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EducatorsintheSpotlightJune2015
Thismonthwe'reintroducingourveryfirstDJLNEducatorSpotlight!Eachmonthwe'llbesharinganinspiringstoryfromoneofoureducators.Inthisfirstone,you'llmeetRandeeGrovemanandlearnaboutherexperienceswithflippedclassroom.Ifyouwanttobeinthespotlight,[email protected].
Also,withtheschoolyearendingsoon,weknowyou'restartingtothinkaboutthatEdTechtodolistyou'vebeenmakingallyear.Tackleyourlistthissummerwiththevarietyofprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitieswe'vefoundforyou.Don'tmissthosedetailsbelow!
Andlastbutnotleast,congratulationstooursurveyrafflewinnersAaronGriffin,MarciKaroll,andAlissaOssip!
InthisNewsletter:>ThisTuesday!EndoftheYearUnconference&Unwind>OurFirstDJLNEducatorSpotlight!>WhatLearningManagementSystemDoYouUse?>KosherMealRegistrationfor2015ISTEConference>2015ISTEGroupDiscountCode>KhanAcademyTalentSearch>CaseStudyonBlendedLearningShowsSuccess>ProfessionalDevelopmentOpportunities!>EndoftheYearResources
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ThisTuesday!EndoftheYearUnconference&UnwindJoinDJLNforarelaxingeveningcompletewithdinnerandraffleprizes!Comeandshareyourclassroomexperiencesfromthisyearandconnectwithfellowdayschooleducators.WHEN:Tuesday,June2nd,6:008:00pmWHERE:DJLNofficeinManhattanRSVP:Clickheretoregister
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OurFirstDJLNEducatorSpotlight!ForthisveryfirstDJLNSpotlight,weinterviewedRandeeGroveman.RandeeisanEnglishteacherattheYeshivaUniversityHighSchoolforGirlsandcreatesflippedlessons.Intheinterview,Randeeshareshermethodsforflippingtheclassroomandtheadvantagesshehasseeninusingthismodel.Shealsosharesherthoughtsaboutdatacollectionandgivesgreatadvicetoothereducatorswhowanttotryoutflippedclassroom.ClickheretoreadthefullinterviewwithRandee!
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WhatLearningManagementSystemDoYouUse?WeknowthatchoosingtherightLearningManagementSystem(LMS)canbedifficult,sowewanttohelpeducatorsfindthebestonefortheirneeds.YoucanplayanimportantpartinthatprocessbysharingyourexperienceswiththeLMSusedinyourschoolorclassroom.Rightnowwe'relookingforeducatorstosharetheiropinionsonSchoology,Haiku,andGoogleClassroom.Clickonthelinkandpostyourcomments!
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KosherMealRegistrationfor2015ISTEConferenceAreyouattendingISTE2015andneedkoshermeals?DJLNhasarrangedforkoshermealsthroughouttheentireconference.Theupdatedorderformisnowopenandreadytogo.Toregisterformeals,clickhere.
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ISTE2015GroupDiscountCodeForthe2015ISTEConferencewehaveagroupcodethatcanbeusedduringregistrationforadiscount.Ifyouareinterestedinthisgroupcode,[email protected].
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KhanAcademyTalentSearchYoumightuseKhanAcademyvideosforblendedlearninginyourclassroom,butnowisyourchancetosubmityourownvideosfortheirTalentSearch.ThewinnerswillbefeaturedontheKhanAcademywebsiteandflowntoCaliforniatocollaboratewithKhanAcademyandYouTube!Clickheretolearnmoreandtosubmityourvideos!ThedeadlineisJune21,2015.
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CaseStudyonBlendedLearningShowsSuccessDon'tmissthiscasestudyfromTheAlvoInstitute!LearnhowschoolsinIllinoisthatimplementeda blendedlearningmodelhadhigherstudentachievementthanschoolsthatdidnot.Teachersalsoreported extremelypositiveexperiencesworkingwithblendedlearning.Toreadthefullcasestudyclickhere.
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ProfessionalDevelopmentOpportunities!Ifyou'relookingtolearnmoreaboutblendedlearning,educationaltechnology,andotherinnovativeclassroompractices,looknofurther.We'veroundedupavarietyofprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesyoucantakeadvantageofthissummer!
EdTechTeacher2015SummerWorkshops:Thissummerseriesincludesworkshopsonavarietyoftopics,includingiPaduseineducation,flippedclassroom,projectbasedlearning,digitalportfolios,andmore.WorkshoplocationsincludeAtlanta,Boston,Chicago,LosAngeles,andtheSanFranciscoBayArea.Checkthewebsiteforafullcourselistingandschedule.
MarymountEdTechSummerCamp:Marymountoffersyoutheoptionofsigningupforworkshoptracksaroundacertaintheme,suchasblendedlearning,orgoingtoindividualclassesfocusedonmorespecifictopicsineducationaltechnology.AllcoursestakeplaceinLosAngeles.
2015FutureReadySchoolsSummit:Thissummitseriesempowersteacherswiththeskillstheyneedfortheclassroomsoftomorrow.OnJune20th,therewillbeasummitinOrangeCounty,CA.
GoogleforEducationSummits:ThesetwodaysummitsfocusonintegratingGoogleAppsforEducationintoyourclassroomtoenhancestudentlearning.ThesummitsarehappeningallovertheUSandtheworld,socheckthewebsiteforthefullscheduleandtofindthelocationclosesttoyou.
iOSSummits:Ifyou'relookingforprofessionaldevelopmentoniPadclassroomuse,thenthisistheplacetogo.Therearetwosummitshappeningthissummer,oneinLafayette,CAinJuneandoneinBellevue,NEinJuly.
PLAYDATE:Thisisadifferentkindofconferencewherethere'snopresentersandnoagenda.Youattendandgettoplayandtinkerwithalltheedtechyouhaven'thadthetimetoexplore.Thismodelenablesyoutocollaboratewithothereducatorsandgivesyouthefreespacetotryoutallthenewtoolsyou'vebeenwantingtolearn.ThenextonewillbeinLandO'Lakes,FLinJuly.
eLearningConferences:Hereyou'llfindalistofconferencestakingplaceallovertheworldontopicsrangingfromMoodletoblendedlearningandflippedclassroom.
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EndoftheYearResourcesHerearegreatonlinetoolsforallofyourstudents'culminatingprojectsandendofyearneeds.
11EssentialsforExcellentePortfolios:Thisarticleincludesastepbystepguidefortheteacher'sdecisionprocessaswellasspecificonlinetoolsforstudentstouseincreatingportfolios.
CommonSenseTopPicks:CommonSensehasratedthetopappsandwebsitesforstudentportfolios.
5AppsforCreatingDigitalPortfoliosoniPads:Youcanchooseoneoftheseappsforallofyourendofyearassignments.
12GoodToolsforCreatingEndofYearReviewActivities:Thisshortslideshowliststoolsforvideobased,gamesbased,andquizbasedreviewactivities.
iPadMovieCreation:Hereyou'llfindlotsofappsyourstudentscanusetocreatetheirownmovies.
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TellUsYourStory!DoyouhaveanEdTechorblendedlearningstory?Afavoritelesson?Amemorableexperience?Ifso,letusknow!Youcouldbethenexteducatorinthespotlight,andfeaturedinthenewsletterandonourblog!
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