Online Professional Development Opportunities Available Now and Next Week

Throughout the year I host live webinars and self-paced courses on a variety of educational technology topics. The next live webinar that I’m hosting is scheduled to coincide with the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere. That webinar is 5 Ways to Blend Technology Into Outdoor Lessons. It will be held next Tuesday at 4pm ET. Learn more and register here.

On-demand Professional Development

I currently offer two self-paced courses and one recorded on-demand webinar.

A Crash Course in Google Earth & Maps for Social Studies

Google Earth and Google Maps should be staples in the toolbox of anyone who teaches social studies lessons. These are powerful tools that can be used by elementary, middle, and high school students.

This course will teach you how to use Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google My Maps in your classroom. In this crash course I outline five social studies lesson activities that utilize Google Maps and Google Earth to help students make discoveries and to demonstrate what they’ve learned. Click here to get started today!

Ten Search Strategies Students Need to Know!

This is the most popular one-hour webinar that I host. The webinar provides an overview of ten essential search strategies for students of all ages. More importantly, it provides you with activities to duplicate and or modify to use in your classroom. Click here to watch this webinar today!

A Crash Course in Making & Teaching With Video

A Crash Course in Making & Teaching With Video is a self-paced course consisting of six modules designed to help you create instructional videos and make sure that your students actually watch those videos. Get started right here.