Professional Development Opportunity Update

November 22-24 Learning How to Learn, Boston, MA

December 3 - Innovations in Early Childhood Workshop: Whole Body Math, Cambridge, MA

December 8 -Educator Enrichment: New Ideas, New Discoveries about Ancient Nubia, MFA Boston, MA

December 11 -Monumental Abstractions: Jackson Pollock and Katharina Grosse MFA Boston, MA

December 13&14 -Lighting the Way with Wind and Solar: Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Future, Topsfield, MA 

Dec. 14 & Jan. 20- Integrating Social-Emotional Learning in English Learner Instruction, Burlington, MA 

January 9 -A Mindful Approach to Teaching,  East Walpole, MA

Jan. 6- Feb. 10 -K-2 Math Workshop Make Over: Building Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency through Targeted Games, East Walpole, MA

Jan. 6 - April 27 -RETELL (Rethinking Equity in the Teaching of English Language  Learners) SEI Teacher Endorsement, East Walpole, MA

Jan. 7-28 -Spark Innovation: Build your own Digital Toolkit, East Walpole, MA

Jan. 7- Feb. 4 -Mac tips and tricks: Become a more efficient Mac user, East Walpole, MA

Jan.7- Feb. 4- Best Practices in Physical Education, East Walpole, MA

January 14-17 - Future of Education Technology, Miami, FL

January 30-31 - LearnLaunch, Boston, MA

Feb. 6- Innovations in Early Childhood Workshop: Making Sense of Climate Change, Cambridge, MA

Feb. 8 - School Garden Symposium, Boston, MA

Feb. 24- April 13 -Small adjustments make a big impact: Supporting the Needs of All Learners, East Walpole, MA

Feb. 26-28 - NAIS Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Feb. 29 - Supporting Student Understanding of Natural Selection and Adaptation, Boston, MA 

March 2- April 6 -Drawing Outside of the Art Classroom, East Walpole, MA

March 6 - K-8: Exploring Character Through Play, Atlanta, Georgia 

March 14 - Five-Senses Science Early Childhood Education Workshop Boston, MA

March 21 - Modeling as Meaning-Making Teacher Workshop Boston, MA
April 2-4 - Personalization 2020, Providence, RI

April 2-5 - National Conference on Science Education, Boston, MA

April 6-10 - SITE, New Orleans

April 15 - STEM Summit, Worcester, MA 

April 16&17 - How Students Become Extraordinary Leaders, New York, NY

April 20 & 21- Educating Good Men for the 21st Century, Atlanta, Georgia

April 25 - Art and Engineering of Pop-Up Books with Robert Sabuda, Boston, MA 

April 30 - Innovations in Early Childhood Workshop: PreK Stories—Playing with Authorship and Integrating Curriculum, Cambridge, MA

May 4-7 - ADARA 2020 Breakout Conference Natick, MA

Summer 2020

June 2020 - Science at Sea, Alaska

June 23-25 - Serious Play, University of Central Florida

July 7-9 - Science in the Rockies, Colorado

July 7-10 The Neuroscience of Reading, Cambridge, MA

July 13-17 - A Teacher's Guide to the Learning Brain, Boston, MA

July 20-24 -The Power of Mindsets, Boston, MA

July 27-31 - Making Mindfulness Stick, Boston, MA

July 2020 -Building Learning Communities, Boston, MA 

Fall of 2020

October 25-27, 2020 - Literacy for All Conference, Providence, RI

Noisy Monitoring

Classroom Noise Monitor Apps to Help Calm the Class and You!

A room full of quiet students … for some teachers, that’s the perfect classroom. For others there's a time and place for students to be using a quiet voice.   There are thankfully lots of classroom noise monitor apps that are out there to help you manage the level of noise in your classroom. These are a few that create a clear visual for students to understand just how loud or quiet they are being and could work well as a clear barometer for whole class rewards.

Bouncy Balls
Bounce balls works with your device's built-in microphone! This is a fun and visual way to help manage classroom noise by creating a clear visual for students to observe. You can adjust the sensitivity level of your computer microphone and even change the total number of balls onscreen with a max of 200 balls. There are different ball themes to pick from, such as: plastic, emoji, bubbles, or eyeballs. When the classroom noise level gets louder and the balls jump high in the air, a warning, that can be turned off, will appear across the screen telling students to settle down.
Pros:
It's Free, it creates a clear visual that even younger kids can understand. It is easy to use.
Cons:
The balls are constantly jittering onscreen, this can be more distracting than helpful while you’re trying to teach. The silly nature adds some excitement to the classroom hopefully the novelty of seeing the balls tossing up and down will wear off after a few uses.

Too Noisy
Too Noisy offers both a free browser tool and mobile apps for $4. In this one, an arrow spins left and right on a dial, similar to a speed meter in a car.  When classroom volume is low, the arrow stays in the green and yellow range. But when students get louder, the arrow spikes into oranges and reds, warning students that they’ve hit the max. In addition behind the meter is a blue sky with clouds and a happy emoji. When students start to get loud, the sky turns orange, the clouds gray, and the emoji frowns. When the max is reached, the whole sky is dark gray and black, and the emoji becomes a crying face.
Pros:
There is a free version. This tool is not very distracting. The shifting colors and changing emojis are a good/clear visual cue that encourages students to stay in an acceptable range.
Cons:
The free version requires teachers to register first, which has several steps and screens and is bogged down by video messages that seem excessive given the simplicity of the tool. The cartoonish nature of the app may also seem “babyish” for some students.

Calmness Counter
Calmness Counter has an arrow and a gauge that shows when sounds are too loud. The arrow starts off in green, but moves to yellow and then red when the noise is too loud.
Pros:
It is free. You can adjust the sensitivity of the microphone which makes it fairly simple to use.
Cons:
With this website, you must turn off webcams and speakers and only have the microphone on. When I have tested the site I find it doesn't scroll properly nor did the arrows work to scroll, when I managed to get a scroll bar to appear and could grab and drag it to scroll down.

Zero Noise Classroom
Zero Noise Classroom is a Chrome Extension. This app allows you to show noise level and stopwatch at the same time. It advertises itself to be a tool for the collaborative classroom.
Pros:
It is free. You can set the timer for the amount of time you desire and you can adjust the sound sensitivity. Great quick and easy tool for quiet activities.

Cons:

It only works in the Chrome Browser. Might not be ideal below 2nd or 3rd grade.

Lesson Planning Ideas

Lesson Planning Sites List

For the days you don't have time to create lessons from scratch Common Sense has created a list of places you can turn to. "Teachers don't have enough time to create every lesson from scratch. Sometimes it's best to leverage the expertise of others who've perfected their lessons over time, and adapt and modify them as needed. Whether you're looking for step-by-step instructions or interactive activities, these sites curate some of the top lesson plans from experts in the field. Check out our list for websites that provide lesson plans for all subjects: ELA, math, science, social studies, art, social and emotional learning, and more. "

Think you know your geography?

Looking for a new way to help practice geography while helping others at the same time?  Look no further then the UNICEF website! Anyone with an email address can participate.  Students could always enter your email or a parents (with permission of course) to participate. If you get all the answers correct UNICEF will donate $2 to help child migrants around the world at no cost to you. Ready? 

Media Literacy Week 2019

"Inspired by Canada’s Media Literacy Week, the 5th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week, October 21-25, 2019, is hosted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education. The mission is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country."
Resources:
Screen Savvy Kids "aims to maximize the benefits of media use and minimize potential risks through media literacy education. SSK offers workshops for kids, presentations for parents, and trainings for teachers to assist with the integration of media literacy tools into the curriculum based on national, state and district standards (including 21st Century Skills and Common Core State Standard Initiatives)."
Media Smarts Canada's centre for Digital and Media Literacy has a database of lessons for elementary and middle school teachers. Including games and tip sheets.
iSpeakMedia "Advancing media literacy education through an evolving series of outreach programs within the communities that need it most. 2019 is dedicated to strengthening the curriculum of each iSpeakMedia program, for implementation in diverse learning environments across the United States and abroad."
PBS Learning Media has a collection of lessons and activities for all ages.
Newseum Ed "is provided by the Newseum as a free resource to educators"
Project Look Sharp "outreach program at Ithaca College that provides training and materials for K-16 educators to integrate media literacy and critical thinking into their existing curriculum."
iCivics- for grade 4 and up has a simulations connected to media literacy, called Newsfeed Defenders, there's also some lesson extensions that go with it.
Mirco Credential in Media Literacy from KQED and PBS "Demonstrate your expertise in teaching PreK-12 students to think critically about their roles as media consumers and creators -- or in training teachers to do so."

Digital Citizenship Week 2019

Every year, the third week of October is designated as Digital Citizenship Week. A week where many teachers across the world take time to teaching good digital citizenship in hopes that all students will become safe and smart when using technology. So how can you take advantage of this yearly push to teach your students to become good digital citizens?
Common Sense Media has a wealth of resources.  Many of which I already teach to our students.
Applied Educational Systems breaks it down into key focus areas such: Teaching Empathy, The Internet, User Data, Digital Literacy, Digital Divide, Digital Wellness, and securing digital devices.
EdTech Update has a variety of resources around Digital citizenship.
CyberWise "At CyberWise we believe that Digital Citizenship is the first step to becoming digitally literate." They also have a video that could be useful to share with older students.
NetSmartz "provides age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children be safer online with the goal of helping children to become more aware of potential online risks and empowering them to help prevent victimization by making safer choices on- and offline. "
InCtrl "is a series of free standards-based lessons that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These lessons, for students in grades 4-8, are designed to engage students through inquiry-based activities, and collaborative and creative opportunities."
iKeepSafe has a variety of resources for educators on Digital Citizenship.
Digizen Is a website that "provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS."

Professional Development October 2019 Update

October 16 - Changing from At-Risk to At-Promise, Webinar

October 16-18 AnchorNets, Crystal City, VA

October 18-19 - NEATE Danvers, MA

October 23-24 -MASSCue Foxborough, MA

October 24-26 - MaFLA Springfield, MA 

October 25 - Celebrate Education Entrepreneurship!  Boston, MA

October 30-November 20 - 21st-Century Citizenship, Online

November 2 - EdmodoCon 2019, webinars, Miami,FL

November 8 & 9 -Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conference, Providence, RI

November 9 &10 - MAEA Beverly, MA 

November 11- December 3 -The Research Behind Motivation, Performance & Well-Being, online course

November 18 &19 - Innovation in Education,  Roxbury, MA 

November 18-20 -2019 Global Education Conference, free, online around the clock

November 22-24 Learning How to Learn, Boston, MA

January 14-17 - Future of Education Technology, Miami, FL

January 30-31 - LearnLaunch, Boston, MA

March 6 - K-8: Exploring Character Through Play, Atlanta, Georgia 

Spring 2020 - STEM Summit, Boston, MA 

April 2-4 - Personalization 2020, Providence, RI

April 2-5 - National Conference on Science Education, Boston, MA

April 6-10 - SITE, New Orleans

April 16&17 - How Students Become Extraordinary Leaders, New York, NY

April 20 & 21- Educating Good Men for the 21st Century, Atlanta, Georgia

Summer 2020

June 23-25 - Serious Play, University of Central Florida

July 2020 -Building Learning Communities, Boston, MA

Fall of 2020

October 25-27, 2020 - Literacy for All Conference, Providence, RI

On-Going/On-Line

Getting Going With G Suite (On-demand) The lessons in the course contains video modules, handouts, and self-assessment quizzes. And at the end of the course you'll receive a PD certificate. Streamlining your workflow through Google Classroom. Topics addressed in this self paced course are:
*Streamlining your workflow through Google Classroom.
*Taking control of your inbox with Gmail hacks.
*Creating self-grading assessments in Google Forms.
*Developing a classroom website with Google Sites.
*Using Google Sheets to send personalized emails in bulk.
*Organizing meetings with Google Calendar.
*Keeping track of bookmarks and notes with Google Keep.
*Using Jamboard and Drawings to create diagrams.
*Making beautiful presentations in Google Slides.
*Creating guided reading activities in Google Docs.

EdCamp What began as an idea transformed into a movement! From Philadelphia to Portland, and in 41 countries around the globe, participant-driven professional learning is energizing + empowering educators! The first Edcamp was organized in 2010 by a group of teachers in Philadelphia who met up for a computer science "un-conference." At BarCamp, they collaborated with others to create discussion sessions based on the interests of the people in the room. There was no presenter; no boring slideshow. The entire day was personalized and learner driven with those in the room sharing their experience and expertise. At the end of the day, the teachers decided this model was too good to contain! They exchanged contact information, and within the next few months they used the "unconference" model of BarCamp to target educators.Common Sense Educator Learn about the common sense curriculum and how to implement it.

Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom, From Columbia Teachers College, "Ongoing Enrollment: This course is offered in an online, self-paced format. Students are invited to enroll at any time. Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom was developed in partnership with award-winning educator, Detra Price-Dennis and top professional development platform Teach Away, with the aim of delivering online digital literacy training that helps K-8 educators maximize student learning outcomes in the classroom."

PBS TeacherLine facilitated and self-paced PD courses are designed to benefit both beginning and experienced teachers. Topics include science, reading, social studies, math, instructional strategies, and instructional technology. Innovative: Acquire new strategies and tools you can use right away to enhance classroom instruction. Engaging: Interact with peers and experts in a virtual learning environment. Flexible: Discover anytime, anywhere learning that fits into your busy schedule. Choose from 15, 30, or 45-hour facilitated courses or enroll in a 1.5 or 3-hour self-paced course.

Learn Robotics Online is a hands-on online workshop series for STEM Teachers developed by the CoderZ Team at Intelitek. They are offering the workshop series for free to CSTA Members and we wanted to encourage you to sign up for this fantastic opportunity.

The lessons are a combination of short topical videos and hands-on exercises covering topics such as navigation, sensors and programming. The exercises will be done in the CoderZ virtual robotics learning environment which comes with a realistic simulator so you can see your robot execute your code. No need for any hardware! The series is self paced and online so you can watch the videos and practice the exercises wherever and whenever you want. Go to https://gocoderz.thinkific.com/courses/robotics-for-stem-teachers to view the full curriculum and sign up.

Computational Thinking for Educators What: A free online course helping educators integrate computational thinking into their curriculum. Who: Humanities, Math, Science, and Computing educators. When: All of the course materials are available as a self-study program.

Class Central’s collection page for Ivy League MOOCs. Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free. "The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.  All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the U.S. News and World Report 2017 national university rankings."

Harvard is offering a FREE Digital Photography "technology is continually changing, however, the principles behind good photography don't. ALISON's free online photo course gives you the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and understanding of digital photography including topics such as exposure settings, how to read and use the histogram, how light affects a photograph, how the camera sensor and lenses work, and how to process a photograph using computer software. You will also learn tips and techniques on what not to do when taking a photograph."

Google Apps for Education, Certified Educator. "The Google for Education Training Center offers in-depth training for educators at every level. Courses are self-paced, guided, and designed to address real classroom needs.

BrainPOP PD

The Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE) program recognizes teachers and other educators who effectively leverage BrainPOP in creative ways to support student learning.

To express interest in October 2019 or January 2020 online Certified BrainPOP Educator cohorts, please complete this application Courses take 4 weeks to complete.

BrainPOP 101 is another option. It is an interactive course that "provides a series of hands-on activities that invite you to play with BrainPOP features and tools–from Make-a-Movie and Challenges to Primary Sources, and more. Along the way, you’ll discover how best to leverage all of these rich, playful resources to support you and your students as they explore topics across the curriculum." 

Professional Development Update September 1

September 11 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in All Classrooms, Webinar September 12 - 5 Mindfulness Practices for Back to School, Webinar September 25 - Media Literacy: “Ethics & Civil Discourse: Rediscovering Truth”, East Walpole, MA September 25–27–NCTM Regional Conference, Boston, MA October 3-5 - Connected Learning Summit, University of California, Irvine October 10 - An Evening with Isabella Rossellini, Boston, MA October 15-19 WIDA Providence, RI October 16-18 AnchorNets, Crystal City, VA October 18-19 - NEATE Danvers, MA October 23-24 -MASSCue Foxborough, MA October 24 - 26 - MaFLA Springfield, MA November 2 - EdmodoCon 2019, webinars, Miami,FL November 8 & 9 -Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conference, Providence, RI November 9 &10 - MAEA Beverly, MA November 11- December 3 -The Research Behind Motivation, Performance & Well-Being, online course November 18 &19 - Innovation in Education,  Roxbury, MA November 18-20 -2019 Global Education Conference, free, online around the clock November 22-24 Learning How to Learn, Boston, MA January 14-17 - Future of Education Technology, Miami, FL January 30-31 - LearnLaunch, Boston, MA Spring 2020 - STEM Summit, Boston, MA April 2-4 - Personalization 2020, Providence, RI April 2-5 - National Conference on Science Education, Boston, MA April 6-10 - SITE, New Orleans Summer 2020 July 24-26 - Serious Games, Orlando, FL July 2020 -Building Learning Communities, Boston, MA Fall of 2020  October 25-27, 2020 - Literacy for All Conference, Providence, RI On-Going/On-Line EdCamp What began as an idea transformed into a movement! From Philadelphia to Portland, and in 41countries around the globe, participant-driven professional learning is energizing + empowering educators! The first Edcamp was organized in 2010 by a group of teachers in Philadelphia who met up for a computer science "un-conference." At BarCamp, they collaborated with others to create discussion sessions based on the interests of the people in the room. There was no presenter; no boring slideshow. The entire day was personalized and learner driven with those in the room sharing their experience and expertise. At the end of the day, the teachers decided this model was too good to contain! They exchanged contact information, and within the next few months they used the "unconference" model of BarCamp to target educators. Common Sense Educator Learn about the common sense curriculum and how to implement it. Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom, From Columbia Teachers College, "Ongoing Enrollment: This course is offered in an online, self-paced format. Students are invited to enroll at any time. Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom was developed in partnership with award-winning educator, Detra Price-Dennis and top professional development platform Teach Away, with the aim of delivering online digital literacy training that helps K-8 educators maximize student learning outcomes in the classroom." PBS TeacherLine facilitated and self-paced PD courses are designed to benefit both beginning and experienced teachers. Topics include science, reading, social studies, math, instructional strategies, and instructional technology. Innovative: Acquire new strategies and tools you can use right away to enhance classroom instruction. Engaging: Interact with peers and experts in a virtual learning environment. Flexible: Discover anytime, anywhere learning that fits into your busy schedule. Choose from 15, 30, or 45-hour facilitated courses or enroll in a 1.5 or 3-hour self-paced course. Learn Robotics Online is a hands-on online workshop series for STEM Teachers developed by the CoderZ Team at Intelitek. They are offering the workshop series for free to CSTA Members and we wanted to encourage you to sign up for this fantastic opportunity. The lessons are a combination of short topical videos and hands-on exercises covering topics such as navigation, sensors and programming. The exercises will be done in the CoderZ virtual robotics learning environment which comes with a realistic simulator so you can see your robot execute your code. No need for any hardware! The series is self paced and online so you can watch the videos and practice the exercises wherever and whenever you want. Go to https://gocoderz.thinkific.com/courses/robotics-for-stem-teachers to view the full curriculum and sign up. Computational Thinking for Educators What: A free online course helping educators integrate computational thinking into their curriculum. Who: Humanities, Math, Science, and Computing educators. When: All of the course materials are available as a self-study program. Class Central’s collection page for Ivy League MOOCs. Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free. "The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.  All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the U.S. News and World Report 2017 national university rankings." Harvard is offering a FREE Digital Photography "technology is continually changing, however, the principles behind good photography don't. ALISON's free online photo course gives you the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and understanding of digital photography including topics such as exposure settings, how to read and use the histogram, how light affects a photograph, how the camera sensor and lenses work, and how to process a photograph using computer software. You will also learn tips and techniques on what not to do when taking a photograph." Google Apps for Education, Certified Educator. "The Google for Education Training Center offers in-depth training for educators at every level. Courses are self-paced, guided, and designed to address real classroom needs.

Free Memberships for Teachers- Massachusetts

Museum of Science-open to all teacher, must be renewed each year.

New England Aquarium- K-12 teachers and some school administrators currently employed in a New England school system.

Museum of Fine Arts- In 2017 the MFA began offering free admission with proof of active teaching status. Visit any ticket desk and present your current teacher ID* or letter from the principal or director on letterhead. 

Boston Children’s Museum- Free admission for active New England teachers (K-8) with a valid work ID, union card, or pay stub AND a photo ID.

Harvard Museum of Natural History- Free to Massachusetts Teachers (K-12)*. Free to Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (September through May). Proof of residency required. 

The Peabody Museum- Free for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (September through May). Proof of residency required. Free for Massachusetts Teachers (K-12)*.

MIT Museum -Free last Sunday of each month, September through June

USS Constitution - Free admission for teachers with a valid I.D. badge*

*I have not tested all of these so you may want to double check as some may require an MTA card which we at CHS do not have.

Summer 2019 update

June 17-20 Differentiated Instruction of Gifted Students in the Heterogeneous Classroom, Teacher's College, Columbia University

June 17-21 Writing Institute Teacher's College, Columbia University

June 17-18 NAIS Inclusive Schools Network Institute (ISNI) Potomac, MD

June 19-21 Learn Design Thinking By Doing Design Thinking, The Meadowbrook School of Weston, MA Sign Up

June 20- July 25 -3…2…1…ACTION Series! Become a Green Screen Guru​

June 19-21 Summer Symposium, Portland, OR

June 23-26 ISTE Conference, Philadelphia, PA

June 24-27 -CSEE's Summer Institute for Teaching the World's Religions, New York, New York

June 26 -Digging Deeper – Collaboration + Inquiry + Integration = Success – Hybrid Online and in Bridgewater, MA

June 28-29 FlipTech New England 2019: A Flipped Learning Conference​, Waltham, MA ​

July 7-10 CSTA Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

July 8-August 8 -Growth Mindset: Exploring Your Own Classroom Mindset Practices and Using Technology to Help Students Develop a Growth Mindset -Online

July 9 -Hands-on introduction to ScratchJr​, DevTech Lab Tufts University

July 9-10 Integrating Science, Art, and Literacy in the Early Grades Teacher Institute, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

July 9-11 Steve Spangler’s Summer STEM Conference, Denver, CO

July 9-12 DevTech Somerville, Ma

July 9-20 Memory Matters: Constructing America’s Past, JFK Library Boston, MA

July 10-12 Design Thinking & 3D Printing: Creating Innovative Learning Environments, Boston, MA

July 10 -Curriculum and integration of ScratchJr​, DevTech Lab Tufts University

July 10-12 Project Based Learning, Boston, MA

July 12–13 Embracing Diversity through Meaningful Inquiry, Columbia, South Carolina

July 14-19 -Summer Institute in Digital Literacy, Providence, RI 

July 15-August 15 -Engaging Students with Digital Escape Rooms- Online

July 15-18 Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education: Fostering Engagement Through Immersive Experiences, Boston, MA

July 15-16 Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp, Bethel, Maine

July 15-18 Reimagining Education: Teaching and Learning in Racially Diverse Schools , Teacher's College at Columbia University

July 16-17 Science Notebooks: Go Outside! Teacher Institute, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

July 16-19 Constructing Modern Knowledge​, Manchester, NH

July 17 -Digital Tools to Engage Adolescent Readers and Writers – Hybrid online/Bedford,MA

July 17- 19 ALAN NOVEMBER Building Learning Communities​, Boston, MA

July 18-19 Technology Tools to Support ELs in the Classroom, Boston, MA

July 22- 25 LOGO Summer Institute, The Spence School, NY

July 22-26 On the Waterfront, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA

July 22-26 Project ZERO, Harvard University, Boston, MA

July 22- August 22 -Computational Thinking for Elementary Educators- Creating Future Problem Solvers – MA DLCS Series -online

July 24-26 - Creative Technologies Bootcamp, Teachers College, Columbia University

July 23-26 Supporting Elementary School Students to Engineer, Tufts CEEO, 200 Boston Ave, Medford, MA 

July 24-28 STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, San Francisco, California

July 25-27 Splash! Grapevine, Texas 

July 28-August 16  Breathe for Change 200-hour yoga, mindfulness and social-emotional learning training weekends, Boston, MA

July 29 -The “Art” of STEAM: Developing an Innovative Arts Integrated Curriculum – Hybrid Online/Bedford, MA

July 29-August 2 Go with the Flow: Water’s Journey Around the World, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA

July 30-31 Elementary STEM Integration: Exploring Balance and Subject Integrity, Museum of Science, Boston, MA

August 13-September 13 -“I am Just Not That Tech Savvy” and other Mistruths Told by 21st Century Educators -online

On-Going/On-Line

Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom, From Columbia Teacher's College, "Ongoing Enrollment: This course is offered in an online, self-paced format. Students are invited to enroll at any time. Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom was developed in partnership with award-winning educator, Detra Price-Dennis and top professional development platform Teach Away, with the aim of delivering online digital literacy training that helps K-8 educators maximize student learning outcomes in the classroom."

Disney's Leadership Institutes These are ongoing professional development opportunities hosted by Disney. "In a way that only Disney Institute can provide, Disney parks and resorts act as living laboratories, integrating your in-class exploration of Disney methods with first-hand observations in the field. Our daily operations bring the Disney approach to life in real-time, so we can inspire practical applications that you can take back to your own team or organization. Disney Institute courses are also available through sponsoring organizations—from chambers of commerce to colleges and universities. Bring Disney's business insights on leadership, work culture and service to your community and see positive change in your career, team or organization, as well as in the customers you serve."

PBS TeacherLine facilitated and self-paced PD courses are designed to benefit both beginning and experienced teachers. Topics include science, reading, social studies, math, instructional strategies, and instructional technology. Innovative: Acquire new strategies and tools you can use right away to enhance classroom instruction. Engaging: Interact with peers and experts in a virtual learning environment. Flexible: Discover anytime, anywhere learning that fits into your busy schedule. Choose from 15, 30, or 45-hour facilitated courses or enroll in a 1.5 or 3-hour self-paced course.

Learn Robotics Online is a hands-on online workshop series for STEM Teachers developed by the CoderZ Team at Intelitek. They are offering the workshop series for free to CSTA Members and we wanted to encourage you to sign up for this fantastic opportunity.

The lessons are a combination of short topical videos and hands-on exercises covering topics such as navigation, sensors and programming. The exercises will be done in the CoderZ virtual robotics learning environment which comes with a realistic simulator so you can see your robot execute your code. No need for any hardware! The series is self paced and online so you can watch the videos and practice the exercises wherever and whenever you want.

Go to https://gocoderz.thinkific.com/courses/robotics-for-stem-teachers to view the full curriculum and sign up.

Computational Thinking for Educators What: A free online course helping educators integrate computational thinking into their curriculum. Who: Humanities, Math, Science, and Computing educators. When: All of the course materials are available as a self-study program.

Class Central’s collection page for Ivy League MOOCs. Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free. "The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.  All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the U.S. News and World Report 2017 national university rankings."

Harvard is offering a FREE Digital Photography "technology is continually changing, however, the principles behind good photography don't. ALISON's free online photo course gives you the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge and understanding of digital photography including topics such as exposure settings, how to read and use the histogram, how light affects a photograph, how the camera sensor and lenses work, and how to process a photograph using computer software. You will also learn tips and techniques on what not to do when taking a photograph."

Teach for Google FREE "Teach for Google is a collection of resources designed to help teachers get the best from Google Apps for Education. You’ll find many short courses that bring together strategies and best practice from leading educators. Each course comes complete with templates, forms, tips and other top-quality assets to help you deliver better teaching that boosts student engagement and actual attainment."

Google Apps for Education, Certified Educator. "The Google for Education Training Center offers in-depth training for educators at every level. Courses are self-paced, guided, and designed to address real classroom needs."PBS Teacherline, Start 2017 off right with professional development from PBS TeacherLine! Our flexible, online courses make investing in your career easier than ever. PBS TeacherLine facilitated and self-paced PD courses are designed to benefit both beginning and experienced teachers. Topics include science, reading, social studies, math, instructional strategies, and instructional technology. Innovative: Acquire new strategies and tools you can use right away to enhance classroom instruction. Engaging: Interact with peers and experts in a virtual learning environment. Flexible: Discover anytime, anywhere learning that fits into your busy schedule. Choose from 15, 30, or 45-hour facilitated courses or enroll in a 1.5 or 3-hour self-paced course.

Next School Year

September 25–27–NCTM Regional Conference, Boston, MA

October 3-5 - Connected Learning Summit, University of California, Irvine

October 15-19 WIDA Providence, RI

October 18-19 - NEATE Danvers, MA

October 23-24 -MASSCue Foxborough, MA

October 24 - 26 - MaFLA Springfield, MA

November 5 & 10 STEM Summit 

November 8 & 9 -Northeast Regional Media Literacy Conference, Providence, RI

November 9&10 - MAEA Beverly, MA

Fall of 2020

 October 25-27, 2020 - Literacy for All Conference Providence, RI