IEP Workshops - Space is Limited!

If you are interested in learning about IEPs, The SERC Library is offering a series of 3 IEP workshops - space is limited! Click HERE to register.  All workshops are FREE!

All workshops are on a Wednesday evening from 5:30 pm to 7 pm - register for all three or just the one you are interested in!

March 22nd - Building Bridges:  Working with school staff to inform IEP programming for you child

April 5th - Become Knowledgeable:  Understanding the Individualized Education Program (IEP) and IEP process

April 19th - Intensify Focus:  Connecting the role of advocacy to your child's success in meeting IEP goals

Free Webinars!

FREE, LIVE WEBINARS

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Register Free of Charge!

CEUs ARE available for these sponsored webinars!

Learn How to Integrate Technology in Your Classroom with Extraordinary Learners - AAC and PLAY

60 MINUTES

Thursday,
March 2, 2017

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Central Standard Time

As educators, it is imperative that we are fluent in the use of digital devices. It is our job to teach our students how to be independent AND to help them develop functional skills with technology.

This webinar is designed to improve your digital fluency and show you how the iPad can be a helpful tool for your students with special needs. 

PRESENTERS: Katrine Gulstad Pedersen and Kirsten McLoud

RegisterFree of Charge

Participants must register to receive confirmation and login instructions.

Participation in this free, sponsored webinar is limited to the first 100 log-ins.

 
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Creating the Right Environment for Successful AAC Use in the Classroom with Location Awareness

60 MINUTES

Thursday, 

May 4, 2017

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Central Daylight Time

Studies in the visual cognitive sciences have argued that we need to bring the environment into the AAC. Participants in this webinar will learn about the newest technology for AAC users - Location Awareness with Beacons, which is built in to SuperSpeak AAC and is an easy way to bring the environment into the AAC. 

We will teach you how to best apply these findings in a classroom setting with your special needs learners, how to teach appropriate iPad behaviors to students with special needs and how to get started with using the iPad in the classroom environment. 

PRESENTERS: Katrine Gulstad Pedersen and Kirsten McLoud

RegisterFree of Charge

Participants must register to receive confirmation and login instructions.

Participation in this free, sponsored webinar is limited to the first 100 log-ins.

 

Quick - I just found out about this and the pre-registration date is 2/23!

Part art show/part science project, the Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge is a fun way for students to explore nature and investigate STE(A)M (science, technology, engineering, art and math) while inspiring creative thinking.

Pre-Registration Deadline extended to February 23!

WHY PARTICIPATE IN THE i2i CHALLENGE?

For Educators: The STEM + Art = STE(A)M—Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge was developed to give students the opportunity to further their understanding of how STEM subjects and art relate, and the importance of that symbiosis. The i2i Challenge provides educators with community support and a framework to encourage creativity through imagination and incorporate STEM subjects.

For Students: STEM + Art = STE(A)M—Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Challenge allows students to explore the integration of art concepts and STEM subjects. The i2i Challenge provides students with a supported framework for discussion of STEM subjects. Students’ observations and classroom discussions serve as the foundation for the students’ exploration of the relation between art and STEM and the impact they have on each other.

This exploration will lead students to a better understanding of the symbiotic relationship between art and STEM and encourage them to use their imagination and knowledge to further develop those concepts in new and creative ways.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.tmsc.org/i2i. 

The SERC Library 

will be 
CLOSED 
on Friday, February 10th.  The Library will re-open on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:30 am.  Resources due on Friday will be due on Tuesday and we will hold all reserves for one more day.

Connecticut's Chuckles VIII

Connecticut's Chuckles VIII and Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil are opposites in their predictions for spring and winter, HOWEVER ----- they both have seen the new ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Collections ready to circulate out of the SERC Library and both agree that the new collections are exciting!

Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil

Click here to get to the SERC Library catalog and use the keywords 'assistive technology' filter by location/collection to see the new AT2 collection results that are low- and mid-tech resources and the AT3 collection results that are the high-tech pre-loaded iPads and Chromebooks (special loan and borrowing terms are in place for the iPads and Chromebooks which can only be borrowed one at a time and only for a two (2) week loan period and patrons have to sign a borrower's agreement).

Click HERE to register for Math for Everyone:  Strengthening Tier 1 Instruction at the Secondary Level - April 26, 2017 - Radisson Hotel, Cromwell, CT - Keynote speaker - Max Ray-Riek