WALPOLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

NCTA (Norfolk County Teachers Association) 

TEC Course Offerings and Licensure Programs

Framingham State Online Professional Development

ACCEPT Collaborative Professional Development

DESE Professional Development

Annenberg Learner free online workshops and courses

PBS Teacherline Online Courses

EdTech Teacher Webinars

Mass. Teacher's Association Training Opportunities

BICO Professional Development

North River Collaborative

MSAA Professional Development

The Big Deal Book of Technology; Grant resources and many free and/or on-demand online training videos and resources, include ELL

MassCUE Courses/Workshops

PLC's - All Things PLC

Educator Evaluation Resources from DESE

UbD Unit Planning Template (you will be prompted to 'Make a Copy" of this Google Doc so you can edit for your use)

G Suite (Google APPS for Education)

G Suite (Google Apps) Learning Center

'What's New in Google' monthly newsletters

Google Apps for Education Security and Privacy Information

Google Apps Training Modules

Google Drive Sharing Overview

Using Google Forms to Create a Quiz or Survey (Results can automatically be saved in a spreadsheet.)

Read & Write for Chrome

The district has purchased a license for Read&Write for Google Chrome™ for all students in the district. It is a powerful support tool for students and is very easy to use.

Here is a playlist with quick overview videos of some of the features available in Read&Write.

Technology Resources

The Big Deal Book of Technology for K-12 Educators includes grant opportunities, curriculum resources for 21st century learning, technology training opportunities, and innovative websites to learn from and use with students.  Sign up to receive their newsletters for K-12 Technology, Special Needs Students and/or ELL.

EdTech Teacher has professional development and resources for teaching 21st century skills

PBS Learning Media:  From another trusted source, PBS Learning Media's library contains videos on a wide range of educational topics, searchable by grade, subject and learning standard(s). 

PBS Teacherline:  'PBS TeacherLine’s facilitated and self-paced PD courses are designed to benefit both beginning and experienced teachers. Topics include science, reading, social studies, math, instructional strategies, and instructional technology'.  For those new to online learning, there is even a sample course to become familiar with the online learning model.

Video and Tutorial How To

X2 Aspen tutorials are available to faculty and staff with authorized X2 Aspen accounts.  Log into Aspen and view these under the Help menu.

The Teaching Channel is a showcase of videos covering a wide variety of topics focused on effective teaching practices (model lessons, new Common Core curriculum, differentiation) across all grades and subjects.