Welcome to Secondary Social Studies District Training Day at Seven Lakes High School-9th Grade Center! Register in Eduphoria to sign up for the day. Use this app to select your specific sessions. We look forward to a GREAT day of learning! https://tinyurl.com/Eduphoria2019.
Teachers will explore the EdPuzzle platform and how it interacts with Canvas. *Participants should have a basic understanding of Canvas. T-Tess 1.2, 1.4, and 2.4
Educational researcher Robert Marzano's plan for teaching vocabulary calls to incorporate games and movement into student learning. We will participate in a myriad of review games that get your blood flowing and the gears in your head turning. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Have you ever wondered where to find primary sources and how to integrate them into your classroom? If so, this workshop is for you! Join Jenny Sweeney, Education Specialist with the National Archives to discover DocsTeach.org and its new features. Learn to find, customize, and create primary source-based student activities that promote historical thinking and build inquiry skills. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Maps101 introduces its K12 interdisciplinary collection that allows teachers across the curriculum to quickly and easily find supplemental materials to extend and enhance a lesson. This session will be a walk-through of the site and focus on the entry points and search methods teachers can use to find the supplements they need. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Would you like to show your students the world? Taking a school trip to Italy to see the Coliseum or the U.S. Capitol Building to see the National Statuary Hall is an extremely difficult task. However, Virtual Reality allows us to explore the world from our classrooms. This session will show you how to use VR to take your students to far away places. We will explore and analyze locations around the world. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Are your students in it to win it?! Learn fun new ways to make the content accessible using the Economic, Social, Political and eNvironmental (ESPN) framework. Help your students categorize information, write thesis statements and organize evidence. Experience three ESPN analysis and writing strategies that are easy to implement in your classroom with any content area, including a new way to use ESRI ARCGIS storymaps. Participants will gain lesson materials for World Geography and World History, as well as some awesome ESPN swag!! Come ESPN with us!! T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Take a look at the resources that should be on your campus that may be collecting dust somewhere. It would be helpful to have a laptop or other device that gives access to unit plans and the internet.T-TESS: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4
Explore the process of creating BIG questions about issues-centered topics in order for students to think deeply about relevant content, develop well-reasoned responses based on inquiry, and move beyond finding "right" answers. T-TESS 1.3, 1.4, 3.3
Bulb is a brand new digital portfolio tool for secondary teachers in Katy ISD. Bulb is where students and educators curate and create, share and showcase themselves. Explore the impact digital portfolios make on learning and see how bulb works. Bulb integrates with Canvas so teachers and students can easily create and submit assignments from canvas. T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
This session offers an overview of GIS, the many applications of GIS, and a Esri Story Maps activity to allow for hands-on software experience.T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Discover low prep and high impact writing strategies that invigorate your students’ historical thinking skills! Experience six scaffolded activities that advance student thinking through writing. Come write with us! T-TESS: 1.1, 1.2, 2.4, and 3.2
When every test is a reading test, a student’s vocabulary can be a springboard or roadblock to their success. This session will take you through multiple activities that are classroom ready. Come see how vocabulary instruction can be engaging while providing a foundation for student success. T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Teachers will explore the EdPuzzle platform and how it interacts with Canvas. *Participants should have a basic understanding of Canvas. T-Tess 1.2, 1.4, and 2.4
Educational researcher Robert Marzano's plan for teaching vocabulary calls to incorporate games and movement into student learning. We will participate in a myriad of review games that get your blood flowing and the gears in your head turning. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Have you ever wondered where to find primary sources and how to integrate them into your classroom? If so, this workshop is for you! Join Jenny Sweeney, Education Specialist with the National Archives to discover DocsTeach.org and its new features. Learn to find, customize, and create primary source-based student activities that promote historical thinking and build inquiry skills. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Maps101 introduces its K12 interdisciplinary collection that allows teachers across the curriculum to quickly and easily find supplemental materials to extend and enhance a lesson. This session will be a walk-through of the site and focus on the entry points and search methods teachers can use to find the supplements they need. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Would you like to show your students the world? Taking a school trip to Italy to see the Coliseum or the U.S. Capitol Building to see the National Statuary Hall is an extremely difficult task. However, Virtual Reality allows us to explore the world from our classrooms. This session will show you how to use VR to take your students to far away places. We will explore and analyze locations around the world. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Are your students in it to win it?! Learn fun new ways to make the content accessible using the Economic, Social, Political and eNvironmental (ESPN) framework. Help your students categorize information, write thesis statements and organize evidence. Experience three ESPN analysis and writing strategies that are easy to implement in your classroom with any content area, including a new way to use ESRI ARCGIS storymaps. Participants will gain lesson materials for World Geography and World History, as well as some awesome ESPN swag!! Come ESPN with us!! T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Take a look at the resources that should be on your campus that may be collecting dust somewhere. It would be helpful to have a laptop or other device that gives access to unit plans and the internet.T-TESS: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4
During this session you will participate in a classroom breakout where you will experience the challenge and excitement of using critical-thinking skills and collaboration to solve problems. Participants will then be shown how to organize a breakout in your classroom and create these experiences for your students. Teachers will leave this interactive session with the necessary tools to create their own classroom breakouts based on their content. Will you be able to break out of this session? T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Bulb is a brand new digital portfolio tool for secondary teachers in Katy ISD. Bulb is where students and educators curate and create, share and showcase themselves. Explore the impact digital portfolios make on learning and see how bulb works. Bulb integrates with Canvas so teachers and students can easily create and submit assignments from canvas. T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Learn multiple strategies on how to get your students writing more! These strategies allow for creativity in your students’ academic writing and can be applied to any social studies content! T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Don't shy away from current events. If you want to encourage students to discuss hot topics in a professional and respectful manner, then, this session is for you. Participants will practice civil discourse strategies aimed at soliciting evidence-based responses from students while embedding content rich information from media sources. A key focus is setting students up for success using structured conversation protocols. All materials and resources will be shared with participants for immediate use. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Teachers will explore the EdPuzzle platform and how it interacts with Canvas. *Participants should have a basic understanding of Canvas. T-Tess 1.2, 1.4, and 2.4
Educational researcher Robert Marzano's plan for teaching vocabulary calls to incorporate games and movement into student learning. We will participate in a myriad of review games that get your blood flowing and the gears in your head turning. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Have you ever wondered where to find primary sources and how to integrate them into your classroom? If so, this workshop is for you! Join Jenny Sweeney, Education Specialist with the National Archives to discover DocsTeach.org and its new features. Learn to find, customize, and create primary source-based student activities that promote historical thinking and build inquiry skills.
Maps101 introduces its K12 interdisciplinary collection that allows teachers across the curriculum to quickly and easily find supplemental materials to extend and enhance a lesson. This session will be a walk-through of the site and focus on the entry points and search methods teachers can use to find the supplements they need. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Would you like to show your students the world? Taking a school trip to Italy to see the Coliseum or the U.S. Capitol Building to see the National Statuary Hall is an extremely difficult task. However, Virtual Reality allows us to explore the world from our classrooms. This session will show you how to use VR to take your students to far away places. We will explore and analyze locations around the world. TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.1
Are your students in it to win it?! Learn fun new ways to make the content accessible using the Economic, Social, Political and eNvironmental (ESPN) framework. Help your students categorize information, write thesis statements and organize evidence. Experience three ESPN analysis and writing strategies that are easy to implement in your classroom with any content area, including a new way to use ESRI ARCGIS storymaps. Participants will gain lesson materials for World Geography and World History, as well as some awesome ESPN swag!! Come ESPN with us!! T-TESS: 1.1 - 1.3, 2.4, 3.2
Take a look at the resources that should be on your campus that may be collecting dust somewhere. It would be helpful to have a laptop or other device that gives access to unit plans and the internet.T-TESS: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4