Webinars

Below is a list of webinars/ courses that focus on best practices and tips for integrating some of the most popular tech tools into your curriculum.

  1. Santa Cruz County Office of Ed daily webinars

  2. Pear Deck: Learn how to use Pear Deck Premium, an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Register for one or more of Pear Deck's daily webinars on topics such as Pear Deck 101, remote learning, student-paced mode, and foreign language lessons.

  3. Using Padlet to Support Student Thinking: Katy Scott and Athena Barrios of the Monterey Bay Aquarium demo examples of using Padlet with middle and high school students to create Driving Question boards, to virtually dive through the deep sea and the Kelp forest, and as community builders. Access Passcode: O$k8xW*h

  4. Seesaw: This link will take you to Seesaw's Training and PD page where you can sign up for a live webinar, watch a recording of a past webinar, or follow along on a slide presentation at your own pace.

  5. Book Creator: Join Jon Smith for daily webinars on using Book Creator. These are informal – drop in and ask Jon anything. Use the calendar linked here to find a time that suits you.

  6. Ozobot: Want to get your students coding on their Chromebooks? This link will take you to Ozobot's webinar calendar where you can register for an upcoming webinar or watch a recording of past webinars.

  7. Edpuzzle: Learn to embed your own questions in YouTube (or your own) videos and assign the work in Google Classroom. Access EdPuzzle Self Paced Learning Modules or sign up for a Webinar.

  8. Google for Education: Register for upcoming webinars on a variety of topics including: Google Classroom, Google Meet, and Fostering Culturally Responsive Classrooms.

  9. Google for Education Teacher Center - multiple levels with free training modules. Can choose to get certified by passing a $10 test

  10. EdTech Team- course bundles. Free. EdTech Team is a global group of former teachers who provide PD around technology integration.

  11. Ditch that Textbook- Tech to Learn - free course, self paced short video modules. Great tips and lesson ideas!

  12. Tech Tips 411: Loads of free live stream webinars on a variety of topics and tech tools that are used within PVUSD.

  13. PVUSD Summer 2020 PD Session Recordings - Links to recorded sessions and resources for Class Dojo, Virtual Manipulatives, Screencastify, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Flipgrid, Desmos, Seesaw, Jamboard, Illuminate Live, Kami, and Google Slides.

  14. Hyperdocs! What are they? How do they work? This webinar will explain it all, plus includes templates to quickly get you started. They utilize the 5 Es of lesson design (Engage, Explore, Explain, Expand, Evaluate)

  15. Edpuzzle and Google Classroom: The Perfect Match- Learn how to embed your assessment questions into any YouTube video, and track students' progress.