From: Johnson, Kristin

Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 8:31 AM

To: HS All Teachers
Cc: Webb, Dave; Tomhave, Douglas; Stassen, Jane; Moening, Butch; Jeffrey, Stacy; Sexauer, Chad; Ryter,
Angela; Laliberte, John; Wells, Travis; Rotier, Lacey; Haukedahl, Mindy
Subject: April 25 technology staff development--SIGN UP BY THURSDAY

Based on your training requests in the MDE survey you took in February, we have built an exciting half
day of technology sessions for you!

A great big THANK YOU to the wonderful people who stepped up to present a session!!

Each teacher will be able to attend 2 different sessions that morning, please note that some classes will
only be offered once.

Apr. 25 Technology Staff Development for Secondary Teachers

Session 1 7:30-9:10 am
Session 2 9:20-11:00 am

SESSION EXPLANATIONS
Moodle Introduction

This session will be for teachers who would like to begin using Moodle more extensively with their
classroom. We will show different features of Moodle and help teachers set up their Moodle page.
Features such as posting assignments, allowing students to submit assignments online, discussion
forums, online quizzes and tests, polling activities, glossaries, journals, and much more can be explored.
Teachers will get time to work on their own page and support will be offered if they need it. If you do
not have a Moodle class page to work on, you should fill out this Google
Form<https://docs.google.com/a/apps.sspps.org/forms/d/1xU7FNz8MKpylVM1RjPxDOo9O_p4i3ch8eA
ormSMXUNc/viewform> BEFORE April 25th. Lori Peterson & Melissa Miller, room: B118 BRING YOUR
EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Moodle Introduction

This session will be for teachers who would like to begin using Moodle more extensively with their
classroom. We will show different features of Moodle and help teachers set up their Moodle page.
Features such as posting assignments, allowing students to submit assignments online, discussion
forums, online quizzes and tests, polling activities, glossaries, journals, and much more can be explored.
Teachers will get time to work on their own page and support will be offered if they need it. If you do
not have a Moodle class page to work on, you should fill out this Google
Form<https://docs.google.com/a/apps.sspps.org/forms/d/1xU7FNz8MKpylVM1RjPxDOo9O_p4i3ch8eA
ormSMXUNc/viewform> BEFORE April 25th. Lori Peterson & Melissa Miller, room: B118 BRING YOUR
EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.



Moodle Advanced: Learn Whats Coming this Summer!

In June of 2014, SSP Moodle's site will be upgraded from version 1.9 (which most of you are using
moodle.sspps.org) to version 2.4 (a small group of you are piloting mymoodle.sspps.org) and it will bring
significant improvements to your class pages in Moodle. This workshop is designed to familiarize current
Moodle users with the new course administration settings, activity and resource settings, the quiz
designer. Participants should be experienced with Moodle version 1.9 and have an existing course to
work on. Your class from version 1.9 over to version 2.4 as well. Conrad Anderson, room: Library
BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Moodle Advanced Collaboration Time

There will be no presentation made during this session, that will only be done in Session 1. This will be a
time to collaborate with other teachers on how to use the new Moodle site in the classroom and get
assistance on building your course pages. Conrad Anderson, room: Library BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR
HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Google Drive, Docs, & Sharing: Practical Classroom Applications

Google Drive allows teachers and students to create and share documents in an educational setting.
There are many other Google Drive features which can be leveraged to a teachers advantage. You will
learn strategies for the paperless classroom including: collaborative document creation and sharing,
collaborative folders for document distribution and retrieval, strategies for communication/feedback,
and enhancing Google Drive with add-on extensions and apps. Participants should come prepared to use
their SSP Google Apps account username & password. (For information about using Google for
assessment, please attend the Google Forms session). Lacey Rotier & Travis Wells, room: B251 BRING
YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Google Forms for Student Assessments and More!

Google Forms is a useful tool to help you send a survey, give students a quiz, or collect other
information in an easy, streamlined way. A Google form is automatically connected to a Google
spreadsheet which will allow you to analyze and create charts of your data. You will learn how to: create
forms for different purposes, manage forms and response data, and use data analysis tools (including
Flubaroo which will correct a quiz for you). Practice by creating your own--you could even bring an
existing quiz or test you want to make into a Form. Participants should come prepared with their SSP
Google Apps account username & password. Lacey Rotier & Travis Wells, room: B251 BRING YOUR
EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.







Tech Tools for Engagement

This class is designed to find websites and applications that increase student engagement and tools that
you can use in your classroom to assess student work. The focus will be on web-based alternatives to
clickers for quizzes and large group discussion. We will introduce and break down 5-10 new tools and
you will have some time to put one together to use with your students before the school year is over!
Required Tools: Bring a mobile device (smartphone, iPad or laptop) and a good attitude! This is for any
gr. 7-12 teacher, even if your students are not in gr. 10-12 with school devices. Kent Getzlaff, room:
B317 BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Tech Tools for Engagement

This class is designed to find websites and applications that increase student engagement and tools that
you can use in your classroom to assess student work. The focus will be on web-based alternatives to
clickers for quizzes and large group discussion. We will introduce and break down 5-10 new tools and
you will have some time to put one together to use with your students before the school year is over!
Required Tools: Bring a mobile device (smartphone, iPad or laptop) and a good attitude! This is for any
gr. 7-12 teacher, even if your students are not in gr. 10-12 with school devices. Kent Getzlaff, room:
B317 BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.



Screencasting

A flipped classroom is not just assigning a video to watch as homework. This class will help you create
videos and lessons to go with them. You will have time after instruction to work on making a video for
one of your classes.

You will learn how to:

record videos with your SMART Board, Screencast-o-matic, and iPad apps

create a well thought out video and follow up activity

upload your videos to your YouTube channel for storage (so come prepared with your Google Apps
account username & password)

embed the video in your Moodle page or link it in your teacher web page (whichever you use on a
daily basis)

Katie Ellis & Lisa Kaufman, room: A177 BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO
TUTORIALS.





Enhancing Math Instruction with Smart Boards

Take your math lessons to the next level using SMART Notebook features and tools. Learn to effectively
integrate research-based methods for increasing achievement, interactive visuals and web resources
into your lessons. We will have plenty of time to explore and modify existing lessons, so bring any
curriculum or standards that may help you develop lessons, save your work and sample files that you
can customize for your students. Prerequisite: Introductory SMART Board training and application of
SMART Notebook for at least three months in your classroom. This course is for any gr. 7-12 math or
special ed. teacher who teaches math.

Jon Gustafson, room: B117 BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Smart Board Intermediate

SMART Boards and the new SMART Notebook 11 program offer teachers and students an opportunity to
teach and learn in an interactive environment. After a review of basic tools, we will explore intermediate
tools such as themes, sounds and object manipulation. We will also spend time learning to create
videos for flipped classrooms. There will be time to ask questions and work on developing a lesson with
the instructor available for questions. This class is designed for teachers who have a SMART Board and
have learned and applied the introductory SMART Notebook tools with their students. Prerequisite:
Introductory SMART Board and SMART Notebook training and application in the classroom. Jon
Gustafson, room: B117 BRING YOUR EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES TO WATCH VIDEO TUTORIALS.


Sign up in PDExpress<http://pdexpress.sspps.org/pdexpress/login.aspx> (log in the same way you do on
your computer every day!) by Thursday, April 17. Classes can fill up fast, so it is first-come, first-served.
Go to the IN DISTRICT WORKSHOPS menu, and then choose IN DISTRICT WORKSHOP CATALOG. Click on
the session(s) for which youd like to register.