Professional Development  Facilitation

In this course, geared toward classroom teachers and other instructional staff, participants will learn how to create and edit videos using tools and features of Apple Clips in the K-12 classroom. After the session, participants will be able to integrate Apple Clips into projects and lessons with students.

Edpuzzle allows you to make videos more engaging and interactive with multiple choice items, open-ended items, notes, voiceovers, and more. In this course, participants will learn how to navigate the Schoology-integrated Edpuzzle platform as a student and a teacher, create and edit their own interactive assignments, and walk away with implementation strategies and an Edpuzzle Schoology assignment ready-to-go for their students.

Kami allows you to take any existing document, including scanned PDFs, and write, draw, type, annotate, comment, augment, enhance, and otherwise bring it to life—all within your browser. In this course participants will learn how to navigate the platform as a student and a teacher, integrate Kami assignments into Schoology, and walk away with implementation strategies and a Kami Schoology assignment ready-to-go for their students.

It's more than just a music video. Flocabulary is a learning program for all grades that uses educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum (Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Life Skills, Vocabulary, Current Events). In this course geared towards instructional staff, participants will go through a complete Flocabulary lesson as a student, set up a class, and prepare a lesson to implement in their classroom.

In this course, geared towards instructional staff, participants will learn all about the Clips app, including cuts, special effects, title cards, and more. Additionally, teachers will learn how to introduce and implement this easy-to-use app in the classroom.

In this workshop, teachers will learn the role that technology plays in science classrooms. Participants will explore web tools and applications that integrate science and literacy to enhance students' learning experience as they develop content mastery.

Google Forms is a tool that is part of Google Drive for creating surveys, tests, or web input forms. Google forms allows teachers and students to create an easy to use web form, tie it to a spreadsheet where you can track results and post it on the web without having to know programming. Participants will learn the basics of the app/web 2.0 program and how teachers and students can use it as a tool for administering and taking tests, recording and presenting research, and collecting data. Participants will also see how other teachers already integrate this creation tool in their classrooms and have the opportunity to create a project of their own.

Adobe Spark Video is a video storytelling application for the iPad developed by Adobe Systems. It combines motion graphics, audio recording, music, text, and photos and is used to produce short animated, narrated videos. Participants will learn the basics of the app and how students can use it as a tool for storytelling and presentations. Participants will also see how other teachers already integrate this creation tool in their classrooms and have the opportunity to create a project of their own.

The #1 Green Screen app by Do Ink for the iPad makes it easy to create incredible green screen videos and photos. This app emphasizes ease-of-use and simplicity, while still enabling fantastic results. Participants will learn the basics of the app and how students can use it as a tool for storytelling and presentations. Participants will also see how other teachers already integrate this creation tool in their classrooms and have the opportunity to create a project of their own.

Learn the basics of the versatile Explain Everything App and how to use it as a blank canvas for thinking maps, video recordings, presentations, and animation. Participants will also see how other teachers already integrate this creation tool in their classrooms and have the opportunity to create a project of their own.