April LITT

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey below. We want to make sure our offerings this summer meet the needs of teachers, administrators, and other school employees!

Zeetings is a new way to engage with students. Zeetings empowers your students to get actively involved in your presentation with polls, surveys, videos, and more.

Zeetings is free to use by teachers, students, and qualified non-profits.

https://www.zeetings.com/

Wonder is an online meeting space where you can connect to others in a more spontaneous and fluid way by moving freely between groups. Use it for virtual group work, staff meetings, breakout groups, ice breakers, and more!
It's fun, creative, and energizing.

The REMC Association PLAYDATE and MACUL (Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning) are partnering to bring you Digital Age Teaching Exploration. Revisit popular MACUL conference session topics as well as educational technology strategies and tools in the PLAYDATE format. There are no experts, no formal presentations, just sharing and learning alongside one another!

Participants attending the full PLAYDATE receive a $25 Amazon gift card.

April 2021 Course Information
April courses begin on Monday, April 5. The deadline for registration is Friday, April 2.

• Dynamic Presentations
• GSuite Tools to Build Engaging Remote & Blended Learning Environments
• Inquiry and Questioning: Igniting Student Curiosity with Technology, Level 1
• Learning to use Open Educational Resources on #GoOpen Michigan
• Making the Most of Your Google Classroom
• Practical Differentiated Instruction
• Preparing Professional Presentations
• Searching Safely and Strategically
• Social Media 1: Professional Development through Social Media
• Using SeeSaw to Inspire Learning

Thanks for taking time to visit the LITT Network newsletter! My name is Ann Smart, I am the EdTech Consultant for the Lenawee ISD and REMC 19W Director. I also serve as a MACUl Board Member and act as co-project manager for the REMC Classroom Maker project. Prior to my current position, I worked as an EdTech Consultant for Jackson County ISD, Instructional Coach for Adrian Public Schools. I have also taught Reading and PE in Silverthorn, CO, Deming, WA, and Adrian, MI

I am passionate about educational innovation, maker-centered learning, STEAM educations, student-centered learning, and of course technology integration. I believe that every child should have the chance to inquire, create, innovate, and play every day.

How can I support you or your district:

• Consulting and Resources- Provide an opportunity for a brainstorming session to bounce ideas off of one another. Hunt for resources and activities to match the needs of your school or classroom.
  
  

• Team Teaching Experience-After planning cooperatively, teach a lesson together involving an innovative idea, technology, STEAM, or makerspace.
  
  

• Co-planning-Collaboratively plan a lesson or series of lessons that use technology, innovative idea, STEAM or makerspaces, and meets best practice.
  
  

• Demonstration Lesson-Demonstrate a makerspace or STEAM activity, or a piece of technology in your classroom while you observe.
  
  

• Classroom Engagement and Customization Support-Help design and implement engagement activities and design technology choice assignments or tiered activities.
  
  

• New Teacher Support- Assist new teachers in topics such as classroom management, classroom engagement, innovative teaching ideas, understanding and handling student behaviors, how to manage stress, mentor/mentee relationships, curriculum expectations, and network support.

Email: ann.smart@lisd.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/lenaweeschools.us/litt/home
Phone: (517)920-1714
Facebook: facebook.com/LISDPDCenter
Twitter: @AnnSmart17