1. Workshops & Organizations
Technology
Workshops & Organizations

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

3. 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.”

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

8. SITES FACEBOOK TWITTER PINTEREST GOOGLE PLUS INSTAGRAM FLICKR
CLASSMATES

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

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

11. 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

12. * 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

13. 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.

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

15. 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

16. Never give students access to your personal sites!

17. 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.

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

19. 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!!

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