Elementary Quarter 3

Technology Trainings

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All Sessions are from 3:30 - 4:30

Thursday,January8:
OfficeHoursforIlluminateReportCards
Callmeat8074oremailmeforquestionsandsupport.

Thursday,January15
UtilizingYouTubeasaCommunicationTool
Createyourownclassroomchannel,learnhowtosafelyupload,store,andsharevideos,
includingthevideosyourstudentscreateintheiPadLab.ExploreQRcodesandAurasma
Auras(coolwaystoshare)inthissession.
Location:LCEiPadLab

Monday,January26:
Chatterpix,Tellagami,andMorfoBooth3GreatRecordingApps
Youregoingtolovetheseapps:Chatterpixallowsstudentstotakeanyobject,drawamouth
onit,recordtheirvoice,addsomeprops,andbringthatobjecttolife!Tellagamiallows
studentstocreateavatarsthatusestudentsvoices(alongwithgestures)todeliver
messages.TakeaphotoofahistoricalorliteraryfigurewithMorfoBoothandhavestudents
practicespeakingfromtheirperspective.Allappsfostercreativity!
Location:PCRiPadLab

Thursday,January29
MiniGrants:HowtoGetMoreTechnologyforYourClassroom
Wecouldallusealittlemorenewtechnology,right?CreateaDonorsChooseaccountand
writeyourfirstgrant!RequestclassroomChromebooks,iPads,andlotsofothertech(and
nontech)items.Connectyourgrantproposaltoyourwebsite,publicizeittoyourfriendsand
family,andbeforeyouknowit,itwillbefundedandyouwonthavetowaityourturnfortech!
Location:PCYiPadLab

Monday,February2:
RepeatSession:AppsforCloseReading(forteachersofreaders)
DidyouknowthatwehavefourpaidappsthatarespecificallygearedtowardCommonCore
closereading?Tools4Students,Tools4Students2,CompareNContrast,andReadNRespond
offermanydifferenttypesofgraphicorganizersandleveledquestionstemstohelpyour
studentsimprovetheircomprehensionandhelpyouincreasetherigorofyourinstruction.
Location:LCEiPadLab

Thursday,February5:
DigitalLibraryResources(Grades36)
SBACtestingisjustaroundthecorner.Learnaboutagreatresourcethatcanhelpyouand
helpyourstudentsprepareforit.
Location:PCYiPadLab

Monday,February9:
RepeatSession:TeachMath,Science,SocialStudies,andELAintheiPadLab!
Wewillexploretwoamazingapps:themosttimewillbespentlearningaboutExplain
Everything,andwellalsotalkaboutBookCreator.Allyouneedisyouramazinginstruction,
theiPadcamera,andtheseapps.Studentswilldemonstratetheirlearninginincredibleways!
Location:PCRiPadLab

Thursday,February19:
ThePowerofIluminate
Youhaveallbecomeexpertsatenteringdata.Learnthebestwaystoanalyzeit!Compare
teststooneanother,takeacloserlookatstandards,startusingQuickChecksandfiltered
ItembankquestionsthatwillhelpprepareyourstudentsforSBACandmeetCommonCore
expectations.
Location:LCEiPadLab

Monday,February23:
iCaniMovie!iCaniMotion!
iMovieisapowerfultoolthatjusttakesalittlepracticetouseconfidently.Useitinconjunction
withyourGreenScreenvideosorsimplylearntodisplayyourphotosinbeautifulways.
iMotionisastopactionvideomakerthatwillblowyouaway.Leavewithapracticedhandand
ideasforhowtousetheseappsinfuturelessons.
Location:PCYiPadLab

Monday,March2:
AppSmashingItsWhatAllTheCoolKidsAreDoing
Whylimityourstudentstooneappatatime?AppSmashingisusingmorethanoneappto
makeyouriPadcreationsevenbetter!Learn3simpleappsmashingtechniquesusingthe
appswehaveonouriPadLabiPads!
Location:PCRiPadLab

Thursday,March5:
Top10WaystoUseGoogleForms
Learnabout10creativewaystouseGoogleFormsasateacher,andforteachersof3rd6th
graders,learnaboutwaysyourstudentscanusethem.IwillpresentthetenwaysthatIfeel
arethemostcreativeandsharethemwithyou.Leavewithatleastoneideatoimplement
rightaway!
Location:LCEiPadLab

Monday,March9:
PresentationApps:VideoliciousandTouchcast
Theseappsallowteachersandstudentsandteacherstocreateamazingpresentationsusing
photos,video,voicerecording,andinteractivefeatures.WellstartwithVideolicious,aneasy
apptogetyouwarmedup.Thenwellexplorethecrmedelacrmeofpresentationapps,
Touchcast.JumpintothedeependoftheSAMRmodelbyattendingthistraining.
Location:PCYiPadLab

Thursday,March12:
ThingLinkWorkshop
HaveyouheardofThingLink?Itisanawesomepresentationtoolthatcanbeusedonany
deviceandatanyage.Linktextorvideotoanimagetomakeitinteractive.Iwillgiveyouat
least10ideasforusingthisappinyourclassroomonChromebooksorintheiPadLab.
Location:PCRiPadLab

Remember,byattendingthesetrainings,youcankeeptrackofyourhoursandbuildup
to15hourswhichisequivalentto1unit.Simplyprintouttheformfromthislinkand
bringitwithyoutothetraining!

Reminderswillbesenttoyouviaemailthroughoutthequarter.