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Next Round of Workshop Requests Now Open.

1/19/2017

Spring Tech Workshops

Requests for offering a spring workshop are now being taken. If you have a professional development workshop you would like to offer. Please click this link to make your request. Requests are being taken through February 10th. You will be notified if your request is approved. Staff sign-up for participation in spring workshops will begin in late February. Stay tuned to the CVSD Tech Tips blog for more details.

Announcing Free Premium EDU Subscriptions

Paper Rater now free to schools. Click here for information and to sign up. Paper rater has publicly announced a 100% free subscription to their premium service for schools. Teachers and students can now get state of the art grammar checking, plagiarism detection, automated scoring, and automated writing instruction for FREE.

SAS- PA Learns in iTunes U

Pennsylvania Learns course tracking sheets contain a collection of resources aligned to Pennsylvania Standards and are intended to support teaching and learning. Each course tracking sheet includes all course essentials including TEACHING Call to Action statements and STUDENT Call to Action statements.
Pennsylvania Learns courses can be used in multiple ways such as a resource for supplemental classroom activities, support for Keystone Exam remediation, personalizing instruction, developing a customized online course, and much more. Click here for directions to access the actual Pennsylvania Learns iTunes U courses.

Digital Learning Day Coming Soon February 23rd

Digital Learning Day is coming. This is your chance to get on the map and share what you are doing. I would like to do something on my tech tip blog for Digital Learning Blog as well as post it out to Digital Learning Day. I am seeking pictures of tech integration activities going on in classes. I know many of you are integrating technology and using it in many different ways across the district. Please snap a couple of pictures of your activities and send them to me with a brief caption to share and help us celebrate the great things we are doing. Click here to learn more about digital learning day.

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This weeks Tech Tips - Don't forget to sign up for Winter Workshops.

1/9/2017

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Virtual Fieldtrips from Discovery Education

Don't forget that Discovery Education has a number of virtual fieldtrips available throughout the year. Users can search for age appropriate fieldtrips by grade level. To locate current field trips log on to your DE account and click on the teacher tab and then click on virtual field trips.

NSTA Journals

Ben Smith of the LIU is heading up STEM opportunities for school. He shared in his latest news blast that in NSTA Journals – You can review portions of the National Science Teacher Association Journals for free – even if you are a non-member. They have versions for elementary<http://www.nsta.org/elementaryschool/>, middle school<http://www.nsta.org/middleschool/> and high school<http://www.nsta.org/highschool/>. This was a nice share. Hope you can check it out.

Winter Workshop

There are a number of workshops coming up. The online registration for these has closed, but, if you are interested in any of these, email the instructor to see if there is still room for you to attend.

Virtual Fieldtrips - A way for students to explore beyond the classroom Instructor: Tina Wagner When: January 19, 2017 Where: CVIS - Tina’s Room Time: 3:45-4:45 Intended Audience: K-12 teachers interested in using and learning about resources for virtual field trips - Bring your laptop
GoNoodle Instructor: Jana Arentz & Jennifer Nelson When: January 23 & 24, 2017 Where: NOE Computer Lab Time: 7:30-8:00 each day (CTE teachers will be released to go to their building at 8:00)Intended Audience: K-6 teachers

Exploring Flipped Learning Instructor: Joel Brosius When: January 23, 2017 Where: HS Room 553 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Intended Audience: 7-12 teachers - bring teacher laptop

Virtual Reality - Aurasma Instructor: Jason CrouseWhen: January 23,2017 Where: CVIS - Jason’s classroom Time: 3:45-4:45 Intended Audience: K-12 teachers interested in learning about Aurasma. Bring your laptop and iPad if you have one.

GarageBand Basics for iPad Instructor: Mattew Wensel When: January 24, 2017, Where: IS 303 Time: 3:45-4:45 Intended Audience: Music teachers, but anyone who wants to learn about Garageband is welcome. Bring an iPad and headphone (Matt will have some ipads to share for use during this workshop.) If this date doesn't work for you, Matt will try to accommodate anyone who is interested.

ClassKick Instructor: Rhonda Bauriedl, ClassKick Ambassador When: January 26, 2017 Where: Room 590 Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Intended Audience: 7-12 teachers - bring teacher laptop

There are two workshops scheduled for February and the online registration is still open.

Symbaloo Instructor: Jennifer Shearer and Jennifer Zinn When: February 2, 2017 Where: NOE Rm 7 Time: 3:45-4:45 Intended Audience: K-12 teachers - Bring your laptop

Google Classroom Instructor: Matt Osmun and Karen Sipe When: February 8, 2017 Where: District Office Conf Rm Time: 3:45-4:45 Intended Audience: K-12 teachers interested in learning how to use Google Classroom. - Bring your laptop and have access to resources you would like to add to your classroom.

Click here to register for the February workshops.

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Happy New Year! - Welcome to the 2017 CVSD Tech Tips Blog

1/4/2017

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Hour of Code - A Big Hit With the 2nd and 3rd Grade Students

All Conewago Valley School District 2nd and 3rd grade student became coders the week before Christmas break. All students had the opportunity to go the the code.org site and write program code for Steve or Alex to move them through the Mindcraft Adventure activities. In addition to coding, the students were able to see short video clips created specifically to teach them about coding and to introduce them to careers associated with coding. The students loved the opportunity to code. If you would like to do coding with your students the opportunity still exists. Contact Dr. Sipe to set up a time to meet with you and your students. The Hour of Code site is a free site and provides activities for all levels of learners.

Tracking Santa

Students at NOE spent some time right before the holiday on the NORAD Santa site tracking Santa as well as enjoying some engaging computer activities. According to the site Santa delivered 7,281,439,471. It appears to have been another year of successful delivery for Santa! Ho Ho Ho!

Winter Professional Development Workshops

The Winter Professional Development Workshops have been advertised to all employees. If you haven' had a chance to sign up. You still can. Click here to see a list of the workshops being offered. Click here to register for workshops.

There have been a number of teachers asking if another round of workshops will be offered later in the year and the answer is yes. What is offered will depend on the response we get from teachers willing to offer workshops. If there is a specific workshop that you are interested in for the spring please email Dr. Sipe and she will try to arrange for it to be held.

Wilson College Master of Education Adams County Cohort #3 Now Forming

Wilson College Master of Education Program is coming to your area Spring 2017

Don’t miss out on a chance to earn a Master’s Degree right in Adams County!
Wilson College is starting a new cohort (Adams County #3) in the Spring 17 semester.
First class starting the week of January 23, 2017

The Wilson program offers many advantages for you on a personal and professional level, such as:
·         Tuition is only $1,500.00 per course (lowest cost in the area)
·         Your tuition cost can be frozen at the Spring 17 rate for the remainder of your MED program (stipulation: to freeze your rate, you must complete your program application/be admitted into the program during the Spring 17 semester)
·         There is a deferred payment option ($25) that defers tuition payment to 30 days after the end of your class
·         Courses are taught in your school district or county so that you do not have to travel a great distance
·         Courses are a blended format, and generally only require face-to-face meetings every other week
·         The cohort decides which week night classes will be held
·         Satisfies all Instructional Level II and Act 48 requirements
·         Teacher with a Master of Education Degree averages $2,000 additional salary per year
Course registration information:

Spring 2017 Semester registration is now open.

PLEASE NOTE: You can register for/begin taking classes before you have submitted your M.Ed. Program application documents.

Please visit the M.Ed. Program website for more program application information
(http://www.wilson.edu/med-application-procedures-requirements)

Don’t miss the opportunity to begin earning your M. Ed. degree with your district/county cohort. Spring 17 registration deadline is January 13, 2017.

Eduspire Now Partnered with Wilson College

Eduspire course can now be taken for graduate credit through Wilson College. Click here to see the course that are open for registration now.

10 Google Classroom Things Every Teacher Should Know

I came across this quick sheet on 10 Google things every teacher should know. How many do you know?

1. Invite students to join a class.
2. Manage multiple classes
3. Invite co-teachers to a class
4. Createor modify an assignment
5. Creae an announcement

6. Quick Exit tickets and polling
7. Create a class resource page
8. Grade and return an assignment
9. Set Class Permissions
10. Transfer grades to a Google Sheet or a CSV file