Calling All Teachers and Students: Google Show & Share Webinar

Through the ongoing feedback and ideas from our networks we are evolving the concept of the Google Show and Share and taking it to a new level by including student voice in our May 29th webinar (10:30-11:30 am). We are so excited! Tomorrow three CBE educators and their students will be sharing how they are using Google Apps for Education in their classrooms and schools.

Here is a sneak-a-peak of just some of the "GAFE in action" ideas being shared by students and teachers tomorrow:

• learning through juicy questions
• sharing learning
• formative assessment through Google Forms
• collaboration on group projects
• how Google Drive has impacted the use of iPads
• increasing awareness of learning
• maximizing productivity

We are hosting this webinar during school hours in order to create an opportunity for teachers and students across the CBE to come together to learn and share online. We encourage you to join the webinar with: your students, your colleagues, other classrooms in your school, students in your learning commons. It can be projected on a SmartBoard for a large group to gather round and take part in the learning. There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout the session using the chat feature or your mic. 

Access the webinar room:  http://eduadvisory.adobeconnect.com/iltpl/ 

Support

The session will be hosted using the web conferencing interface, Adobe Connect. If you have never attended an Adobe Connect webinar before, the following resources may be helpful:

• Test your connection beforehand (allows you to test your connection but does not give access to the webinar room)  
• Attending an Adobe Connect Meeting (2 minute video tutorial on joining a room and the communication tools)
• Audio Setup in Adobe Connect (2 minute video on setting up audio)

Important Notes

• If possible, please access the webinar room at least 15 minutes before the start of the session to provide time to go through the audio set-up wizard (located under the "meeting" menu when you are in the webinar room)
• For best performance it is recommended you use a hard-wired connection (blue cord) if possible and turn off your wifi connection
• If you think you will ask questions using audio during the session, an external microphone is recommended (questions can also be submitted through the chat interface)
• Please make sure you connect your headset/microphone to your computer prior to entering the webinar room.

Can't Attend? No Problem!

If you are unable to attend this session the recording will be available later in CORE. We have a variety of ways to stay connected and to find out when resources are available. Choose the one(s) that work for you!

• Follow us on Twitter
• Join the ILT Google+ Community
• Follow this blog
• Like us on Facebook

Looking forward to seeing you online tomorrow morning!

Tannis Emann

on behalf of the ILT team

Thanks for Joining Us! And Here's More...

We're sending a huge shoutout to the educators who just joined us for our professional learning kick-off webinar, Create Your EdTech Network! Here's what we did:

• Used Google Docs to facilitate a dynamic real-time brainstorm about how informal learning networks shape our professional learning networks (PLN).
• Brainstormed our wonderings, explorations, challenges, and ideas around leveraging educational technology in learning.
• Got our community excited about combining social media like Twitter, blogs, Google+ and more, with face to face sessions lead by community members and supported by the ILT team.
• If you haven't yet filled our our quick post-event survey (we used Google Forms to create it), please click here! Your feedback will help shape our direction!

Want more? We've got it!

If you missed the webinar, not to worry! Not only will we post a recording in the next few days, but we have provided you with the following resources that you can use immediately. Click here to find:

• PPT slides with visuals explaining how we plan to connect existing and new networks through face to face and digital means
• Clips of CBE teachers discussing how they currently use networks for professional learning
• Google Docs that all of our participants used to brainstorm during the webinar
• Links to additional resources

Coming up next

We've planned a face to face session that will help to build our connections across existing and new professional learning networks. We don't have all the answers, so we will discover them while learning and problem-solving together. The questions, wonderings, solutions, and innovations that you bring will be the basis upon which we facilitate and plan professional learning opportunities with and for you. 

What: Connect in 3-D With Your EdTech PLN! - Face to Face Session
When: Tues, Feb 25, 2014, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Where: Career & Technology Centre 2336 53 Ave SW
Resources: Check back soon for a link to our session resources in CORE
Audience: All educators. Register now.
We will:

• Participate in engaging activities by connecting with your colleagues, and work on your questions, wonderings, experiments, challenges, and ideas around leveraging educational technology for learning.
• Discuss ideas for your next steps and explorations. How can ILT support your work? What questions do you have for the networks?

Questions? Email us at iltatthecbe@gmail.com or Tweet us @cbeilt


See you online and in person!

EdTech Professional Learning Networks Online & Face to Face - Join us!

You're invited to our kick-off professional learning webinar and face to face event, to support your EdTech Networks!

We're approaching professional learning a bit differently in Innovation & Learning Technology (ILT). We want to help you harness what students and teachers are doing across the CBE and beyond, and collaborate together on the professional learning topics that are most important to you.

We're taking a networked approach because we know it works. We don't have all the answers, so we discover them while learning and problem-solving together. The problems, questions, solutions, and innovations that you bring will be the basis upon which we facilitate and plan professional learning opportunities with and for you. 

What: Create Your EdTech Network - Kick-off Webinar
When: Thurs, Feb 20, 2014 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Where: Online in our Blackboard Collaborate session - click here when it's time to join!
Resources: Webinar link & Google Doc that we'll use live 
Audience: All educators. 

What we'll cover:

• Exploring how formal and informal networks shape our professional learning networks (PLN). How do you use your existing networks to support your learning? What have you learned from your networks?
• Time to discuss your questions and inquiries around educational technology. What questions, wonderings, experiments, challenges, and ideas do you have around leveraging educational technology for learning?
• Getting you set-up with the social media of your choice, such as Twitter, our blog, and Google+ to enhance and build upon our synchronous, digital, and face to face learning together. What type(s) of social media would you like to try in order to extend, delve deeply, and stay connected to your colleagues and professional learning communities?

Don't worry if you're unable to join us! We'll post a recording afterwards. You can attend either or both events. Everyone is invited!

What: Connect in 3-D With Your EdTech PLN! - Face to Face Session

When: Tues, Feb 25, 2014 from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Career & Technology Centre 2336 53 Ave SW

Resources: Check back soon for a link to our session resources in CORE

Audience: All educators. Register now.

What we'll cover:

• Time to connect with your colleagues and work on your questions, wonderings, experiments, challenges, and ideas around leveraging educational technology for learning
• Exploration and discussion of your next steps. How can ILT support your work? What questions do you have for the networks?

Questions? Email us at iltatthecbe@gmail.com or Tweet us @cbeilt

See you online and in person!