Webinars

Title: "From STEM to STEAM & how to bring it to your school," presented by littleBits

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary

How do educators prepare students for jobs that don’t even exist yet? Now more than ever, it is important that students engage in STEAM learning in order to be ready for what is around the corner. STEAM – adding Arts to STEM – provides a full 360-degree approach to 21st-century learning.

This webinar will give you the inspiration to start your own STEAM learning initiative in your school or district as well as the necessary tips, tricks, and tools for implementing a successful program.

You’ll hear from educators such as Helen Mowers and Anna Adam from Killeen ISD in Texas. Find out how STEAM permeates the entire curriculum and how tools such as littleBits get students inventing and reimagining the world around them.

Speakers

Ayah Bdeir, Founder & CEO, littleBits

Ayah Bdeir is the founder and CEO of littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that is empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small. Bdeir is an engineer, interactive artist and one of the leaders of the open source hardware movement. Bdeir’s career and education have centered on advancing open source hardware to make education and innovation more accessible to people around the world. She is a co-founder of the Open Hardware Summit, a TED Senior Fellow and an alumna of the MIT Media Lab.

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, Administrators, Killeen Independent School District, Texas

 

Anna Adam and Helen Mowers are the creators of Tech Chick Tips, a podcast with tips for educators about using technology in instruction to engage students. Both work in Central Texas at Killeen Independent School District. Anna has served for the last 18 years as a campus instructional technologist and district-level Digital Learning Specialist. Helen’s 22 years of experience include being a science teacher, instructional technologist, professional developer, and most recently as the Executive Director for Technology Services. Anna is the proud wife of one and mom to three digital kids, ages 16, 14 and 12, and Helen is proud auntie to two digi-nieces, ages 9 and 6 years! Helen and Anna are Apple Distinguished Educators, Google gurus, and addicted to cool gadgets, blogs, podcasts, and social media. The Chicks have presented at numerous state, national, and international events and conferences, including TCEA, TxLA, ISTE, and Bermuda Union of Teachers. You can find them online at Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter as @techchick94 and @betterannamac. They can often be found surfing the web at all hours of the day and night looking for new tips and tools that can engage students and teachers! 

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Free Webinar: Digital Content Goes to School With more than 80 percent of schools and districts using digital content in the classroom, have you consider making the shift to digital? ASCD and OverDrive teamed up to address the most frequently asked questions, including: How do I get started? Which subject areas are available? Is 1:1 required? And many more. Please join us for our live webinar Digital Content Goes to School: Trends in K-12 Classroom e-Learning as we review research detailing K-12 digital content usage. Survey data from nearly 3,000 administrators will be shared, as well as mini-case studies on successful implementations. Learn about the most common subjects, devices and funding sources and how schools are increasing usage by students and educators. An executive summary and access to the full report will be available. Digital Content Goes to School: Trends in K-12 Classroom e-Learning Thursday, May 5, 2016, 2:00 p.m. EDT (US) Presented by Herb Miller, OverDrive Register Now This webinar is hosted by OverDrive. By registering, you will be sharing your information with OverDrive and may receive follow-up communication from them about relevant products and services.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2 to 3 pm ET

Content provided by: Prevention to Intervention: Formative Assessment Reimagined A new breed of technology is driving a shift in how we view and use formative assessment. When fully realized, educators will be engaged, empowered, and equipped to interrupt, disrupt, and prevent the failure to learn versus treating failed learning. Beyond information, formative assessment reimagined provides in-time insight and intelligence of, for, and by the learner to adapt and adjust learning, as the learner is learning—not after instruction. To that end, this webinar will focus on three essential learnings: The what, why, and how of reimagined formative assessment; The transformational impact of instructional and assessment integration; and The results of assessing leading rather than trailing indicators of learning. Guest: Gregory Firn, superintendent in residence, DreamBox Learning This webinar will be moderated by Stefani Kauppila, curriculum designer, DreamBox Learning Register Here Thursday, April 28, 2016 3 to 4 pm ET Sponsored by: English-Learners and the Common Core: New Instructional Strategies As many educators are discovering, Common Core State Standards pose particular challenges for English-language learners in both language arts and mathematics, and yet the standards documents themselves provide little guidance for how teachers can help their ELLs meet the new objectives. In this webinar, veteran teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, authors of the forthcoming Navigating the Common Core With English Language Learners, will offer practical guidance on integrating the standards into instruction for ELLs. The authors will discuss research and developments in ELL education, examine the standards in depth with eye towards challenges and opportunities for ELL students, and provide targeted scaffolding techniques and instructional activities. The goal will be to give attendees a better understanding of how and when to adapt instruction under the common core to the particular needs of English-learners. Underwriting for this webinar has been provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guests: Larry Ferlazzo is an award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., and the author of Education Week Teacher's blog Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo. Katie Hull Sypnieski teaches English and English-language development at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., and is the co-author of Navigating the Common Core With English Language Learners. This webinar will be moderated by Anthony Rebora, managing editor, Education Week Teacher; assistant managing editor, Education Week Register Here

Webinars

Content provided by: Demystifying the Role of Reading Comprehension in the Common Core The role of reading comprehension in the common core may seem like a mystery. In this webinar, we will share clues and unlock the mystery of reading comprehension. We will begin by explaining what reading comprehension is and how it works. Next, we will describe connections between reading comprehension and the common core. Then we will provide practical, classroom-ready ideas for teaching students to comprehend at deeper levels. In this webinar, we will discuss: Current beliefs about the nature of reading comprehension The role of reading comprehension in the common core Classroom-ready teaching ideas to promote reading comprehension at deeper levels, with particular focus on the use of graphic organizers Join us for a discussion with renowned reading expert Maureen McLaughlin on how reading comprehension correlates with the common core and how we can teach students to comprehend to their greatest potential. Speaker: Maureen McLaughlin, professor, reading department, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; and 2013-2014 president of the International Literacy Association This webinar will be moderated by Adam Berkin, vice president of product development, Curriculum Associates

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Sponsored by: Leveraging Analytics and Assessment to Close Achievement Gaps Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps often come to educators' attention in test scores, but they don't start there. A closer look at both assessment and other student data can help administrators recognize red flags in class access, school climate, parent involvement, and other areas that could be undermining their efforts to close achievement gaps. Join John B. Diamond, author of the 2015 book Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, and Ari Gerzon-Kessler, principal of Monaco Elementary in Colorado, who is using data to identify and correct longterm inequities in his school. Guests: John B. Diamond, associate professor of education, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), University of Wisconsin-Madison Ari Gerzon-Kessler, principal, Monaco Elementary School, Commerce City, Colo. This webinar will be moderated by Sarah D. Sparks, assistant editor, Education Week

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FREE WEBINAR: Inquiry-Based Learning  For The Gen-Z Student!

Join Rosen Digital and Paige Jaeger, national library leader and curriculum consultant, Monday April 4 for a FREE edWeb Webinar and professional development opportunity. Paige will spotlight why inquiry works, why "the question is the answer," and how to build learning adventures that spark imagination and enable students to uncover and discover essential understandings of any discipline.   Inquiry-Based Learning for the Gen-Z Student! Monday, April 4 at 3pm EDT   Learn more about edWeb's learning communities here. Learn more about Rosen Digital here. Sign up and share with your colleagues for access to this great Professional Development opportunity! You'll have access to the recording, even if you can't listen live.

A few webinars -----

Michael Horn on Using Blended Learning to Improve Schools

This event takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET.

Content provided by: Michael Horn will highlight his new book's findings on blended learning and disruptive innovation. He will discuss how school leaders and teachers can design learning environments to harness innovation toward personalization, access and equity at scale to unleash student engagement and dramatically improve student achievement. Guest: Michael Horn, executive director, education, Clayton Christensen Institute Moderator: Cheryl Vedoe, chief executive officer, Apex Learning Education Week is serving only as the host for this presentation. The content was created by the sponsor. The opinions expressed in this webinar are those of the sponsor and do not reflect the opinion of or constitute an endorsement by Editorial Projects in Education or any of its publications. Closed-captioning is available for this event. On the date of the event, you can log in as early as 15 minutes before the start of the webinar. Open the “Closed-Captioning” link from the “handouts folder” (located at the bottom of the console) to access Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). A transcript will also be available for download from the handouts folder within three business days after the event. Registration is required to attend this event. Please register now.     Deepening and Widening the Way We Teach Writing in K–5 This event takes place on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET. Content provided by: The Common Core State Standards have led elementary schools to increase the amount of writing students do and provide them with instruction in planning, revising, and editing. This commendable effort, however, is really only a good start. To write well, students must have prior knowledge relevant to what they are writing. The new writing standards have been constructed to increase the mutual benefits of writing and knowledge. This webinar will focus on deepening how we teach writing to help students overcome the prior-knowledge problem and widening how we teach writing to increase student content knowledge. In this webinar, our guests will: • Show how the writing standards are based on research about the relationship between knowledge and writing, • Present practical lesson frameworks that help students overcome a lack of prior knowledge, and • Show how to use topical writing and writing across the curriculum to build content knowledge and teach how to write better. Guest: James W. (Jim) Cunningham, Ph.D., professor emeritus of literacy studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. Moderator: Adam Berkin, vice president, product development, Curriculum Associates Education Week is serving only as the host for this presentation. The content was created by the sponsor. The opinions expressed in this webinar are those of the sponsor and do not reflect the opinion of or constitute an endorsement by Editorial Projects in Education or any of its publications. Closed-captioning is available for this event. On the date of the event, you can log in as early as 15 minutes before the start of the webinar. Open the “Closed-Captioning” link from the “handouts folder” (located at the bottom of the console) to access Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). A transcript will also be available for download from the handouts folder within three business days after the event. Registration is required to attend this event. Please register now. Parent Empowerment Through Local School Councils This event takes place on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET. In Chicago and Kentucky, local school councils were created to improve educational outcomes for students in their respective jurisdictions. Chicago's model—still unique in the country 25 years later—sought to harness the power of parents and the community to drive school improvement. Kentucky, whose education law was deemed unconstitutional at the time that Chicago was embarking on its unique parent- and community-powered reform, chose to include parents on the local councils, but left educators in the driver's seat. In this webinar, you will hear how the two different models of local school councils emerged and how their approaches to involving parents in school reform differ. Guests: Julie Woestehoff, interim executive director, Parents Across America Deneen Zimmerman, education leader, Kentucky Association of Local School Councils Moderator: Denisa Superville, staff writer, Education Week Underwriting for the content for this webinar is provided by the Walton Family Foundation References to products or services in the course of this webinar do not constitute endorsements by Education Week or Editorial Projects in Education. Closed-captioning is available for this event. On the date of the event, you can log in as early as 15 minutes before the start of the webinar. Open the “Closed-Captioning” link from the “handouts folder” (located at the bottom of the console) to access Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). A transcript will also be available for download from the handouts folder within three business days after the event. Registration is required to attend this event. Please register now. A Successful 1:1 Initiative on a Budget This event takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET. Content provided by: J. Sterling Morton High School District 201, located just outside of Chicago in Cicero, Illinois, has one of the highest free and reduced lunch rates in the state and yet they have successfully rolled out a 1:1 initiative starting this school year. Through the support of the school board president and other administrators, the district is seeing a significant improvement in student and faculty engagement since this initiative began. In this webinar, district leaders will share how they leveraged federal funding for this project, how they decided on a device, how they organized and managed professional development, and how they managed the logistics to allow this challenged district to take a significant step forward in preparing their students for college and career. Guests: Jeffry Pesek, president, board of education, J. Sterling High School District 201, Cicero, Ill. Michael Kuzniewski, superintendent, J. Sterling High School District 201, Cicero, Ill. Timothy Truesdale, assistant superintendent, J. Sterling High School District 201, Cicero, Ill. Keith Beisman, director of instructional technology, J. Sterling High School District 201, Cicero, Ill. Bob Niedermeyer, director of technology, J. Sterling High School District 201, Cicero, Ill. Moderator: Kelly Sundberg, academic account executive, Microsoft Education Week is serving only as the host for this presentation. The content was created by the sponsor. The opinions expressed in this webinar are those of the sponsor and do not reflect the opinion of or constitute an endorsement by Editorial Projects in Education or any of its publications. Closed-captioning is available for this event. On the date of the event, you can log in as early as 15 minutes before the start of the webinar. Open the “Closed-Captioning” link from the “handouts folder” (located at the bottom of the console) to access Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). A transcript will also be available for download from the handouts folder within three business days after the event. Registration is required to attend this event. Please register now.

Webinars for our blizzard Tuesday and one for Wednesday!

Just in case you get bore with our blizzard, here are a couple of webinars you can sign up for!

Some webinars for Tuesday and Wednesday:

 2015: Next Generation Assessment Implementation and Results
How can districts prepare their students and teachers for the national consortia's assessments this year? Efforts to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment with Common Core State Standards have intensified as the pressure escalates for states and districts that will take the new summative assessments this spring.
Widespread unease persists:
•    Increased level of rigor,
•    New item types,
•    Unfamiliarity with format, and
•    Test administration scheduling
Further, the transition to online administration poses additional planning and technical challenges.
Join our guests to better understand two approaches to these challenges—one in a Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium state and one in a Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers state. And learn how school and district leaders are preparing teachers and students to meet the challenges with confidence.
Guests:
Lizabeth Frischhertz, chief officer for accountability, assessment, and evaluation, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, La.
Frances Gipson, Ph.D., principal, El Sereno Middle School and Magnet Center, Los Angeles Unified School District
This webinar will be moderated by Justine Hargreaves, senior product marketing manager, Measured Progress
Register now for this free live webinar.
 

High-Quality Early Childhood Programs as a Model for K-3 Education

This event takes place on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET.

Content provided by: For nearly 30 years, Teaching Strategies has helped early childhood programs to improve outcomes through developmentally appropriate practice. This webinar will share lessons learned from decades of innovation in high-quality early childhood programs, and highlight the ways that applying similar strategies in K-3 can lead to quality and success for all children. Kai-leé Berke, Teaching Strategies’ chief academic officer, will define developmentally appropriate practice; showcase the powerful impact of project-based, hands-on investigations that directly support children to be critical and creative thinkers; and discuss how innovative resources that inextricably link curriculum and whole-child assessment can help K-3 programs achieve success. Additionally, participants will gain an understanding of the importance of investing in early childhood programs that help lay the foundation for children’s success in kindergarten and beyond.

Guest: Kai-leé Berke, chief academic officer, Teaching Strategies Moderator: Breeyn Mack, manager, content and community partnerships, Teaching Strategies

Register now for this free webinar.

Webinar: Creating Engaging Content for the Web and Social Media
When: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Location: Online

Event Details

Building a sustainable social media presence for yourself or your organization requires the development of exciting media content. Whether the media is written, video-based, or audio-focused, there should be one constant factor: The content must be engaging enough to make users come back time and time again.

This webinar will help you identify diverse approaches to create content for your social media presence. During the course of this webinar we will cover:

1. Developing a media strategy
   
2. Selecting the correct hardware to support your content development
   
3. Choosing the correct software to support your content development
   
4. Hosting and displaying your content
   

Whether you are new to media and content creation or an experienced professional, this webinar will give you a stronger foundation from which to build your social media strategy.

This presentation is brought to you by the online BA in Communication and Media degree program at CUNY School of Professional Studies.

Presenter

Professor James Richardson is the Academic Director of the BA in Communication and Media degree program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, as well as an Associate Professor of New Media Technology at LaGuardia Community College. As an educator and industry professional, James has led higher ed and corporate initiatives in both traditional and online environments. With over 25 years of experience in managing all aspects of technology-based projects, the focus of his academic research has been in the areas of student motivation (particularly at-risk populations), redefining digital scholarship, the impacts of social media on interpersonal communication, and developing ePortfolio support structures to promote student/programmatic/institutional assessment.

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https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5803098490561800705