October 🎃

Here at the LISD we have purchased the Prisms platform along with 30 Oculus VR headsets for teachers and students in Lenawee county to experience Prisms in the classroom!

• Prisms VR webpage

• Overview slide deck

• Prisms Curriculum Roadmap

• About the CEO

• Registration

PSTL Website

Use literature to get your students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by actively involving them in the design thinking process. Each of the titles below shares a story where something was built or invented by designing, planning, gathering materials, and creating. In addition to strengthening literacy skills, your students will develop inquiry and problem-solving skills. They will also see that with perseverance, anyone can be innovative and invent new things!

Don't forget about all the great tools, materials, and resources we have available for you to checkout to use in your classroom. Need help deciding or would like a in class lesson demo with your students? Contact Ann to set that up! Visit the website ⬇️

Having 1:1 technology in the classroom can sometimes be overwhelming and/or distracting to both students and teachers. Check back here each month for a quick tip.
It's best to remember manage the students, not the technology.

Alligator🐊 and Turtle🐢

That shinny screen in front of your students can be distracting when you need to give direct instructions. Ask your students to "Alligator" their Chromebook screen (like a alligators mouth) or for iPad users to Turtle their iPad (case up is like the turtle shell up😉)

This will take away the temptation to look at the screen but will not require them to log back in when you are ready for them to get back to work.

The 3Doodler Pens have been getting a lot of use from 1st grade to middle school!

First grade students at Adrian Alexander recreated drawings from their My Family unit. Middle Schoolers in Sand Creek ended their unit by creating the cells and atoms they learned about.

Hudson Middle School students have been building and coding robotics with the new VEX Go classroom sets.

Clinton Elementary 2nd graders had fun completing challenges and free building with KEVA Planks. While the 3rd grade class put on their problem solving hats to complete Breakout EDU games.

CSforMichigan will be hosting two days of focused learning, networking and in person tinkering on all things Computer Science. We hope that you block off the time on your calendars to join us for our CS Leadership Summit on 11/3 with a focus on policy and implementation opportunities or on 11/4 for our CS Education Day with a focus on exploring, learning from peers and sessions to expand your CS knowledge. Better yet join us for both days!!!!

Learn More and Register HERE

The Michigan Google Education Summit is a two day conference organized and run by Michigan educators, featuring unique applications of Google tools in the classroom – from Chromebooks to Google Drive, Jamboard, Maps, and more! miGoogle is not about devices or products, it’s about inspiring educators with the future so that they can engage and inspire their students to do great things.

Learn More and Register HERE

To create our more perfect union, students must find relevant connections between civics and daily life. Therefore, iCivics was founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to promote quality civic education in the United States. Join us to see how you can integrate iCivics’s engaging games and lessons into your curriculum, and how they will help your students navigate the changing civic landscape and improve their media literacy skills at the same time.

Learn More and Register HERE

How is your Google Workspace working for you? Whether you are just starting down the Google path or you have been there for a while, MACUL has you covered with a three-part series on the Admin Panel and your Google Workspace. Join MACUL and Google for Education as we provide an in-depth look at the admin panel and beyond. Each day will be filled with tips, strategies and best practices in creating, updating, and maintaining your Google Workspace Domain.

Register today – Seats are limited!!

REMC courses offer new skills to help you in and out of the classroom. Improve your productivity and learn skills to engage and enhance teaching and learning. You can take advantage of courses from the convenience of your home and earn free SCECHs.

Registration deadline is Thursday, September 29th, each course begins on Monday, October 3rd. Through the support of REMC SAVE’s vendor partners, all courses are FREE and there are no SCECH fees. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn, connect, collaborate and grow with REMC courses.

Check out November 2022 courses here:

• Applying Google Apps for Education in Chrome

• Assessment Tools for the Classroom

• Constructing Your Blended Learning Classroom

• Game-based Learning to Build Student Understanding & Engagement

• Learning to use Open Educational Resources on #GoOpen Michigan

• Media Literacy: Fake or Real?

• Preparing Professional Presentations

• Storytelling to Enhance Teaching

• Using SeeSaw to Inspire Learning

• Using Virtual Reality in Education
  
  

REGISTER HERE

The 47th Annual MACUL Conference Call for Speakers is now open! We want you to present this year! You are the key to making education better. Share your ideas, share your knowledge. Whether you have presented lots or a little, educator’s and their content is the key to growing all of us!

Never presented before? We have campfire sessions that are only 10-15 minutes of talking followed by discussions to get you started. We would love for you to test out the waters on how to make education better.

Apply HERE

The showcase will take place from 9:00 – 11:30 AM at the new Heritage Hall at the Michigan State Capitol Building to allow lawmakers, business leaders and other citizens to see first-hand how technology is used in classrooms across Michigan. K-12 student teams representing their schools from around the state demonstrate best practices of how technology can enhance teaching and learning for the success of Michigan students. Each team consists of up to 4 students and 1 mentor.

Learn More and Register Your Team

We are excited to release the information and guidelines for the 2023 Award Nominations. Current MACUL board members, Learning Area Delegates and Sponsors are not eligible for the MACUL Awards. We hope that these procedures will encourage people to nominate themselves or others for:

• Innovative Teacher– (must be a certified PK-12 classroom teacher)

• Innovative Leader – (must be a non-classroom educator, such as an ISD employee, technology or curriculum staff in a district, tech integration coaches, caregiver or student, etc.)
• Innovative District – (must be a district within the realm of PK-12)
• Innovative Technology Professional – (must be a non-classroom employee working in an educational setting, such as an ISD employee or technology staff)

All nominations are due by Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST.

Links to Important Info:

• Here is the official Nomination Form that must be completed
• Previous winners

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