Teacher LOVES the Student Personalized Learning System

AEA PD Online received this note from Holly Leinhauser, a counselor with North Scott Schools, as she shares how their district is using the Character Skills modules in the Student Personalized Learning System.

"I have at this time enrolled our entire school to utilize those modules [in the Student Personalized Learning System].  Although our BD teacher is using those character skill modules with a few students who need guided direction with the modules and that has lead to meaningful conversation.

Last year I worked one on one with a BD student and he didn't always get here in time during the day for us to complete the character skill modules; however when we were working hard I thought he loved what we were doing.

I would suggest that counselors use the character skills modules in small groups, it is such a nice guide.  Perhaps classroom teachers could allow students to work through the modules in groups, completing those independently just wouldn't be beneficial- they are social skills after all. 

I love the modules, and we are using EVERFI right now and after students are done with the four modules I have selected we are going to be utilizing those character skills [in the Student Personalized Learning System] modules...

I would recommend these modules to anyone and everyone!  

Holly"

If you are interested in using content in the Student Personalized Learning system with your students, you can check out the content at http://learning.aeak12online.org/.  Log with the credentials from the Teacher Training System.   Once logged in to find the content, click Modules, the category you wish to explore and find modules to preview. Click the icon to the far right of the title to review.

If you wish to have your students work in this content please contact Denise Krefting or Melissa Wicklund. 

Blending Flipping Your Classroom Oct. Cohort Mississippi Bend AEA

Another Blending Flipping Your Classroom cohort is beginning in Mississippi Bend AEA.  Course 1 "Blending/ Flipping Your Classroom 1"of the four course series will begin October 20.

These cohorts consist of 4 courses that teachers and administrators can take through out a 1 1/2 year period.  The first course is a three day face-to-face training on "Blending/Flipping your classroom 1" for one license renewal credit.  The second course is a fully online course "Blending/Flipping 2- Blended Instruction" as well as an elementary option for two credits (license renewal and graduate) which is available to those who have completed the first course.  The third in the series is "Blending/Flipping Your Classroom 3: Designing Online Lessons" which will take place as a blended model with two days face-to-face and the rest online for those who have completed the first two courses. This course is also two credits (license renewal and graduate).  Finally the fourth in this series is "Blending/Flipping 4: Assessment "which will take place as a blended model with two days face-to-face and the rest online and is also 2 credits (license renewal and graduate) for those who have taken the three other courses.  The last three courses in the series (six credits) can also be applied to the Drake Online Teacher certification for those that are interested. 

If you are interested in signing up or finding out more about the first course in the series offered at Mississippi Bend AEA click here.

Upcoming Courses: Oct. 1-Nov. 15, 2016

See below for a list of upcoming online professional learning opportunities. 

To register, click on the activity number listed with each course. To conduct your own search for professional development classes, click here to go to the AEA PD Online catalog.

Increasing Student Collaboration by Going Paperless
Register at 22033799991702
Course Dates: Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Technology in the Common Core Mathematics Classroom
Register at 22037399991701
Course Dates: Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Integrate Technology with 8 Simple Tools
Register at 22021899991704
Course Dates: Oct. 2-Oct. 30, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Advancing Minds: Collaborative Teaching-Making it Work
Register at 22031699991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 28, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Advancing Minds: How to Thrive as a Teacher Leader
Register at 22035399991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 28, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Earth Science for Elementary Teachers
Register at 22031999991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 20, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Introduction to Google Apps
Register at 22007899991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 2, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Introduction to Google Apps in the Classroom
Register at 22029199991701
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 7, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Reading in the Content Areas
Register at 22022499991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 4, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Total Participation Techniques
Register at 22020199991702
Course Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 4, 2016
Credit(s): 2

App Smashing: Using Universal Constructs to Benefit the 21st Century Learner
Register at 22035499991702
Course Dates: Oct. 5-Nov. 9, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Cortical Visual Impairment
Register at 22031199991701
Course Dates: Oct. 5-Nov. 1, 2016
Credit(s): 1

MOLLIE: Blended Learning
Register at 22015099991703
Course Dates: Oct. 5-Nov. 8, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Pinterest: Using Pins, Boards, and More in Your Classroom
Register at 22022299991706
Course Dates: Oct. 5-Nov. 1, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Effective Formative Assessment Using Tech Tools
Register at 22030699991704
Course Dates: Oct. 9-Nov. 6, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Physical Science for Elementary Teachers
Register at 22031499991703
Course Dates: Oct. 10-Dec. 2, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Online Effective Programing for Integrated Students on the Autism Spectrum
Register at 22031299991702
Course Dates: Oct. 17-Dec. 16, 2016
Credit(s): 1

Supporting Technology Literacy in Elementary Classrooms with Scratch Programming
Register at 22024299991702
Course Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 28, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Doing more with Goggle Drive-Classroom Application
Register at 22029499991702
Course Dates: Oct. 23-Dec. 11, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Google Classroom: Beyond the Basics
Register at 22034699991703
Course Dates: Oct. 23-Nov. 13, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Intro to Google Classroom
Register at 22033399991704
Course Dates: Oct. 24-Nov. 21, 2016
Credit(s): 1

MOLLIE: Designing Online Lessons, Including SoftChalk
Register at 22017999991702
Course Dates: Oct. 24-Nov. 30, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Examining Dyslexia Remediation that Works
Register at 22022899991702
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Jan. 6, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Examining Differentiated Instruction: Taking Learning to a Whole New Level
Register at 22030999991702
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Jan 6, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Examining: I Understand! Checks for Understanding in the Classroom
Register at 22030799991701
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Jan. 6, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Examining: The Secrets of the Teenage Brain
Register at 22019199991702
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Jan. 6, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Examining: The Gifted Brain: Science, Secrets, and Synapses
Register at 22022199991702
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Jan. 6, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Pinterest: Using Pins, Boards, and More in Your Classroom
Register at 22022299991707
Course Dates: Oct. 26-Nov. 22, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Advancing Minds: Helping Our Students with Behavioral Challenges
Register at 22029799991702
Course Dates: Oct. 31-Dec. 26, 2016
Credit(s): 3

iEvaluate 1.2
Register at 22017299991705
Course Dates: Oct. 31-Dec. 23, 2016
Credit(s): 2 (renewal only)

Pinerest in the Classroom
Register at 22019999991706
Course Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 30, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Integrate Technology with 8 Simple Tools
Register at 22021899991705
Course Dates: Nov. 6-Dec. 4, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Using Google Docs to Improve Student Writing
Register at 22032599991703
Course Dates: Nov. 6-Dec. 4, 2016
Credit(s): 2

Graphic Novels in the Classroom
Register at 22036699991701
Course Dates: Nov. 7-Dec. 16, 2016
Credit(s): 2

How Do You Teach Reading-Speaking the Language of the Book Whisperer
Register at 22019399991703
Course Dates: Nov. 7-Dec. 2, 2016
Credit(s): 2

iPods and iPads for the Classroom
Register at 22004199991702
Course Dates: Nov. 7-Dec. 2, 2016
Credit(s): 2

What Great Teachers Do Differently
Register at 22020399991703
Course Dates: Nov. 7-Dec. 16, 2016
Credit(s): 3

Effective Formative Assessment Using Tech Tools
Register at 22030699991705
Course Dates: Nov. 13-Dec. 11, 2016
Credit(s): 2

ADHD and Learning Disabilities: Classroom Interventions
Register at 22033999991701
Course Dates: Nov. 15-Dec. 31, 2016
Credit(s): 3

ELL's: Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners
Register at 22037599991701
Course Dates: Nov. 15-Dec. 20, 2016
Credit(s): 3

New Course for Students Digital Citizenship 6-8: Digital Protection

A new course has been added to the Student Personalized Learning System for middle level Digital Citizenship.  This course "Digital Citizenship 6-8: Digital Protection", students will understand the definition of Digital Security, learn to keep their technology systems safe, learn to create safer passwords, learn to keep their personal data safe, understand what identity theft is and why it is important to guard against it, learn to recognize strategies that scam artists use to access private information and learn how to guard against phishing and identity theft.

This course has been added to the list of courses for middle level students on Digital Citizenship:

Digital Citizenship 6-8: Digital Literacy
Digital Citizenship 6-8: Cyberbullying and Online Safety
Digital Citizenship 6-8: Netiquette 

If you are interested in checking out this modules go to the Student Personalized Learning System and log with the credentials from the Teacher Training System.  Once logged in to find the content, click Modules, Technology Literacy and find the module to preview. Click the icon to the far right of the title to review.  

If you wish to have your students work in this content please contact Denise Krefting or Melissa Wicklund. 

Updates to Social Media Course for Teachers

The Social Media self paced content in AEA PD Online's Teacher Training system has been updated and now also includes the social media tool Snapchat.  If you have already taken the content for credit and want to learn more about this you are welcome to take the self paced module (not for credit or cost) called "Social Media: Instagram and Snap Chat".

OER Science Opportunity

I would like to share an opportunity for your school district, especially, those looking to engage  Elementary teachers in online course development. Dan McGuire of the Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum asked me to share an opportunity with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade science teachers. The Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum is a grassroots initiative to promote the creation of open digital curriculum. The goal is to leverage the power of collaboration and digital resources to launch teachers and students into new learning frontiers.

Dan is looking for elementary teachers who want to incorporate OER (Open Education Resources) lessons into their teaching. He works with the coordinators of the Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum (MPCC) curriculum effort in Minnesota, which has some money to pay teachers who would like to help finish the 4th and 5th grade content. Iowa teachers would work on lessons that are similar to Minnesota standards; there’s not a lot of difference. This video is an introduction to the Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum.

He is also looking for 3rd grade science teachers to test out the 3rd grade science curriculum.

The teachers who will get paid by the MPCC for creating the first editions of 4th and 5th grade science are the ones who raise their hands first, and jump the very low hurdles that the MPCC has for bringing on writers. The content is platform neutral but, ideally, development will be done with Moodle and in a 1:1 classroom environment or classrooms with regular access to laptops or tablets. Teacher pay is based on the number of lessons or units developed.

Here are slides to the presentation Dan made at the Mn eLearning Summit. Dan will work with you to address the current standards vs NGSS issue. The work Dan has done so far will work for both current standards and NGSS with minimal tweaking. That's the beauty (one of them, anyway) of OER - things can get tweaked, modified, changed as needed.

If you are interested or know of a teacher interested in this opportunity you can contact Dan McGuire directly or you can contact me to help you make the connection with Dan and the MPCC curriculum effort.

Dan McGuire
Email: danmcguir@gmail.com
Phone: 612-889-3482