Session+Descriptions+2017

Session Descriptions 2017


 * **Session** || **Presenter** || **level** || Description ||
 * Computer and e-mail basics || Nate || Beginner || This session will serve as an introduction for new staff and a review for returning staff on the basics of using the Chamberlain School District computers as well as the South Dakota K12 email and members system. Home Folders - Cubs Start Page - Outlook - Lightspeed - Adding Printers ||
 * Moby Max || Desirae || K-8 || *Please create an account before coming to this session! Go to **[]** and use code SD104. E-mail me for help.
 * We will look at the classroom tools, student motivation, and data & reporting sections of Moby Max. We will also review your options for assigning things to students. ||
 * Digital Portfolios: SeeSaw, Padlet, and Google Slides || Valerie || All || Wowza! There are sooooo many great FREE websites that allow you to capture and save student work to create a portfolio of student work. Some of these platforms allow you to share with parents. Some are easier to use than others. Come and explore the options that are available!
 * Digital Portfolios: SeeSaw, Padlet, and Google Slides || Valerie || All || Wowza! There are sooooo many great FREE websites that allow you to capture and save student work to create a portfolio of student work. Some of these platforms allow you to share with parents. Some are easier to use than others. Come and explore the options that are available!

Create digital portfolios of student work. Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school. Students capture their learning with photos and videos of their work. Everything's organized and accessible in one place for teachers from any device. Student work can be shared with classmates, parents, or published to a class blog.

Besides Seesaw, we will look at how to use Google Slides and Padlet to capture student work for portfolio use as well.

Want more ideas? Check out my website! valerieneuharth.wixsite.com/socialstudies ||
 * Get on Twitter and follow @seesaw @padlet**
 * Thinglink || Cadena || All || With **ThingLink**, teachers and students can easily enhance images and videos with additional notes, photos, audio, video and other multimedia content. The highest level of Bloom's taxonomy is **creation**, where students take information (both previously known & learned) and present it in a new way. Thinglink is the perfect creation tool! Students acquire visual presentation skills and communicate through digital storytelling across grade levels, on any device. ||
 * Blendspace and Gooru || Valerie || All || Blendspace and Gooru are both open educational resources that allow you to create/borrow an entire lesson or unit. You can create questions, assessments, embed videos, or pictures.

Want more ideas? Check out my website! valerieneuharth.wixsite.com/socialstudies ||
 * Get on Twitter and follow @tes_teach (blendspace) @gooru**
 * Go Animate || Lisa || purchased for MS - for others, there is a free trial || A cloud-based, animated video creation platform. It is designed to allow people with no background in animation to quickly and easily create animated videos. 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text. ||  ||
 * Using iPads for creation & app smashing || Cadena || MS - and those with ipads || Moving beyond consumption to app smashing. Learn about the top iPad apps students can use for creation to strengthen and document student learning. **App Smashing** is the process of using multiple apps to create projects or complete tasks. App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills. ||
 * Symbaloo lessons || Lisa || all || Create or browse the market place for an already created gaming-style Lesson Plan using the best educational resources. Built-in analytics tools gather insightful data and improve learning outcomes while students enjoy an engaging learning environment. ||
 * Flipgrid and Recap || Valerie || all || Check out how to give students more voice in your classroom! Flipgrid and Recap allow for you to provide a culture of inquiry with questioning tools that allow students to respond using video. Recap is 100% and just unveiled some new features this summer. Flipgrid allows a free account, but if you want more options you must pay. Plus, Flipgrid and Recap sent some SWAG!

Want more ideas? Check out my website! valerieneuharth.wixsite.com/socialstudies ||
 * Get on Twitter and follow @flipgrid and @recapthat**
 * District etext resources for curriculum || Diane || K-12 || Many of the district purchased curriculums have online resources and student texts. This session will overview the variety of sites including: Houghton Mifflin, Pearson, Cengage, National Geographic, and McGraw-Hill. ||
 * Scholastic News SS resources (K-3) || Diane || K-3 || Scholastic News has many online resources that teachers of K-3 will be able to access to enhance social studies and science curriculum. ||
 * iBooks, tips and Noteability || Melissa || MS and those with ipads || iBooks is a great resource for teachers: lessons & projects available, many for FREE! Also possible to create your own iBook if you have a Mac. Notability is an annotation app for PDFs. Great for students to work directly on handouts without having to make tons of copies; compatible with Google Drive and Classroom. Also presenting other tips about iPads for teacher and student use such as Guided Access, Mail, AirDrop, News and more! ||
 * Youtube: create own channel, playlists, subscribe and download || Cadena || all || The Teacher's Guide to using Youtube in the Classroom
 * Create and subscribe to playlists
 * Create your own youtube channel
 * Youtube video editor
 * Downloading youtube videos ||
 * Windows 10 || Eric || All || This session will reveal the new features provided by Windows 10 tips and navigation. ||
 * Discovery Education || Eric || All || Topics will include creating user accounts, resetting passwords, exploring your DE dashboard, adding content and creating classes. ||