Friday, June 13, 2014

Hmm...Are you interested in some free webinars?

From EdWeek:

 


The Empowered Learner: The Future History of Education
We can finally begin the transformation of teaching and learning in earnest. This conversation is for leaders and educators to create an empowered culture. A culture that delivers real impact with modern digital learning. Education is at the forefront of the "mobile-first, cloud-first" era.
Today, learning happens continuously and on-demand for students and teachers. It is critically important that we provide this opportunity for each learner. This means we must improve education productivity and opportunity for student success within the historical constraints of time, facilities, and funding. Microsoft has been a critical enabler for education leaders around the world to drive their learning innovation.
Join education veteran, Cameron Evans, CTO and harbinger of education transformation at Microsoft, on field-tested and research-proven insights on empowering the learner.
Guest:
Cameron Evans, chief technology officer, Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Education
This webinar will be moderated by Sean Herdman, associate publisher, Education Week
Registernow for this free live webinar.

 


Milpitas Unified School District Goes Google with Chromebooks and Google Apps
In this webinar hear from Chin Song, director of technology at Milpitas Unified School District in California, about how his schools are using web-based technologies like Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks, the impact this has had on teaching & learning, and his advice for others.
Google Apps for Education is free web-based email, calendar & documents that allow for collaborative working anytime, anywhere. Chromebooks are affordable, easy-to-manage web-based laptops. Google for Education will provide information about the Google Apps suite and Chromebooks at the start of this webinar.
Guest:
Chin Song, director of technology, Milpitas Unified School District, Calif.
This webinar will be moderated by Angela Mecca, education team, Google
Registernow for this free live webinar.
 


Unstructured Data is Costing you Money and Increasing Your Security Risk
Schools develop, share, and maintain large amounts of unstructured data which can account for storage and/or backups reaching 20-40% YOY growth. The IT staff needs to gain a better understanding of what is in their file storage prior to embarking on projects, such as data migrations, remediation, and moving file shares. Classification and archival is a critical component of managing the security and growth of this data.
Join us for an interactive and conversational webinar around data management and protection with Karen Fuller, CTO of Klein ISD, one of Texas’s fastest growing school districts and Symantec. We will discuss approaches on effectively analyzing, protecting, archiving, and maintaining compliance of this financial drain on school budgets.
You will walk away with actionable intelligence in:
  • Defining data governance,
  • Locating your “dark data,”
  • Securing your data: district-owned devices vs. personal devices, and
  • Improving operation efficiencies.
Guests:
Karen Fuller, chief technology officer, Klein Independent School District, Texas
Glen Bellomy, technical architect, Symantec
This webinar will be moderated by Ben Orencia, education practice manager, Symantec
Registernow for this free live webinar.

From edWeb.net:


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Join us on Tuesday, June 17 at 3 p.m. Eastern for E-rate Applicant Survey Results: Voices of Applicants from Across the Country with John Harrington, CEO of Funds For Learning. Learnmore and pre-register. Visit the Online Guide to E-rate Funding community at www.edweb.net/erate.





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Join us on Tuesday, June 17 at 5 p.m. Eastern for Using Smartphones in the Classroom with Shannon Holden, assistant principal of Republic Middle School in Missouri. Learnmore and pre-register. Visit the TechTools for the Classroom community at www.edweb.net/techtools.
 


From eSchool News:

How to Transform Instruction
by Empowering Learners
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014
Servers
3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: FREE
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Webinar Overview:
Technology is a powerful tool, capable of empowering students to become lifelong learners—but to realize its full potential, we must stop using technology as an “add-on” to instruction. Instead, we must transform the practice of teaching and learning.
Join Cameron Evans, chief technology officer and “harbinger of education transformation” at Microsoft, as he leads a conversation for K-12 leaders on how to create a culture that empowers today’s learners to become thinkers and creators.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:
  • Empower your teachers and students with modern technology.
  • Engage students and prepare them for college or a career.
  • Successfully leverage mobile devices as tools in driving teaching, learning, thinking, and creating. .
Webinar Speakers:
Cameron Evans
Chief Technology Officer (Harbinger of Education Transformation)
US Education, Microsoft Corporation
Cameron Evans

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Webinar Overview:
Education is rapidly going digital. Administrators are phasing out paper files in favor of digital storage, and classrooms are increasingly incorporating online content into their curricula. But what measures can we take to protect students when external websites ask for their personal information? And how can we safely provide teachers with immediate and continuous access to information and applications on the convenient digital platforms that they have come to expect?
Please join Ben Orencia, from Symantec, and Matthew Peeples, from Advanced MarketPlace, on June 25th as they discuss how to provide digitally secure resources and enable the 24 x 7 classroom.
The webinar will address such key issues as:
  • Securing school and students information – protecting from both external AND internal threats
  • Providing safe anytime, anywhere access
  • Ensuring secure access and safe content for students, teachers, and faculty
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Webinar Speakers:
Ben Orencia,
Education Practice Manager, Symantec Corporation

Matthew Peeples,
President, Advanced MarketPlace, Inc



Sponsored by:
Google



Using Google for Education tools
for Assessments and 1:1 at
Passaic City Public Schools
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014
Servers
2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: FREE
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Webinar Overview:
Educators at Passaic City Public Schools in New Jersey are not only using Google for Education tools to raise achievement and better prepare students for college or a career; they're also using Google Chromebooks to prepare for the new generation of online assessments. The 13,700-student district plans to expand to a 1-to-1 program by the 2014-15 school year, becoming one of the largest education deployments of Chromebooks in the country.
Chromebooks have been approved by PARCC and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for use with online Common Core assessments. Passaic City’s Jason Smith and Google for Education’s Stephen Fang will discuss how to use Chromebooks as a secure, locked-down device for online testing, as well as the impact that Google tools can have on teaching and learning.
In this webinar, participants will learn:
    • The unique benefits, features, and tools of Google for Education.
    • Why Passaic City Public Schools chose Google Chromebooks and Apps for Education as its platform for collaborative learning and innovation.
    • How to use Google Chromebooks as secure devices for next-generation online assessments.
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Webinar Speakers:
Stephen Fang
Google for Education Team, Google


Jason Smith
Student Information Systems Coordinator, Passaic City Public Schools



Sponsored by:
Google

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