- Seneca Valley School District
- 2021 Summer Academy Session Information
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2021 Summer Professional Development Academy
Seneca Valley School District is sponsoring a Virtual Summer Professional Development Academy to be held August 16-18. The Academy will feature sessions with a focus on the use of educational technology.
To register, visit https://files.svsd.net/summeracademy
SV Gradebook Features, Attendance, Assessments, Announcements, Student Websites
Attendees will learn about gradebook’s newest features and how to document student attendance online. This session will also include assessments, announcements, and ways to utilize the student websites that are accessible through the SV Portal.
Instructors: Bria Koch, Mary Boburczak
Audience: K-12 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Big Ideas Math Textbooks
Attendees will review the Big Ideas Math textbooks/on-line platform used for Math sudents in grades 7 and 8.Instructor: Margaret Rebman
Audience: 7-8 Math teachers
Meeting Link: Link
MobyMax Math
This session will cover:
- Automated adaptive testing: how it works, how you can re-test, and exploring results
- Progress monitoring: examining charts, graphs, and other reporting features
- Assigning lessons of your choice and viewing lesson scores
- IEP Goals: how to set goals for students with IEP and track improvement
- Assigning summative assessments and skill checker quizzes
Instructor: Emily Barrett
Audience: K-6 Math teachers
Meeting Link: Link
MobyMax ELA
This session will cover:
- Automated adaptive testing: how it works, how you can re-test, and exploring results
- Progress monitoring: examining charts, graphs, and other reporting features
- Assigning lessons of your choice and viewing lesson scores
- IEP Goals: how to set goals for students with IEP and track improvement
- Explaining Moby's Reading & Writing modules
- Assigning summative assessments and skill checker quizzes
Instructor: Samuel Johnson
Audience: K-6 ELA teachers
Meeting Link: Link
World Language Vista Higher Learning Textbooks
Attendees will review the Vista Higher Learning textbooks/on-line platform used for World Language sudents in grades 7-12.
Instructor: Cheri Quinlan
Audience: 7-12 World Language teachers
Student Engagement: Incorporating Flipgrid, Lumio (formerly Smart Learning Suite online), and Discovery
Flipgrid | Empower Every Voice, Lumio (smarttech.com), Discovery Education | Your Daily Learning Platform
Learn more about how to use each of these tools in the classroom to keep lessons interesting and students engaged. New features of each of the programs will also be explored.
Instructors: Bria Koch, Mary Boburczak
Audience: K-12 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
MobyMax Science/Social Studies
This session will cover:
- Exploring content, and setting up lesson order
- Short answer questions: how to grade and assign scores for written answers
- Lesson Tests: how they work
- How to exclude content
Instructor: Emily Barrett
Audience: K-6 Science/Social Studies teachers
Meeting Link: Link
MobyMax Interactive (assessments and motivation)
This session will cover:
- Assigning skill games to students
- Engagement opportunities: badges, vibes, certificates and more
- MobyMax contests: how to set them up and how they work
Instructor: Emily Barrett
Audience: K-6 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Sumdog Math and Spelling
Sumdog provides game-based adaptive learning for K-6 students. It's designed to engage students, encouraging them to improve their math and spelling skills.
Instructor: Becky Thal
Audience: K-6 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Microsoft Teams/Streaming, OneNote, and OneDrive
https://www.microsoft.com/teams, https://www.microsoft.com/onenote, https://www.microsoft.com/onedrive
Attendees will learn how to use Microsoft Teams, OneNote, and OneDrive in the classroom to collaborate, communicate, share information, and engage students. This session will address changes and updates to Teams, OneNote, and OneDrive to help better prepare for the year ahead and will examine best practices for livestreaming in the classroom.
Instructors: Bria Koch, Mary Boburczak
Audience: K-6 teachers, 7-12 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Digital Citizenship and Security Awareness (K-12)
Attendees will learn how to promote a culture of digital citizenship within their classrooms. The focus will be on handling security concerns, circumventing phishing, managing devices, and modeling correct device usage.
Digital Citizenship | Common Sense Education
Instructors: Chad Robertson, Michele Murray, Bria Koch, Mary Boburczak
Audience: K-12 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Adobe Creative Cloud and more (K-12)
This session will introduce features in Adobe Creative Cloud available to all teachers. Emphasis will be on the student use of Adobe Spark as a tool for creatively demonstrating understanding of course content. Alternative methods for student presentations and teacher assessment will also be highlighted.
Instructors: Chad Robertson, Michele Murray
Audience: K-12 teachers
Meeting Link: Link
Back-to-School with Discovery Education Experience: Webinar Series
Discovery Education Webinar Series
Over the summer, Discovery Education released many enhancements to save teachers time and engage students with exciting new tools! Available now, log-in and discover Video Quizzes, Activity-Builder Tools, QR Code sign-in for students, and updated Educator Supports!
Instructors: Discovery Education
Audience: K-12 teachers
