January+2015

> [|http://www.swivl.com/solutions/#uses]
 * Cool Stuff Share || Video Taping Resource
 * [|Swivl] Program that will allow you to video tape yourself. Education Solutions:

[|Smore]: Design online flyers promote events, products and more.


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[|GeoGuessr] - game using street view images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are.
 * https://geoguessr.com
 * Introduction Video - []

Text Dependent Analysis
 * //TDQ Grades K-5, Text Dependent Questions// Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey ISBN: 978-1-4833-3131-7 ||
 * Upcoming PD || Common Core and RTII - January 27 (Williamsport) or January 28 (Canton)

[|February 3 - The PA Science Framework Session] - This is a work session. You will be building the framework.

January 28 - Vocabulary Strategies for Career and Technology (Williamsport)

Text Dependent Analysis - Feb. 11 and 20 (tentative) - 2 day training

[|Teaching Thinking 101 Training] - 2 day training Day 1: February 13, 2015, 9:00am-3:30pm – Williamsport Office Day 2: March 11, 2015, 9:00-3:30pm – Canton Office

__**Screencasting (for teachers and student teams)**__ -  February 25, 2015 from 9:00 – 2:00 (BLaST IU17 – Williamsport, PA)  March 6, 2015 from 9:00 – 2:00 (BLaST IU17 – Canton, PA)

Chapter 339 Training for School Counselors - March 4 (Canton)

Understanding the Struggling Student: F.A.T City - March 17 (Canton)

__**QBS Train the Trainer**__ - Week of June 22 ||
 * iTunes U || [|What is iTunes U?]

[|An Overview of iTunes U]

[|PA Learns Overview Doc]

Link to PA Learns Resources: []



[|iTunes Preview of Algebra 1]

[|Accessing iTunes U on Different Devices (CSIU)] || [|What Works in Professional Development]
 * Professional Learning || // [|Effective Professional Learning Strategies and Their Use in Future Ready Districts] // [|Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development] [|in the United States and Abroad]

[|Believing and Achieving] [|Building Collective Efficacy: How Leaders Inspire Teachers to Achieve] || Professional Learning || Webinar: [|Personalized Professional Learning in a Digital Age]
 * Individualized and Collective

Videos: [|Thomas Murray]

Resources: [|Connected Educator] [|Getting Started on Developing your PLN] ||
 * Twitter Resources || [|PIIC Twitter Handles]

Videos: Re-Imagine Your Professional Development Experience... with Twitter [|Educators New to Twitter Screencast]

[|Eric Sheninger on Twitter]

Resources: [|PIIC Twitter Session]

[|A printable 1-page Twitter guide for all skill levels]

[|Twitter 101 Presentation] [|Twitter Chat Calendar] [|How to Use Twitter to Grow Your PLN] [|Twitter for Teachers Guide] ||
 * Instructional Tech Teaming Break-Out || [|Meeting Notes]
 * Instructional Tech Teaming Break-Out || [|Meeting Notes]

SAMR [|__http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html__] [|__http://teacherswithapps.com/david-truss-transformative-or-just-flashy-educational-tools/__]

[|Taking Technology Resources to the Next Level]

Higher Order Thinking [|Five Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking] [|Ways to use iPad Apps to Hone the Higher Order Thinking Skills.] ||