IT_eLearning: Digital Transformation: Blend and Flip Your Classroom
7 hours
Plenty of buzz exists about blended learning and its transformational potential. But what does blended learning really mean? In the course, we will explore the different models of blended learning and dive into key issues that impact students and teachers.
IT_eLearning: Digital Transformation: Making Thinking Visible with Google
7 hours
In this course, teachers will explore the ways to provide experiences where students learn and show their understanding while creating. We focus on 3 Google Tools: Google Drawing, Google My Maps, and Google Sites, that will help teachers make student thinking visible, give every student a voice, and allow them to share their work with an authentic audience.
IT_eLearning: Digital Transformation: Power Up Your Class with Gamification
5 hours
This class is designed to help you power up learning experiences through gamifying your classroom. Throughout each level, you will be introduced to theory, pedagogy, strategies and technology tools to effectively integrate gamification in the classroom. The skills you develop will move you towards designing dynamic and engaging learning experiences and will help your students embark on an adventure of learning.
IT_eLearning: Digital Transformation CLC: Design Learning Experience with HyperDocs
12 hours
In the midst of our district’s digital transformation, HyperDocs have the ability to transform how you teach and how your students learn. You create a learning experience for your students where they are doing the learning, directed by you. However you are freed up to have more face to face interaction with students, either individually or in small groups, as needed. For more information, see: HyperDocs CLC
IT_eLearning: Dynamic Learning: Book Creator
3 hours
In this course, teachers will explore ways to provide students with experiences creating with Book Creator on Chromebooks. Book Creator is a website that allows students to create books, comics, journals, and authentic learning artifacts, which they can publish online for others to view and read. We present examples that allow students to show their thinking and demonstrate their dynamic learning, that will help teachers give every student a voice and allow them to share their work with authentic audience. At the end of the class teachers will have an opportunity to receive a paid subscription to Book Creator to use on Chromebooks.
IT_eLearning: Dynamic Learning: Thinglink
3 hours
Thinglink is a website that allows students and teachers to create interactive images and authentic learning artifacts, which they can publish online for others to view and read.
Through the modules, teachers will explore the ways to provide experience with Thinglink, where students learn and show their understanding while creating. We present examples that allow students to show their thinking and demonstrate their dynamic learning. Such experiences will help teachers give every student a voice and allow them to share their work with an authentic audience.
At the end of the class, teachers will have an opportunity to receive a paid subscription to Thinglink.
IT_eLearning: Dynamic Learning: Padlet
3 hours
Teachers will explore ways to provide students with experiences creating with Padlet on Chromebooks. Padlet is a website that allows students to create an online bulletin boards that they can use to display information for any topic, collaborate in collecting ideas, brainstorming and more, which they can publish online for others to view. We present examples that allow students to show their thinking and demonstrate their dynamic learning, that will help teachers give every student a voice and allow them to share their work with an authentic audience. At the end of the class, teachers will have the opportunity to receive a paid subscription to Padlet to use on Chromebooks.