TPACK Webinar...@Nearpod Style

This Tuesday (Aug  21) at 2pm EDT, the folks over at Nearpod are starting their Educator Spotlight webinars and I am honored to be the first guest!

Are you using technology as effectively as you could in your classroom? Or perhaps you know you need to try to use it but don't want to include tech just for the sake of it?

This session will introduce you to TPACK (Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge) and how it can be used to effectively integrate new technology in a classroom setting.

We will examine how theses 3, important components intersect to form a new way of learning. We'll also explore how teachers can create content-rich lessons in a few simple steps and, when appropriate, use technology effectively.

What makes this webinar different is it will all take place in the Nearpod platform.

What is Nearpod?


So join us you will need an iPad or iPod touch with the Nearpod student app installed. (If you have an Android tablet or device you can download it here.) The apps (teacher and student are both free and I would recommend downloading the teacher one as well so you can explore after we are done.)

You can register and read more here.

Hope you'll join us Tuesday at 2pm EDT!

TPACK And The Common Core Webinar

This Saturday at Noon EST, I will be a guest of the Classroom 2.0 Show where I will be talking about the relationship between the Common Core and TPACK. If you haven't heard a lot about TPACK or you want to learn more about it, this is a very fun format to join in the learning.

It will take place online, in a Blackboard Collaborate room. It's totally free and if you can't make it, it will be archived.

To join go here on Saturday morning.

Speaking of archives, if you haven't checked out the Classroom 2.0 Show Archives you are missing out. What a great place to find loads of great webinars and educations topics. Recent topics include:

Parent Engagement
Using Evernote
Livebinders
Becoming A Connected Educator
Livescribe Pens
Gifted Education

That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what is available in the archive. Each show has the video of the show, links, resources and so much more. You can spend hours and hours learning there.

I hope you can join me Saturday afternoon!

From The Shamelss Promotion Department

I don't often promote my own stuff but in this case I am going to do a little shameless promoting. Tomorrow I am doing a free webinar for Simple K12 entitled, Navigating Social Media Policies, One Schools' Journey.

I get asked a lot about what policies schools should have about social media and what guidelines they should have to teach their students about social media. I have spent the better part of this school year working with an elementary school in my district to develop social media guidelines for the faculty, staff and students. In this webinar I will walk everyone through the rationale, the process and where we will go with things next year.

The webinar is free and open to anyone. So head over to this link, register and hope to see you there!