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Montclair State University - ADP Center for Learning Technologies - Fall 2016 Workshop Schedule
Interactive Whiteboard Experience - October 6
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff, MSUNER Community
Description:
Get the basics and beyond of interactive surfaces. During this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to make their SMARTBoard presentations more engaging and interactive. We will also discuss other methods including Epson’s Interactive Projectors as well as other cutting edge interactive applications! Participants will leave this session with a sample lesson for their specific area of interest.
Recording Your Lectures and Presentations - October 13
Level: Beginner
Audience: MSU Faculty & Staff
Description:
Recording your lecture allows you and your students some extra peace of mind. Have to cancel class? Want to review previous classes? Record them! We will review all the tools the University has to offer in order to effectively capture your class. There are some great DIY tips and tricks to make the process easier and hassle free!
Google Apps in Ed: MSU Edition - October 19
Level: Beginner
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff
Description:
Google can revolutionize the way you participate in class here at MSU. This session is a hands-on demonstration showcasing all the ways collaboration with Google Apps will make your life easier. We will discuss Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Calendar and more!
Snow Day Survival - November 1
Level: Beginner
Audience: MSU Faculty & Staff
Description:
When inclement weather hits or road conditions are keeping you and your students from making it to class, what can you do to stay on track with your instruction? This session will provide tips and tricks for holding your class meeting online, recording/adding instructional videos, and how to adjust your lessons to make the instruction effective. Participate in the sharing of best practices and hands-on practice of the technology discussed. Participants will gain experience using hands-on, interactive ways to hold class sessions virtually. We will be using Canvas, Google Hangouts, and other mediums so that you can choose how to most effectively reach your students.
Google Apps + Chromebooks - November 3
Level: Beginner
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff
Description:
Your search for wifi and software installing days are put to rest with the Chromebook. Not quite a computer, not quite a laptop, Chromebooks keep it simple. This session will discuss web-based tools to use in the classroom including some offline, the easy process of making the switch to the cloud, and Share features for collaborative efforts.
Video Production 101 - November 15
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff, MSUNER Community
Description:
Looking to have your students create great content to expand their learning? This session will help cover the basics of video production and editing. We will discuss different, innovative ways to maximize resources in order to produce high-quality productions!
Video Conferencing in the Classroom - November 30
Level: Beginner
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff, MSUNER Community
Description:
Leave your classroom with an out-of-the-room experience? Special guest and founder of the award winning course “Contemporary Issues Through Video Conferencing,” Ms.Kathleen Menake from Passaic Valley Regional High School joins us to discuss the format, technical needs, and incredible student feedback that comes along with video conferencing.
Interactive Whiteboard Experience - December 6
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff, MSUNER Community
Description
Get the basics and beyond of interactive surfaces. During this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to make their SMARTBoard presentations more engaging and interactive. We will also discuss other methods including Epson’s Interactive Projectors as well as other cutting edge interactive applications! Participants will leave this session with a sample lesson for their specific area of interest.
Presentation Innovations - December 7
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Audience: MSU Students, MSU Faculty & Staff, MSUNER Community
Description:
Forget boring old presentations! Join us as we introduce you to some of the 21st century’s best, most engaging software. Learn how to create an effective presentation with some of the latest applications including Google Slides, Prezi, Pear Deck, and PowToons.
TO REGISTER FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS, PLEASE VISIT THE ADP CENTER'S FALL SCHEDULE WEBSITE HERE
Greeting neighbors,
I wanted to send a quick note to fill you in on something terrific for teens and hopefully YOU!
In our efforts to increase teen programming that promotes self esteem, life skills, leadership and social responsibility, we will be offering youth ages 12-17 a “workshop series” entitled Social Society. We wanted to give youth the opportunity to not only meet required service hours for school, but to learn and grow along the way. We plan on teaching them about AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and Rotary International as well.
They will earn time for attending the workshops, but more importantly we want to connect them with their community (you!).
If you could use some extra hands for special events, projects, envelope stuffing, handing out flyers and so on won’t you please take a moment and let me know if you would be interested in volunteers and in what capacity?
As we all know, volunteers play key roles in the success of many things-locally and globally. I am sure we can also agree that encouraging them during their younger years to understand the importance of social responsibly has a better chance of staying with them in their “older” years.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Additionally, please feel free to share this with friends, co-workers, etc from our service area (Clifton, Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Verona and Montclair).
When you can, just email me back the contact person; your agency/organization name and if you have a few things in mind for volunteers.
Many thanks and have a terrific weekend.
Kimberley Griffiths
Youth, Teen & Family Director
YMCA of Montclair
973-415-6102
ADVISORY:
NJ Department of Education Seeks Public Input on Implementation of ESSA, the Every Student Succeeds Act For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael Yaple
David Saenz Date: September 2, 2016
609-292-1126
Trenton, NJ - The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) is seeking input from all members of our school communities about how New Jersey will implement provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). As one of many ways it will engage with the public over the next few months, the NJDOE will host four regional listening sessions in September.
ESSA is the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is the 1965 federal law designed to ensure equal educational opportunities and access for all students. The law is periodically reauthorized, or amended-in 2002 with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and again in December of 2015 with the passage of ESSA. The federal law applies to states and school districts, and includes requirements about how the NJDOE must report information about its schools, assess school performance, and determine which schools need additional support to meet students' needs. The law also establishes how federal funding authorized in the law (over $20 billion annually) is distributed to states and school districts. At the four public sessions, the NJDOE will provide an overview of provisions of the new law, the timeline for developing the state ESSA plan and then allow an opportunity for public comment.
The public sessions will be held at the following times and locations:
Additional information and the opportunity to participate in an online survey is provided on the NJDOE's ESSA webpage. Individuals can contact the NJDOE with questions and comments through an online contact form or by emailing ESSA@doe.state.nj.us.
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2016 MSUNER Summer Conference Program:
To all Teachers and School Counselors:
Please share this with parents, colleagues and friends who might be interested.
Montclair State University's renowned Gifted & Talented Program still has several spots remaining in its Summer Session I (July 5 - July 22) and Summer Session II (July 25 - Aug 12) programs.
Email: giftedmsu@mail.montclair.edu
This high-quality, student-focused enrichment program is one of the nation's oldest and most comprehensive programs. For 35 years, we have been offering a challenging and engaging program that contributes to and supports every student in meeting or exceeding academic standards and experiencing positive social-emotional growth.
Popular courses in our 2, three-week sessions for K-12 students include:
- 1-4 grades Learning Communities:
- Tech Pioneers
- Junior Naturalists
- Budding Performers
- World Explorers
- Future Picassos
- 5-6 and 7-12 grades:
- Einstein's Astrophysics
- Workshops on Writing (WOW!) Series
- Architectural Design Series
- Engineering Design: 3D Printing
- Digital Media Production Series
- RAPs (Robots as Problem Solvers)
- JAVA Programming
- CSI Forensics
- App DevelopmentOnline courses offered (grades 4-8) are Python Programming (Session II) and Wild Weather (Session II).
The program takes place in our state-of-the-art buildings and classrooms at the University, and options are available for half-day, full-day and extended-day programs.
Be a part of this exciting learning opportunity! To learn more, please view our brochure:
http://www.montclair.edu/media/montclairedu/giftedandtalented/documents/Gifted-and-Talented-BrochureWEB_FINAL.pdf
For more information and to register, visit our web site:
http://www.montclair.edu/gifted/
MSU Students, graduates and beginning teachers in elementary education are invited to participate in a tryout of an innovative new assessment involving Modeling and Explaining Content, Leading a Classroom Discussion and Eliciting Student Thinking tasks designed for the new ETS® National Observational Teaching Exam (NOTE). This tryout offers an opportunity for participants to join with ETS and be at the forefront of developing a new, innovative teacher licensure assessment. Participants will be compensated $100 for completing a 2.5-hour session.
Those who want to participate in the tryout should:
- email collaborate@ets.org indicating their interest in participating; and
- report to an on-campus tryout location.
Participants will receive task-specific directions on-site as they complete the tryout. Scores will not be provided. Send an email to collaborate@ets.org with “NOTE Tryout” in the subject line to partner with ETS for this important assessment. Participation in this research is voluntary, and there is no penalty for choosing not to participate.
More information is provided in the attached flyer. NOTE is being designed to evaluate prospective teachers’ ability to elicit student thinking and assess teachers’
ability to facilitate a class discussion.
2016 Annual Conference of the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER)
Hosted By: University of Texas Arlington
October 27-29, 2016
Arlington Sheraton Hotel, Arlington, Texas
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. George Wright, President of Prairie View A & M University and Noted Historian
Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year
Now accepting conference proposals associated with one of the four conference strands:
1. Partnering through Collaboration 2. The Agenda for Education in a Democracy 3. Leadership and Policy
4. Instruction and Assessment
The Call for Proposals deadline is June 30, 2016
For more information, go to:
http://www.nnerannualconference.org
TUESDAY- MAY 17, 7:00 PM
BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER
160 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Beyond Measure sets out to challenge the assumptions of our current education story. Rather than ask why our students fail to measure up, this film asks us all to reconsider the greater purpose of education. What if our education system valued personal growth over test scores? Put inquiry over mimicry? Encouraged passion over rankings? What if we decided that the purpose of school was not the transmission of facts or formulas, but the transformation of every student? And what if this paradigm-shift was driven not by politicians but by students, parents, and teachers? In Beyond Measure, we went in search of those answers and found a revolution brewing in public schools across the country. From rural Kentucky to San Diego, and from bucolic Massachusetts to El Paso, Texas, we feature schools that are breaking away from our outmoded, test-driven education culture and pioneering a new vision for our classrooms. These are schools that are asking our students to invent, to make, to think beyond their school walls. These are schools that are asking students to imagine how they can effect change in the world. They’re transforming the roles of students and teachers, and putting more faith in the ingenuity of our children. They see critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity as the bedrock of a good education and the key to success after graduation. Best of all? They are dramatically and measurably improving outcomes for children of all backgrounds--becoming schools where practically every student graduates and goes on to finish college. Beyond Measure boasts a collection of scholars and experts who put our stories in context, including Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D., Linda Darling-Hammond Ph.D., Daniel Pink, Yong Zhao, Ph.D., Jo Boaler, Ph.D., and Alison Gopnik Ph.D.. Beyond Measure fills a void that too many other education stories have left empty, offering a positive picture of what’s innovative and possible in American education when communities decide they are ready for change.
SPONSORED BY THE BLOOMFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND THE BLOOMFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
TO REGISTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE
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Registration is almost closed for the New Jersey Future Educators Association (NJFEA) Middle School Conference for students in grades 6-8 who are interested in exploring careers as future teachers. This event is being planned for 250 students and each school is invited to bring between 15-20 students.
Date: Tuesday, June 7th.
Location: Montclair State University, University Hall, 7th Floor, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey, 07043
Time: 8:45 a.m. -1:45 p.m.
Each school is invited to bring between 15-20 students.
Students must be registered and accompanied to this conference by a teacher, counselor, or school administrator. Students may not register themselves. There is no charge for attending this conference. A complimentary lunch will be provided. Dress is smart casual.
For conference flyer, agenda, and workshop information, please click here:https://futureeducators.tcnj.edu/files/2015/09/NJFEA_MID_SCHL_Montclair2016.pdf
To register, please click here: http://www.oksignmeup.com/njfea/ms/
Please do not delay. This conference is filling up quickly!
To Register Click HERE
Special Invitation
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Center of Pedagogy
Attention Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal Member Districts!!!
The College of Education and Human Services, Center of Pedagogy, Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal, & The Holocaust Genocide and Human Rights Project are honored to welcome Minnijean Brown Trickey, an original member of The Little Rock Nine, and her daughter, Spirit Trickey, for a special presentation. (For students in grades 5-12.)
Minni Jean Brown Trickey
And Her Daughter, Spirit Trickey
Date: March 16th, 2016
Time: 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM
Location: Montclair State University, Memorial Auditorium
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW THE FULL INVITATION AND ACCESS TO THE LINK FOR REGISTERING:
