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Wednesday, January 13

Getting Started with OTF Planboard (K-8)

Many teachers use a wealth of digital resources in their lessons, but lesson planning has remained much the same using paper or simple tables. This problem is completely solved through the use of OTF Planboard, a free online lesson planning tool that blends perfectly with our digital world, offering integration of tools like Google Apps for Education that …

Monday, January 18

Web-Based Learning Tools

Would you like to add to your arsenal of online tools? Are you looking for free and easy to use technology to enhance your teaching and engage your students? This session focuses on the sharing and exploring of a variety of web-based learning tools that any teacher can use and integrate into their pedagogy and …

Tuesday, January 19

Harness the Power of Google Docs for Beginners

What is Google Docs? How can you use it in your K-8 classroom? Learn to create and edit web-based documents online and access them from anywhere and at anytime. In this session, participants will learn to share and collaborate on documents, use voice text, research for creative-commons images, provide students with real-time descriptive feedback, and …

Wednesday, January 20

Creative Commons and Copyright

Do you wonder how to help your students learn to be digital citizens? This session investigates the various considerations of copyright and creative commons in the classroom. Participants will spend time looking at practical tips for sourcing images and media with students of all ages using a wide variety of devices. Participants will also investigate why media creators and …

Monday, January 25

Student Websites using Google Sites

Google Sites is a simple, versatile, accessible and collaborative website creation tool which is accessible to anyone with a Google (gmail) account, as well as to students of all ages through Google Apps for Education. In this webinar, we will discuss the purposes and advantages of student created websites, look at examples, then walk you …