SimpleK12 Webinars

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Guide Discovery, Research and Learning with Easy-to-create WebQuests

WebQuests can be wonderful tools for guided discovery, research, and learning, but sometimes they can be a bit overwhelming to create. In this webinar, we will cover how to use Wix, a website builder, to streamline the process of creating WebQuests. Not only is Wix flashy, fun, and easy-to-use, it is also free and great for kids. In this session, you will discover how to use Wix to create a student-centered, web-based, interactive and eye-catching lesson. 



Organize and Share Your Favorite Sites with Diigo
Do you need a way to organize your favorite web sites? Do you have them bookmarked, but have trouble finding them when you’re on another computer or on your phone? Would you like an easy way to share sites with your class or even provide your students with their own bookmarking account? Diigo is the tool to do all of this and more. Enjoy easily accessing your favorite sites from anywhere (computer, iPad, iPod, or phone), creating lists in groups, and even a teacher console – all for free! 



Bookmarking and Beyond: Using Diigo for Collecting, Collaborating and Sharing
Do you already use Diigo to bookmark and organize your favorite sites? If so, then you probably know what a great bookmarking tool it is, but are you aware of some of the other terrific features that Diigo offers? If you’re only using it for bookmarking, you’re missing out on some pretty neat tools. This webinar will help you realize the full potential of Diigo and show you how to take your social bookmarking to the next level. You will learn how to incorporate the highlighting, sticky notes, documents, notes, and images tools. We will share how Diigo could easily become your favorite tool for keeping track of and sharing your classroom web resources. 



Using QR Codes to Engage Students
Quick Response codes, or QR codes, have sometimes been referred to barcodes on steroids. These small digitized squares are used for storing encoded information into a small, two-dimensional space that can be read by Smartphones and other handheld devices, such as iPads, web cameras, or QR readers. Originally they were used in the automotive industry, but QR codes are not just for car parts anymore!
In this webinar, you will discover how to create QR codes to use in your classroom. Simple, free QR generators allow you to create codes that can link to YouTube, text, SMS, email, URLs, and more. Learn how this technology can be used to engage students in a variety of learning activities and resources, such as scavenger hunts, checking answers, providing supplemental materials or tutorials, promoting school or class events, and more. QR codes are a great way to integrate technology with a real world application. 



Creative Activities, Projects, Tutorials, and More with QR Codes

Would you like to integrate a technology that can be used to promote inquiry and engage students in a variety of learning activities and resources? Consider using QR codes, those small digitized squares that store encoded information that can be read by smartphones and other handheld devices, such as iPads, tablets, web cameras, or QR readers. In this webinar, join Carol Nelson as she explores creative activities, projects, tutorials, and more for your classroom using QR codes. Discover how to scan your way to student engagement!

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Picture This: Grabbing Attention with Talking Pictures
Do you or your students need something new and different for presenting information? In this webinar, we will show you how to use Blabberize, a fun, free web tool that uses photos and audio to create talking pictures. Be anyone – or anything – that you want to be! We will cover how to create a blabber, and then show how it can be shared using a link or embedded into your class website or blog. We will discuss some ways to use this in your classroom, as well as how to convert your blabber into a video for added fun! 



An Alternative Way to Assess and Review
Are you tired of pencil and paper assessments? In this webinar, we will look at a free, visual alternative to traditional assessments. Carol Nelson will cover how to use PhotoPeach, an easy-to-use Web tool that allows you to insert pictures and questions to quickly create a digital test that students can take online. The webinar will also share tips and examples of how this can be used for testing or review in the classroom. It’s so simple – even you students will enjoy creating questions with this tool! 



Inspire Creativity and Presentation Skills with a New Kind of Puppet Show
Remember the good old days when all you needed was an old sock to create an easy (and cheap) puppet for your very own classroom theater? Now you do not even need the sock! In this iPad session you will find out how to use a fun, free app that brings sock puppets into the 21st century! We will include some ideas for how you can use it in your classroom to inspire creativity and enhance communication and presentation skills. 



Combine Literacy & Technology by Creating Your Own Adventure Stories
Are you looking for ways to promote literacy, creativity, and problem solving in your classroom? This webinar will look at how Google Forms can be used to create fun "choose your own adventure" stories. Not only do these stories promote creativity, but they also are a great way to bring literacy and technology together. In addition, when you create a story about math, science or social studies, you have a cross-curricular opportunity. Join Carol Nelson, as she shares examples of "choose your own adventure" stories and shows how to create one. One form equals one great adventure!



Get Updated Web-based Content When You Want it with RSS Feeds

Whether you want to keep track of breaking news, recent blog posts, updates from favorite PLN sites, recent research, or news on almost any frequently updated topic of personal interest, RSS feeds can help deliver them right to your computer. In addition to allowing you to receive updates to Web-based content that is of interest to you, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds allow you control how and when you receive these updates.

This webinar will discuss the advantages of using RSS feeds and show how RSS feeds can provide access to multiple feeds in one place. Join Carol Nelson as she looks at a variety of ways that these feeds can be viewed and accessed, and shares how you can use these feeds to enhance your classroom and your personal development.