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On-Demand Tech Integration PD Menu
On-Demand Tech Integration PD Menu
The menu below is a menu of trainings that MPS staff can access at anytime. Click the title to reveal a description and link to the learning!
Literacy, Productivity & Communication
Literacy, Productivity & Communication
Strengthening Literacy Skills for All: Read&Write for Google Chrome
This training introduces Read&Write and how it can be used to support student learning. Read&Write is an extension for Chromebooks that boosts reading and writing confidence by offering a range of tools that makes reading and typing more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits their abilities and learning styles. By completing this training, you will understand how to use Read&Write and choose resources to help you get students started using this tool
Talking Points: A Powerful MPS & Family Communication Tool
Explore the ins-and-outs of using Talking Points, our MPS approved communication Platform, to support communication with families! Learn more about:
Secure two-way communication
Translation capabilities
Strategies for seamless navigation of the teacher dashboard
The family experience
Nearpod - Typsey: Using Typsey Lessons in Nearpod for Ad-Free Typing Skills Lessons
Learn how to log in, and navigate the Nearpod dashboard
Learn how to search and use the Nearpod curriculum library
Learn how to use the Typesy ready made lesson modules
Explore and Experience the Typsey activities in Nearpod
Google Workplace: Tools & Instructional Strategies
Google Workplace: Tools & Instructional Strategies
Google Slides: Beyond the Presentation
Dive deep into the creative potential of Google Slides! This workshop-style session explores innovative strategies to support literacy and meet curriculum objectives. Discover how to engage your students and enhance their learning experience through three interactive learning activities:
Thin Slides: 1 word, 1 slide, 5 minutes. Learn how this magical combination on a Google Slides Template can become a trusty tool in your instructional toolbox.
Comics: Step into the world of visual storytelling with Google Slides & Comic creation! This creative outlet not only supports literacy development by encouraging narrative thinking and sequencing skills but also engages students in a medium they love.
Animated Definitions: Bring vocabulary to life! Leverage the simplicity of Slides to animate definitions to support any learner working on vocabulary acquisition, spelling, or oral proficiency.
Let's transform the way we teach and learn, one Slide at a time!
Google Slides Unleashed!
Already comfortable with Google Slides? Get ready to supercharge your teaching toolkit and empower your students like never before – because with Slides, the sky's the limit! This hands-on, workshop-style session is packed with ideas to push Google Slides beyond the presentation. We start with a reveal of some "Slides Secrets" that will take your Slides game to the next level, then explore three dynamic strategies for supporting literacy across the curriculum:
Drag & Drop: Use Google Slides to effortlessly rearrange elements and create engaging, interactive learning experiences (think ActivInspire but something students can use or create on their own devices!
Soundboards: Support any learner working on learning sounds, vocabulary, or oral proficiency with this fun twist on a Slide!
Selfie Adventures: Help students make even more personal connections by putting themselves into their digital storytelling or exploration of any location, factual or fictitious.
Going Further with Google Drive: Organizing, Sharing & Permissions
This micro-PD explores features of Google Drive that are invaluable for the world of education: Organization, Sharing & Permissions.
Yes, Google Forms Can Do That!
Especially helpful for people newer to Google Forms, this session explores a "Top 10" of features that help Google Forms work for you while creating new learning engagements and supports for students including writing choose-you-own adventure stories using conditional logic.
Keep On Keeping On! Google Keep: Your Personal Organizational Specialist
Looking for a great place to Keep your notes, lists, special images and reminders? Ever need to collaborate on a project and need a shared "to-do" space? This micro-PD walks through Google's answer for you: Google Keep.
EdTech Tools to Support Instruction
EdTech Tools to Support Instruction
Google Slides + Promethean = Powerful Interactive Opportunities for Students!
eActivInspire is a great option for drag and drop activities on the Promethean Board, but what can we use if we want students to be able to engage with the same activity on their device? The solution might surprise you: Google Slides! See how some great features in Slides help make an interactive experience for the Promethean Board and student devices alike!
Padlet: Promoting Creation, Collaboration & Sharing
Imagine giving students a handful of sticky notes, having them write answers, and then posting them up on the wall. That is what Padlet can do...but more! This Padlet PD covers the basics of using Padlet, a few more advanced options with the tool, and, lastly, content connections that might be helpful in your teaching and student's learning, specifically through viewing and sharing ideas.
Instructional Strategies for All Subjects
Instructional Strategies for All Subjects
Think Critically, Support Ideas & Promote Discussion with Hexagonal Thinking
Ever heard of hexagonal thinking? Not yet? Well, surprise! No longer does the Math Department corner the market on hexagons! This self-paced interactive session explores a simple but rich strategy that helps students make visual connections between ideas and supercharge their critical thinking skills. Perfect for any subject, hexagonal thinking is like the ultimate brainstorming tool that gets students supporting their ideas and adds depth to discussions. Leave this session with examples, templates, and ideas for your own classroom.
Unlock Learning with Podcasts: Amplifying Student Literacy Skills & Voice
This interactive professional development session is designed for educators who want to explore the benefits and processes of podcasting. Explore ways to bring podcasting into the curriculum to elevate student voice while enhancing literacy skills and achieving learning targets. This self-paced session explores the podcasting process through hands-on activities, provides teachers with practical insights, and introduces student-friendly tools for incorporating podcasts into their teaching practices. This session is designed to take approximately 50 minutes to complete, though, if you go down a rabbit hole, which is easy to do, all bets are off! 🙂
The Power of Story: Creating 60 Second Documentaries
We are born to be storytellers and it is amazing what can be shared in just one minute! This multi-media guide explores the power and process of student-created 60-Second Documentaries. From research and critical thinking to writing and producing, discover the what, why and how to support your students as they create their own 60-Second Documentaries.
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