Welcome to day 3 of the Virtual Summer Learning Event.   All sessions for today are listed below.  Feel free to watch the ones that interest you and share the links with anyone you know.  We hope you find something you can use when we get back to school.  If you missed Matt Miller's sessions Wednesday or the recorded ones yesterday, be sure to click the link to the right (computer) or below (on your phone) to catch up on what has been shared via the recorded videos on the pages.

CPE Credit Request Information

CPE credit will be granted for "attending" the virtual event sessions from July 15th - 17th only if you complete this tracker form and submit it through Eduphoria.  While some sessions are less than 1 hour in time, we expect you will take time to practice or explore the things you learned about in the session, so all sessions receive 1 hour credit.

Virtual Learning Event CPE Tracker

Virtual Learning Event - July 15th Matt Miller Session Recordings

Virtual Learing Event - July 16th Recorded Sessions

Instructional Technology & Innovation

Summer Learning News

Instructional Technology Videos

A Practical Guide to Trauma Informed Instruction

Lisa Lantz - SSISD Counselor

Learning Objectives

• Review Trauma and it's impact
• Review Importance of being trauma informed in your classroom
• What can the teacher/administrator/school staff do to build resilience and counteract the effects of trauma?

Session Feedback

Session PowerPoint Slide Deck

Choice Menus: Learn it Your Way

Jeni Long and Sallee Clark - Eagle Mountain Saginaw Instructional Technology Trainers

Learn about 3 ways to design choice menus

• Hyperdocs
• Multimedia Text Sets
• Choice Boards

Session Feedback

Session Slide Deck

Students Use Wakelet to Curate

Tisha Poncio - CISD Digital Learning Specialist

Learn about the many ways Tisha and her students use Wakelet, the ultimate content curation tool.  From links, to PDF's, images, YouTube videos, text, Flipgrid, and OneDrive files your students can make collections for all sorts of activities.  Tisha shares her favorite uses for this great tool.

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Follow Tisha on Wakelet

A Spark in the Digital World

Shelby Gibson - SSISD Library Media Specialist

Adobe Spark allows you to digitally share your curriculum with your students in a visually engaging way.  Creatively share information for a lesson at school or at home.  No design experience needed!  SSISD has provided every educator to have access to Adobe Spark for Education.

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Session Smore Page

Research in Elementary?  Yes They Can!

Janelle Safford - SSISD Innovative Learning Specialist

Students should be allowed to make choice about what they seek to learn and to think creatively about the topics they are learning about.  Focus on student understandings about a topic rather than simply the act of "doing research." This session covers both topics and more.

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Breaking Down the 4 C's - Part 2 - Collaboration

Janelle Safford, Alyssa Butler, Christi Hartsell - SSISD Innovative Learning Specialists

Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity are essential to 21st century learning and preparing kids for their future.  Explore how to use the tools teachers and students have available within the district to build these skills and create student centered learning activities.

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They're Bigger on the Inside: Traveling Through Time and Space to Revisit Hyperdocs

Lydia Croupe - Richardson ISD - Instructional Technology

Lydia creatively uses the Genial.ly web tool to walk you through information about hyperdocs using various sources.  This creative use of guiding learning while still allowing for individual pace is valuable. 

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Live Link to Session In It's Own Page

Rubrics are SWEET!

Lydia Croupe - Richardson ISD - Instructional Technology

Lydia creatively uses the Genial.ly web tool to walk you through information about using Rubrics.  Follow the path by clicking on Start Here and move on to the images along the way to access the content.  Satisfy that sweet tooth today, don't delay.

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Live Link to Session In It's Own Page

Choose Your Own PD

Lisa Pogue - Royse City ISD - Instructional Design Coach

Explore various training options like digital choice boards, hyperdocs, Adobe Spark, and others.  Or better yet, choose them all as you have time and experience a concept you can use with your own students as they explore content from your class this Fall.

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Session Slidedeck