Joan Ragland is the Instructional Technology Specialist for Hudson ISD. Joan began her teaching career in the fall of 1971 as a self-contained 7th grade teacher at Apple Springs ISD. In 1977, she joined the faculty at Hudson Middle School as the 7th Grade Science teacher... Read More →
Google Classroom is moving ahead, making improvement all along the way. Come learn how to set up your classroom, share assignments with students, track assignments, collect and grade assignments from your device(s) and soooo much more. Come prepared to be amazed at how easy it is to begin the steps to begin using Google Classroom with your students.....Or if you are already a user of google classroom and want to up-your-game, bring your questions and be ready to collaborate with other google classroom users.
Simplify Your Life With Skyward Online Assessments Let our technology do the time consuming work of grading papers and posting grades. You spend your time planning and teaching! Learn how to create an online assignment. This can be a quiz, a test, a matching worksheet, essay assignment, or short answer reflection assignment. ! Skyward can grade and enter the scores. Everything can be completed and recorded in Skyward! Students can’t trade and share their papers & answers! (as easily!) You don’t have to drag papers home! You don’t have to hand papers back! The tests/assignments are stored online!
Did you know Brain Pop, Jr. promotes digitally note taking. It allows students to click on key words, phrases, pictures as they listen and watch a learning video. Afterwards, they can Map-it-Out and choose a story and story framing. Come expand you teacher toolkit.
OneNote allows the teacher to create, upload, translate and share materials with students. Students that need oral administration on tests, quizzes and/or worksheets can remain in the classroom and still get the level or oral instruction needed. Program is currently being used by Sheila Cloyd and Glenda Merrell.)
Limited enrollment; bring your worksheets, tests and ideas of what you would like to accomplish.
Health services have gone high tech. Documentation of services delivered, health history of students, compliance with state mandates, etc. is crucial in today's educational setting.
DIscussion, collaboration and information about the newly adopted ELA curriculum. Bring your knowledge and questions to share with other Kindergarten ELA teachers.
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
**Recommended for Peavy and 3rd grade math teachers.
Students automatically practice at their level
Freckle offers over 50,000 math questions covering K-9 standards. Students start off with a diagnostic, and after that, our algorithms show them problems at their own skill level.
With the click of a button, you can assign a specific standard to one (or all) of your students. You can even generate personalized worksheets if your students don’t have access to technology at home.
Students build math fact fluency by testing their ability to recall the basic facts in all four operations, accurately and quickly. Think of Freckle Fact Practice as computerized, adaptive flash cards.
Register for Door prizes with Jennifer Brazil. She will be at table in HS cafeteria with tickets and the Prize containers for collecting tickets. ONE TICKET PER TEACHER
Monday January 20, 2020 10:45am - 11:30am CST
HS Cafeteria
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
Google worked with educators across the country to create Classroom: a streamlined, easy-to-use tool that helps teachers manage coursework. With Classroom, educators can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place.
With simple setup and integration with G Suite for Education, Classroom streamlines repetitive tasks and makes it easy to focus on what teachers do best: teaching.
Simplify Your Life With Skyward Online Assessments Let our technology do the time consuming work of grading papers and posting grades. You spend your time planning and teaching! Learn how to create an online assignment. This can be a quiz, a test, a matching worksheet, essay assignment, or short answer reflection assignment. ! Skyward can grade and enter the scores. Everything can be completed and recorded in Skyward! Students can’t trade and share their papers & answers! (as easily!) You don’t have to drag papers home! You don’t have to hand papers back! The tests/assignments are stored online!
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
With education constantly evolving and autism on the rise (autism is said to now affect 1 in 43), more and more teachers are welcoming into their classrooms students on the autism spectrum. While teaching a child with autism may seem daunting, doing so can often prove to be one of the most rewarding parts of an educator’s career. Come learn about some of the things all teachers should know about autism in the classroom.
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
Did you know Brain Pop, Jr. promotes digitally note taking. It allows students to click on key words, phrases, pictures as they listen and watch a learning video. Afterwards, they can Map-it-Out and choose a story and story framing. Come expand you teacher toolkit.
OneNote allows the teacher to create, upload, translate and share materials with students. Students that need oral administration on tests, quizzes and/or worksheets can remain in the classroom and still get the level or oral instruction needed. Program is currently being used by Sheila Cloyd and Glenda Merrell.)
Limited enrollment; bring your worksheets, tests and ideas of what you would like to accomplish.
DIscussion, collaboration and information about the newly adopted ELA curriculum. Bring your knowledge and questions to share with other middle school ELA teachers.
Freckle offers over 50,000 math questions covering K-9 standards. Students start off with a diagnostic, and after that, our algorithms show them problems at their own skill level.
With the click of a button, you can assign a specific standard to one (or all) of your students. You can even generate personalized worksheets if your students don’t have access to technology at home.
Students build math fact fluency by testing their ability to recall the basic facts in all four operations, accurately and quickly. Think of Freckle Fact Practice as computerized, adaptive flash cards.
Register for Door prizes with Kim Martin. She will be at table in HS cafeteria with tickets and the Prize containers for collecting tickets. ONE TICKET PER TEACHER
Monday January 20, 2020 11:45am - 12:30pm CST
HS Cafeteria
Assessment Solutions for Texas Districts and Schools
Assesses new and updated TEKS for ELA, Social Studies, and Science
65,000+ rigorous test items
ALL items written to assess the latest TEKS
Transadapted Spanish for grades 1-5
Covers all STAAR-tested subjects and grades (and much more!)
If you have not used STAAR TEST MAKER recently you will be surprised at all the updates and improvements to the test generator software. Be prepared to be amazed.
What in the world is GIMKIT & is it worth it for me to learn anything else because I am overwhelmed, and don't even have time to finish reading this title, much less tackle the next new thing!? Yes, and your students will beg you for it!
NO MORE SCANTRONS Students can login to DMAC and enter responses online. Testing window can be controlled by the teacher. Assessments are scored as soon as the students hit SUBMIT.
Google Classroom is moving ahead, making improvement all along the way. Come learn how to set up your classroom, share assignments with students, track assignments, collect and grade assignments from your device(s) and soooo much more. Come prepared to be amazed at how easy it is to begin the steps to begin using Google Classroom with your students.....Or if you are already a user of google classroom and want to up-your-game, bring your questions and be ready to collaborate with other google classroom users.
How do I assign it on google classroom? Can I make it into homework? Q & A time. This is how to use the magical asset we have called gimkit! Be prepared to come with your own quizlet vocabulary list that you have already made, so that we can turn it into your next interactive Quizlet game, homework, and review! Have that 1st assignment set up on Google classroom before the kids even come back!
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
With the Rocketbook app, you can instantly scan and send a note to where you want. You fill in a little circle at the bottom of each page of the notebook, scan the page with the app, and then the app sends a sharp PDF or JPG copy of your note where you specified.
This session is an overview of Gradebook features teachers may not be aware of. Learn how to access special GRADEBOOKS features and what the possibilities for their uses are.
Time will not permit an in-depth demonstration of all features, but as many as possible will be demonstrated.
Assessment Solutions for Texas Districts and Schools
Assesses new and updated TEKS for ELA, Social Studies, and Science
65,000+ rigorous test items
ALL items written to assess the latest TEKS
Transadapted Spanish for grades 1-5
Covers all STAAR-tested subjects and grades (and much more!)
If you have not used STAAR TEST MAKER recently you will be surprised at all the updates and improvements to the test generator software. Be prepared to be amazed.
Come experience the tech tools I use in my ELA class. The full scope of our new HMH Reading curriculum online assessment & data portal piece is amazing. We will slow the pace down and get hands-on practice accessing the different components. During the half- day of training we had earlier in the year, I walked away with a sudden surge of "tech-terror" racing through me. When I decided to face my fear,it didn't take but a few clicks before I began discovering the wealth of online tools HMH has to offer the classroom teacher. Let us share what we have learned that can make your ELA classes run smoother with less stress.
OneNote allows the teacher to create, upload, translate and share materials with students. Students that need oral administration on tests, quizzes and/or worksheets can remain in the classroom and still get the level or oral instruction needed. Program is currently being used by Sheila Cloyd and Glenda Merrell.)
Limited enrollment; bring your worksheets, tests and ideas of what you would like to accomplish.
DIscussion, collaboration and information about the newly adopted ELA curriculum. Bring your knowledge and questions to share with other first grade ELA teachers.
DIscussion, collaboration and information about the newly adopted ELA curriculum. Bring your knowledge and questions to share with other 2nd Grade ELA teachers.
**Recommended for 4th and 5th grade math teachers.
Students automatically practice at their level
Freckle offers over 50,000 math questions covering K-9 standards. Students start off with a diagnostic, and after that, our algorithms show them problems at their own skill level.
With the click of a button, you can assign a specific standard to one (or all) of your students. You can even generate personalized worksheets if your students don’t have access to technology at home.
Students build math fact fluency by testing their ability to recall the basic facts in all four operations, accurately and quickly. Think of Freckle Fact Practice as computerized, adaptive flash cards.
NO MORE SCANTRONS Students can login to DMAC and enter responses online. Testing window can be controlled by the teacher. Assessments are scored as soon as the students hit SUBMIT.
Google Classroom is moving ahead, making improvement all along the way. Come learn how to set up your classroom, share assignments with students, track assignments, collect and grade assignments from your device(s) and soooo much more. Come prepared to be amazed at how easy it is to begin the steps to begin using Google Classroom with your students.....Or if you are already a user of google classroom and want to up-your-game, bring your questions and be ready to collaborate with other google classroom users.
This session is an overview of Gradebook features teachers may not be aware of. Learn how to access special GRADEBOOKS features and what the possibilities for their uses are.
Time will not permit an in-depth demonstration of all features, but as many as possible will be demonstrated.
Come experience the tech tools I use in my ELA class. The full scope of our new HMH Reading curriculum online assessment & data portal piece is amazing. We will slow the pace down and get hands-on practice accessing the different components. During the half- day of training we had earlier in the year, I walked away with a sudden surge of "tech-terror" racing through me. When I decided to face my fear,it didn't take but a few clicks before I began discovering the wealth of online tools HMH has to offer the classroom teacher. Let us share what we have learned that can make your ELA classes run smoother with less stress.
Confused about how to meet accommodation/modification requirements for SpEd? Come have all your questions answered. Leave with a clear understanding of teacher expectation.
Freckle offers over 50,000 math questions covering K-9 standards. Students start off with a diagnostic, and after that, our algorithms show them problems at their own skill level.
With the click of a button, you can assign a specific standard to one (or all) of your students. You can even generate personalized worksheets if your students don’t have access to technology at home.
Students build math fact fluency by testing their ability to recall the basic facts in all four operations, accurately and quickly. Think of Freckle Fact Practice as computerized, adaptive flash cards.
Joan Ragland is the Instructional Technology Specialist for Hudson ISD. Joan began her teaching career in the fall of 1971 as a self-contained 7th grade teacher at Apple Springs ISD. In 1977, she joined the faculty at Hudson Middle School as the 7th Grade Science teacher... Read More →
