#517EdTech

517 ed tech's tenth school year

Fall is right around the corner! We've got an exciting lineup planned for Fall of 2023!

517 Ed Tech Mini Grants (sponsored by REMCSave)

With the help of REMCSave, in commemoration of our 10th school year, we are excited to offer 10 classroom mini-grants for the 2023-2024 school year!

Full details can be found at the Classroom Innovation Grants landing page.

An Exploration of A.I. for Educators on September 28 2023

September 28 - An Exploration of Artifical Intelligence

ChatGPT became something of a household of a household name last school year, leading to a rise in excitement and anxiety about how artifical intelligence tools will be affecting teaching and learning.

There's WAY more to AI Tools than ChatGPT or other chat bots. Ed Tech tools are starting to employ AI more broadly and for different things. On September 28th, we'll be hosting a full day session at Clinton County RESA in St. Johns to dig into these tools, build a framework for their use, discuss opportunities, cautionary tales, reasons to be curious and reasons to be cautious.

Click here to register to join us.

October 4th - Educator's Workbench, Cohort 4, Day 1

Of all of the programs we've built in our first 10 years, few have gotten the incredible feedback that Educator's Workbench has gotten. This program is a deep dive on Universal Design for Learning, focusing on mindset, flexibility and barrier-reduction as we explore how we can maximize student engagement in high-quality teaching and learning experiences.

Attendees receive a number of tools (both higher tech and lower tech) and a book, Inclusive Learning 365 published by ISTE.

For more information, head to the Educator's Workbench landing page.

Click here to register to join us.

November 29 - A (re)Introduction to Google Tools

It may seem routine at this point: Another PD on Google tools. Well, if you haven't taken a fresh look at Google in a while, consider spending a day with us as we expore what's changed in the last year or so.

We'll be hosting a fullday session at Ingham ISD in Mason to explore the updates to Drive, Docs, Slides, Mail, Calendar, Keep, and more.

Save the date. Registration information will be available soon.

Capital Area District Library

CADL's Fall Educator Learning Series

Tuesday, September 19th - 4-5 pm - Student Success Initiative: Library Resources for Students and Educators

Join CADL staff members for an introduction to using CADL's Student Success Cards. Learn more about these cards and the free resources available to students and educators. This session will be held virtually. Interested participants can earn one SCECH per session. More information and registration available at Ingham ISD’s PD Zone.

Tuesday, October 17th - 4-5 pm - Student Success Initiative: An Overview of CADL's Digital Resources

Join CADL staff members for an overview of CADL's free digital resources that can be accessed using Student Success Cards. Staff will present information about Hoopla, Libby, BookFlix, research databases, and more. This session will be held virtually. Interested participants can earn one SCECH per session. More information and registration available at Ingham ISD’s PD Zone.

Tuesday, November 16th - 4-5 pm - Student Success Initiative: Overview of CADL's History and Social Studies Resources

Join CADL staff members for an overview of CADL's free history and social studies resources that can be accessed using Student Success Cards. Staff will present information about local history, genealogical resources, historical newspapers, research databases, and more. This session will be held virtually. Interested participants can earn one SCECH per session. More information and registration available at Ingham ISD’s PD Zone.

Please note that due to the district boundaries of Capital Area District Library these opportunties are for teachers teaching in Ingham County Schools only. For more information on CADL’s Fall Learning Series, reach out to Jennifer DeGroat at degroatj@cadl.org

Recordings of previous sessions

Desmos

Join Andrew (a former MS and HS math teacher) for this 2-part exploration of the mathematics tool Desmos - Desmos is a free web application that has been crafted by math teachers to help support student exploration of this subject that many students find frustrating to learn and teachers find frustrating to teach. This tool provides a number of different modes of exploration that set the standard for usability for digital math tools.

Session 1 - An Introduction to Desmos

Session 2 - Activity Builder and the Computation Layer

Michigan E Library - also known as Mel
An exploration of the Michgan eLibrary - The Michigan eLibrary is a free set of resources on all kinds of different things and they've continued to expand their offerings. Join #517EdTech as we bring in a couple of guests from Michigan eLibrary to lead us through exploring the amazing collection of resources that you and your students could be using right now for free.

Elementary Presentation

Secondary Presentation

Latest 3-Minute Instructional Tech Video from #517EdTech

Allison's Tech Tip Tuesdays

Andrew's 3-Minute Instructional Tech

Find the rest of our video resources here.

At #517EdTech, we believe that the most influential interactions that happen in a school are between teachers and learners.

As such, we seek to support educators in investing their time, energy, brainpower and collaboration in reconsidering the possibilities for the seemingly-normal (but wildly impactful) interactions they have with learners each day.

#517EdTech was launched in 2014 with goal of connecting educators in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties in Mid-Michigan for the collective investment where it matters most. Our professional learning network includes educators from over 20 public, private, and post-secondary educational communities, and has grown to over 700 educators in the Capital Region. There's room for you, too.

Questions about how to get involved? Ask Christy, Andrew or Allison for more information.