Teacher+Opportunities+to+Learn+More

1) Lake Erie College Seminars ([|http://www.lec.edu/professional)]: one Friday evening with the following Saturday morning. Great classes, inexpensive, extremely well-taught, and worth CEU's. There are often home-made cookies in the deal as well. Interesting topics such as: //Data, Data Everywhere// which really explores collecting all of that student information throughout the years, //Teaching Applications for Supporting the Struggling Reader, Wacky Wonderful Websites,// and //Web 2.0 and the K-12 Classroom.// There are more - so check it out. 2) Kent State University Workshops ([|http://www.kent.edu/ehhs/pd/workshops.cfm)]: I have not attended any of these, but they have a wonderful selection of choices that cover topics such as web design, podcasting, and social networking for educators. These are online seminars that you attend from your classroom or home - just go to the webinar from your computer - either on your SmartBoard or just watching on your monitor. Most of them are free, but you are generally "attending" something that you can use to apply for CEUs. Tech&Learning ezine ([]) offers many of these and although many are for those in the tech field, there are some wonderful choices for teachers. An example would be the offering for Nov. 1 - //Flipping the Classroom: What, Why, How, and Where? (A K-12 Computing Blueprint Webinar)//. The other good news is that all of these video presentations are archived so that you can "attend" even if you can't be there at the time it is presented. You can go back and see such webinars as //Web 2.0 in the Classrooms.// PBS http (//[|www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar/)]: offers a series of webinars designed to help teachers incorporate technology and media into their classrooms. Many of these are curriculum specific - such as the one for //Earth Day// or //Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom//. Classroom 2.0 ([|http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html)]: is a terrific site just for finding out more about how technology is being used as teachers from everywhere post ideas, suggestions, questions, answers - and all to freely benefit other teachers. Their webinars are also either live or archived. The explanation of what the speakers are discussing is on the home page, but the dates and times are here. If you wish to find out more about one, you can click on the colored name on the date you want and it will open a dropdown menu with information and a link to hit to join the webinar. eSchool News - the online school magazine ([]) offers a wide variety of live and archived webinars created just for teachers. These are very subject-specific - and many of them are subjects that are relevant to us. eTech Ohio ([|http://www.etech.ohio.gov/educators/)]: A full line of resources from online to inprint to seminars and webinars, etc - all of it just for educators. The teachers for the webinars are experts in their fields and the topics are rich. eTech Ohio: Columbus - Feb. 13-15. The biggest educational technology conference in Ohio - sponsored by the state of Ohio and running a large and varied number of choices per session. Smart Tech ([|http://smarttech.com/us)]: also called the Free Tech conference because there is no cost. I do not yet have dates for the 2012 conference, but it is likely to be Mid-Feb. for the Cleveland conference. This is sponsored by Smart Technologies, so most of the sessions deal with ways to integrate the Smart Board into the classroom, but there are unrelated and interesting sessions. Both types of sessions are well done and well worth attending. Smart Technologies also has on its site a wide variety of resources - such as teacher-created smart lessons and links to webinars and information.
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