Free Webinars

From edWeb.net:

Free webinar: Why formative assessments matter

Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. Eastern for Why Formative Assessments Matter with Steven Anderson, content and relationship evangelist for Promethean. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the ReEnergize Today's Connected Classroom community at www.edweb.net/classflow.

Free webinar: More strategies for setting up a brain-friendly classroom

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. Eastern for More Strategies for Setting up a Brain-Friendly Classroom with Erin Klein, author, parent, and second grade teacher in Michigan. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the Amazing Resources for Educators community at www.edweb.net/amazingresources.



From AbleNet:

Creating Your Own Digital Content Wednesday, September 10

Mobile devices are everywhere! But…how do we leverage the power of these tools to provide access to curriculum materials? This session will focus on strategies and tools to enable us to create and deliver materials to students – regardless of the devices they are using. These differentiated accessible materials can then be employed in the classroom and/or on students’ personal mobile learning devices to support learning in and out of the classroom. • Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CDT • Presenter: Mike Marotta, ATP • Level: Beginner

Okay --- another ---- I have to share it!

This site was reviewed by EdTech Review and I just thought ---- wow ---- this needs to be shared ---- and of course it is FREE!

Description:- Padlet is a free Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. It works like an online sheet of paper where educators can put any content (e.g. images, videos, documents, text) anywhere on the page, 

together with anyone from any device. 

Pain Point/Need:-

1. Online Collaborative Platform
2. Shared Workspace for education

Platform: - Web

Usability:- For getting started educators can easily create an account either with Google or by signing up. ‘Build wall’ allows educators to design their own wall with a proper title and description, where they can put any content they like. By double clicking on the grey part of the wall, educators can easily create posts and add images, links, videos etc. By using privacy settings such as public, private, etc., users can manage their audience and can also create password protected wall for limited access which, as a teacher, is a good feature to implement for their class. With easy to use options like drag-drop and upload, users can create more engaging and meaningful posts on their walls. Also, this platform allows educators to easily share and embed their walls in a blog, wiki or website for collaborative learning.

 Prices:- Free

 Our Review:- Padlet is a free application to create an online bulletin board that educators can use for displaying information, brainstorming sessions or discussions with an easy and intuitive UI. One of the good features of it is that educators can  make their wall posts interactive, by dragging and dropping different media and uploading files to them. With features like export, subscribe, email and social sharing, educators can easily make their wall posts collaborative. Users can also invite collaborators to contribute to their walls and enable notifications when new posts are added. With ‘embed’ option educators can embed any wall into their blog, website etc. By utilizing privacy settings effectively teachers can create private walls for particular classes through which they can easily ask questions about any topic and provide assignments to students. The best thing is that users can create as many walls as they want. Padlet is a good product for making easy class projects and managing groups with easy interaction, collaboration, sharing and learning.

How to use it (Training Videos):- 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REpenVWTbuU&list=PLXcvcYk8WzI4oOtD5u8fK143V1QEFfAHK&feature=player_embedded#t=0

High Tech Science - check out article on Mashable!

I cannot resist passing along this article by Kyli Singh from Mashable! 

Check out the article and the apps, technology, and sites described within it:
 - life-size plastic replica of a skeleton in class vs. and interactive skeleton app - FREE - Essential Skeleton 4,
- science fair  presentation boards vs. online self-publishing tools - You Tube and blogging platforms like Glogster are web tools that help students create interactive projects,
- the periodic table of elements poster vs. interactive tables full of information - Ptable.com,
- real frog dissection vs. virtual frog dissection,  Froguts - this is a subscription site,
- microscopes vs. smartphone microscopes -  Skylight - for $75 this plastic smartphone to microscope, telescope, binoculars, spotting scope adapter allows students to magnify,
- paper and pencil quizzes vs. clicker quizzes - interactive tech instruments like clickers are used in science lectures and other classes for quizzing and polling,
- hands-on chemistry experiments vs. virtual chemistry experiments - no more blowing up the chemistry lab - check out the website Late Nite Labs - for higher ed although this site can be use in some AP level high school curriculums - subscription based.

Free webinars - Sept. 3rd, Sept. 10th and Sept. 23rd

FROM ASCD:

Free webinar: Embracing flipped learning tour
Join ASCD authors and flipped learning experts Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 3 p.m. ET for a free webinar about the flipped learning model. The bulk of the presentation will be devoted to sharing how different teachers are using flipped learning techniques to answer their "one question" and transform the face-to-face time they have with their students. Bergmann and Sams will also discuss how administrators are flipping their faculty meetings and other administrative tasks. Learn more. Register now.

FROM edWeb.net:

Free webinar: Why formative assessments matter

Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. Eastern for Why Formative Assessments Matter with Steven Anderson, content and relationship evangelist for Promethean. Learn more and pre-register. Join the ReEnergize Today's Connected Classroom community at www.edweb.net/classflow.

  

Free webinar: Don't flip out! The unique aspects of blended learning implementations for your youngest students

Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. Eastern for Don't Flip Out! The Unique Aspects of Blended Learning Implementations for Your Youngest Students with Barker Davis, senior VP of business development for AWE. Learn more and pre-register. Join the PreK-3 Digital Learning community at www.edweb.net/prek3digitallearning.