PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PRESENTATIONS
Created and Implemented by:
JACQUELINE ABDULLAH, NBCT
Curriculum & Instruction in Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology Integration
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Transformation Tuesday
You may think technology is just a distraction, but it can help encourage active participation in your classroom. This presentation examines using devices like a computer, tablet, or other types of technology in your classroom in an effort to turn traditionally dull subjects into interactive and fun activities.
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17 Free Educational Sites for High School Teachers
These are some of the top free educational sites for high school. I’ve focused here on websites you can let your students roam free on because the entire site is filled with educational tools to equip your students for academic success.
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10 Free Educational Sites for Elementary Students
Here are some of the top free educational sites for elementary. There are so many great resources out there, and so many websites have that one amazing resource that just hits that one standard perfectly. I’ve focused on websites you can let your students roam free on because the entire site is filled with educational gems!
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Free Online Games to Reinforce Elementary Math Skills
Elementary math skills are the foundation for future success in mathematics. In addition to career paths that rely on math such as engineering and finance, elementary math is utilized in almost all jobs. This session will share websites to reinforce those critical skills.
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Webquest Wednesday
A Web Quest is an inquiry-based activity where students are given a task and provided with access to on-line resources to help them complete the task. This session shows participants the ideal way to deliver a lesson over the web. Web Quests are discovery learning tools; they are usually used to either begin or finish a unit of study.
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Take a Virtual Tour Thursday
Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it’s now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their classroom (or home!). We’ve compiled a list of the best virtual field trips for you, so enjoy your “visit”!
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Math Movies
If you are wanting to show a movie in your math class but still want students to do math then this session is for you!
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Reading Strategies
k-6, 6-12
These sessions give participants strategies to improve students' reading comprehension skills.
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Freedom Friday
This session will introduce participants to free educational websites that are fun while offering online teaching games, printables, videos, and so much more.
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Fairytale Forensics
Using stories as a hook to grab students’ attention leads them to deep engagement with scientific concepts. This session will show participants how to use a classic fairy tale with a forensic twist. This is the perfect review activity for a short forensic science unit in a life science or chemistry classroom or a culminating activity in a forensic science class.
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Strategies for Bringing History to Life
Too often, the study of history is a passive experience. Students receive information about the past from textbooks, teachers or Wikipedia articles. This session will provide simple steps for teaching history in ways that are relevant and age-appropriate for students in elementary and middle school.
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Introduction to Flipgrid Fridays
This presentation is the first in a series of guest posts from Jackie, the session will show participants how to participate in a professional learning network using Flipgrid to share ideas and new strategies with colleagues. Flipgrid is a free video discussion platform designed to foster fun and supportive social learning while allowing educators to see and hear from all students. Flipgrid Fridays will encourage educators to respond to current trends, materials, and events in education with short videos. Participants will earn CEU credit and discover fun and socially supportive learning techniques in a dynamic professional learning community.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy in a
Virtual Environment
This session introduces Bloom’s Taxonomy into a virtual environment. In an increasingly digital world, teachers are now finding ways to incorporate apps and online resources that help support students as they work through Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
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Math Mysteries
Math Mysteries will show participants easy prep activities that make math fun! The session explains the five 'clue' math mystery worksheets that unlock case files. The clues are needed to narrow down a list of possible suspects, locations, cure, and or scenarios until only one remains.
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News Groups for Students
This edchat discusses tracking common topics across different news publications. Participants will learn how to teach their students how to unearth scholarly materials from various newspapers, search for opposing points of view, and take control of their own education.
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Technology Themed Picture Books
This session shares great technology books for kids filled with learning, fun stories, and great illustrations on the joys and cations of technology.
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Boom Cards
This session introduces participants to Boom Cards, which are self-grading exercises that are gamified. for students and provide the data teachers want. My kids BEG for "Boom Time". They are the reason I have so many decks. They constantly ask for more and more!
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Morning Messages with a Distance Learning Twist
The morning message is a daily message from the teacher that is posted for students when they enter the classroom. It can be written on charts but we discussed ways to implement the message virtually. This session discusses how to incorporate morning messages into a home learning plan.
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Teaching with Bitmoji: Where Pop Culture Meets Education
Bitmoji is a free app that allows people to create cartoon versions of themselves or others! They are fun and trendy– but, when used properly, can be educational as well. They are a great link between different generations of teachers and students.
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Jamboard: Sparking Collaboration in Google Classroom and Beyond
If you're looking for an outlet for creativity and collaboration– Jamboard may be for you! This whiteboard-style Google Tool provides an interactive canvas for your students to unlock their creative potential. Great for group projects, or individual brainstorming, Jamboard is quickly becoming a teacher (and student!) favorite.
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Free Online Games that Help Make Reading Fun
Want to make reading fun in your classroom? Here are some games to help you out. Games can also help your students with various computer related fine motor skills such as clicking and dragging, typing and hand eye coordination. Education.com Games with verbal instructions for struggling or pre-readers, encompassing a wide range of game types and reading skills.
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Teaching Students how to “Google It” to Learn Online Research Skills
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Educational Games You want Kids to Get Hooked On
Kids love technology - especially when it’s fun. There are so many options for various grades and subjects. You can set up apps on a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smart phone. This session will explore some of the best educational website available.
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Math Digital Tools to Use in the Classroom
Using technology in the math classroom can be incredibly powerful, especially if we’re using digital tools to redefine how we’re teaching and presenting concepts. These math digital tools to use in the classroom do just that. Here are a few applications and websites you can start using right away in your classroom.
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Using Animoto with Elementary Students
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Free Digital Tools for Remote Teaching: Elementary Edition
Join us for a fun, fast-paced webinar designed to give you more ideas in 30 minutes than attending an entire weeklong conference! In this session, we will give you quick overviews of a variety of FREE digital tools to help you with digital or remote teaching.
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Free Digital Tools for Remote Teaching: Middle & High School Edition
Join us for a fun, fast-paced webinar designed to give you more ideas in 30 minutes than attending an entire weeklong conference! In this session, we will give you quick overviews of a variety of FREE digital tools to help you with digital or remote teaching.
Professional Growth and Self Care for Educators
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Social Media Do’s and Don’ts
As a teacher it is important to figure out where the line is in terms of social media. Your social media accounts can make you a more inspirational teacher and a better colleague. But they can also make you the focus of a personnel investigation or unemployed. Use them wisely. This presentation breaks down the dos and don’ts of social media for teachers.
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A Taste of Teaching Tuesday
Every student deserves to be taught by an accomplished teacher. National Board Certification was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. It is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. This session introduces participants to A Taste of Teaching Tuesday program to aide teachers in pursuing certification.
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Reflections of an Evolving Educator
As educators, our work is complex and difficult under the best of circumstances. The uncertainty and fear that COVID-19 brings means responding to a bunch of new and evolving challenges every day. This session gives participants an opportunity to reflect on their current teaching practices and strategies.
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Factory Model of Education
This session examines the "Factory model schools", "factory model education", or "industrial era schools" are terms that emerged in the mid to late-20th century and are used by writers and speakers as a rhetorical device by those advocating a change to the American public education system.
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Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Most teachers had about half a week to prepare for online school, including setting up a digital platform that none of them had ever used before. This session explores how participants can create a culture of risk-taking in the classroom.
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The Digital Divide
This session opens up a discussion on the changing landscape of the "digital divide," and explores resources on how to improve digital access and help all students develop digital and media literacy. The session allows participants to work together for a solution to digital equity.
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From Pandemic to Pedagogy
This session breaks down the change in teachers lessons and strategies due to the pandemic. Teachers have worked fast to meet the demands of this moment, but as they get a chance to slow down and reflect, some lessons are clear—like the primacy of relationships.
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Welcome Back to School
What school will look like in the fall is still uncertain but teachers can develop flexible plans that work for distance and in-class teaching. This edChat gives teachers an opportunity to share ideas and best practices for distance learning.
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Taking Root: Growing as Educators
This edChat helps educators reflect on their professional learning experiences and how these experiences have helped us to grow as practitioners.
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Virtual High Five - Jackie Abdullah
This session highlights how many students have a tough time learning at home and how teachers can create space to listen to their concerns and guide them to overcome obstacles.
Exceptional Education
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Motivation Monday
Motivation Monday explains that teaching instructions to students is an important part of helping children learn but having a consistent way to reward them helps them understand how the world works! This session shows participants how to create rewards that promote positive behavior.
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A Clear Path for Classroom Management
Looking for information on guiding classroom communities, minimizing disruptions, and developing class routines to help students stay engaged and focused on learning? This resource collection is packed with useful tips, tools, and advice.
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Autism Awareness
Celebrating the Wide and Colorful Spectrum Autism exists on a spectrum so children with this diagnosis will not behave or demonstrate the exact same behaviors.
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Special Education Cohort
Because of the multiple perspectives offered by educators, this cohort will provide a richness to the learning process, as well as provide materials and resources for working with students with a variety of exceptionalities. Participants will earn CEU credit as they work alongside fellow educators exploring best practices for providing special education services to students.
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Social Difficulty During Social Distancing
Parents are making their best attempts to balance work and their children’s academics, while educators strive to provide virtual instruction. In this session, educators will discuss ways to help students cope with being physically separated from educators and friends during remote teaching and learning.
Family Engagement
FB Live
Scheduling Routines
Scheduling Routines is a FaceBook live session where the facilitator and the participants discuss how students thrive on a balance of routine and free play. participants also discuss the closing of schools and how to build a flexible daily schedule to help their families run more smoothly!
Aspiring Educators & Mentoring
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Social Media Do’s and Don’ts
Membership
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Organizing Around Professional Issues
In this session, members will learn and discuss ways to organize and mobilize colleagues around professional issues to improve their work environment and/or the Association.
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Multi-generational Collaboration in the Association
In this session, members will engage in discussions about different generations/ages of educators in the Association and the profession. Information will be shared about the different age groups and with suggestions for how the groups can effectively exist and work together in the same school and Association settings. file to download.
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