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Professional Learning

Looking for standards-based professional learning? ideastream offers a wealth of professional learning opportunities.

WVIZ/PBS’s Educational Services Department provides a wide array of Professional Learning opportunities to thousands of educators in over 200 school districts in an eleven county area in Northeast Ohio. WVIZ/PBS’s technology training services can be tailored to a district’s needs from novice to the scholar and can be provided in the teaching labs of WVIZ/PBS ideastream, in your school district, or via Distance Learning. WVIZ/PBS provides the availability of graduate credit for workshops that meet university requirements.

All sessions held at Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare unless otherwise noted below.

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Special offer for iPad and Appsfest workshop participants!

Apps for Educators

An Online Course from ideastream®

Apps – what are they and how can they be used in the classroom? As more people have access to smaller, mobile devices like iPads and Smartphones, Apps will become more & more popular both in the mainstream and in education. As educators, we need to instruct our students on how to use these mobile devices as learning tools. Join us as we explore Apps available for all curriculum areas and grade levels!

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Available Professional Learning Opportunities

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The Amazing Technology Race

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 8:15 AM - 7:30 PM
15 contact hours
1 graduate credit
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Session held on South Bass Island. Register in teams of 2, 3, or 4 educators.  Each team receives one iPad mini.  Winning team receives a second iPad mini. 

WED, JUN 19 | 8:15am-7:30pm
THUR, JUN 20 | 9:00am-4:00pm

June 19: Each team receives an iPad Mini and will borrow a Garmin eTrext Venture HC GPS.  Learn the basic functions of each device.  Armed with these technology tools, you will race around the island on golf carts and complete a series of technology challenges; take pictures, create videos, upload information to google docs, create a slide presentations, and much, more.  All teams will earn points towards a second iPad Mini depending on how they place. 

June 20: Share your findings from the previous day and spend time collaborating and creating lessons.  Present your lesson in front of a panel of experts (middle school students).  The experts will score your lesson and you will earn points towards a second iPad Mini.  Combined highest scores from both days will win that team a second iPad Mini.  All teams receive prizes.

At the end of the workshop you will be able to walk into school the first day equipped with resources you can use immediately and hopefully bragging rights as the amazing technology race winner.  An excellent workshop for teachers in grades 3 and above!

One graduate credit will be available through The University of Akron for an additional $150.

$319 per person cost – two person team; $299 per person - three person team; $279 per person cost - four person team. 
Cost includes roundtrip transportation on Jet Express, golf cart rental, an adventure bag of snacks.
Accommodations:  Bayshore Inn at Put-In-Bay, OH, All rooms have private lakefront balconies or patios. Single Occupancy-$160; Double Occupancy-$80 per person; Triple Occupancy-$54 per person; Quadruple Occupancy-$40 per person.

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More and More Moodle

Monday, June 24, 2013 at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: $105
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Early Childhood, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Learn the basics of Moodle.  Discover how to migrate your teaching to an online platform.

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Flipping Your Classroom

Monday, June 24, 2013 at 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Lean how to use open source technology to flip your classroom.  Come with lessons in hand and begin the transformation.

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Light Up Your Classroom with the Kindle Fire!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: $329
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Early Childhood, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

Imagine having a classroom with downloaded educational books, magazines, videos, and music at your fingertips.  How about being able to surf the web and watch Flash videos.  On top of that, open Word and PDF documents, send email, and install apps. Give us three hours and you will receive a Kindle Fire and training on how to do all of these tasks.  Create lessons on this device and much more! 
$329 cost includes the Kindle Fire and a $25 Amazon Gift Card

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Beginner iPad:  Enhance Teaching and Learning

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $620
3 contact hours
Ohio Educational Standards Addressed: Early Childhood, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology

The iPad is a dynamic instructional tool that allows educators to enhance their teaching and learning. Discover how to download apps for all subject areas. Imagine implementing a math or language arts app into your instruction. The new iPad comes with a built-in video camera that allows you to create and edit digital media. Learn how to collaborate and communicate with another classroom anywhere in the world. Walk away with an iPad (included in cost of the training), ideas and/or a lesson to use the very next day. Come explore this revolutionary tablet and work it into your curriculum today!
$620 cost (includes 4th generation iPad and $15 iTunes gift card)
$480 cost (includes iPad Mini and $15 iTunes gift card)
$105 cost (bring your own iPad & create your own iTunes account prior to the workshop)

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Location and Directions

Idea Center

There are many options to experience WVIZ/PBS ideastream’s Professional Learning Opportunities!

In person Professional Learning Opportunities are held at Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare,
 1375 Euclid Avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio, 44115. View a map to Idea Center, or get directions to our downtown home here.

Professional Learning Opportunities are also held at Lorain County Community College
, 1005 North Abbe Road, 
Elyria, Ohio, 44444. Get directions to LCCC at their website here.

You can also schedule a class to be held in your school building or district, or via video-conference. For more information, contact us at (216) 916-6100 or via email.

Professional learning held at The Idea Center includes a snack and/or light meal and complimentary parking in the PlayhouseSquare Garage.

Graduate Credit

Receive one graduate credit hour for select workshops for an additional fee of $150 from The University of Akron or Ashland University.

Payment

Major credit cards accepted.

Your credit card is billed at time of registration.

Refund Policy

No refunds with less than 24 hours notice.

Questions or Comments

Have a question about registration? Contact Jamie Milne via email or phone, (216) 916-6438.

Have a question about the content of a workshop or session? Contact Eric Siler via email or phone, (216) 916-6358.

Workshops By Request

The workshops below are scheduled by request. Please contact Eric Siler (216-916-6358 or email) to arrange a training date and time.

A SMART Board for Your Classroom
Cost: $1,712* (64” SMART Board) or $1,964* (77” SMART Board) Either SMART Board includes (1) three hour training session for five participants) $100 for each additional participant. Receive a SMART Board and learn how you can use it to help improve attention, retention and test scores in your classroom by making computer usage an interactive and collaborative experience.(*Additional cost for shipping)

Elmo Document Camera
Cost: $854 (includes one Elmo TT-02s Document Camera and training for two participants) or $1,800 (includes two Elmo TT-02s Document Cameras
and training for four participants) Add $100 for each additional participant. Be on your way to improving attention, retention, and test scores by using this exciting visual technology presenter.

Interactive Student Response Systems
Cost: $1,524 (includes a class set of 24 response systems) or $1,739 (includes a class set of 32 response systems).All purchases include one 3-hour training session for three participants, $100 for each additional participant. Easily conduct multiple assessments, track student learning, and engage your entire class with a TurningPoint student response system.

AVerVision Document Camera
Cost: $754 (includes one AVerVision CP300 Document Camera and training for two participants) or $1,700 (includes two AVerVision CP300 Document Cameras
and training for four participants) Add $100 for each additional participant.  Be on your way to improving attention, retention, and test scores by using this exciting visual technology presenter.

Mimio Interactive
Cost: $1,009 (includes one mimio interactive bar and wireless device and training for (1) three hour training session for two participants) or $1,818 (includes two mimio interactive bar and wireless device and training for (1) three hour training session for four participants) $100 for each additional participant.  Create a dynamic, inexpensive, interactive work surface with mimio® interactive.

A Technology Concierge at Your School
Cost: $400 for the three hours.  Is your staff experiencing trouble with tasks in Microsoft Office, the SMART Board, or any other technology? An ideastream® staff member will visit your school for three hours and conduct small group sessions or and/or visit classrooms.