March PD at UT: Affordable Contact Hours for Educators and Service Providers

Join the Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science and Human Service Alumni Affiliate for a trio of sessions on hot topics for educators. Come to one or all three sessions and hear from outstanding speakers offering valuable tools to assist you in the classroom.  Each session will be from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm. 

March 7, 2012      
Recognizing Child Abuse in the Classroom and Beyond
Dean Sparks, Executive Director of Lucas County Children Service
Health and Human Service Building, Room 1712 

March 14, 2012 
Bullying in the Classroom and Beyond
Dr. Lisa Kovach, Associate Professor, The University of Toledo
Driscoll Center Boardroom 

March 21, 2012 
Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Classroom and Beyond
Sherry A. Moyer, MSW, LSW; Executive/Research Director, The University of Toledo
Driscoll Boardroom

Attendees will receive a certificate for contact hours.

Registration Fees:
Pre-register for all three sessions for just $10 or $5 for each individual session 
$6 at the door for each session
Pre-registration is due one day before each session.

Please register by calling the UT Office of Alumni Relations at 419.530.2586 or 800.235.6766 or register online at www.toledoalumni.org.

Please consider bringing a box of breakfast bars to be donated to local schools during proficiency testing week.

FREE For Limited Time Educational iPad/iPhone apps-Feb. 23, 2012

Most of these apps are free for a limited time! Check them out SOON (click on name to see iTunes info)…

(ignore the different colors... formatting issues!) ;-)

 

Miss Spider's Bedtime Story (story book/games)

U.S. Citizenship Exam Review 

Beatbox Academy – spice up your presentations (or let students!) 

Happy ABC (even in other languages!) 

Improve Reading Skills 

A+ FlashCards Pro 

Eagle Eye Full - Test and train your attention span with this highly challenging hidden object game 

(450+) Awesome Sounds – need applause when you're finished? Use this app! (and speakers!) 

Addition & Multiplication Number Bubbles

  

SMART Board Tip: Reset an Activity Page

One great tip is for Resetting a SMART Notebook page for the next student, class (or for next year). Rather than press Undo several times or remember to NOT save (which we all forget sometimes and hit the "Save" button accidentally!), try this trick described at the blog post below:

(Originally from Teq) 
 Creating a "Reset Button" in a Smartboard Notebook file:
1)  From your interactive student page, while the page is in "start" mode and without moving any of the objects, create a 1 second Page Recording... To do so:
   a) From the Properties tab, click on Start Recording (or the dot/circle) and record for 1 second only)
   b) then click on Stop Recording (or the dot/circle again) - automatically producing a Play Recorder button on the bottom of your slide.

3.  Students can do the activity and move objects within the page, when they are done simply click on the Play button (triangle > button) and your page will reset!

 

This blog post has more tips! Check it out:

http://techtips-rs.blogspot.com/2011/04/6-tips-getting-smarter-using-smart.html