Free the Data: Engaging Student Affairs Staff in Moving Toward a Culture of Evidence

Learners don’t always want to sit through a formal training course, and they often simply don’t have the time. Microlearning is a great way to deliver just what people need, when they need it, to maximize effectiveness. But, as a learning professional, how do you create it?In this session, you will learn:How to capture your audience’s attention and maximize their retention of information in a tiny amount of time.

Join early childhood expert Donna Fowler from Teaching Strategies for a look at The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, Guided Edition. Experience the embedded coaching and guidance, 24/7 access to digital resources, the full curriculum in English and Spanish, the ongoing addition of new studies, investigations and our enhanced Digital Children’s Library for teachers and families.

The library makerspace is emerging as a powerful vehicle for increasing library visibility and value to the student community. In this session, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, and Donna Burns, Technology Integrator, of New Canaan High School in Connecticut, feature how reorganization and materials selection helped one learning community fully embrace “making” across disciplines and grade levels.Participants can expect to learn strategies that will grow maker culture. This session is of particular benefit to K-12 librarians, teachers, and administrators, and is designed to empower educators to lead transformational learning through making regardless of where they are on the maker continuum.

Incorporating coding and STEAM into any classroom is rarely simple, but in this webinar, our guests will show you how to make it possible both with and without screens. They’ll discuss ed-tech tools that can be easily accessed, including a robotic programming editor with five skill levels from pre-reader to master. They'll also explore screen-free coding with markers and paper, which educators can use to teach basic coding concepts like cause/effect and debugging.In this webinar, you’ll discover new ways of incorporating STEAM in your classrooms, learn about the robot recommended by 95 percent of teachers surveyed, explore a demo of Ozobot’s 2 Ways to Code, and enjoy a sneak preview of what’s next for the students in your schools.