Workshops & Organizations Technology Workshops & Organizations

Online Workshops For professional development 2. Improve classroom instruction 3. New interest 4. Flexible schedules

Online Workshops Staff Development for Educators Museum of Fine Arts- GT hours, “to integrate high level cognitive skills to ultimately promote the students’ development of 21st-century skills that are needed to succeed in the world.”

Organizations ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Worldwide administrators, teachers, professors Provide resources, conferences, online & onsite professional development Publish books, journals, videos Discounts on books Basic online only membership-$39

Organizations TCTA Access to attorneys Liability insurance Online professional development/continuing education (40+ free hours) Cost saving programs and discounts ONLY teachers join First time- $90 membership dues

Can I Use Social Media in My Classroom? Ummmmm!!!!

SOCIAL MEDIA Advantages and Disadvantages of using SOCIAL MEDIA in your CLASSROOM

SITES FACEBOOK TWITTER PINTEREST GOOGLE PLUS INSTAGRAM FLICKR CLASSMATES

Everywhere we CLICK, LIKE, POKE, FLICK, TWEET, AND PIN we find the latest SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.

How Can I Use Social Media as a positive/advantage for my classroom?

Twitter Teacher can set up an account where he/she can tweet bonus questions on up coming test. Tweet random questions of thoughts that will be discussed during next lecture. Homework reminders

* TEACHER MONITORED AT ALL TIMES Face book Set up classroom FACEBOOK where students from all classes can peer interact, hold discussion groups concerning subject matter, perform whole group study sessions and ask questions that they may not have been able to ask in class. * TEACHER MONITORED AT ALL TIMES

pinterest Pinterest is a way that teachers, students and teachers can interact through ideas, likes and dislikes using PINS. Teachers use this site for resourceful classroom ideas Parents and teachers can PIN recipes and gardening ideas as a form of being involved and sharing some not so personal information but just a part of being involved in lives of two people who play an important part of the student/child’s life. Teachers, students and parents can PIN encouraging thoughts, and learn more of one another. ALL THROUGH SAFE MEASURES.

NOW, Speaking of PINS. Let’s put a PIN here

DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM: That INSTANT gratification of SNAP,SHOT, PHOTOS. The teacher has NO control over the instant photos that can be posted. * Youth and photos can cause some LEGAL issues. BEWARE

Never give students access to your personal sites!

Last But Not Least… The BOSS is WATCHING!! YOUR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL SITES. HIRING CAN BE DETERMINED BY YOUR PERSONAL SITE. CLEAN THEM UP. DON’T ACCEPT NON SENSE TAGS. SET YOUR NOTIFICATION LEVELS FOR ACCEPTABLE TAGS.

By: Sandra Lopez, Carol Harris, Blanca Zurita and Clarivel Rodriguez Technology By: Sandra Lopez, Carol Harris, Blanca Zurita and Clarivel Rodriguez

Apps for kids The following apps can be uses for elementary students and even your own kids. Animal Match Shape Puzzle Tap Numbers Kids Nursery Rhymes Color Match ABC Tracing Times Table Quiz Multiplication!! Division!!

Websites The following websites can help you do activities for your lesson plan. Tumblebooks.com Brainpop.com or Brainpopjr.com Starfall.com Pebblego.com