Google Education on Air + Make Belief Comix

Google Education on Air

Last month Google announced Education on Air—the free online conference for educators May 8-9. As of this week you can now check out the

full schedule of sessions.

Day 1- Leading for the future: From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET hear from speakers who will challenge us to innovate and improve education. In the kickoff session, panelists will tackle the question “What are the skills of the future?”. Keynote speakers include actor and Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton, Google Vice President Laszlo Bock, Google Science Fair 2012 winner Brittany Wenger, and education experts Sir Michael Barber and Michel Fullan, OC. There are educator panels on "transforming learning with technology" and "empowering students."

Day 2- Shaping the classroom today: From 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET there are over 100 sessions led by educators from 12 countries and 29 U.S. states. Sessions have been designed to offer practical advice and examples. Find ones you like and add them to your calendar. Sessions include:

• "Effective professional development for 1:1 Chromebooks"
• “Using Google tools to break borders and build global citizens” 
• “Bring CS First, a free computer science program, to your students”
• "It's all about students- student tech support programs"
• “Bringing the maker movement to your classroom”
• "Building your personal learning network (PLN)"

Register today on the website or learn more in the blog post. You can help spread the word about this free event by sharing the announcement Google+ post and tweet.

Featured 4C's Mini Lesson: Make Belief Comix

Our graduates from the Technology and Leadership Cohort have been building short lessons that highlight different ways to incorporate the 4C's and technology in the classroom. Today's featured lesson is on how students can use Make Belief Comix to create comic strips to demonstrate understanding in a creative way. Click here to view the lesson.

Find this lesson and all of the other 4C's lessons on our new website. bit.ly/4CsWBL

PowToon + Dell Deals for ISD624 Employees

Featured 4C's Mini Lesson: PowToon

Our graduates from the Technology and Leadership Cohort have been building short lessons that highlight different ways to incorporate the 4C's and technology in the classroom. Today's featured lesson is on how students can use an animation creation website called PowToon to demonstrate understanding in a creative way. Click here to view the lesson.

Find this lesson and all of the other 4C's lessons on our new website. bit.ly/4CsWBL

Get your own mentor to work with you while incorporating the 4C's and technology. Check out this video for more information on the program and then click here to sign up. 

Spring Deals From Dell

Check out these spring deals from Dell to find special savings on desktops, monitors and 2-in-1 computers. These deals are for employees of ISD624 and are limited time only. See the flyer for details.

White Bear Lake 4C's Website + PhotoMath

White Bear Lake 4C's Website:

The White Bear Lake 4C's website is now live at bit.ly/4CsWBL! As access to devices increases at your school, you may find the 4C's website helpful to learn about a variety of tools that can be used to incorporate the 4C's in your classroom!

PhotoMath:

PhotoMath in class is a tool for students to self-assess their own learning. PhotoMath allows students to take a picture of an equation and then will show students the answer with the solving steps. It is a free App for both iOS and Android devices.

This PhotoMath tech tip was written by Seth Salenger.