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Tech News Tuesday Summer Training & The Connected Educator special edition IN THIS ISSUE
What does The Connected Educator (TCE) mean? All About the TCE Summer Camp 2016 for Teachers May 31-June 2 Summer Training Opportunities for All Staff in June & July Admin Tech Training on June 8th or 9th Online Self-Paced Technology Course Offerings
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The Connected Educator Welcome to our Special Edition of TNT covering Summer Training opportunities for learning technology at Modesto City Schools. Check out the following pages for information about the TCE Summer Camp for Teachers at Davis High School and daily workshops being offered for all of our staff during the months of June and July at the Pearson Computer Lab.
TCE stands for The Connected Educator but what does that mean? Students are routinely connected with technology participating in social media and games where they acquire and apply their knowledge collaboratively. Their time is being spent more on social networking sites, multimedia, and virtual environments that are highly engaging and many times encourages creative thinking and problem solving. The Connected Educator is one whom realizes the potentials of technology for professional and personal learning practices. The Connected Educator (TCE) actively integrates technology and classroom curriculum to create student-focused environments of collaboration, creative thinking, problems solving, communication, and creativity. TCE’s interact with colleagues and personal learning networks where they share topics of practice and ideas about teaching and learning. TCE’s are connected educators, connected learners, and are facilitating 21st Century Skills acquisition with their students. Our Summer Training opportunities are a great way to learn and practice technology skills for developing and nurturing the TCE in all of us, including: Engage and Amaze Students with Interactive Features of Nearpod Build a Collaborative Classroom and Increase Productivity using OneNote Taking Control of Your Digital Resources with Schoology Advantages of Being a Digitally Mobile Surface Pro Teacher in the Classroom
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visit website to sign up www.mcs4kids.com/TCE2016 Modesto City Schools is hosting a Summer Camp for Teachers. SAVE THE DATES: May 31 – June 2, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm COST: Free – In fact, if you attend a full day of sessions we’ll pay you! (6 hours @ In-Service Participation Rate) DETAILS: There are slight differences between TK-6 and 7-12 so we have two different strands.
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HOW TO REGISTER TO ATTEND: Please visit the website at www.mcs4kids.com/TCE2016 for registration details and current session offerings. SESSIONS: With 18 different sessions to choose from there's surely something of interest for you!
Engage and Amaze Students with the Interactive Features of NEARPOD Build a Collaborative Classroom using ONENOTE Taking Control of Your Digital Resources with SCHOOLOGY The Art of Being a Digitally Mobile SURFACE PRO Teacher in the Classroom Fear Not the Fraction for Grades 3-6 Addition/Subtraction in Action for TK-2 Unleash the Power of the Model Multiplication & Division for Grades 3-5 Classroom Management Skills in the Digital Environment Convert Your PowerPoint Presentations into an Interactive Online Lessons with Office Mix Curate Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) with Schoology Resources and Groups Manage your Classroom ClassDojo-Style Sway as a Presentation Tool for Learning Using Digital Polls and Surveys to Gauge Student Learning And more…
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THE BIG PICTURE - How can Nearpod benefit me as a teacher? Nearpod allows teachers to: 1. Create Content: – Teachers create multimedia presentations with interactive features such as quizzes, videos, polls, drawing tools, and more. They can also access featured presentations from certified publishers and fellow educators. 2. Engage: – In the classroom, teachers log in to the Nearpod app to share content with their students and manage the flow of the lecture. Students use the Nearpod app on their devices to receive curricular content, participate in activities and submit responses.
3. Assess: – Teachers can see students’ answers in real time on the Nearpod app. Additionally, teachers can log in to www.nearpod.com to access post-session data and obtain detailed activity reports.
THE BIG PICTURE - How can OneNote benefit me as a teacher? OneNote is a boundless digital notebook that is great for personal and classroom use.
With OneNote, you can create many notebooks, one for every situation. It’s easy to add sections and pages. You can keep a wide variety of things in your OneNote: text, images, files, and more. You can even draw with the Surface pen! You can even use OneNote to replace your document camera! Collaboration with peers
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THE BIG PICTURE - How can Schoology benefit me as a teacher? Schoology facilitates & simplifies:
Lesson organization and delivery Access to digital resources Formative assessment delivery PowerTeacher gradebook integration Personal Learning Network development Collaboration with peers
THE BIG PICTURE - How can the Surface Pro benefit me as a teacher? The Surface Pro & Pen are great in the classroom:
Surface brings the best tools together in one device It removes the constraints of being in one place Present wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom Best-in-class digital inking can replace paper Combination of updated Windows and Office Software utilizes the touch interface for quick and productive actions
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Admin Tech Training Join us on Wednesday, June 8th or Thursday, June 9th At the Pearson Computer Lab Room 1, 500 Locust St. This 5 ½ hour workshop will teach you all you need to know about Surface Pro, OneNote Notebooks and the OneNote Staff Notebooks.
Register for a Admin Tech Training Session at: https://its.mcs4kids.com/training/classes/administrator-training Find out more about OneNote Staff Notebooks at: www.onenote.com/staffnotebookedu
Sign up for an Online Class in Microsoft or Adobe at: https://its.mcs4kids.com/training/classes-online Topics include: Surface Pro, Windows 8, Windows 10, Office 365, OneDrive, OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, and more… Guide How-to Get Started with the Microsoft Online Classes – click here for handout Modesto City Schools | Office of Instructional Technology https://its.mcs4kids.com