TechTool TinkerLabs  

Getting Started with Book Creator  

Book Creator is a simple and versatile tool that will have you and your students creating and publishing digital books in a snap! This app is now available for all MESD teachers and offers a wide range of multimedia tools to bring digital books to life with audio, video, and other interactive features. Book Creator shines the spotlight on your students’ creativity while providing an engaging and authentic assessment of learning. This session will cover:

• Signing into your MESD Book Creator account  

• Creating your first library

• Inviting students to join

• Creating, reading and publishing books

• Managing your libraries

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Getting Started with Flip  

Formerly known as Flipgrid, Flip is a digital platform where educators create safe, online spaces for students to express their ideas and demonstrate their learning asynchronously in short video, text, and audio messages. Flip gives every student a voice and builds community, opening up awesome pathways for peer-to-peer learning. If you can think it, you can Flip it! This session will cover:

• Setting up your free educator Flip account  

• Creating groups

• How to use features like Immersive Reader

• Creating video responses

• Using the Discovery Library

• Plus tons of creative ideas for using Flip in the classroom

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Intro to WeVideo and Multimedia Creation  

Elevate learning, engagement, and creativity with WeVideo! In this session, you will learn video editing fundamentals as you run through the flow of creating, editing, and publishing a video. You'll learn how to access pre-made assignments in WeVideo's assignment library to make student multimedia-creation a regular part of your teaching practice. Watch your students come alive with WeVideo!

Learning Outcomes:

• Educators will understand the benefits of student creativity and multimedia creation!

• Educators will be able to edit and publish a video and create video-based instructional content.  

• Educators will be able to begin implementing multimedia projects and activities to support creativity right away! 

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Getting Started with Promethean ClassFlow  

Promethean's ClassFlow lesson delivery software makes it easy to create interactive activities and lessons that capture students' attention and gives you and your students the tools you need to connect and collaborate. ClassFlow is designed to work with your classroom's Promethean ActivPanel. This will be a hands-on session facilitated by a Promethean Education Consultant.

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Getting Started with Screencastify  

Screencastify is a suite of video-creation tools that makes it possible for you (and your students) to create, edit, and share quick videos in seconds. Perhaps one of the most versatile tools in our toolbox, Screencastify empowers you to do things like flip your instruction, provide effective feedback, and even clone yourself! It is also a very user-friendly tool for students, giving them brand new ways to make their thinking visible. In this session, we will cover:

• Installing the Screencastify extension

• Setting up your MESD Screencastify account  

• How to record screencast videos of your computer screen

• How to edit and share recorded videos

• Tons of ideas for using Screencastify in the classroom 

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Getting Started with Edpuzzle  

With Edpuzzle, you can take any video and turn it into an interactive lesson! Whether you are just checking for understanding or formally assessing a skill, you can embed questions right into a video for a lesson that engages students in the moment. The best part? It integrates with Schoology and enters grades straight into the gradebook! In this hands-on session, we will cover:

• Setting up your MESD Edpuzzle account  

• Installing the Edpuzzle app in Schoology

• How to create Edpuzzle video lessons

• How to create content with the Edpuzzle Extension

• Experience Edpuzzle Live Mode

• Explore engaging and rigorous content options in the Edpuzzle digital library 

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Getting Started with Quizizz  

Quizizz is a brand new addition to the MESD digital toolbox! Much more than just an engaging quiz game, Quizizz is a feature-packed digital tool for assessment, instruction, and practice that motivates every learner to mastery. In this session, you will learn:

• How to create a Quizizz Quiz

• How to track student progress

• How to analyze results 

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Schoology: The Elementary Experience  

Did you know that the Schoology LMS now offers a simplified, user-friendly interface for the littles? It's true! When you enable the Elementary Experience on your Schoology courses, our youngest learners gain access to a simplified course layout and navigation focused on a more visual and engaging experience. They also get brand new ways to interact and submit their work online, including taking photos and recording audio and video responses! This session will teach you how to give Kindergarten through 2nd Grade Schoology courses a welcomed, kid-friendly makeover for the new school year! 

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AI in the Classroom  

When a powerful new AI chatbot was launched last fall, it caused ripples throughout the education community. Will students use it to do their school assignments? Can we block it? How can we evolve our practice now that it exists? In this session, we'll learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and get perspective and ideas on teaching in a world were AI exists. 

This extended session, will be segmented into two parts:

• Part 1 (9:00am - 10:00am)
  We will view a (pre-recorded) webinar by world-renowned educator Matt Miller entitled "AI for Educators: Learning Strategies, Teacher Efficiencies, and the Future."
  
  

• Part 2 (10:10am - 11:30am)
  We will take a deep dive into a very interactive discussion to examine both the opportunities and the concerns related to AI in the world of education. 

(Please Note: MESD teachers who attend this entire session will be eligible to receive two $35.00 stipends - one for Part 1 and one for Part 2 - totaling $70.00 for the extended session.)

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