Register For Summer Technology Training!

The technology training calendar for Summer 2015 is filled with great opportunities for continued education. There are still many open seats and we’d like to get the word out before school is but a memory.  Please pass this one to all of your dearest AISD teacher friends! 

The easiest way to register for these trainings is to access HCP in the AISD Cloud.  Click the Professional Development tab. Type the section# of the class you wish to register for and click search.  Click the name of the Course to find the sections listed along the left margin of the course page. Click the section you want and then click the Register button. See? It’s that easy!  

Please email itsgroup@austinisd.org if you have any questions about the training sessions listed below.

June 16 - Use Web 2.0 for Authentic Student Engagement Session #77365

June 22 - Computer Science- Coding 101 #77118

June 23 - Web Literacy Section #77148

June 24 - Web Literacy  Section #77148

July 7 -    Edmodo  Section #77122

July 9 -   Coding 101  Section #77119

July 15 - Web Literacy  Section# 77149

July 21 - First 12 Days Using Technology Session #77411

July 22 - First 12 Days Using Technology Session #77412

July 22 - Edmodo Training Section # 77123

July 23 - Brainpop Training Section # 77124

July 27 - Use Web2.0 for Authentic Student Engagement Session #77366

July 28 - Getting Google Going In Your Classroom Session #77409

July 29 - Getting Google Going In Your Classroom Session #77410

Aug 4 -   Google Classroom: The Math Classroom Session #77358

Aug 5 -   Google Classroom: The Writing Classroom Session #77407

Registration for TCEA 2012

Registration will soon open for TCEA's 32 Annual Technology Convention.  AISD has historically sent many teachers each year to this fantastic professional development and technology awareness opportunity. This year, each campus or teacher will need to provide their own registration fee. Plan ahead now and find a way to go if you can, but there will be no district-wide initiative to send teachers this year.

Why go?

• There will be over 400 sessions and hands-on workshops available on many different topics
• The exhibit floor is packed every year with current and emerging technology for the classroom
• Keynote speakers this year include Tori Bellici (of Mythbuster fame) and Kim Komando
• Technology leaders from Discovery Education, Leslie Fisher, and Tammy Worcester among others will be presenting, and they are always crowd-pleasers!
• Build your Professional Learning Network by meeting and exchanging ideas with teachers from across the country

Each year, AISD teachers have had to weigh the cost of three days of professional development against three days away from the classroom. This year, TCEA has added two new options for registration.

• The One-Day Convention Reg allows for a less expensive $97 (Early Bird) fee for attending the free concurrent sessions and exhibit hall, but just for one day.
• Premium Convention Reg gives not only full convention access all week, but this year includes access to all 50 and 90 minutes workshops for no additional fee. (Instead of paying additional charges for each paid workshop, you register for as many as you wish and incur no additional fees.) The Premium Early Bird cost is $257.
• ...and the regular three day Early Bird registration remains at $165 this year.

Lots of learning opportunities this year!  Hope you can make it.

Free Online Webinar Hosted by Intel - Aug 30th!

Intel provides FREE webinars throughout the year for educators. This Wednesday evening at 7pm CST, they are presenting "Mobile Apps for the Upcoming School Year".  Register to attend and join the discussion on how teachers are using mobile apps in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning.

The webinar is free, but you must register to attend.  7pm , August 30, 2011

For more webinars and free educator resources from Intel, go to the Intel Education : Teachers Engage Community and find people from across the world who are benefiting from sharing their ideas, questions, and answers to technology use in the classroom.