie.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: BrainPOP 101
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30)
Teachers will be guided to complete the BrainPop 101 (prerequisite to the BrainPop Certified Educators Badge). Learn the basics of the tools in BrainPop: MOVIE - Watch an animated movie on how kids learn with BrainPOP. CHALLENGE- Engage higher-order thinking with interactive assessment tasks. RELATED READING - Read short articles on the people and technology behind BrainPOP. PRIMARY SOURCE - Examine documents from the BrainPOP archive. QUIZ -Test yourself with a multiple choice quiz. TIME ZONE X - Play a timeline game that requires close reading skills. MAKE-A-MAP - Visualize thinking and connect ideas. MAKE-A-MOVIE - Make your own BrainPOP-style movie.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Kathya Gonzalez, Villa Nueva Elementary
Session: Pear Deck 101
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30)
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes and interact with questions while teachers monitor student and whole-class progress.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Pear Deck 101
(Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30)
Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes and interact with questions while teachers monitor student and whole-class progress.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Maria Montalvo, Lopez Early College High School
Session: Space Odyssey: The Final Frontier (Session 1 - 8:30 - 9:30, Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30, Session 3 - 10:30 - 11:30, Session 4 - 12:30 - 1:30, Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30, Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) The importance of creative writing lies in its ability to describe our personal perspective in an honest, colorful, and adventurous technique. Regardless of the genre, when students engage in creative writing, it allows us to explore the human imagination with new ideas and advocate for a universal society. This presentation will focus on image interpretation, word association, and the Bernabei Web. "May the force be with you." (Star Wars) Instructional Level: Secondary Skill Level: Intermediate Subject: English Language Arts, Science, Special Education |
Mario I. Rojas, Vela Middle School Carlos R. Correa, Besteiro Middle School Session: Bitmoji Classroom In Schoology (Session 1/2 - 8:30 - 10:30) - 📣 2 Hour Session I will show you how to add your Bitmoji classroom with clickable links as well as "buttons" with clickable links into your Schoology. Session: Digital Notebooks (Session 5/6 - 1:30 - 3:30) - 📣 2 Hour Session In this session you will learn to create digital notebooks using google slides. Instructional Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Subject: All Content Areas |
Mindy Thiegles, Wacom for Education
Session: Wacom for Education
(Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30)
Learn how Wacom's easy-to-use digital pen technology helps boost collaboration and interaction, creating a classroom feel - even when you’re not in one.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Session: Wacom for Education
(Session 2 - 9:30 - 10:30)
Learn how Wacom's easy-to-use digital pen technology helps boost collaboration and interaction, creating a classroom feel - even when you’re not in one.
Instructional Level: All Levels
Skill Level: Beginner
Subject: All Content Areas
Simon Puente, Stell Middle School Session: NEARPOD Basics: Truly ENGAGE your students with Nearpod (Session 5 - 1:30 - 2:30) - Beginner In this training session, you will create Nearpod Presentations, add lessons to your library, add content, add fun activities, and allow for live and student-paced lessons. Integrate lessons into MS Teams, Google Classroom, SeeSaw, Class Dojo, Canvas, Schoology, etc. Other basic features will be covered in this session. Session: NEARPOD ADVANCED: Truly ENGAGE your students with Nearpod (Session 6 - 2:30 - 3:30) - Intermediate In this training session, you will create advanced features in Nearpod Presentations. Integrate lessons into MS Teams, Schoology, Google Classroom, SeeSaw, Class Dojo, Canvas, Schoology, etc. Advanced features will be covered in this session. Instructional Level: All Levels Subject: All Content Areas |
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