Drop In Sessions

Below you will find various drop in and training videos compiled throughout the BRLI project.

Canvas Modules & Sandboxes.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 5/17/24 with Justin Bolio

Title: Canvas Modules and Sandbox Courses

Presenter(s): Just Bolio

Description: This workshop will focus on the use of modules for organizing assignments and planning ahead. It will also cover the use of a sandbox courses to save assignments and also using that sandbox course for collaborative planning with colleagues.

Slide Deck

OrganizatinalGoogleTips.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 4/25/24 with Kara and Tom

Title: Organizational Google Tips

Presenter(s): Kara Staunghton Shron and Tom Roy

Description: This session will provide you with a basic overview of essential organizational skills using the Google Suite of products. Participants will learn some tips to manage their email, calendar, and drive using some of Google's intuitive tools. Hopefully, by the end of the session, you will have a better understanding of how to streamline your workflow and be better organized.

AI In Schools.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 4/22/24 with Ronna Zigmand

Title: AI and Ed Tech

Presenter(s): Ronna Zigmand

Description: This presentation is designed to introduce educators to the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom. Whether you're an AI novice or looking to expand your toolkit, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills to enhance your teaching and empower your students in the age of digital learning.

Scratch .mp4

BRLI Drop-in 4/11/24 with Kate Olender

Title: Scratch

Presenter(s): Kate Olender

Description: Come and learn the basics of Scratch block coding. The session will demonstrate a couple lessons that could be used in an elementary classroom and beyond. This tool is available for free to all and these lessons are easily adaptable for many content areas. Scratch is an easy-to-use program that you can use in your classroom.

BRLI Drop In - Databases for ALL Learner - Assistive Tech Tools.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 11/17/21 with Erikka Addams

Title: Databases as Assistive Tech Tool Go-Tos

Presenter(s): Erikka Addams

Description:

Databases. Those scholarly, academic things.....right? What if they are MORE? So much more AND geared to the struggling learner, the unorganized learner, and even learners who are still reading in multiple languages. Oh, and cut out time wasting and poor resources from online searches, too! Join this drop in session to see how databases should be the go to for all learners (and teachers!) doing research, ELA, history, or other kinds of reading and writing projects.

BRLI Drop-in 11/10/21 with Ryan Buggy and Howie Marshall

Title: Using Google Sheets to Analyze Formative Assessment Data

Presenter(s): Ryan Buggy and Howie Marshall

Description: In this presentation you will learn how to...

How to set up formulas to perform mathematical or logical functions on your data (e.g. sum multiple columns to score an assessment, assign labels to students with more than one missing assignment)
Merge different spreadsheets
Make graphs based on your data

BRLI Drop In - Collecting Usable Data from Digital Formative Assessment Tools.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 11/3/21 with Ryan Buggy and Howie Marshall

Title: Collecting Usable Data from Digital Formative Assessment Tools

Presenter(s): Ryan Buggy and Howie Marshall

Description: In this presentation you will learn how to...

Build Google Forms and PearDeck formative assessments that will get you usable data
Design questions that maximize usable data points
Export formative assessment results into Google Sheets for data analysis
Sort and color-code data sets
Add columns and data points to enrich/score student data

BRLI Drop-in 10:25:21-CanvasElementary.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 10/24/21 with Carly Daniels-Chague

Title: Using Canvas in Elementary

Presenter: Carly Daniels-Chague

Description: This presentation leads elementary teachers in effectively utilizing Canvas LMS to:

Engage students in Social-Emotional Learning
Assign, grade, and give immediate feedback on assignments
Provide Digital Resources for Early Finishers
Strengthen parent/family communication
Provide curricular support to students and families

Drop In Sessions 2020/2021

Below you will find various drop in and training videos from the 2020/2021 school year.

Canvas Training and remote learning tips

This Presentation was created by Ronna Zigmand from Richmond Consolidated School to aid in the development of teacher Canvas courses. You'll find tips, ideas and video tutorials to help with remote learning to compliment your Canvas Courses.

BRLI Remote Teaching & Learning Workshop

This workshop was used at the County Wide District Canvas Champions workshop during the summer created by Lauren Goodman and Gerol Petruzella. The focus is on advancing technical skills and knowledge of Canvas with information about best practices in online instruction.

zoom_0.mp4

Wednesday October 21st, the Canvas Champions got together and presented for the group. The agenda included Google Apps, Assignments LTI , Google Cloud Assignments, Pear Deck, Kami, Studio, Specialist pages and Q & A with Gerol Petruzella from MCLA.

Video Length: 2 hours 51 minutes.

zoom_0 (2).mp4

BRLI 1st drop-in session 10/28/20: Tom McCormack presents on using the Flipped Classroom model in Canvas.

New Quizzes Drop in 11/5/20.mp4

BRLI 2nd drop-in session 11/5/20: Howie Marshall presents how to use New Quizzes in Canvas.

Thursday November 12, 2020 BRLI Canvas Q & A session with our Canvas Expert. Teachers had the opportunity to ask questions and interact with our Canvas representative.

Recording of parent workshop done in Spanish.

BRLI Dec. 10th- Kami.mp4

BRLI session on December 10, 2020: Ginger Armstrong presented on KAMI

BRLI drop in session: Incredibox 12/17/20.mp4

BRLI Dropin Session December 17, 2020: Jennifer Teichert on Incredibox

Incredibox PD for BRLI

Presentation Resources

BRLI with Hope Aguilera: Incorporating Visual Arts.mp4

BRLI session on January 7, 2021: Hope Aguilera presenting Incorporating Visual Arts into a curriculum.

BRLI Drop-in 1/14/21: Google Drawing.mp4

BRLI session on January 14, 2021: Kim Hyman presenting on Using Basic shapes for a beginner's drawing using Google Drawing.

BRLI drop-in 2/4/21 Cooler Communities.mp4

BRLI drop-in 2/4/21

Title: "Connecting Classroom Learning to Climate Change Solutions: for Grades K-12 in all Subjects"

Description:

The workshop will explain and provide examples of how climate change solutions can be incorporated into your existing curriculum using the free Curriculum Guide provided by Cooler Communities. Presenter Mary Jane Eustace, the Community Liaison for Cooler Communities, will also explain the mission of the Cooler Communities project and how it provides resources and financial incentives to school districts and local communities, including:

grants of up to $5000 to schools for participating in, hosting, and attracting visitors to a community event that can lead to measurable reductions in carbon emissions.
A free curriculum guide for K-12 teachers to provide ideas on incorporating relevant lessons in all subjects individually and/or in a cross curricular approach, including project-based learning activities.
Community and regional resources to assist with implementing a community event.

Click HERE for slides to the presentation:

Click HERE for the current version of the Curriculum Guide:

Click HERE for The future version

Contact: education@ener-g-save.com

BRLI Dropin session 2/25/21 Padlet.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 2/25/21 with Rachel Kanz

Title: Increasing in-person and remote Student Engagement through Padlet

Age range: K-12 with a focus on applications in grades 6-12

Description: As we reimagine and restructure our classrooms the traditional methods of student engagement are not enough. Participants will learn about how to increase student engagement- and even curriculum access- through Padlet. You will learn how to use Padlet to make thinking visible in a variety of ways.

Click HERE to access the PearDeck Slides.

BRLI Drop-in session 3/11/21.mp4

BRLi Drop-in 3/11/21

Title: "All About You Vision Boards"

Description: Participants will learn how to create digital collages using the program Sketchpad. Participants will view a short video to learn about what a vision board is and then they will learn step-by-step directions for how to create their own digital vision board. It would be helpful for participants to have two screens, one to watch the Zoom presentation on and one to create the Vision Board on. I have taught this lesson successfully with grades 4 and up.

If your district does not allow the use of outside programs you can also use Google Drawings, but Sketchpad has more features and is a little bit more sophisticated.

Click HERE to access the Slide Deck.

BRLI Drop-in 3/25/21 Mastery Connect.mp4

BRLI drop-in 3/25/21 with Stephanie Kopala

Title: Mastery Connect

Description:

MasteryConnect is a standards-based data assessment and tracking tool that allows teachers to easily assess, track, and analyze their student’s mastery level on course specific content standards.

Teachers can create their own standards-based assessments or create one from a bank of vetted questions. The assessments can be giving digitally on the MasteryConnect platform, through Canvas or on paper and scanned into the system using their quick scoring tool.

This workshop will provide attendees with a general introduction to the MasteryConnect program as well share how local teachers are using MasteryConnect in their classrooms.

BRLI Drop-in 4/8/21.mp4

BRLI Drop-in 4/8/21 with Alex Chautin

Title: Zines: One Page, Infinite Applications

Description:

What if students of all ages could build study skills and creative problem-solving, all while learning what it's like to be a small press publisher? "Zines" are self-published mini-books that have a long history in counterculture and creative expression. In this workshop, you will learn how a single blank page transforms into an 8-page booklet with numerous applications across multiple subjects and turns your classroom into a collaborative learning space.

Click HERE to access the slide deck.

BRLI Drop-in May 13, 2021

BRLI Drop-in 5/13/21 with Melissa Quirk Cairns

Title: Building Community in the Virtual World

Presenter: Melissa Quirk Cairns

Description:

Online learning has transformed everything we do, but whether our classrooms are virtual or face-to-face, there is a broad selection of online tools available for developing a feeling of community. Educating students begins with building relationships: between student and teacher, between students, and between the class and the content. In a strong classroom community, students are more engaged, and therefore more likely to succeed academically. In this drop in session, I will share some ideas for engaging activities that have worked for me including: online games (Kahoot!, Pictionary, Uno), teacher-led games (Song Title with Emojis, anyone?), and community circles.

This workshop is suitable for teachers of all ages/grade levels pre-k through post-secondary. There are some paid features, but most resources I will share have no cost associated with them.

Click HERE to access the resources.

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