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Preview of Quality Matters Training for the summer of 2013 with SCOCA – if you have registered for one of the QM online classes for this summer and have questions, this webinar will get you up to speed! Please note that this webinar is intended [...]]]> Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/819479614

Preview of Quality Matters Training for the summer of 2013 with SCOCA – if you have registered for one of the QM online classes for this summer and have questions, this webinar will get you up to speed! Please note that this webinar is intended to be helpful, but is not required.  We will record the webinar so that you can see it later if you are unable to attend in real time.

Title: SCOCA Webinars
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Mac®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer
Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet

Description: This course is the [...]]]> SCOCA is pleased to begin offering Quality Matters training for our teachers and other school personnel at no charge thanks to an eTech grant. 6 sessions are planned between June and August (details below) – registration details coming soon!

Grades 6-12 Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Online Course (K-12 APPQMR)

Description: This course is the most comprehensive approach to the G6-12 Rubric offered by QM.  This rigorous workshop covers all elements of the Grades 6-12 Rubric and its use in evaluating online and blended courses.  This course discusses the underlying rationale for each standard and provides some hands on experience.

Audience: This workshop is appropriate for teachers, instructional designers, administrators and regulators who wish to understand more about research supported best practices, mandates required by state and local governments, quality course design and the selection of high quality online classes and materials. We are recommending that teachers from the same school/district sign up for the same course if possible.

Length of time: The K-12 Applying the Quality Matters Grades 6-12 Rubric (K-12 APPQMR) workshop requires approximately 15 hours of work within three weeks. Participants may be awarded one (1) Continuing Education Unit on successful completion of the assignments and quizzes in the workshop.

Cost: Free!  This workshop is free to all teachers, tech coordinators and administrators in the SCOCA region. However, space in the courses is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis, so register soon!

The Sessions: SCOCA will be offering 6 different sessions of the course this summer to accommodate teacher schedules (we know you have vacations planned!), so choose the timeframe that best suits your schedule. Click the link to go to our training registration site:

• June 3, 2013 – June 24, 2013 (Facilitator:  Jeff Hunter)
• June 10, 2013 – July 1, 2013 (Facilitator: Andrea Hairston)
• June 24, 2013 – July 15, 2013 (Facilitator: Jeff Hunter)
• July 8, 2013 – July 29, 2013 (Facilitator: Peggy Whyte)
• July 15, 2013 – August 5, 2013 (Facilitator: Andrea Hairston)
• August 5, 2013 – August 26, 2013 (Facilitator: Peggy Whyte)

Credit: You can earn a certificate for CEU’s and we are also offering Graduate Credit from Shawnee State University.  You can earn 1 graduate credit hour from Shawnee at a cost of $130 (payable to SSU).

Registration: Register by following the links above. Registration will be open untill each course is filled or untill 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the class. Once you have registered, you will receive log in information 1 week prior to the beginning of the class. We will announce a webinar in May that will help you get the most out of the training and we will follow up in September. If you need more information, contact Peggy Whyte (pwhyte@scoca.org).

Whew – thankful for a snow day for most of our schools today!  That will maybe give our guys some time to get the issues worked out with email.  They are working with Microsoft to get the Exchange server working again with OWA. (Excuse my French [...]]]>

Careful if you go up to the NOC....

Whew – thankful for a snow day for most of our schools today!  That will maybe give our guys some time to get the issues worked out with email.  They are working with Microsoft to get the Exchange server working again with OWA. (Excuse my French – it’s all a bit over my head!) At this point, some of the guys are starting to resemble the zombies from The Walking Dead!

SSU APSI 2013

This [...]]]> If you haven’t tried it out, you really must try out the new Ancestry.Com database from INFOhio!  You’ll be totally amazed at what you can find.  What a great resource for our students! To get to it at school, choose the resources for middle or high school and you will see button for it.

This resource is a bit different than most of the databases offered by INFOhio – you can ONLY access it from school or from a public library. The INFOhio username and password do not work from home, sorry to say.  I would spend hours in there if I could do it on my free time!

Have a look and then maybe you can have your students research their own ancestry.  Here is a lesson plan link that may help – be sure to check out the forms to use with students!

“Grow Your Family Tree.”

ProQuest Ancestry Library Edition is brought to you by Libraries Connect Ohio, INFOhio working with Ohio’s other library networks, OhioLINK and OPLIN. Access to this resource is funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio. The content does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the granting agencies.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/440516590 This week’s webinar is a special event with Blackboard.  [...]]]> This week our Blackboard Training Webinar is a special event featuring Chris Pope and David Small from Blackboard Mobile.  They will show us ways to use Bb Mobile in the classroom – great tool for schools leaning toward BYOD!

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/440516590
This week’s webinar is a special event with Blackboard.  Chris Pope and David Small from Bb Mobile will be joining us to answer our questions from our group about using Blackboard Mobile Learn in the classroom.

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