Professional Learning

Beginner iPad:  Enhance Teaching and Learning

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cost: $620
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Early Childhood, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

The iPad is a dynamic instructional tool that allows educators to enhance their teaching and learning. Discover how to download apps for all subject areas. Imagine implementing a math or language arts app into your instruction. The new iPad comes with a built-in video camera that allows you to create and edit digital media. Learn how to collaborate and communicate with another classroom anywhere in the world. Walk away with an iPad (included in cost of the training), ideas and/or a lesson to use the very next day. Come explore this revolutionary tablet and work it into your curriculum today!
$620 cost (includes 4th generation iPad and $15 iTunes gift card)
$480 cost (includes iPad Mini and $15 iTunes gift card)
$105 cost (bring your own iPad & create your own iTunes account prior to the workshop)

The Big Dig

Monday, June 10, 2013 at 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $300
45 contact hours
3 graduate credits
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

June 10-14:  The Big Dig will allow teachers to work on an archeological dig alongside an archaeologist.  Attempt to uncover artifacts from Rockefeller’s mansion and learn about how they were used in the early 1900’s.  Visit Rockefeller’s grave site, The Western Reserve Historical Society, Lake View Cemetery and much, much more. 
July 25 (changed from July 17th): Learn how to use mapping and graphing skills to chart your dig site.  See how to make history, math, science, and technology come alive.

The iPad In Education Conference

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: $53
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Collaborate with others and learn how to effectively use the iPad in education.  Joining us via skype will be keynote speaker Sam Glicksman, author and renowned expert on the iPad in education.  Attend a series of 30-minute speed sessions to help you integrate the iPad in education.

Choose four sessions:
The Latest and Greatest Educational Apps
Make Science and Math Come Alive on the iPad
Learning with Literacy on the iPad
Getting started with iPad Integration
Show Me What You Got – Best practices on the iPad
Accessories for the iPad
Optimize your iPad for Special Needs Students
iPads for the Common Core
Managing a class set of iPads
From the Mouths of Babes: Students demonstrate how they learn on the iPad

America’s Invisible Thief

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 8:30 PM - 3:30 PM
9 contact hours
1 graduate credit
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology

The physical, social, emotional, intellectual, financial, and behavioral, consequences related to the misuse and addictive use of alcohol and other drugs represents the single greatest negative impact on the quality of life in America today.  Yet as pervasive as the problem has been and continues to be, few people have a working understanding of “America’s #1 public health issue.” This workshop will provide for participants a basic foundational understanding of alcohol and other drug use, their history, the risks and consequences, what addiction is and is not, whose most at risk, and how to intervene with the user, their family and the systems (school, community, etc.) of which they are a part. 

iPads on the Loose

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $205
16 contact hours
1 graduate credit
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

June 18: Bring or receive an iPad and review or learn its operation.  Discover amazing ways to integrate the iPad into everyday teaching.  Learn about Zoo exhibits and resources available for teachers. Get the inside scoop on the animals and the role they play in global conservation and science. Learn how to capture and create presentations on your iPad.  Create collaborative teams in which you will outline a practical education application of the iPad.  Explore the zoo and much, much more!
June 19-24: From home, meet with your team periodically using the FaceTime app on your iPad and work on your project.
June 25: Present your project via the iPad in front of your classmates. See how to share your presentations with others.

Cost: *$205 (includes $15 iTunes gift card, lunch, bottled water, and admission to the zoo and rainforest)
*add $499 to receive the 4th generation iPad, or $329 to receive the iPad Mini.

One graduate credit available for through Ashland University or the University of Akron for an additional $150.