2015-2016 Archived Sessions
September 24 – Global Read Aloud
Looking for a wonderful way to get your students excited about reading? Looking for a thoughtful way to connect your students to other classrooms around the world? Come learn more about the Global Read Aloud. Classrooms around the world choose from a pre-selected list of books to read during designated weeks in October and November. Students connect online through video conferencing, blogs and other online tools. Learn more about how it works at our session and here: http://theglobalreadaloud.com/
Recording of Global Read Aloud
November 12 – Hour of Code with Caroline Doughty
Coding may be one of the most important skills kids aren’t learning in schools. Learn how you can introduce coding in your classroom regardless of the age of students you teach. Hear about how Caroline did Hour of Code with her 2nd graders and get ideas about how you can implement Hour of Code this year. More information: https://hourofcode.com/us
December 10 – Nearpod, Kahoot and Zaption with Sandra Story
Nearpod, Kahoot and Zaption are digital tools that offer exciting, interactive ways for students to learn and review material. Sandra will share how she uses the programs with her English Language Learners. Learn about how to engage students and collect useful data about what students know and understand.
Recording of Nearpod, Kahoot and Zaption
January 21 – Making Learning Visible with Student Created Videos, Meredith Forbes
Meredith will share with us how she used interactive whiteboard apps like ShowMe to have students record themselves solving math problems. The result? An increase in student discourse and a window into their problem solving abilities. Come to this session to find out more about how you can have students create videos as a method of informal assessment.
March 3 – Minecraft in the Classroom with Dave Talbot
Dave Talbot of Hammond Middle School will show us what this Minecraft is all about. Do you have students that talk about nothing else? Come learn what it is and how it can be leveraged in the classroom to engage learners and increase student achievement. Dave will tell us a bit about how Minecraft EDU works as well as how he has used it in his classroom.
Recording of Minecraft in the Classroom
March 17 – Chromebooks in the Classroom with Jennifer Lay
All high school students in ACPS have a Chromebook to use daily at school and at home. Learn about the many helpful features of the Chromebooks and how they can be used to create interactive lessons. Jenn and her students will share how she has used Chromebooks in her Science classroom.
Recording of Chromebooks in the Classroom
April 14 – Connecting Students with Authors by LaGina Gross
Minne Hoard Librarian LaGina Gross will share the many ways she helps students connect with authors. Whether it is using video conferencing technology, blogs or Twitter, LaGina will share powerful stories of what can happen when students connect with authors.
Recording of Connecting Students with Authors
June 2 – Technology Round-Up
Join us for this lightning fast session where we each share a tech tool or resource that we love. This is a great session to come to and get loads of ideas and websites to try out over the summer. Come share a tool and learn about many more.
Recording of Technology Round-Up
2014-2015 Archived Sessions
September 25, 2014 – App-Smashing
Our first session will be presented by Caroline Doughty, 2nd grade teacher at George Mason Elementary School. She and her second graders have had a blast smashing apps and creating great images and videos that demonstrate their understanding of important topics in her classroom. Come by and hear how you can do this in your classroom and the creativity and innovation her students showed when given the opportunity to test their limits.
Recording of TLP-C App Smashing September 25, 2014
October 30, 2014 – Skitch Lessons You Can Use
Lois Lansing, 2nd grade teacher at MacArthur Elementary School will share innovative ways to use the app Skitch in the classroom. Find out how erosion became a real-world problem for her students when they could use Skitch to document erosion around their school. Haven’t used Skitch before? Find out how easy it is to use all the great ways it can be used in a classroom
Recording of TLP-C Skitch Lessons You Can Use October 30, 2014
December 4, 2014 – Augmented Reality can Augment Interest in Reading
Laura Davise, 6th grade Language Arts teacher at George Washington Middle School has found that using Augmented Reality in her class hooks readers. Not sure what Augmented Reality is? Come hear how it works and how your students can create their own Augmented Reality videos that enhance their reading comprehension and interest in texts.
Recording of TLP-C Augmenting Interest with Augmented Reality – December 2014
January 22, 2015 – Blogging in Primary Grades
Kristin Orwig, Kindergarten teacher at William Ramsay Elementary School will discuss her journey with her Kindergarteners: launching blogs, the blogging process at a primary level, what “digital citizenship” is, what her students blogged about, and things she is planning to do differently this year. Learn more about how even our youngest students can begin to see themselves as writers and bloggers.
Recording of TLP-C Blogging in Primary Grades – January 2015
February 26, 2015 – Digital Portfolios in Weebly
Digital Portfolios are a great way for students to showcase the work they do in class and to share the growth of your students with parents and the community. Jacci Erney, 4th grade teacher at Samuel Tucker Elementary School will share how she has used the website builder Weebly to have her students create digital portfolios. Weebly is a very easy tool to use and can be used in a variety of ways. Learn more about how to use Weebly and why it is an effective tool for students to reflect on their work and track their own progress.
Recording of TLP-C Weebly in the Classroom – February/March 2016
March 26, 2015 – Assistive Technology Is For All Students
Jennifer Holloway of the ACPS Assistive Technology Department will share a variety of resources that can make a difference for students with special needs. She will also show how these resources actually benefit all students. Hear her ideas about using innovative digital tools to get all students engaged and learning.
TLP-C Assistive Technology for All Recording
April 23, 2015 – Amplify Tablets Take Off
Matt Henry, English teacher at T.C. Williams High School, is excited to share what having Amplify tablets for every student is like. These new tablets which are designed specifically for K12 classrooms is a game changer for educational technology. Matt will share his favorite apps, tips and tools for smooth classroom use and student products. Check out how these new tablets shift the learning!
TLP-C Amplify Your Teaching Recording
June 6, 2015 – Technology Round-Up
In this fast-paced session participants will share their favorite tool and how it has impacted teaching and learning in the classroom. Enjoy the quick sharing, the plethora of new tools and the chance to hear about a resource you haven’t tried before.
Recording of TLP-C Technology Round Up
2013-2014 Archived Sessions
Welcome to TLP-C and Scratch in the Classroom
8/29/2013
Presenters: Kyle Dunbar, Jacki Mechanic, Melissa King, Caroline Doughty
Join us as we learn about using Blackboard Collaborate and get to know each other. We will then explore the possibilities for using Scratch in the classroom. Scratch is drag and drop computer programming language that allows students to easily make their own digital games and presentations. How might Scratch change learning in your classroom? Come on August 29th and share your ideas!
Recording of TLP-C Scratch in the Classroom – August 29, 2013
Flipping Your Classroom
9/26/2013
Presenter: Alexis Miller
Many of us have heard the term Flipping the Classroom, but what does it actually look like? How do students respond? What are the challenges and how do you overcome them? Come learn how Alexis has flipped her middle school Social Studies classroom.
In this seminar you will learn what flipping the classroom is, tools to use to support you in flipping the classroom, and best practices when flipping the classroom. Participants will also grow their PLN’s. There are many resources available to those interested in flipping the classroom, some of those resources will be shared with participants.
Recording of TLP-C Flipping Your Classroom – September 26, 2013
Dynamic Presentations with Prezi
10/24/2013
Presenter: Heather Mc Fadden
Learn how Prezi can be used to create dynamic presentations in your classroom. Prezi is an interactive, web-based tool that adds depth and breadth to the ideas you are conveying. Come hear what Heather has been doing with Prezi in hear classroom. Already skilled at Prezi? Join us and share your tips and tricks and consider ideas for students’ use of Prezi.
Recording of TLP-C Dynamic Presentations with Prezi – October 24, 2013
Skyping with Authors
12/5/2013
Presenter: LaGina Gross
Want to encourage young writers? Want to give students a chance to actually Question the Author? Learn how to set up Skype with Authors session. Get tips from LaGina about how to connect with authors. Share your own author experiences.
Want to connect your students to literature and allow them to participate in engaging conversations with an author? Skyping opens a whole new world on how your students interact with literature.
Skyping with authors in your classrooms, literature circles, book clubs, will allow students to have direct conversations and experiences with characters, places and themselves as digital citizens. Listen to students share their skype session with authors and the difference it made in their lives. Also, get tips and the resources you need to skype with award-winning authors for free!
There was an error in the recording of this session but click here to access LaGina’s slides for the session.
Digital Storytelling with English Language Learners
1/23/2014
Presenter: Sandra Rojas
How do we find ways to get English Language Learners to practice their oral language skills in authentic ways? Sandra has found wonderful programs that get ELL students speaking and listening and expressing themselves.
Recording of TLP-C Digital Storytelling with English Language Learners – January 26th
Mystery Calls
2/20/2014
Presenter: Kyle Dunbar
Who doesn’t love a mystery? Learn about how to do a mystery call with your class. This is a great opportunity to get students engaged in higher order thinking and connecting to classrooms globally.
Recording of TLP-C Mystery Calls February 20th
Digital Citizenship
3/20/2014
Presenter: Jacqueline Mechanic and Melissa King
Jacki and Melissa will be sharing strategies for teaching about digital citizenship to students, parents and teachers. They will share resources and ideas for being appropriate online and understanding consequences of digital actions.
Recording of TLP-C session Digital Citizenship March 20th
Google Drive in the Classroom
4/24/2014
Presenter: James Draper
Learn more about how you can use Google Drive in your classroom. Jim will share ideas about how to get students collaborating. You will be excited about the potential of this powerful tool!
Recording of TLP-C Google Drive April 24th
Show What You Know with Doceri
5/15/2014
Presenter: Rachel Lorintz and Brandy Scott
Rachel and Brandy share what they knew about Doceri, a digital whiteboard that allows students to record their voices along with images and drawings. Brandy and Rachel are first grade teachers who have been using Doceri during math time as a formative assessment. Students record what they know about the current math topic.
Recording – Show What You Know with Doceri – May 15, 2014