Welcome Woodland educators! I am thrilled to be working with you for the next two and a half days. This website is our hub of learning - pretty much everything we do is linked on this site. Make these three days your own - all of this is here for you. Please reach out if you have any questions!
Approximate Daily Agenda:
- 8:30am - 11:30am - Morning Session
- 11:30am - 12:45pm - Lunch
- 12:45pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Session
Welcome Activity
This welcome activity will give you an opportunity to meet and connect with the people in your team. It is also meant to help you kick start your iPOP thinking for the day - with a clear focus on learning. So stretch your mind and exercise your creativity. :) Follow the instructions below to complete the activity... and make an innovation connection!
- Think about an example of innovation in education. It does not have to include technology!
- Share the example you've chosen with the whole team. You will each have about two minutes to introduce yourself and share your example (and any story behind it).
- NOTE: When one team member is sharing, the others can ask questions, but the "Last Word" should go to the sharer.
- Rotate until every person on the team has shared their example.
- Come together as a team to decide who shared the best example of innovation in education. Again, you'll have about 2 minutes.
- A representative from your team will share the an example with the large group. Each group representative will have 1 minute to share.
Pinned Tabs:
- Resource Hub - edtech.team/Woodland2017
- Google Drive - drive.google.com
- Google Classroom - classroom.google.com
- Collaborative Notes - located in Classroom and your Drive
- iPOP Drawing - located in Classroom and your Drive
- Your ePortfolio - located in Sites and Drive
Lead Learner: Katie Christie
Katie Christie is a Google Innovator, Trainer, and Educator, EdTechTeam Global Speaker, and past LearnZillion DreamTeam member. In 2015, she worked as a partner with Google to help rewrite the Google certification Training Center content. Katie most recently worked as the Technology Integration Specialist at Runyon Elementary School in Littleton, Colorado. She has nine years of experience in the classroom. She spent her first 4 years of teaching in Shaker Heights City Schools in Ohio, a district known for its academic excellence and cultural diversity. Then she had the incredible experience of teaching and learning in a 1:1 Linux-based netbook 5th grade classroom in Littleton, Colorado for 4 years where Google Apps for Education was integrated seamlessly into the curriculum.
Katie is a highly qualified teacher and is certified to teach Elementary, Secondary Math, Secondary Science, and Reading, grades K-12. She has been a Lead Learner for the Google Teacher Academy multiple times and travels with the EdTechTeam for trainings as well. Katie enjoys sharing her passion for effective technology integration in the classroom by networking with other educators internationally and presenting and training at the local and national level.
@educatorkatie