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Best Practices for Online Course Design

Best Practice in Online Course Design introduces participants to core frameworks and concepts in digital integration and digital content design. The course's focus is on creating accessible learning goal-focused digital content. Professional Learners will create a digital lesson or unit plan for this course to demonstrate their learning.

15 Hours CTLE Credit

Choice Boards

The focus of this comprehensive, online course is to assist you in learning how to create engaging, rigorous, and reflection learning opportunities for learners. Student-focused activities also allow for educators to differentiate and provide opportunities for students to reflect on their learning and the learning process.

This course intended to provide theory, discussion, and practice. It includes videos and articles to further our learning and examples of practical implementation and testimonies from students.

3 Hours CTLE Credit

Creating a Culture of Digital Citizens

The focus of this comprehensive, online course is to assist you in learning how to create digital citizens. The importance of this topic cannot be stressed enough due to our ever changing learning environments during closures, hybrid, and remote learning.

This course intended to provide theory, discussion, and practice. It includes videos and articles to further our learning and examples of practical implementation and testimonies from students.

15 Hours CTLE Credit

Digitize Your Content

Digitize Your Content is designed as a practical guide to help teachers start to move their content from the analog world to the digital cloud for hosting in a Learning Management System or Google Classroom. Topics will include pocket scanners, creating instructional videos, infographics, and hyper docs.

15 Hours CTLE Credit

Engaging Students in Online and Virtual Discussions

During this 3 hour asynchronous professional learning experience, participants will learn the Whys and Hows of engaging students in online and virtual discussions. Integration of Social Emotional Learning Standards will also be included in this learning experience.

3 Hours CTLE Credit

Escape Rooms

In this course, you will learn how to create digital escape rooms. We will begin by learning how to use Google Slides and Google Forms to create your own escape rooms. You will also learn other platforms that house escape rooms or allow for creation. You will learn practical tips and tricks for creating and using digital escape rooms in your classroom. You will create your own escape room as your final product for the course. By the end of the course, you will understand what a digital escape room is and how you can use them across various platforms.

3 Hours CTLE Credit

Office 365 Transformative Educator

Microsoft has been around for a long time, so it is easy to overlook some of the amazing updates that can turn your black and white activities and worksheets into interactive multimedia experiences.

In this course we will look at specific examples of traditional materials and then use TPACK and SAMR to transform that material from a Word worksheet to a Word wonder! We will look at some specific Office apps (i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote...) and I will help kickstart you through transforming some materials for next year.

5 Hours CTLE Credit

Remote Learning Educator

The purpose of this course is to help you make the transition from traditional, face-to-face instruction to remote teaching and learning. The course will cover best practices, resources, and strategies to set your remote learning classroom up for success while providing you plenty of opportunities to brainstorm and share with colleagues. At the end of the course, you will have gained practical tips that will make it easier for you to provide an exceptional educational experience for remote learners.

18 Hours CTLE Credit

SEL (Social, Emotional Learning) Resources

Many of us are struggling with how to re-engage our students who may be anxious about the events around us. Through this course, we will explore resources and ideas to support the SEL areas of: self awareness, relationship skills, social awareness, self management, and responsible decision making. Learn how to attend to the social and emotional needs of your students by building relationships, offering support, and giving our students an outlet for their emotions. We will also explore ways to build a community in your classroom to help build that support.

5 Hours CTLE Credit 

Technology Empowered Educator

Are you using technology in your classroom to its fullest potential? In this course, we will examine a number of models of technology integration as well as how to best utilize tools that will provide opportunities for engagement and allow students to use critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creation skills. We will also look at incorporating some lessons learned from teaching during the pandemic as we move forward.

15 Hours CTLE Credit