C-TEL and Online Opportunites starting in 2025
D2L for beginngers .. August 5th - 9 to 11 am Danny Wade room 202 Morgan
D2L for advance users.. August 5th - 1 to 3 pm Danny Wade room 202 Morgan
OLD MATERIAL
The following are online staff development activities. Many of these will be offered as part of the breakouts during staff development days. You must complete the full activity to get credit for the one-hour sessions. Also, there are a few full courses listed below should you want to work on your own to fine tune your professional skills.m
Many of these activities and classes are located in a Canvas (Learning Management System) account. If your interested in completing any of these contact the Director of Instruction to get enrolled.
EdPuzzle - is a video platform for teachers and students. It empowers teachers to make any video their lesson with really easy to use tools and powerful analytics. How? Find, upload or create a video (YouTube, Vimeo and more), stop the video at different points and insert your questions, audio, text, and links, share that lesson with a class and get your students registered by using a "class code", review student participation and answers to your questions and grade open-ended questions and much more!
Flipgrid -
Google Docs - with Google Docs, you can create and collaborate on documents from your computer, tablet, or mobile device. Docs can be easily shared with anyone, but with permissions that allow you to control who can view, comment, and edit content. Features like simultaneous editing by a team of collaborators and offline access make Docs a powerful, free tool for teaching and learning.
Google Forms - Manage event registrations, create a quick opinion poll, and much more. With Google Forms, you can create and analyze surveys right in your mobile or web browser—no special software required. You get instant results as they come in. And, you can summarize survey results at a glance with charts and graphs.
Growth Mindset - The concept of a growth mindset was developed by psychologist Carol Dweck and popularized in her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In recent years, many schools and educators have started using Dweck’s theories to inform how they teach students. A mindset, according to Dweck, is a self-perception or “self-theory” that people hold about themselves. Believing that you are either “intelligent” or “unintelligent” is a simple example of a mindset. People may also have a mindset related to their personal or professional lives—“I’m a good teacher” or “I’m a bad parent,” for example. People can be aware or unaware of their mindsets, according to Dweck, but they can have a profound effect on learning achievement, skill acquisition, personal relationships, professional success, and many other dimensions of life. The activity has reading, video and requires a task.
Kahoot! Learn how to create surveys, quizzes and more using the free online resource called Kahoot! With this tool you can make checking for understanding fun!
Padlet
Peardeck
QR Codes - Using QR Codes in your classroom gives students quick and easy access to material.
Questioning - Activity was designed to help instructors meet the 2018-19 Washburn Tech Instructional Goal. It provides insight on how to ask better questions.
Powtoon - Whether you are looking for an alternative to further engage your class in presentations or a free tool to "flip" your classroom instruction, PowToon has something to offer you! PowToon is a free, online website, and app for Google Drive that lets you create animated videos. It's simple interface and the pre-made templates make it a quick-to-learn resource for both teachers and students. It allows voice recording and the addition of music to the animated videos as well.
Quizlet
Socrative
Becoming a Dynamic Educator - this course is a 6 - 8 week course created by Dr. Savilla Bandster. Her course is closed but she has allowed others to copy the course and use it. The focus of this course is on creating dynamic educator in the digital age.
Being a Teacher