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Why are we here?

Tom was recently named MN “Teacher of the Year”.

If interested, you can read his blog here. It’s a good reminder that teaching is hard.

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You should feel challenged - like some days were a failure. It’s because you have high expectations and want to be better. So do we.

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New Teacher Professional Development � 6:00-8:00

Objective:

By the end of the training teachers will find at least one tool to implement in their instruction to help further support student success. �

Standards:

Wisconsin Standard Teacher Development and Licensure: 1, 2

Danielson’s Framework for Teaching: 1f, 2c, 3a, 3db, 3d, 4d, 4e

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About Me

Joe Benvenga

@BenvengaJoe

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Recent Certification Badges

Gilmore MS - 3 Years

Case HS - 2 Years

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Special Ed & Earth Science Teacher

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Born & Raised in NY, any guess how I ended up teaching in Racine, WI?

Mets - Rangers - Jets Fan

Pandora Recent 3 Stations: Taylor Swift, Hip-hop Pre-Game Workout, & Backstreet Boys

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Agenda

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  • BreakoutEDU Activity (30 Mins) �
  • Review key tools
    • Becoming a Connected Educator (10 Minutes)
    • Extensions every educator needs (10-15 Minutes)
    • Google Classroom (25 Minutes)
    • Google Drawings (10 Minutes)
    • You decide what topic/tool you’d like to learn that would help you/students (TBD)
    • Exit Ticket (via Padlet)

There are a lot of slides and videos provided for you. We will not get to a lot of them in this session.

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They are there for YOU. I want to make sure you have access to everything I could put together without overwhelming you!

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Ready?

Breakout - Time Warp!

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...What is it?

Brief Intro

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What is a Connected Educator?

Personal Learning Network (PLN)

  • Why?

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Extensions 101

  • Let’s review how you can add an extension to your Google Chrome
    • Add these key extensions to help maximize time/support students�
    • Screencastify
    • Black Menu for Google
    • Extensify
    • OneTab
    • Grammarly
    • Alice Keeler - Gradebook Split

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Google Classroom

  • Join our Google Classroom

Code: dsicsar

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  • Answer the Discussion Question (Only I can see the response)
    • To give me an idea of what the group wants to focus on.

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  • Overview of the essentials. If time allows we can go over some fun little tricks to spice it up!

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* Leave this tab open *

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Mini-Presentations/Resources for Future

1. Google Classroom

2. Forms

3. Sheets

4. Google+ Communities

5. Gmail

6. Sites

7. Organization

8. Keep�

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We will not have time to cover the majority of this tonight, but feel free to use these links as a reference!

Bonus: One-min clips with tips (More will be added to folder weekly)

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Remember

  • Pick what works best for your style
  • Stay positive, it’s okay to smile. We have a great job!
  • If you have any questions at all, please reach out to me.

joseph.benvenga@rusd.org�@BenvengaJoe �Facebook

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Resources/Suggestions

Suggested Readings (At table if you want to get better look)�

    • “Teach Like a Pirate” Dave Burgess
    • “Hyperdoc Handbook” Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, Sarah Landis
      • (Join Hyperdoc Bootcamp Jan 9th if interested)
    • “50 Things you can do with Google Classroom” Alice Keeler and Libbi Miller
    • “Pure Genius” Don Wettrick
    • “What Connected Educators Do Differently” - Jimmy Casas, Peter Hayes, Todd Whitaker
    • “Ditch That Textbook” Matt Miller

Thank you to Sue Gorman, Matt Mullaney, Matt Nupen, and Lorie Karls for your support putting this together! Thank you to the Chicagoland educators who set up the template for some of the slides!

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