Trainings and Workshops
Interactive Student Responses Using Flipgrid & Padlet
Description: Participants will learn how to use and integrate tools such as Flipgrid and Padlet into their classroom, and share with students to create engaging students responses throughout the curriculum.
Introduction to Pear Deck
Description: Participants will be introduced to all of the features Pear Deck has to offer and learn how to incorporate them into a Google Slides presentation.
Using VoiceThread to Promote Student Engagement
Description: Learn how to use Voicethread, an app available to all Brookline students and teachers, to create engaging multimedia discussion and collaboration spaces.
Google Workspace for Education
Optimize Your Google Drive
Description: Feeling overwhelmed by the files in your unlimited Google Drive storage? In this workshop, you’ll learn some strategies for navigating and organizing your drive. You’ll also learn some best practices for sharing files and documents.
Course Materials
Flyer
Slidedeck
Recording
Working Collaboratively with Students using Jamboard
Description: Introduction to the tools, learn how to save boards and share with students, make graphic organizers, and use collaboratively
Course Materials
Flyer
Slidedeck
Recording
Using Google Forms for Quizzes
Description: This workshop will focus on how to set up Google Forms for quizzes. It will include how to set up locked mode in quizzes and how to add feedback to responses in Google Forms quizzes.
Course Materials
Flyer
Slidedeck
Recording
Canvas
Leveraging the Power of Canvas Discussions
Description: Learn how to build and manage powerful asynchronous discussions in Canvas.
Creating Canvas Quizzes with New Quizzes
Description: Learn to create dynamic assessments in Canvas New Quizzes.
Zoom
Zoom Workshop: Part 1
Description: This workshop is Part 1 of 2 and is intended for licensed Zoom users- Learn about the differences between account wide Zoom settings, personal Zoom settings, pre-meeting settings as well as during-meeting security controls, allowing only authenticated users (possibly more if time permits).
Zoom Workshop: Part 2
Description: This workshop is intended for licensed Zoom users who have completed Part 1. Learn about the student perspective on a Chromebook, and how to make the best use of Screen Sharing, Annotations, Breakout Rooms and Polling.
Additional Offerings
VoiceThread Basics 1 - Upload, Comment, and Share
Hosted by Voice Thread:
Archived Workshop from January 7, 2020
Recorded Webinar Available Here
Participants will learn how to upload media, comment and annotate on that media, and share it with others. This will be a slow paced, step-by-step, hands-on workshop. It is open to both VoiceThread license holders and free members.
Podcasts and Recorded Webinars
The Innovator's Mindset Podcast - George Couros https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-innovators-mindset-the-podcast/id1155968930#episodeGuid=tag%3Asoundcloud%2C2010%3Atracks%2F787231813 I am a learner, author, speaker, and sometimes I make podcasts talking about any and all of these things.
TedEd Blog https://blog.ed.ted.com/ Check back often for new articles and videos.
Instructional Coaching Webinar: Better Conversations (Based on Jim Knights Instructional Coaching Book) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFrhsgTFZU8&feature=youtu.be Ann Hoffman, a senior consultant at ICG, leads this webinar on Better Conversations, using Jim Knight's book Better Conversations. For more research-based instructional coaching resources, visit instructionalcoaching.com.