Information on the MacBook Exchange for 2025-2026 School Year
This page will give you a description of the current professional learning opportunities offered by the district in regards to technology integration.
We have migrated all technology PD over to the Google Slides & Canva Slides format. This is due to ease of you just registering on CPE and you can get started right away by clicking the links below and getting your own copy!
We've retired a few courses that were out of date. (STEM Station Rotation Model, Amplifying Writing, Using Technology in Math Instruction)
We've added a new course on School AI and four new courses Canva!
Each of these new courses were developed with a workshop format in mind. This means you are not expected to complete every slide, but explore the slide deck and find what is meaningful for you and your position and dive deeper!
Each course is worth 3 hours of your choice hours!
For our NEW Canva & SchoolAI courses, we wanted to build them in Canva to give you all some more experience with this great platform! I think you'll notice a huge difference right off the bat!
Go to www.canva.com and log in with your EPSD Google Account
Then visit this page and click on the Get Your Copy & Begin Working button that you wish to start.
This is going to prompt you with a screen to use the template. Select View Template and you can start immediately! This makes a copy of the slide deck for you! You'll notice that it says Copy of
These slides will have everything you need to complete the session. There are lots of resources that we curated from all over Canva and SchoolAI to make this as meaningful as possible! Everything you need is in the slide deck, but reach out with any questions!
Accessibility for All is designed for you to get the opportunity to explore many of the accessibility features that are built into the devices and various programs that your students have access to and use on a daily basis. While many of these features are highly beneficial to students with IEP's, it is my belief that many students (and adults) will benefit from many of these features.
Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. Your self-paced journey starts by learning foundational skills on iPad and Mac, and continues as you integrate Apple technology into your everyday lessons. With three recognitions to explore, there’s endless inspiration and opportunity to be rewarded for doing your very best teaching — teaching that gives students more connected, creative, collaborative, and personal learning experiences.
Canva AI can be overwhelming at first. This PD session will help simplify Canva for everyone! What are teams? How do I figure out this navigation? What are some shortcuts to make this easier? Where do I start? If you have these questions, this course is for you.
This session will explore ideas on how to get your students writing more by utilizing some of Canva’s amazing creation tools. Learn how to leverage all of the amazing elements and tools to have students create their very own storybook! By the end of this session, you will have a exemplar of a potential project you can do with your students!
Move over iMovie & WeVideo, we have a new player in the game and it might be the best tool yet for students! In this session you’ll explore creating amazing social media-style videos for both teaching and also for project creation! By the end of this session, you will have an exemplar of a potential student project!
Canva AI is extremely powerful when leveraged properly! Learn about all the AI tools built right into Canva that you can use on a day to day basis including their brand new Canva AI tool! By the end of session, you will have explored the many tools in Canva and have a better understanding of how to use them in your teaching.
School AI is such a powerful tool for both students and teachers. In this three hour course, you’ll dive deeper into the platform with all it has to offer. By the end of this , you will have multiple sessions and ideas on how to use SchoolAI in your classroom!
Apple Classroom will change the way you manage your digital classroom! It's many features make keeping students focused and on track a breeze and it's integration with Powerschool makes setup easy and efficient! In this session, you will learn how to view their screens, open up apps, lock devices, adjust controls, view reports, and more! As an added bonus, you'll get to explore the East Penn created (and worldwide used) Apple Classroom Whiteboard!
Every course has its own feel and flow. However, with these six Schoology organization tips, you can increase the ease of finding assignments and information for your students. This course has built in time for you to make these changes as you go along. It is recommended that you do this in a sandbox course for the time being. Feel free to bring in a previous year's course from your resources.
After registering on CPE Tracker, just click on the Get Copy buttons below the icons of the courses and begin! Easy as that!
Asynchronous courses will be available on Monday, July 14, 2025. At that time you can work on them anytime outside of school hours until May 30, 2026! For in person professional learning, all materials will be able available the day of the session.
You can find all the courses that we are currently offering (the technology integration side) on this page.
After going through the slides and making sure that you've watched all the videos, completed the reflections within the slides, and added any screenshots/links, you need to:
Change the share settings to Anyone at East Penn Can View
Copy the link
Fill out the EPSD Standard Evaluation Google Form (linked on the final slide)
Click on Get Credit button on the last slide and fill out the quick and easy Google Form. (Please note: certain sessions will require you to submit/upload certain documents. You can ignore this question if you are taking a course that doesn't require it.)
That's it! You don't need to email anyone or anything! It'll be checked at the beginning of the school year and frequently throughout the year.
The simple answer is no. We do our best to give you new sessions each year that would benefit you professionally.
We retired a few past asynchronous courses for a couple of reasons. As technology evolves, we want to provide you with meaningful learning opportunities that are up to date. There will be newer versions of certain PD that will be available in the fall!
Because elementary doesn't use Schoology on a daily basis, we decided to take an approach that is more equitable and accessible for all educators in this district. We did a trial run in the February PD with elementary and it was very well received. We hope this makes it easier for all!
Before starting the course, you must first register on CPE Tracker. The easiest way to find the course is by searching the CPE number listed under the title of the course on this page.