One Hour Learning Modules
• Artificial Intelligence: Teaching in the Future
• Artificial Intelligence: Teaching in the Future
This AI module is designed to revolutionize the educational experience by integrating advanced artificial intelligence tools and techniques into the learning environment. It empowers educators to personalize learning paths, provide real-time feedback, and foster a more interactive and engaging classroom experience. The module covers various applications of AI, including intelligent tutoring systems, streamlining administrative tasks, and adaptive learning platforms. By leveraging AI, educators can better understand student needs, identify learning gaps, and tailor instructional strategies to enhance academic outcomes. Students benefit from a more customized and supportive learning journey, promoting higher engagement, motivation, and overall success.
This AI module is designed to revolutionize the educational experience by integrating advanced artificial intelligence tools and techniques into the learning environment. It empowers educators to personalize learning paths, provide real-time feedback, and foster a more interactive and engaging classroom experience. The module covers various applications of AI, including intelligent tutoring systems, streamlining administrative tasks, and adaptive learning platforms. By leveraging AI, educators can better understand student needs, identify learning gaps, and tailor instructional strategies to enhance academic outcomes. Students benefit from a more customized and supportive learning journey, promoting higher engagement, motivation, and overall success.
• Canva Graphic Design Tool
• Canva Graphic Design Tool
Canva enables you to design visually engaging materials that enhance lesson delivery and student engagement. These materials can be effortlessly embedded into Canvas or shared via Google Classroom, making it easy to integrate them into your teaching platform of choice.
Canva enables you to design visually engaging materials that enhance lesson delivery and student engagement. These materials can be effortlessly embedded into Canvas or shared via Google Classroom, making it easy to integrate them into your teaching platform of choice.
• Creative Projects with Google Slides
• Creative Projects with Google Slides
Learn how to use Google Slides for more than just a standard slide show. This module will show you how to use Google Slides to create student-paced presentations with audio, stop-motion animations, posters, infographics, handouts, non-linear presentations, and much more.
Learn how to use Google Slides for more than just a standard slide show. This module will show you how to use Google Slides to create student-paced presentations with audio, stop-motion animations, posters, infographics, handouts, non-linear presentations, and much more.
• Cultivating Classroom Community
• Cultivating Classroom Community
This module focuses on strategies to create classroom community and build relationships by providing a variety of low to no-prep activities and techniques to help students feel comfortable with their teacher, classroom, and peers. Topics covered will include developing structure and expectations in the classroom, student and teacher dynamics, and community-building strategies.
This module focuses on strategies to create classroom community and build relationships by providing a variety of low to no-prep activities and techniques to help students feel comfortable with their teacher, classroom, and peers. Topics covered will include developing structure and expectations in the classroom, student and teacher dynamics, and community-building strategies.
• Designing Learning Playlists
• Designing Learning Playlists
Learning Playlists are an excellent tool for creating flexible and differentiated learning experiences that provide students with opportunities for choice and flexible pacing. This session will share with you best practices for curating learning activities in one location for students to complete independently or collaboratively with embedded support and intervention.
Learning Playlists are an excellent tool for creating flexible and differentiated learning experiences that provide students with opportunities for choice and flexible pacing. This session will share with you best practices for curating learning activities in one location for students to complete independently or collaboratively with embedded support and intervention.
• Digital Literacy
• Digital Literacy
In this treacherous terrain of internet and social media information, don't get bamboozled! In this condensed version of last year's module, learn to distinguish between valid information, misinformation, and disinformation by deploying concrete strategies to effectively search for and fact-check digital information. Bring these skills into your classroom to help minimize the frustration that might otherwise deter students from obtaining and identifying credible information online.
In this treacherous terrain of internet and social media information, don't get bamboozled! In this condensed version of last year's module, learn to distinguish between valid information, misinformation, and disinformation by deploying concrete strategies to effectively search for and fact-check digital information. Bring these skills into your classroom to help minimize the frustration that might otherwise deter students from obtaining and identifying credible information online.
• Effective Feedback
• Effective Feedback
Providing feedback to students is often both the most difficult and most important part of our job. This module will break down the specific feedback types and needs of our students and make recommendations for sustainable, effective feedback practices.
Providing feedback to students is often both the most difficult and most important part of our job. This module will break down the specific feedback types and needs of our students and make recommendations for sustainable, effective feedback practices.
• Google Drive Organization
• Google Drive Organization
This module dedicated to empowering educators with strategies for optimizing Google Drive organization. Dive into a treasure trove of advice, tailored specifically to teachers, to declutter your drive and restructure the way you track and share digital materials. From creating efficient folder hierarchies to implementing effective naming conventions, this module equips you with the tools to streamline your workflow, boost productivity, and reclaim precious time for what truly matters - inspiring your students.
This module dedicated to empowering educators with strategies for optimizing Google Drive organization. Dive into a treasure trove of advice, tailored specifically to teachers, to declutter your drive and restructure the way you track and share digital materials. From creating efficient folder hierarchies to implementing effective naming conventions, this module equips you with the tools to streamline your workflow, boost productivity, and reclaim precious time for what truly matters - inspiring your students.
• Google Forms
• Google Forms
Google Forms is a survey administration app included in the Google Drive office suite along with Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. In addition to the survey feature in forms, Google Forms quizzes can be used to assess students. You can quickly assess your students' understanding with automatic and manual grading tools. This module will review a basic understanding of forms and cover the process of creating a Google Forms quiz.
Google Forms is a survey administration app included in the Google Drive office suite along with Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. In addition to the survey feature in forms, Google Forms quizzes can be used to assess students. You can quickly assess your students' understanding with automatic and manual grading tools. This module will review a basic understanding of forms and cover the process of creating a Google Forms quiz.
• Integrating ACT Thinking Strategies into Instruction
• Integrating ACT Thinking Strategies into Instruction
In the competitive landscape of standardized testing, equip yourself with the tools to elevate student performance and critical thinking skills with our innovative module, "Enhancing Instruction with ACT Thinking Strategies." This training is designed to empower educators to seamlessly integrate ACT thinking strategies into their daily instruction. Learn to cultivate analytical skills, logical reasoning, and effective problem-solving techniques in your students, ensuring they are well-prepared for the ACT state exam. Explore practical methods and engaging activities that align with ACT standards, fostering a classroom environment where students can thrive academically and think critically.
In the competitive landscape of standardized testing, equip yourself with the tools to elevate student performance and critical thinking skills with our innovative module, "Enhancing Instruction with ACT Thinking Strategies." This training is designed to empower educators to seamlessly integrate ACT thinking strategies into their daily instruction. Learn to cultivate analytical skills, logical reasoning, and effective problem-solving techniques in your students, ensuring they are well-prepared for the ACT state exam. Explore practical methods and engaging activities that align with ACT standards, fostering a classroom environment where students can thrive academically and think critically.
• Interactive Notebooks for Engaged Learning
• Interactive Notebooks for Engaged Learning
You've likely seen interactive notebooks in elementary school classrooms, but they also can be used to engage high school students! In this module, teachers will explore innovative strategies for creating and implementing interactive notebooks. Educators will be equipped with the skills and resources necessary to successfully integrate this tool into their classroom instruction, promoting active learning and student ownership of their educational journey.
You've likely seen interactive notebooks in elementary school classrooms, but they also can be used to engage high school students! In this module, teachers will explore innovative strategies for creating and implementing interactive notebooks. Educators will be equipped with the skills and resources necessary to successfully integrate this tool into their classroom instruction, promoting active learning and student ownership of their educational journey.
• Interactive Presentation with Pear Deck
• Interactive Presentation with Pear Deck
Learn best practices for actively engaging students during instruction through the use of Pear Deck. In this module, you will learn how to add engagement to your Google Slides presentations to enhance your live teaching or to create dynamic asynchronous learning experiences.
Learn best practices for actively engaging students during instruction through the use of Pear Deck. In this module, you will learn how to add engagement to your Google Slides presentations to enhance your live teaching or to create dynamic asynchronous learning experiences.
• Interactive Video Learning with Edpuzzle
• Interactive Video Learning with Edpuzzle
Video learning is becoming an increasingly popular way to learn new information. Adding interactivity to videos ensures students are actively engaged instead of passively watching. This session will provide guidance for using Edpuzzle to add interactivity to videos you want to use with your students, as well as how you can create your own instructional videos using screencasting.
Video learning is becoming an increasingly popular way to learn new information. Adding interactivity to videos ensures students are actively engaged instead of passively watching. This session will provide guidance for using Edpuzzle to add interactivity to videos you want to use with your students, as well as how you can create your own instructional videos using screencasting.
• Kagan in the Wild
• Kagan in the Wild
You've been to a Kagan training and you want to start your cooperative learning journey, but how do you move from calling on one to implementing the structures to increase metacognition, create positive social interactions, and create accountability for student engagement? See what Kagan in the Wild looks like with videos of real students participating and reflections from a real classroom teacher who began this journey last year. This module will give you the opportunity to see where and how to implement structures to transform your classroom into a student-centered and brain-friendly place where kids learn content and social skills.
You've been to a Kagan training and you want to start your cooperative learning journey, but how do you move from calling on one to implementing the structures to increase metacognition, create positive social interactions, and create accountability for student engagement? See what Kagan in the Wild looks like with videos of real students participating and reflections from a real classroom teacher who began this journey last year. This module will give you the opportunity to see where and how to implement structures to transform your classroom into a student-centered and brain-friendly place where kids learn content and social skills.
• Moving to Learn
• Moving to Learn
Movement plays a crucial role in the learning process as it has been shown to have a positive impact on cognitive function and academic performance. Engaging in physical activity not only benefits physical health, but also stimulates the brain, improving focus, attention, and memory retention. Research suggests that incorporating movement breaks during study sessions can help students stay more alert and absorb information more effectively. Activities like walking, stretching, gestures, and games can activate different parts of the brain, leading to better overall learning outcomes. This module will talk about how movement impacts learning and provide an opportunity to create movement and brain breaks to fit your individual classroom needs.
Movement plays a crucial role in the learning process as it has been shown to have a positive impact on cognitive function and academic performance. Engaging in physical activity not only benefits physical health, but also stimulates the brain, improving focus, attention, and memory retention. Research suggests that incorporating movement breaks during study sessions can help students stay more alert and absorb information more effectively. Activities like walking, stretching, gestures, and games can activate different parts of the brain, leading to better overall learning outcomes. This module will talk about how movement impacts learning and provide an opportunity to create movement and brain breaks to fit your individual classroom needs.
• Recipes for Success
• Recipes for Success
Recipes for Success will focus on how to refine and incorporate teaching strategies that not only support English Learners in your classroom but also support all levels of students. Topics of focus will include methods of teaching discipline-specific literacy, with minimal prep time.
Recipes for Success will focus on how to refine and incorporate teaching strategies that not only support English Learners in your classroom but also support all levels of students. Topics of focus will include methods of teaching discipline-specific literacy, with minimal prep time.
• Reciprocal Teaching
• Reciprocal Teaching
Welcome to our Reciprocal Teaching module, a dynamic and interactive approach designed to enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. This module will guide you through the four key strategies of reciprocal teaching: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. Through collaborative discussions and practical exercises, you'll learn how to apply these strategies effectively, fostering a deeper understanding and retention of the material. Get ready to engage actively and transform your reading experience!
Welcome to our Reciprocal Teaching module, a dynamic and interactive approach designed to enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. This module will guide you through the four key strategies of reciprocal teaching: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. Through collaborative discussions and practical exercises, you'll learn how to apply these strategies effectively, fostering a deeper understanding and retention of the material. Get ready to engage actively and transform your reading experience!
• Socratic Seminar and Smackdown!
• Socratic Seminar and Smackdown!
Socratic Seminar or Socratic Smackdown is a technique that supports student discussion of any topic, at any level, in any language with scaffolded supports to build in student success. This allows for the rules of discourse to be taught, practiced, and then gamified into a way for students to earn points towards their discussion participation.
Socratic Seminar or Socratic Smackdown is a technique that supports student discussion of any topic, at any level, in any language with scaffolded supports to build in student success. This allows for the rules of discourse to be taught, practiced, and then gamified into a way for students to earn points towards their discussion participation.
• Strategies for Checking for Understanding
• Strategies for Checking for Understanding
How will I know if they are really learning? Formative checks for understanding are an essential element of instruction. Maximize precious instruction time with a variety of tasks that reveal who is getting it and who needs more support. In this module, you will reflect on your current practice and explore ways to make learning more visible.
How will I know if they are really learning? Formative checks for understanding are an essential element of instruction. Maximize precious instruction time with a variety of tasks that reveal who is getting it and who needs more support. In this module, you will reflect on your current practice and explore ways to make learning more visible.
• Vocabulary Instructional Strategies
• Vocabulary Instructional Strategies
Learning Vocabulary can be difficult for many students. In this module, you will learn new strategies and some out-of-the-box methods to help students connect to the words they are learning in class.
Learning Vocabulary can be difficult for many students. In this module, you will learn new strategies and some out-of-the-box methods to help students connect to the words they are learning in class.
