ITW - Season 3

This week, Jake and Jill discuss getting ready for summer. Discover ways to make your school year a little easier next year by keeping your passwords safe, attending professional development such as Summer Institute and doing some summer reading. Don't forget to also relax and recharge! Thank you for all you do!

This week, Bill tells Jenny and Jake about the Summer Institute. There will be plenty of opportunities for teachers to receive professional development and listen to some amazing keynote speakers. Join the rest of CMS this June 19th through 28th. Registration for Summer institute begins on May 13th in MyPD.

This week, Jill and Jake discuss the Huffington Post article Technology Doesn't Teach, Teachers Teach and the resulting PSA video that Jake was inspired to create from the article. The message is simple, but profound. Technology can assist learning and will help learners achieve the demands of a world with limitless and free information. Watch itWeeklys, build your own personal learning network, and share how you use technology as tools for teaching and learning.

This week, Jill and Jake explore ways to use web tools for Shift 6 Academic Vocabulary.

This week, Jill and Jake explore what it means to "program" and write code. They demonstrate a variety of programs and web tools that help students and teachers in all grades learn to code.

This week Jake and Jenny discuss what's new and cool with Google. Highlighted features include Image Search, Voice Search, Collaborative Forms and Research tools.

This week Jenny and Jill discuss the topic of information overload and how you can focus on what's important. We explore some sites dedicated to helping you organize the Internet and all of those articles, tweets, blog posts, apps and web tools that can lead to feeling overwhelmed.

Interview with Trish Cloud, Technology Assistant at Torrence Creek Elementary School. How gaming, specifically Minecraft helps students with creativity, collaboration and communication.

This week Jill and Jake explain National Digital Learning Day (February 6th, 2013) and describe some ways you and your school can participate. Please go to the Digital Learning Day wiki to learn more. http://j.mp/cmsdld2013

Do you want a more attractive class website? This week Jake and Jenny discuss the process of designing a customized logo for a class wiki. We'll share how to use layers, the eyedropper tool and paint bucket with the free web-based tool, Sumo Paint.

This week Jill and Jake discuss Gaggle and the updates that have come out for the app over the fall semester. To learn more about Gaggle go to http://j.mp/cmsdigitallearning and click on the Gaggle icon. If you would like to have training at your school for Gaggle, please contact your Instructional Technology Specialist.

This week Jill and Jenny explore ways to publish and produce writing using technology. Some of the resources discussed include: The Story Starter, Blogging with Gaggle and Zooburst.

This week we interview the new Director of Instructional Technology, Bill Sheskey and then he interviews the entire Instructional Technology team. Be sure to check out the new Instructional Technology Website and discover all that the team is working on. http://j.mp/cmsdigitallearning

This week, Jenny and Jake have a conversation with CMS General Counsel Associate Jonathan Sink about Copyright and how it pertains to teachers. Some great resources and insights are provided by Mr. Sink and we look forward to continuing this conversation in future episodes.

As teachers, we want to make sure our students and their parents access all the great digital resources we discover, create, and require them to see. The process of getting them to navigate to all those resources can be a real challenge.