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Khan Academy for Middle and High School Cohort 2 - SAT Prep/Math/Science/SPOCS - PD for NYCDOE Educators

Khan Academy/ DIIT/ iZone

For NYCDOE Schools

DIIT and the iZone are excited to announce their continued partnership with Khan Academy.   As you know, millions of teachers use Khan Academy to more efficiently meet the academic needs of their students.  Khan Academy has over 150,000 exercises especially created for the Common Core, all subject areas including Advanced Placement and SAT Prep. They are comprehensive and deep and have been vetted by the authors of the standards. Whether for homework on in-class problem solving, these exercises give your students immediate feedback and solutions, as well as standards-aligned video assistance. This saves valuable time for the teacher while ensuring that students have practice with the best coverage of curriculum tasks.  The second phase of the rollout of Khan Academy will reach MS math teachers, HS math and science teachers, SAT Prep teachers and SPOCS. We will be hosting training from June 15-17^th, 2017  if you are interested in implementing Khan Academy at your school.

Participating schools should:

• Identify a pilot team to include 2 teachers.
• Attend one of the scheduled face-to-face pd’s (see attached schedule)
• Begin implementation in selected classrooms in September 2017

Middle School Math

Audience: 6th grade math, 7th grade math, 8th grade math, pre-algebra teachers

Description: Khan Academy offers thousands of standards-aligned exercises, videos, and articles for middle school math classrooms. This hands-on training will show you how you can easily plug Khan Academy into your classroom. We will explore the on-boarding process, student practice experience, and teacher tools. Teachers will also have the opportunity to explore Khan Academy's integration with the EngageNY curriculum. Additionally, there may be advance previews of new Khan Academy features.

Thursday, June 15th - Register here Saturday, June 17th – Register here

High School Math

Audience: High school math teachers for all courses from Algebra 1 through AP Calculus and AP Statistics

Description: Khan Academy offers thousands of standards-aligned exercises, videos, and articles for high school math classrooms. This hands-on training will show you how you can easily plug Khan Academy into your classroom. We will explore the on-boarding process, student practice experience, and teacher tools. Additionally, there may be advance previews of new Khan Academy features.

Saturday, June 17th - Register here

High School Science

Audience: Biology, chemistry, and physics teachers (both AP and non-AP)

Description: Khan Academy now offers standards-aligned exercises, videos, and articles for high school science classrooms. This hands-on training will show you how you can easily plug Khan Academy into your classroom. We will explore the on-boarding process, student practice experience, and teacher tools. Additionally, there may be advance previews of new Khan Academy features.

Saturday, June 17th - Register here

SAT Prep

Audience: High school science and math teachers, AVID teachers, and any other teacher who helps prepare students for SAT

Description: Developed in partnership with the College Board, Khan Academy's Official SAT Practice includes a personalized, tailored practice plan, interactive practice, instructional content, official full-length practice tests, and instant feedback. This hands-on training will explain how to use Official SAT Practice with students as a free, high-quality college readiness resource.

Friday, June 16th – Register here Saturday, June 17th - Register here

SPOC Training

Audience: SPOC teachers

Description: Khan Academy offers personalized practice resources across subjects and grades. Over 50 million teachers and students worldwide are registered to use Khan Academy’s standards- and AP-aligned exercises, videos, and articles for biology, chemistry, physics, US history, world history, grammar, K-12 math, computer science, and SAT prep. This hands-on training will explain how to use Khan Academy in a classroom and how to answer common technical and implementation questions from other teachers who are interested in using Khan Academy. Additionally, there may be advance previews of new Khan Academy features.

Thursday, June 15th- Register here Friday, June 16th – Register here

* Per Session will apply for Saturday sessions.

 

If your teachers don’t know much about Khan Academy, you could point them here to learn more: https://www.khanacademy.org/educator.

For some specifics around using the Khan Academy site as a teacher, you may want to point them here.

And finally for some ideas around simple ways to use Khan Academy in the classroom, they could take a look here.

Lucidchart 4 Education

Guest writer Amanda Kaestner @lucidchart

Over the past few decades, the development and implementation of technology has accelerated at an incredible rate. Computers, automated systems, and mobile apps are now part of nearly every profession and industry in the developed world. It follows that for the rising generation to be successful in a technology-heavy work environment, they need to practice integrating tech applications into their everyday activities, starting in the classroom.

One tech application you might start seeing in schools that’s available to students and teachers for free is Lucidchart. An online diagramming software, Lucidchart can help students develop tech literacy in the classroom while giving them opportunities to think critically and collaborate with peers.

About Lucidchart

Using Lucidchart, students can create timelines, mind maps, floor plans, Venn diagrams, and flowcharts to analyze plotlines, outline and memorize a book using mind maps, find the greatest common factor, or visualize the rock cycle. Ways to use Lucidchart are only limited by the imagination, but to get your creative juices flowing, take a look at some example lesson plans for grades 4-12.

Because Lucidchart is web-based, it runs on any internet browser from any computer no matter the operating system. There is no required download meaning that students can start a project at school then go home and finish it from their personal computer.

It’s also incredibly easy for students and teachers to show off their work with presentation mode. They can display an entire diagram at once using the mouse to scroll through it dynamically, or divide a diagram into slides for a more focused presentation. They can even export their presentation to Google Slides and add additional context there. Lucidchart is innovating the way we can offer visual learning to the classroom.

Collaboration

In addition to working anywhere, Lucidchart makes it possible for students to work with anyone. Multiple students can edit a document in real time so that everyone can contribute as groups collaborate and teachers can pop in and monitor. Whether students are working next to each other in the classroom or from a distance in their own homes, everyone’s changes are visible as soon as they are made so nobody’s ideas get overwritten.

Commenting and chat features make it easy for students to talk about ideas and plans as they diagram together from a distance or at different times. With @mention notifications they can tag each other to ask specific questions or practice delegating by giving assignments.

G Suite integration

For classrooms using G Suite for Education, Lucidchart comes with an added bonus: a seamless integration with Google Drive. With a free EDU account, users can choose to automatically sync their diagrams directly to Google Drive where all of their other documents are stored. Free add-ons for Docs, Sheets, and Slides make it possible to quickly and easily add visuals to reports, data sheets, and presentations. Help students say hello to more visual thinking, writing, and presenting.

Perks for educators

All educators and students with an EDU email address are eligible for a free Lucidchart Pro account. This means unlimited documents and shapes, 1 GB of storage, free integrations with G Suite and Microsoft Office, presentation mode, and access to other advanced shapes and features. Schools that are interested in adopting Lucidchart across the board can implement advanced security and administrative controls with the purchase of an enterprise account.

To sign up for a free EDU account:

1. Navigate to Lucidchart’s free EDU sign up page.
2. Sign up for a standard free account using your educational email address.
3. Click your name in the top right and navigate to “Account Settings.”
4. Click “Get a Free Educational Upgrade” in the bottom left navigation.
5. Receive your confirmation email, click the link, and you’re all set.

The way incoming generations are interacting in a classroom is changing rapidly and it’s imperative that we adapt and feed that desire to learn. If you’ve been looking for ways to change up the way you interact with your students to help them visualize lesson plans, then Lucidchart is a perfect place to start.

Making Parents Your Best Partners Using Remind PD for NYCDOE Teachers 5/24/17

Making Parents Your Best Partners Using Remind

Presented by Clemencia Acevedo Twitter: @Acevedo493 

For NYCDOE TEACHERS:

New technology to the public offers educators a variety of choices to use free digital tools to reach out and connect with parents to encourage their children follow constructive learning attitudes, positive behavior and supervise the completion of assignments. Participants will learn how to use Remind features to connect and communicate with parents who speak a variety of languages to help and motivate students succeed in school. Note: Your attendance will count towards your PD hours and receive Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credit. Register in the link below

When: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

Time: 4:00-5:30pm Where:  Urban Science Academy, 1000 Teller Ave. Bronx, NY Room 304PD credit: Attendance will count towards your PD hours and receive CTLE credit For more information, email me at cacevedo9@schools.nyc.gov 

Professional Development session is made possible by iZONE  Twitter: @InnovateNYCedu

REGISTER TO ATTEND PD: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-parents-your-best-partners-using-remind-tickets-34255211259

Upcoming PD in the Bronx - Wednesday, May 17

Google Classroom: Making Teaching Successful and Easier

Presented by Clemencia Acevedo Twitter: @Acevedo493 

For NYCDOE Schools ONLY.

This session will explore key features offered by Google Classroom to improve student's literacy and productivity. Participants will learn and experience how this App facilitates teachers to post assignments, share resources and supports students to complete assignments and collaborate with peers online.

When: Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Time: 4:00-5:30pm 

Where:  Urban Science Academy, 1000 Teller Ave. Bronx, NY Room 316

PD credit: Attendance will count towards your PD hours and receive CTLE credit 

For more information, email me at cacevedo9@schools.nyc.gov 

Professional Development session is made possible by iZONE  Twitter: @InnovateNYCedu