ETC Professional Development Archive

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ETC Specializes in Customized Professional Development:

We are happy to offer trainings designed especially for your district, site or department. Examples of customized classes include Microsoft Office applications, iPad in Education, interactive whiteboards, G-Suite, Common Core and SBAC preparation and technology/curriculum integration classes. The time of day, class length, and location are flexible to accommodate your specific needs. Plan ahead as the training schedule fills up quickly. Please call 238-1400 to speak with an ETC trainer.

Professional Development Classes

Adobe Creative Cloud Icon that acts as a link to the Adobe Photoshop Resources

Get creative and let your imagination be your guide as you learn the art of photo editing with Photoshop

Learn the basics of Adobe Acrobat and how you can make working with PDF's easier

Gain an understanding of the basics of AI and how it is changing the world around us. Look at the ways that you can leverage this powerful tool as a teacher and with your students. 

Get students writing on a regular basis and keep them writing, Use Blogs as as way to get students to develop their writing skills and their own voice.  Use Google Tools for student created content. 

Fast paced interactive lessons with automated grading and progress monitoring as well as post-assigned reports.  This is a paid service but free accounts with limited functions are available 

Link to Building a Better Question Webpage

Help your students develop the skill of asking deeper probing questions and develop their inquiry muscle. 

Discuss some tips and next practices when developing your teacher website. Create a classroom syllabus that deals with requirements for a 21st century classroom. 

Link to CA State Library Website

Training on the free resources that all students and teacher have access to in CA.

Canva is a free graphic-design tool resource that has an easy to use drag-and-drop interface for those who like to create an eye-catching graphic using beautiful, high quality images. 

Online platform for designing a wide range of things, flyers, social media posts, logos, and a whole lot more. Check out the tools and tips to get you designing like a pro in no time. 

Cricut logo that leads to the Cricut Creations ETC webpage.

Learn about the Cricut Explore 3 and how you can use it to create a variety of crafts using a a selection of materials to match what ever project you have in mind. You are only limited by your imagination. 

Dive deep into the skills and knowledge that everyone should have to be good Digital Citizens. Learn about the importance of Information and Media Literacy as well as how you can work to practice good Cyber Hygiene. 

Discuss strategies, tools, lessons, and resources to help promote developing a positive Online Culture with your students and make it a regular part of your school culture.

Go over skills and resources to make your students a better researcher in the Digital Age. 

Learning the basics of drone flight and how to capture amazing images using your mobile device. These are resources for beginners to get you started on your new favorite hobby. 

SCOE's new website tool. This will allow you to edit and publish your web content. This session will help you understand the basics and some of the best practices to remember when you are working on your department site. 

Find out ways to Inoculate yourself (and Students) against Fake News, Click Bait,, and become more informationally literate. 

Link to Gamification with Google webpage

Digital gameboards, adventures, or even digital breakout rooms are just a few click away with Google. 

Explore the world of Google and how you can use these tools and resources to help you work smarter not harder

Link to Wikipedia Question webpage

Learn how Wikipedia can be a force for good in the classroom. Explore all the things that Wikipedia has to offer and how to support students in doing responsible research. 

This excel basic class will help you learn some of the tricks and tips of this powerful spreadsheet tool. We will be looking at basic data entry as well as how to use your data and tables to create charts to help you at your next presentation.

Image of a cell phone used as a link to the Mobile Photography website

Find resources and best practices for taking better photos and video with your Phone. 

Progress from beginner to expert by working your way through Badges on all the Office 365 Apps. From Work to Publisher you will get what you need to become a Microsoft Master in no time. 

Link to ETC Pear Deck Page

Create engaging and interactive presentations that allow for all students to be heard and contribute to the conversations with Pear Deck. Google Integrated. 

Work on engaging your audience to connect with your content more. Look at best practices with PowerPoint and Google Slides to develop presentation skills and create more engaging content. 

Find Information, resources, support and more for taking your first steps into Project based Learning. Find ways to help students become investigators and explorers  on their way to developing into Life Long Learners. 

Learn the basics of how to start a Podcast of your very own as well as how to use this medium with students to get them creating new original content. No special equipment needed. 

Learn about the Rocketbook App and its reusable notebook, with the ability to record and search notes, blending digital and paper into one tool. 

Image that acts a link to the Student Data Privacy page

information and resources about what data privacy is and how we can keep our students and ourselves safe and make sure that we are compliant with the District policies, as well as State and Federal Laws. 

Explore how you can use this powerful tool in your classroom or school with students and families and be safe doing it. 

Explore some of the thing that you can do right now to make your classroom videos more engaging to your students.  Learn the five rules for better video creation. 

WeVideo is an online, cloud-based video editing platform that works in web browsers and on mobile devices. easy to use for teachers and students. get creating content fast and expand you learning in a new direction. 

Motivate students as well as yourself to write more and enjoy the process. Build supports and leverage your digital tools to write with the goal of getting published

More Ways ETC can support you and your students

The SCOE Badge Project is a program designed for educators to monitor and celebrate professional learning.  Once a staff member learns a new skill or strategy they submit an artifact demonstrating how they will impact students with this new knowledge.  For their efforts, they will earn badges that represent they possess skill sets that make them a dynamic asset in the classroom.  These badges can then be displayed for the WORLD to see!

Link to ETC Video Resources.

These are presented as quick bite sized videos to help support you in a wide range of topics. This are not in place of full classes just a little information and reminders of some of the skills that were reviewed in the classes offered by ETC staff. If you have any suggestions for more helpful hints, Tech Tips, and Quick Bites please fill out the suggestion box form and we will work on adding it to our list. Thank you. 

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Professional Development Evaluation

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