Can Chrome/Chromebooks provide support for students in completing reading tasks? Yes! During this three part interactive webinar series, participants will learn about and have the opportunity to explore Chrome extensions, add-ons and web resources that support some typical classroom setting demands for general education students and those with mild disabilities. We will discuss how to incorporate these technologies into the classroom and how to assess their effectiveness. In the first session,
Can Chrome/Chromebooks provide support for students in completing reading tasks? Yes! During this three part interactive webinar series, participants will learn about and have the opportunity to explore Chrome extensions, add-ons and web resources that support some typical classroom setting demands for general education students and those with mild disabilities. We will discuss how to incorporate these technologies into the classroom and how to assess their effectiveness. In the first session, we will look at a decision making process to help participants select appropriate tools. We will focus on tools to support students who need to read content that is above their independent reading level. In the second session the focus will be on supporting vocabulary and concept understanding and options for providing students with pertinent content background information. During the last session we will dig into options for locating and creating accessible educational materials. Resources will also be provided to help participants continue in their Chrome journey. NOTE: This is not an introductory Chrome workshop. Participants are expected to be familiar with the basics of the Chrome Browser/Chromebook (settings, how to install extensions, etc.) Participants will be provided with a list of Chrome extensions to install onto their laptop or Chromebook PRIOR to the start of each session. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Understand and apply a technology decision making process to guide selection of appropriate tools to support student learning. Identify tools to support: access to reading materials above a student’s independent reading level, understanding of unfamiliar vocabulary. The development of key vocabulary/concepts/pertinent content background knowledge. Identify resources for obtaining digital versions of novels and textbooks and Identify tools to readable versions of scanned or photocopied materials.
Satisfactory Completion: Credit for attending a course is based on your signature on the sign in sheet as well as sign out sheet.
All virtual courses will be held via Zoom Meetings or Zoom Webinar. Once registered, an email will be sent a week before the session with the link and instructions on how to join the Zoom Meeting/ Webinar. If attending a virtual course, attendance is based on your virtual signature in and out of the session. You will be asked to type your full name into the chat feature on Zoom when you enter the meeting and again type your full name before you leave the meeting. Failure to provide a virtual signature in and out may result in partial or no credit. Live Zoom Webinars will track your attendance automatically. Participants are expected to attend the entire session to earn credit. Partial attendance may result in partial or no PD credit.
All participants must complete an electronic evaluation of the class within two weeks of the session or final session to be sent a certificate. Individual courses may specify additional requirements for satisfactory completion, please check the course description for additional requirements.
Cost Information: Workshop fees are waived for NSSED employees, Member District employees, and parents of students in our member districts. For individual participants who do not meet the above criteria, this course participation fee is $150.00. All Registration or material fees will be billed directly to the school district that employs the participant after the session is complete or the first session in a series is complete. Individuals are asked to not bring payment to the session.
Cancellations: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advanced notice to open the spot for another person. NSSED reserves the right to cancel any workshop due to low enrollment.
Refunds: NSSED does not charge prior to the start of the course. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up the individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
Member Districts include: Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
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