Professional Development
Since educational technology is only as effective as the teacher teaching with it, we encourage continuous and ongoing professional development in conjunction with our basic hardware grants. To that end, we will continue to update this section of the website with upcoming opportunities for technology training in the Los Angeles area, including our own Technology Conference every November.
Attending any of these events? Let us know how it goes!
Are you a Interactive Whiteboard or Computers in the Classroom winner? Click here to submit your professional development hours.
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4:00-6:00 pm. Here we have the third online user group for 2011 SMART Classroom Technology Grant recipients. This session focuses on reveal strategies for language arts and social science. Click the link above to download more information about our online training series. An online RSVP will be available closer to the event. For teachers to get credit for these two hours, a lesson plan that uses techniques outlined in the training must be submitted to the foundation.
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Please join us in an engaging professional development session that will provide you with an overview of Edmodo – a safe and secure social media tool that is now available for use in your classroom.
During the session, you will learn how to:
Set up your Edmodo account and log in to our sub-domain.
Create Edmodo groups and invite students to join.
Create and grade assignments, post calendar events.
Engage parents with Parent Accounts.
Connect and network with other teachers in the Edmodo global community.
Get tools and tips for integrating social media into your classroom curriculum.Click the title to download an information sheet.
Please attend an intro webinar to learn the basics: http://edmodointro-eorg.eventbrite.com/ -
Computer-Using Educators, Inc. is a professional organization of educators that supports the use of technology in education. For 30 years, technology-using educators have been meeting at the CUE Conferences to advance student achievement at all levels of education and to address the use of Education Technology in instruction, administration, curriculum and management.
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The LA County Office of Education hosts a number of low- and no-cost trainings that focus on educational technology integration. These seminars include, among others, SMART Content Creation and Google Tools for Educators, as well as Integrating Technology of English Language Learners. Click the link above for a detail of upcoming seminars.
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