Professional Development Opportunities

Are you looking for some opportunities to earn comp time this summer, or maybe you are wanting to freshen up some technology skills over the summer? There are many opportunities for online professional development, and most of them are FREE.

Discovery Education (login required)

• Learn the basics of searching for content and streaming or saving for later use. 
• Integrate videos and images using MovieMaker, Photo Story, green screen, and ActivBoard. 
• Create assignments, quizzes, and writing prompts.
• Assign content to students

Learning.com (login required)

• Work at your own pace on any of the ISTE Standards for Teachers

Google Apps for Education

Learn the basics of the Google Suite of Online Tools. 

• Calendar
• Chrome Browser
• Docs Suite
• Docs
• Drawings
• Drive
• Forms
• Gmail
• Google Maps
• Search
• Sheets
• Sites
• Slides
• YouTube

Renaissance Learning (AR and AR360) (create an account using your existing username and password)

Brush up on your knowledge of Reading Renaissance, monitoring reading growth and personal goal setting, or learn more about how to use AR in the classroom to encourage a culture of reading in the classroom. 

Also, look for videos on AR360 and find out how to bring more nonfiction into your students' daily reading.