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Are you a Google Classroom user?  Tynker is hosting a free webinar series to demonstrate how you can easily teach coding with more than 35 coding activities for students.  From the Tynker website - How to Lead an Hour of Code with Google Classroom Join over 200,000 teachers from around the world to celebrate Computer Science and demystify coding. Students have spent more than 600 MILLION hours over the past few years participating in #HourOfCode activities. Have your class join the celebration.  Free Webinar:  Make your hour of code amazing! This year, we’re offering a tailored PD just for teachers who use Google for Education products including Chromebooks, G Suite for Education, and/or Google Classroom.  In this session you will: See how easy it is to teach coding using Tynker and Google tools Preview many of Tynker’s 35+ coding activities for students See how to publish and share student hour of code projects Register Now! When?  ...

Wanted : Michigan K-12 educators working in a classroom setting to participate in the #GoOpen Michigan/Collabrify opportunity. Learn about #GoOpen Michigan and Collabrify, then create instructional resources. Title : #GoOpen with OER Roadmaps Audience : K-12 Teachers and Staff that work in the classroom setting Content Areas : ALL Participate in the following: EduPaths Course Copyright in the Classroom   (verification form required) Participation in ONE of the one hour overview webinars of the #GoOpen Michigan Microsite and Collabrify Roadmaps October 24, 2018 4:00-5:00 pm November 8, 2018 3:30-4:30 pm November 13, 2018 4:00-5:00 pm Professional Learning work session on December 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Ingham ISD - registration here Full Participation in all three events will be awarded $200, with an opportunity to earn more. Please read through the flyer for complete details and  share with all of your educational staff...

This find is for Social Studies teachers -  In addition to access to the programming, teachers can find "bell ringers," lesson plans and opportunities for professional development. From the website: C-SPAN Classroom is a free membership service for social studies teachers. Our mission is to enhance the teaching of social studies through C-SPAN's primary source programming and websites. ...To better serve you, our site is password-protected, yet remains free of charge. Membership gives educators access to their own library to store C-SPAN Classroom video clips, supplementary materials such as lesson plans and handouts, and special offers.

The second of three Library 2017 mini-conferences: "Digital Literacy & Fake News," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 1st , from 3:00 - 6:00 pm EDT . This event is being organized in partnership with futurist Bryan Alexander, who will serve as moderator for the opening panel and as the closing keynote speaker. Invited panelists and presenters will look deeply at the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and digital literacy. All library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event. To read more about the event and register for free visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ library-2017-digital-literacy- fake-news-registration- 33684268554?mc_eid=98c3c6561d& mc_cid=045b575b46 The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor, and this event is being held in collaboration with...

From Christine Schneider, K-12 Education Specialist with MeL - Did you miss the webinar?  It was amazing to see the great wealth of Primary Source documents, biographies, Freedman's Bank Records, and articles that can be used in the classroom related to Black History Month.  Luckily it was recorded! Here is a link to the recorded webinar: https://vimeo.com/200258649/ 3ce47187f4 I am pleased to announce a webinar that you won’t want to miss!   On Thursday, January 19th , j oin myself and trainers from Gale, Britannica, ProQuest (HeritageQuest), and WorldBook to learn about Digital Discoveries for Black History Month with MeL . Find out where to locate material that can be used in the library and classroom during Black History Month.  This webinar is geared toward Media Specialists, teachers, and other K-12 staff. We are offering two times for this hour-long webinar.  Please be sure to register and save your spot: Thursday January 19, 2017 ...

From Christine Schneider, MeL K-12 Education Specialist - " Join us on October 18th  for a 45 minute webinar to discover content paired with learning strategies to prepare students’ understanding of the upcoming election.  We’ll discover content on the history of presidential elections in the United States, the electoral process, political parties, and key issues surrounding this November’s election.  Pick the time that works best for you! October 18th at 10 AM EST October 18th at 4 PM EST Please share this with anyone in K-12. Email me with any questions: cschneider.mel@gmail.com"

From the Library of Michigan -    Early Literacy Instruction: 10 Research-Informed Practices That Can Change Every Classroom Content provided by BloomBoard. This webinar takes place on September 26, 2016 @ 2 p.m. ET Register for this webinar now. As in many states, far too many of Michigan’s children are not reading proficiently by the end of grade three—and the situation continues to worsen. Addressing this problem can require broad and significant improvement in instructional practices. Toward that end, an Early Literacy Task Force (ELTF) in Michigan identified 10 research-informed classroom literacy instructional practices for Pre-K and 10 such practices for K-3 that can have a meaningful impact on student literacy. In this presentation, Nell Duke, Susan Townsend, and Naomi Norman will share these instructional practices, and discuss how the ELTF is working to make them a focus of professional development throughout the state of ...

Free webinars offered on September 28 , 2016 at 10:00 am OR 2:00 pm   Register NOW for this LIVE event to learn how to find ALL products fast & stretch your schools dollars by using the REMC SAVE Bid Project. Registration:  10:00 am session: http://goo.gl/YP51Kl 2:00 pm session: http://goo.gl/wyb0am Each attendee will be entered to WIN 1 of 2 Gift certificates from School Specialty and Office Depot for a REMC SAVE Bid project item. For regions who attend as a team, attendee lists must be emailed to remcbids@remc.org to be entered for a gift certificate prize drawing.  

  Free MeL webinar May 25 3:30pm Summer reading is an essential component of maintaining and growing a student's academic achievement. Library summer reading programs advance literacy, foster lifelong readers, and position libraries as pivotal in Michigan student's education. Please join us May 25 at 3:30pm for a free webinar focused on summer reading resources in MeL. Registration is free and open to all Michigan library staff.  Read more and  register for this webinar . https://www.mcls.org/training- events/training-events-list/ training-event/?ref_cID=198& bID=0&dd_asId=4640 This webinar will be recorded, archived, and made available. http://mcls.org/mel/mel- training-events/  

Just found out about this! A FREE Webinar from Office Depot - Watson for Education April 28, 2016, 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST     Join a free presentation led by Kevin Baird, Chairman and National Supervising Faculty, Center for College and Career Readiness; and Kathy Brooks, Principal K-12 Technology Consultant, Office Depot. Learning in a Cognitive Era and the advancement of self-learning computing technology defines the cutting edge of EdTech.  In this session, we recap the comments made by IBM’s education team at SXSWedu, as they look forward to an era of Cognitive Computing in Schools.  In the second half of the session, Office Depot’s team provides a first-look into the new Office Depot / IBM Personalized Learning Solution.   We’re proud to be convening these education thought leaders and know you’ll find each session to be enlightening and enjoyable. We hope you’ll join us.