Distance Learning Workshops
Offered by the CREC Resource Group
Digital Citizenship: Shaping Responsible Learners
As the need to access and information and interact with others online increases, so does the need to prepare our students with tools that will shape them into responsible digital citizens. Our role as educators provides a prime opportunity to help students learn and grow as they take advantage of today’s technology. Join us for an engaging and informative opportunity to learn, explore, and collaborate during this virtual session that will focus on the key concepts of digital citizenship and provide a variety of creative ways to weave positive digital citizenship practices and lessons into students
Date: 2/22/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Date: 3/30/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Distance Learning with Google Classroom
Classroom instruction has quickly become reliant on distance learning tools and resources. This virtual session will showcase the layout and features of Google Classroom at the beginner level. We will review how to use the learning platform from the teacher and student perspective to support effective instruction.
Getting Started
Date: 3/2/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Date: 4/5/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Intermediate/Advanced
Date: 3/16/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Date: 4/14/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Distance Learning with Nearpod
As schools transition to remote learning, educators have been introduced to a variety of edtech products. One of the more popular products is Nearpod, an application that allows for interactive synchronous and asynchronous instruction that students can access from any device. In this virtual session, we will explore Nearpod and learn how to create immersive, interactive learning experiences that expand the boundaries of the brick and mortar classroom.
Date: 3/4/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Date: 4/7/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Distance Learning with Seesaw
In our lives today, virtual learning has become indispensable, and therefore, the need to maximize online tools is critical to learning. Seesaw is a digital design and student engagement tool that allows students to capture and share their learning via photo, audio, video, file upload, note, and links. Seesaw can provide updates to families and works with numerous other apps. In this virtual session, participants will learn and explore Seesaw's features and how they can be integrated into their classes, whether they are teaching in person or remotely.
Date: 3/22/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
Date: 4/21/21
5:00 - 7:30
Price: $30
About your Instructor
Ratosha McBride is an experienced education technology specialist, course designer, and eLearning application administrator, who readily bridges technical and educational domains to support school and district goals for increasing student engagement and achievement.
She is a champion of finding new technologies and developing innovative methods to connect an understanding of using software and other instructional resources and effectively infusing their use into the classroom.
Her passion and professional mission are to provide high-level instruction and foster profound change in the classroom for both students and educators alike. To assist with this, she developed a process known as, Curriculum Unit Revision Infusing Technology (CURIT). The CURIT process dramatically increases the overall capacity for teaching and learning with technology to prepare educators with the skills and resources to support and prepare their students for future success. CURIT fosters peer-to-peer collaboration, builds confidence in educators, sets reliable expectations, and systematically designs and upgrades processes to produce technology-infused learning experiences.
Other CREC Digital Education Services
Curriculum Unit Revision Infusing Technology
The CREC Resource Group uses the Curriculum Unit Revision Infusing. Technology (CURIT) model. The CURIT model provides a process revising existing curricula to incorporate technology while aligning to standards and allowing for differentiation. The process is focused on producing classroom-ready units and lessons.
Digital Literacy and Citizenship
Digital citizenship is an important concept to teach and instill in your students, as they are already living much of their lives on the Internet and interacting with people from around the world. A key aspect of digital citizenship is "digital literacy."
Managing Digital Learning Environments
Learn how to leverage free and low-cost, web-based tools to support your district's curriculum, instruction, and operations. CREC will guide you through planning and policy considerations to improve implementation.
Online and Blended Course Design for Flipping the Classroom
CREC Resource Group's team of expert online curriculum developers can help your school or organization build courses for online or blended delivery. CREC Resource Group can support courses for professional development and training or the delivery of K-12 instruction.
School districts across Connecticut are facing new challenges as they begin to reopen schools. After speaking with school leaders across the state, CREC has revamped our professional learning offerings to align with schools' most urgent needs. This year all of CREC's workshops will be offered virtually. Participants will receive a confirmation email after registering for the workshop.
For workshop information, email Ratosha McBride at rmcbride@crec.org.
For special accommodations, please contact PD Support at 860-509-3787 or pdsupport@crec.org.
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