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Websites and Apps for Making Videos and Animation
From slideshows and stop-motion animation to short films and remixes, video-making is a tried-and-true way to get kids engaged in building, demonstrating, and sharing knowledge. These video and animation apps and sites offer user-friendly tools and features that make it more fun than ever to get kids' productions created, edited, and polished. There are also a few tools that feature video-based formative assessment, so kids can record and share their video reflections.
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Websites and Apps for Making Videos and Animation
From slideshows and stop-motion animation to short films and remixes, video-making is a tried-and-true way to get kids engaged in building, demonstrating, and sharing knowledge. These video and animation apps and sites offer user-friendly tools and features that make it more fun than ever to get kids' productions created, edited, and polished. There are also a few tools that feature video-based formative assessment, so kids can record and share their video reflections.
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Help Your Students Fact-Check the Web Like Professionals
From viral memes to so-called fake news, the web is overflowing with information -- true, false, and everything in between. Here's one tip to help your students use the web effectively as a fact-checking tool: Don't just read down the page; read around the page!
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Help Your Students Fact-Check the Web Like Professionals
From viral memes to so-called fake news, the web is overflowing with information -- true, false, and everything in between. Here's one tip to help your students use the web effectively as a fact-checking tool: Don't just read down the page; read around the page!
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2019 State of EdTech Security Report
Common Sense Education released this 2019 EdTech Security Survey as part of a semi-annual examination of security practices of education technology-related online services using our security assessment tools. The previous 2018 State of EdTech Security Survey found that approximately 87 percent of edtech services support encryption, and 78 percent of edtech services require encryption.
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2019 State of EdTech Security Report
Common Sense Education released this 2019 EdTech Security Survey as part of a semi-annual examination of security practices of education technology-related online services using our security assessment tools. The previous 2018 State of EdTech Security Survey found that approximately 87 percent of edtech services support encryption, and 78 percent of edtech services require encryption.
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Common Sense Education Recognition Program
Common Sense Education offers a complete K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. See the variety of materials and lessons available along with the application process on how your school and teachers can become part of the Common Sense Education Recognition Program:
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Common Sense Education Recognition Program
Common Sense Education offers a complete K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. See the variety of materials and lessons available along with the application process on how your school and teachers can become part of the Common Sense Education Recognition Program:
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Teach Kindergartners to Code
When parents are informed about how educators are using technology for meaningful learning, they are more likely to become passionate advocates for school technology. Here are three creative ways beyond back-to-school night that give parents a glimpse into their students' school experience.
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Teach Kindergartners to Code
When parents are informed about how educators are using technology for meaningful learning, they are more likely to become passionate advocates for school technology. Here are three creative ways beyond back-to-school night that give parents a glimpse into their students' school experience.
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Readiness & Integration - Fall Readiness Checklist for 1:1 Schools
The Instructional Technology Initiative (ITI) offers District-wide instructional resources to support schools’ completion of the prerequisites and fall readiness checklist items in order to distribute digital tools to students. Please visit the ITI website for more information at https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/13462 Principal Certification due by October 31, 2019.
ITI provides policy, professional learning, and school-site supports to ensure coherent digital citizenship efforts District-wide. Programs are grounded in research and founded on curriculum and practices developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and Common Sense Education (CSE). Please visit the ITI website for more information at https://achieve.lausd.net/digcit.
For more information, please contact Allison Jonas, Readiness and Integration Coordinator at allison.jonas@lausd.net (213) 241-5532.
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Readiness & Integration - Fall Readiness Checklist for 1:1 Schools
The Instructional Technology Initiative (ITI) offers District-wide instructional resources to support schools’ completion of the prerequisites and fall readiness checklist items in order to distribute digital tools to students. Please visit the ITI website for more information at https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/13462 Principal Certification due by October 31, 2019.
ITI provides policy, professional learning, and school-site supports to ensure coherent digital citizenship efforts District-wide. Programs are grounded in research and founded on curriculum and practices developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and Common Sense Education (CSE). Please visit the ITI website for more information at https://achieve.lausd.net/digcit.
For more information, please contact Allison Jonas, Readiness and Integration Coordinator at allison.jonas@lausd.net (213) 241-5532.
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ITI Task Force Sessions
The Instructional Technology Initiative Task Force is a meeting open to all. Please join us to learn about and contribute to current District efforts focused on instructional technology. Below are the dates and locations for all Task Force Meetings throughout the school year:
- Thursday, December 12, 2019 will be virtual meeting via Zoom
- Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Parent and Community Services
- Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Parent and Community Services
All meetings are from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fill out this RSVP form to let us know if you are attending this meeting. Additionally, we request that you join our ITI Task Force Email List to receive the latest information on upcoming meetings, report publications, and opportunities to learn and immerse together.
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ITI Task Force Sessions
The Instructional Technology Initiative Task Force is a meeting open to all. Please join us to learn about and contribute to current District efforts focused on instructional technology. Below are the dates and locations for all Task Force Meetings throughout the school year:
- Thursday, December 12, 2019 will be virtual meeting via Zoom
- Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Parent and Community Services
- Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Parent and Community Services
All meetings are from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fill out this RSVP form to let us know if you are attending this meeting. Additionally, we request that you join our ITI Task Force Email List to receive the latest information on upcoming meetings, report publications, and opportunities to learn and immerse together.
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Innovative Approaches to Engage and Include Girls in Computer Science
Achieving #CSforALL means conquering the gender gap in tech. At the 2019 CSforALL Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, attendees gathered to hear from national experts in gender equity about effective strategies for inviting, engaging and keeping girls and young women in the CS pathway.
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Innovative Approaches to Engage and Include Girls in Computer Science
Achieving #CSforALL means conquering the gender gap in tech. At the 2019 CSforALL Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, attendees gathered to hear from national experts in gender equity about effective strategies for inviting, engaging and keeping girls and young women in the CS pathway.
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Google CS First Hour of Code: Code Your Hero
The CS First team at Google has created a new activity where students can use their imagination to turn a real-life hero into a superhero using code. Code Your Hero is an activity that honors the everyday heroes in students' lives who use their powers to better their communities. Students will use Scratch, a block-based coding language, to animate and bring a story or game to life with movement and dialogue. Available in both English and Spanish. Watch and see what strong female heroes students choose to code superpowers for in their projects during an Hour of Code!
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Google CS First Hour of Code: Code Your Hero
The CS First team at Google has created a new activity where students can use their imagination to turn a real-life hero into a superhero using code. Code Your Hero is an activity that honors the everyday heroes in students' lives who use their powers to better their communities. Students will use Scratch, a block-based coding language, to animate and bring a story or game to life with movement and dialogue. Available in both English and Spanish. Watch and see what strong female heroes students choose to code superpowers for in their projects during an Hour of Code!
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Instructional Technology Initiative Puts Learning First
The 2019 Computer Science Education (CSE) Week will be from December 9 through 15, and ITI is hosting various CSE Week Professional Development and Showcase events at Practitioner Schools across LA Unified. These events provide an opportunity for District stakeholders to learn and immerse in computer science education and to understand the urgency for computer science expansion, with particular focus on building equity by increasing participation of the District’s Latinx and African-American students in this area of study. This level of engagement is consistent with the District and the Division of Instruction’s mission to bring professional development and instructional supports directly to school sites. During these PD and showcase, Local District leadership and instructional leadership teams from all schools are invited to visit ITI’s Practitioner Schools to immerse in computer science activities that include unplugged and block programming as well as physical computing and robotics.
To learn more about these professional development and showcases, as well as LAUSD's Computer Science Education initiatives, please visit our website at http://www.lausd.net/cse or follow our efforts through our official Twitter hashtag, #CS4LAUSD. If you have any questions about the CSE Week Professional Development and Showcase, please contact Dominic Caguioa at dbc4785@lausd.net or (213) 241-5532.
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Instructional Technology Initiative Puts Learning First
The 2019 Computer Science Education (CSE) Week will be from December 9 through 15, and ITI is hosting various CSE Week Professional Development and Showcase events at Practitioner Schools across LA Unified. These events provide an opportunity for District stakeholders to learn and immerse in computer science education and to understand the urgency for computer science expansion, with particular focus on building equity by increasing participation of the District’s Latinx and African-American students in this area of study. This level of engagement is consistent with the District and the Division of Instruction’s mission to bring professional development and instructional supports directly to school sites. During these PD and showcase, Local District leadership and instructional leadership teams from all schools are invited to visit ITI’s Practitioner Schools to immerse in computer science activities that include unplugged and block programming as well as physical computing and robotics.
To learn more about these professional development and showcases, as well as LAUSD's Computer Science Education initiatives, please visit our website at http://www.lausd.net/cse or follow our efforts through our official Twitter hashtag, #CS4LAUSD. If you have any questions about the CSE Week Professional Development and Showcase, please contact Dominic Caguioa at dbc4785@lausd.net or (213) 241-5532.
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ITI Professional Development Catalog
ITI supports all schools district-wide with robust and rigorous professional learning by offering various models of support along a continuum to meet learners where they are. You can join our individual learning opportunities such as the Teacher Leader Network, ISTE Student Standards Suite; or learn together as an Instructional Leadership Team though the Instructional Leadership Cohort. Our Professional Development Catalog is already published and we invite you to join us in any of our learning sessions. Please visit MyPLN or the ITI website for more information about our Professional Learning Opportunities.
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ITI Professional Development Catalog
ITI supports all schools district-wide with robust and rigorous professional learning by offering various models of support along a continuum to meet learners where they are. You can join our individual learning opportunities such as the Teacher Leader Network, ISTE Student Standards Suite; or learn together as an Instructional Leadership Team though the Instructional Leadership Cohort. Our Professional Development Catalog is already published and we invite you to join us in any of our learning sessions. Please visit MyPLN or the ITI website for more information about our Professional Learning Opportunities.
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Digital Citizenship
Digital Presence with Purpose: This is a 2-hour session where learners will receive guidance on curating a digital presence with a purpose that is aligned to District Policy and the District’s digital citizenship definition. Participants will explore promising practices from experts who have managed digital engagement communities for national organizations.
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Date: February 10, 2020
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Location: LD West offices
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Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Registration: MyPLN
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Compensation: District Training Rate, salary point hours, or NBCT hours
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Digital Citizenship
Digital Presence with Purpose: This is a 2-hour session where learners will receive guidance on curating a digital presence with a purpose that is aligned to District Policy and the District’s digital citizenship definition. Participants will explore promising practices from experts who have managed digital engagement communities for national organizations.
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Date: February 10, 2020
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Location: LD West offices
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Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Registration: MyPLN
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Compensation: District Training Rate, salary point hours, or NBCT hours
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ISTE Standards for Students - 21st Century Learning Foundations
This is a 4-hour prerequisite that sets the foundation for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students Suite of Professional Learning that will be offered throughout the school year.
- Date: December 7, 2019
- Location: 20th Street Elementary School, LDC
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
- Date: January 25, 2020
- Location: Fair Elementary School, LDNE
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
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ISTE Standards for Students - 21st Century Learning Foundations
This is a 4-hour prerequisite that sets the foundation for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students Suite of Professional Learning that will be offered throughout the school year.
- Date: December 7, 2019
- Location: 20th Street Elementary School, LDC
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
- Date: January 25, 2020
- Location: Fair Elementary School, LDNE
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
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ISTE Standards for Students - Digital Citizen
In this 2-hour session, learners will gain an understanding that being a good digital citizen is more than knowing your way around the web. It's about connecting and collaborating in ways learners didn't even know were possible.
- Date: December 7, 2019
- Location: 20th Street Elementary School, LDC
- Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
- Date: January 25, 2020
- Location: Fair Elementary School, LDNE
- Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Registration: MyPLN
- Compensation: District Training Rate, hours towards salary points, or NBCT hours
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