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Classroom 2.0 Portal Educação - Cursos online com Certificado Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning from Common Sense Education Get ready for blended or fully remote instruction with these flexible professional development options. With so much uncertainty about the 2020–2021 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, one fact remains: The skills and resources that reflective, dedicated teachers need to navigate remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environments are plentiful -- and ever evolving. To help you find the professional development you want and need for the upcoming school year, we've put together a short list of free or low-cost PD opportunities. Pick and choose The following events and resources don't require a huge time commitment, offering choice, flexibility, and many one-off topics and sessions: Global EdTech Academy (free, ongoing through September 6) With sessions scheduled through September 6, the Global EdTech Academy is loaded with free one-off sessions on topics ranging from "What is the Hype with HyperDocs?" Teaching Digital Citizenship (free, sign up to access) edWeb (free) Deeper dives

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator The Ultimate Guide to STEM Boxes - The Stem Laboratory Whether you’re creating Makerspaces, STEM centers or early finisher activities, these tips and tricks make it so easy to pull together effective and engaging STEM boxes in your primary classroom or homeschool. P.S. Grab our popular Endless STEM Challenge Bundle HERE! Find out tons of sanity saving teacher hacks. And, to help you get started fast, grab a set of free editable printables including: –> Editable box labels to help you stay organized, –> Editable student checklists to easily keep track of student work, –> and Community Helper Pattern Blocks as well as LEGO challenge cards to set up your first STEM center. Supplies on Amazon Here are the direct links to STEM box supplies on Amazon: –> Snap top bins –> Labeling pockets –> Bright colored paper –> Binder rings Grab Your Printables Ready to jump in and get started?!

# MUST FOLLOW Twitter Hashtags # Just Do It ... Start Makerspaces | Library Patch MAKERSPACES ... I tried to ignore them! I tried to deny their growing momentum. I skipped over articles and blogposts where makerspaces were the headline. I averted my eyes when newsletters about them crossed my mailbox. Not that I didn't find value in them! AND THEN IT HAPPENED ... And that is exactly what I did ... just a dip, just a baby step! So, I did it. First, I grabbed a couple of those Sterilite plastic drawers and threw some Legos in one, and K'Nex in another and named it our Construction Zone. Next, I pieced together a Creation Station. If you recall, I actually had THREE tables! See ... My favorite thing about the Maker movement is that it feels like kids truly get to be kids in an increasingly technology-driven, fast-forward educational environment. So, my friends, BE BRAVE!! As I run a flexibly scheduled library that revolves around curriculum work and information literacy skills, I don’t actually have time during MY scheduled times for students to use the Makerspaces.

Google for Education: Training Center We designed our lessons so that every minute you spend on training gets you closer to your professional goals. Professional Growth Lifelong learning is essential to developing yourself as an educator. No matter your level of experience with technology, there's always room to grow. Find lessons on Professional Growth in: Time Savings It's no secret that teachers spend a lot of time on tasks unrelated to student learning. Find lessons on Time Savings in: Student Learning Students are at the center of all we do. Find lessons on Student Learning in: The Monthly STEAM Challenge - Knowledge Quest One of the things I’ve struggled with as a high school librarian is makerspaces. At my large suburban high school, students have ample opportunities to take STEM/STEAM-related classes that allow them to create the types of projects they might make in a library makerspace, and those classes are taught by teachers who are much more knowledgeable about science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math than I am. Although my co-librarian, Elaine, has done a fantastic job of introducing and managing a 3D printer program in our library, we wanted to do more. But what? Makerfail Kelly started the workshop by sharing her “makerfail” story, one many librarians can relate to. But she never saw any. Kelly says,“Only weeks after unveiling our makerspace, I realized the students were gluing the Legos together in the shape of hearts, using glitter paint to decorate the walls, and poking holes in the CDs to string them together with yarn. A New Plan Success Examples of Monthly STEAM Challenges