Use these Tools for "Blended" Learning :Mr. Parkins, Dean of Students notes 2 new programs purchased for everyone to use. (Passwords must be requested from CMS) http://www.problem-attic.com/ http://www.edgenuity.com/ (information site) https://learn.education2020.com/educator/ (educator sign in) These are in addition to CMS purchase of GAFE (GoogleDrive, Google Classroom) Compass Learning, Dreambox, DiscoveryEd, and others you may already be familiar with. Check here for a full list http://www.cmslearns.org/blended-learning/ PD Opportunity in My Talent- DifferentiationNew Credit Courses offered help you think about the broad concept of differentiation (not specifics of 1:1 or efficiency tips and trick like HOW TO CREATE A TEST THAT GRADES ITSELF !) If you've wondered
CMS offers a quick series of self paced courses for you on the concept of differntiation. Click through them anytime between now and May 15th. You can register for any or all of these courses, do them at your own pace, at school or home, with friends or alone. There is no homework, and they will give you confidence and a better overall vision of how to best use 1:1 to personalize and blend. Want To Register?:
After registering for a course, return to your Professional Learning page and click on the course name to start! I did all courses and quizzes in a few hours total, the resources were mostly review but good (except they still link to learning styles quizzes even though learning styles tests are scientifically invalid as we all use different modalities according to task, mood and interest) To make sure the courses count for renewal contact your district specialist. Apparently there are differences in whether they are accepted or not. We have also put in an application for a grant to have experts come in to help us tweak our current system if you want. We'll let you know if we get them and offer anyone who's interested to have a helper come work with you. In the meantime, Lisa Gurthie is happy to come to your room, team planning, or department PLC. ![]() Now that we have 1:1 devices every day; now that we can trust we have access to tech daily, how should that change our teaching? How do we ensure these changes are worth it to us and to the students? As Ms. Barone has said, we never want to be a school where children are glued to a screen all day and not doing the active collaborative IB learning that makes Piedmont so awesome. But, how do we use these screens for learning?
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