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DATE
Thursday
1/29/15

LOCATION/TIME
My Office

CLASS
Online Assessments:
Using Google Forms

-Creating a Google form

-Choosing a response destination
-Overview of question types
-Managing form settings
-Sharing forms
-Viewing results & grading with Flubaroo
**Bring content to use as you create a new Form!

Discovery Education

-Searching for videos and other content

-Using the builder tools
-Managing your classes
-Teacher Center Resources
-DEN (Discovery Educators Network

Flipping the
Classroom: Khan
Academy

-Creating an account
-Creating classes
-Student accounts
-Recommending videos & lessons to students
-Tracking student progress

Online Assessments:
Using Google Forms

-Creating a Google form

-Choosing a response destination
-Overview of question types
-Managing form settings
-Sharing forms
-Viewing results & grading with Flubaroo
**Bring content to use as you create a new Form!

Classroom Social
Learning Networks:
Advanced Edmodo

-Using small groups

-Saving content to your library
-Awarding badges
-Edmodo app store
-Edmodo communities
-Using the Snapshot tool

Classroom Social
Learning Networks:
Intro to Edmodo

-Creating your account

-Creating classes/groups
-Managing group settings
-Creating assignments, quizzes, and polls
-Using small groups

Discovery Education

-Searching for videos and other content

-Using the builder tools
-Managing your classes
-Teacher Center Resources
-DEN (Discovery Educators Network

Periods 1-9 by
appointment

Thursday
1/22/15

My Office
Periods 1-9 by
appointment

Thursday
1/15/15

My Office
Periods 1-9 by
appointment

Thursday
12/11/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods

Thursday
12/4/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
7th-9th periods

Thursday
11/20/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)

TOPICS COVERED

5th-9th periods
Thursday
11/13/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods

Thursday
11/6/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)

Building Your PLN:

Live Twitter Chats

-Using hashtags purposefully

-Demo on how to participate in a Twitter chat
-Practice chat

Building Your PLN:

Twitter 101

-Setting up an account
-How does Twitter work?
-Finding people to follow
-Favoriting & retweeting
-Intro to hashtags

Classroom
Management: Class
Dojo

-Creating a class
-Customizing behaviors
-Turning options on/off
-Awarding students
-Reading/printing reports
-Communicating with parents
-Attendance
-Random selection/Timers

Classroom
Communication &
Collaboration: Doing
more w/ Google Docs
& Drive

-Creating Gmail contact groups (for quick sharing

w/ classes)
-Commenting (conversations, resolving comments)
-Revision history
-Built in research tool
-Doing MORE with Google (additional apps for
education - VideoNot.es, Kaizena, etc.)

Classroom
Communication &
Collaboration: Intro to
Google Docs & Drive

-Google Drive explanation

-Collaborating w/ Google Docs
-Leaving & responding to comments
-Downloading & uploading in Google Drive
-Sharing & permission settings
-Beyond Docs (brief intro to Google Slides, Forms,
Presentations, & Sheets)
-Time to work, play, experiment

5th-9th periods
Thursday
10/30/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods

Thursday
10/23/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods

Thursday
10/16/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods

Thursday
10/9/14

My Office
(If we have a large
group, well move to
a classroom)
5th-9th periods