Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) collaborate to answer the following questions: What do we want students to know and be able to do? How will we know if they know it or can do it? What will we do if they don't? What will we do if they already know it? This session will focus on strategies educators can use when students are not mastering content. Topics will include: collaboratively determining essential outcomes for students, developing common assessments, protocols for data analysis, and using your team to differentiate instruction for students as needed. Get ready to maximize this important partnership!

This workshop will be presented by Kim Tucker.

After serving 20 years as a public school teacher and 11 as a public school administrator, Kim is now an adjunct professor of Early Childhood Education at Stockton University. In addition, she is an educational consultant for ETTC, NJPSA and New Jersey school districts. As a board member and former president of Learning Forward New Jersey, Kim is passionate about providing quality professional learning to educators on a variety of topics.

Cost: $106.00 or 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

This online course can be taken any day/time during the month. For questions contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850. For school districts looking to register multiple educators contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

This online workshop is intended to provide an overview of Dyslexia.

Dyslexia, the most recognized of reading problems, is a neurological disorder that is often characterized by difficulties in recognizing and decoding words, leading to lower comprehension and fluency. Although there is no exact count, it is estimated that one in ten people may be afflicted with some form of dyslexia.

Governor Christie signed legislation that prominently recognizes dyslexia in state statute and regulation, making it a requirement for districts to deal with this disability. A definition of dyslexia must now be specifically written into special education code and a yearly 2-hour professional development requirement for dyslexia is now mandated for all teachers in grades pre-K through grade 3, special education, reading and ESL teachers, reading specialists, learning disabilities teacher consultants, and speech-language specialists.

This two-hour webinar will provide participating administrators, pre-K to 3 educators, Special Education supervisors, and Child Study Team members with detailed information about this legislation, citing the specificity and requisites that impact the governance and operation of all school districts in New Jersey. The impact that the law will have on special education programs, as well as the specific components that must be included in the required training, will be reviewed during the online course.

Online workshop access will be granted after ETTC Hours approval or payment is received. Please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 regarding this matter.

Course running time: 2 Hours
Cost: $106 OR 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 or ettc@stockton.edu.

Please note: This online course offered by the SRI&ETTC can be taken any day or time during the month. To take this course at another time please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850. If you are a school district looking to register multiple educators please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Dyslexia, the most recognized of reading problems, is a neurological disorder that is often characterized by difficulties in recognizing and decoding words, leading to lower comprehension and fluency. Although there is no exact count, it is estimated that one in ten people may be afflicted with some form of Dyslexia.

Legislation on Dyslexia signed in August 2014 prominently recognized Dyslexia in state statute and regulation, mandating a requirement for districts to pro-actively deal with this disability. A definition of Dyslexia is now written into Special Education code and a yearly 2-hour professional development requirement for Dyslexia is now mandated for all teachers in grades pre-K through grade 3, special education, reading and ESL teachers, reading specialists, learning disabilities teacher consultants, and speech-language specialists.

Participants should already have had a preliminary workshop on Dyslexia such that they have a general knowledge about the legislation, definition, warning signs, and characteristics of Dyslexia. This two-hour training will provide participants with information about specific teaching strategies and techniques used to work with students with Dyslexia, as well as additional information about its characteristics, use of technology, and screening.

Please note online workshop access will be granted after ETTC Hours approval or payment is received. Please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 regarding this matter.

Course running time: 2 Hours
Cost: $106 OR 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Please note: This online course offered by the SRI&ETTC can be taken any day or time during the month. To take this course at another time please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850. If you are a school district looking to register multiple educators please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

The Teacher Effectiveness Institute is a series of four webinars designed to support the novice teacher on important topics that they will need to know throughout the school year. It is appropriate for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year teachers.

Participants will review the rudiments of educational practice and explore the many roles a teacher may be expected to play during a typical day as an educator in the school community. Practical suggestions and proven classroom strategies on varied topics will be discussed during each session.

Part 1: Preparing for the School Year
Part 2: Strategies for Increased Parent Support
Part 3: The "Good Kind" of Assessment
Part 4: Supporting Special Education Students in the Classroom

Please note online workshop access will be granted after ETTC Hours approval or payment is received. Please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 regarding this matter.

Cost: $82.00 OR 3 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 or ettc@stockton.edu.

Please note: This online course offered by the SRI&ETTC can be taken any day or time during the month. To take this course at another time please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850. If you are a school district looking to register multiple educators please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

This one hour webinar of the very successful and popular workshop will provide SPICE training demonstrating how to identify and apply skills needed to teach and enhance writing abilities at the elementary and middle school level. Language Arts teachers, special education teachers and ELL teachers will learn a variety of techniques designed through years of practical use. SPICE strategies have proven successful in improving state assessment scores.

After a review of numerous compositional risks, participants will learn and practice unique assessment tools, skill application strategies for all prompts, test timing awareness and encouragement tips. The focus will be on teaching students to simply "learn how to write" for any type of assignment or prompt. Writing with SPICE builds lifelong student skills, makes both the teaching and learning of writing skills less stressful, and can immediately be implemented in the classroom.

The Writing with Spice webinar is presented by Mike Devono.
Mr. Devono is a former teacher and author of Teaching Writing with Spice, the definitive text to identify and apply the skills needed to track and enhance writing abilities.

Please note online workshop access will be granted after ETTC Hours approval or payment is received. Please contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 regarding this matter.

Course running time: 1 hour
Cost: $48 OR 2 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, contact the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850 or ettc@stockton.edu.

Fundations® Virtual Launch Workshops (instructor-led) provide the practice and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Fundations curriculum. This highly interactive remote workshop was designed to maintain participation and motivation for optimal learning. Additionally, the workshop design allows for teacher input and active engagement via activities and discussions throughout each session.

Objectives:

- Identify the skills taught in Fundations: phonics and word study; vocabulary; high frequency/trick words; fluency; comprehension strategies; handwriting, spelling, and punctuation.

- Understand the principles of instruction: explicit, sequential, and cumulative instruction that engages multiple learning modalities with multisensory instruction, repetition, and immediate, specific feedback.

- Identify and understand the use for all materials in the Teacher's Kit.

The Fundations workshop will be presented live via Zoom. The session will include an opportunity to interact and ask questions during the session. Participants need a device with internet access in order to participate. Participants must complete a quiz within one week of the conclusion of the workshop to receive a Certification of Completion.

SRI&ETTC Facility Option
The SRI&ETTC will open our building for registrants who would like to participate in the Fundations® workshops away from distractions in-district or at home. If you would like to participate in the virtual Fundations course at the SRI&ETTC facility please email Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu.

Cost: $288 or 12 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Fundations® Virtual Launch Workshops (instructor-led) provide the practice and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Fundations curriculum. This highly interactive remote workshop was designed to maintain participation and motivation for optimal learning. Additionally, the workshop design allows for teacher input and active engagement via activities and discussions throughout each session.

Objectives:

- Identify the skills taught in Fundations: phonics and word study; vocabulary; high frequency/trick words; fluency; comprehension strategies; handwriting, spelling, and punctuation.

- Understand the principles of instruction: explicit, sequential, and cumulative instruction that engages multiple learning modalities with multisensory instruction, repetition, and immediate, specific feedback.

- Identify and understand the use for all materials in the Teacher's Kit.

The Fundations workshop will be presented live via Zoom. The session will include an opportunity to interact and ask questions during the session. Participants need a device with internet access in order to participate. Participants must complete a quiz within one week of the conclusion of the workshop to receive a Certification of Completion.

SRI&ETTC Facility Option
The SRI&ETTC will open our building for registrants who would like to participate in the Fundations® workshops away from distractions in-district or at home. If you would like to participate in the virtual Fundations course at the SRI&ETTC facility please email Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu.

Cost: $288 or 12 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

No one will argue that questioning and discussion drive instruction. They are instructional strategies that should be used in every lesson. This session will focus on the following topics: how to build discussion into lessons, how to use a variety of levels of questioning in lessons fostering a high level of student participation in discussions, the importance of students and the teacher building questions and responses from previously asked questions, and transitioning from teacher-created to student-created questions. Get ready to maximize this strategy!

This workshop will be presented by Kim Tucker.

After serving 20 years as a public school teacher and 11 as a public school administrator, Kim is now an adjunct professor of Early Childhood Education at Stockton University. In addition, she is an educational consultant for ETTC, NJPSA and New Jersey school districts. As a board member and former president of Learning Forward New Jersey, Kim is passionate about providing quality professional learning to educators on a variety of topics.

Cost: $106.00 or 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

NEW DATE! Please note the new date of February 3, 2022, the original workshop date was January 12, 2022.

Strong teacher-paraprofessional relationships are more important than ever for meeting individual student needs. This session will focus on the following topics: how to ensure smooth collaboration between teachers and paraprofessionals, challenges of this partnership, tips for effective collaboration, and building trust. Get ready to maximize this important partnership!

This workshop will be presented by Kim Tucker.

After serving 20 years as a public school teacher and 11 as a public school administrator, Kim is now an adjunct professor of Early Childhood Education at Stockton University. In addition, she is an educational consultant for ETTC, NJPSA and New Jersey school districts. As a board member and former president of Learning Forward New Jersey, Kim is passionate about providing quality professional learning to educators on a variety of topics.

Cost: $106.00 or 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Formative assessment provides information on how students are doing along the journey of learning. This strategy is integral to instruction and meeting the needs of individual students. This session will focus on the following topics: developing strong formative assessments, monitoring instruction, next steps after reviewing formative assessment data, the role of feedback, improving student agency, and differentiating assessments for students. Get ready to maximize this strategy!

This workshop will be presented by Kim Tucker.

After serving 20 years as a public school teacher and 11 as a public school administrator, Kim is now an adjunct professor of Early Childhood Education at Stockton University. In addition, she is an educational consultant for ETTC, NJPSA and New Jersey school districts. As a board member and former president of Learning Forward New Jersey, Kim is passionate about providing quality professional learning to educators on a variety of topics.

Cost: $106.00 or 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

The small-group, differentiated model enables teachers to focus on specific skills needed by varied groups of students (Tyner, 2003). In addition, working in groups has the potential to increase student engagement. This session will focus on the following topics: maximizing small group effectiveness, providing extensions of learning, different methods of teaching small groups, using small groups to differentiate instruction, and using small groups to improve student engagement. Get ready to maximize this strategy!

This workshop will be presented by Kim Tucker.

After serving 20 years as a public school teacher and 11 as a public school administrator, Kim is now an adjunct professor of Early Childhood Education at Stockton University. In addition, she is an educational consultant for ETTC, NJPSA and New Jersey school districts. As a board member and former president of Learning Forward New Jersey, Kim is passionate about providing quality professional learning to educators on a variety of topics.

Cost: $106.00 or 4 ETTC Hours. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Fundations® Virtual Launch Workshops (instructor-led) provide the practice and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Fundations curriculum. This highly interactive remote workshop was designed to maintain participation and motivation for optimal learning. Additionally, the workshop design allows for teacher input and active engagement via activities and discussions throughout each session.

Objectives:

- Identify the skills taught in Fundations: phonics and word study; vocabulary; high frequency/trick words; fluency; comprehension strategies; handwriting, spelling, and punctuation.

- Understand the principles of instruction: explicit, sequential, and cumulative instruction that engages multiple learning modalities with multisensory instruction, repetition, and immediate, specific feedback.

- Identify and understand the use for all materials in the Teacher's Kit.

The Fundations workshop will be presented live via Zoom. The session will include an opportunity to interact and ask questions during the session. Participants need a device with internet access in order to participate. Participants must complete a quiz within one week of the conclusion of the workshop to receive a Certification of Completion.

SRI&ETTC Facility Option
The SRI&ETTC will open our building for registrants who would like to participate in the Fundations® workshops away from distractions in-district or at home. If you would like to participate in the virtual Fundations course at the SRI&ETTC facility please email Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu.

Cost: $288 or 12 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Fundations® Virtual Launch Workshops (instructor-led) provide the practice and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Fundations curriculum. This highly interactive remote workshop was designed to maintain participation and motivation for optimal learning. Additionally, the workshop design allows for teacher input and active engagement via activities and discussions throughout each session.

Objectives:

- Identify the skills taught in Fundations: phonics and word study; vocabulary; high frequency/trick words; fluency; comprehension strategies; handwriting, spelling, and punctuation.

- Understand the principles of instruction: explicit, sequential, and cumulative instruction that engages multiple learning modalities with multisensory instruction, repetition, and immediate, specific feedback.

- Identify and understand the use for all materials in the Teacher's Kit.

The Fundations workshop will be presented live via Zoom. The session will include an opportunity to interact and ask questions during the session. Participants need a device with internet access in order to participate. Participants must complete a quiz within one week of the conclusion of the workshop to receive a Certification of Completion.

SRI&ETTC Facility Option
The SRI&ETTC will open our building for registrants who would like to participate in the Fundations® workshops away from distractions in-district or at home. If you would like to participate in the virtual Fundations course at the SRI&ETTC facility please email Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu.

Cost: $288 or 12 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Intellectual property rights exist to protect the original works of individuals. Teachers should know their responsibilities when students publish their work. Educational fair use guidelines have been developed that provide direction so that students learn the importance of attribution, and respecting ownership and copyright, especially in digital environments. Participants will explore creative commons materials and guides to works they can use freely. We will access lesson plans and curriculum to advise students as they publish in the digital landscape.

Target Audience-Grades 5-8.

Standard: 9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills- Digital Citizenship

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Google Slides is appropriate for creating text, visualizations, models, and communicating with others (9.4.2.IML.2). This webinar will get you up and running with some of the unique and easy-to-use visual communication tools included in Google Slides. It is also a digital tool that allows for remote collaboration and rapid sharing of ideas unrestricted by location or time. In addition to utilizing Google Slides as a teaching tool, it provides skills you can teach to your students that are critical to living and working in an interconnected global economy (9.4.2.TL.6). This workshop goes beyond basic text, graphics and video to include visually enhancing concepts like shapes and diagrams.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standards:
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills
NJ Professional Learning Standards 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Empower students to share their voices and collaborate digitally to gain a deeper understanding of citizenship, and experience a wider diversity of perspectives. Using Flipgrid, workshop participants will learn how to help students communicate effectively and gain confidence in self-expression so that they go on to produce student-created artifacts that showcase their knowledge. Build community in your classrooms as they respond to your videos and those of their classmates.

Target Audience-Grades 5-8.

Standard: 9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills- Digital Citizenship

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Are your students doing awesome coding projects but need to prepare audio, video or image content to make them complete? Or maybe you just want to teach how to create a visual representation to organize information about a problem or issue (9.4.5.IML.2). Either way, these free and easy to use apps will help you. We will survey some of the best free editing apps available online right now. We will also distinguish between digital images, sounds and media that can be reused freely and those that have copyright restrictions(9.4.5.DC.3). This webinar will get you up and running with the most important techniques needed to integrate your content with other types of media.

Target Audience: Grades 9-12

Standard: 9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking can be used to understand and communicate information. Gathering and evaluating knowledge and information from a variety of sources, including global perspectives, fosters creativity and innovative thinking. Student research comes together as they create interactive tours of geographical places that include rich media and detailed information, then present it step-by-step like a story. Google Earth Voyager provides an excellent way to learn about places that help build context for your learners. Workshop participants will create their own tours and explore models to use with students.

Target Audience-Grades 5-8.

Standards:
Geography, People and the Environment: Human Environment Interaction
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills- Digital Citizenship

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

The expanded version of this very successful and popular workshop will provide a half day of spice language arts training, demonstrating how to identify and apply skills needed to teach and enhance the writing abilities at the elementary and middle school level for the NJSLA. Language arts teachers, special education teachers, and ELL teachers will learn a variety of techniques design through years of practical use. Spice strategies have been successful in improving state assessment scores. After a review of numerous state standards, the participants will learn and practice unique assessment tools, skilled application strategies for the NJSLA prompts, and time test in awareness with encouragement tips. The instructor will demonstrate close reading and modeled writing strategies, unique skill teaching techniques, and the application of common core and New Jersey's core curriculum language art skills used in NJSLA essays. Written expression, including chunking and conferencing, will be covered extensively. Join us for an engaging day of spice writing and you will be prepared to help your students become better writers.

Grasshopper is a coding app / tutorial for beginners and for students making the transition from block programming to "real coding.” Think of it as your "interactive textbook.” It includes fun, quick lessons on your phone, tablet or desktop computer that will step your students progressively through the skills necessary to code JavaScript. These include: Variables, loops, conditionals, functions and reworking existing code to solve more complex problems. We will look at options for using Grasshopper, how to get started with it and have fun with a few of the interactive tutorials.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standards:
8.1 Computer Science - algorithms and programming
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Engineering design is a systematic and creative process of communicating and collaborating to meet design challenges that include desired features and limitations that need to be considered. Workshop participants will engineer 3D designs with paper, scissors, and tape for the least expensive design ideas ever! Participants will create several projects during this hands-on session and access multiple project ideas that address design thinking.

Target Audience-Grades 3-8

Standard: 8.2 Design Thinking- Engineering Design

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

MIT's free online coding application provides students in Middle and High School with an interface for developing small Android apps that can be tested and used on their devices. This user-friendly, drag and drop interface starts with basic concepts but allows for growth into Javascript programming. Don't have access to an Android? No problem. The app inventor provides a free Android emulator for Mac or PC. AND… for your iOS users, we will cover Thunkable which is virtually the same thing but for the Ios platform. This content can be applied to an Hour-of-Code sessions. It is most suitable for advanced Middle School and High-School learners.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standard: 8.1 Computer Science - algorithms and programming

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Think more inclusive classroom environments where teachers can focus on instructional time and practice culturally responsive teaching! Participants will explore the ways that Google Workspace, ChromeOS, and Chrome extensions help all students learn, to achieve their full potential.

Target Audience: Grades 2-12

Standards: NJ Professional Learning Standards 2 (Learning Differences) and 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

Spreadsheets aren't just for accounting. They can be a go-to tool for organization of data, ideas, lists or basically anything that is best viewed or analyzed in a grid-like format. Starting with the absolute basics of spreadsheets we will emphasize some of the most important techniques to apply when using Google Sheets. Concepts will include: Freezing Rows. Conditional Formatting, Alternating Row Colors using the powerful Explore feature, collaboration and creating visualizations of data through charts and graphs.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standards: 8.1 Computer Science 9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Looking for something different from your students? There are new ways for them to demonstrate their knowledge using free Adobe Spark apps to create amazing, creative content. Using hands-on instructor-led activities, participants will learn what kind of projects can be created with the ample designs and styles, and will explore multimedia projects by both students and teachers.Take a normal writing assignment and make it more modern and meaningful. Come learn about the latest features for organizing projects, collaborating and get some practice making your own posts!

Target Audience: Grades 5-8

Standards:
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills- Information and Media Literacy
NJ Professional Learning Standards 2 (Learning Differences) and 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850.

You have free tools in your Google arsenal that are useful and you may not be taking advantage of them. In this workshop we will look at the functions and basics of Google Keep, Google Drawings (not just for art class) and Jamboard. We will also highlight a few add-ons that can simplify your day to day teaching workflow. These are tools that are useful for you as well as your students, whether you use them everyday or simply know that they are there when you need them.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standards: 9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills NJ Professional Learning Standard 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

The tools are always changing, but the concepts remain the same. We will explore the differences between augmented and virtual reality and how students can use a deliberate design process for creating innovative Augmented and VR artifacts to bring your curriculum to life. Participants will learn about the latest AR/VR tools teachers are using to harness these creative, immersive technologies. AR/VR Technology can drive student engagement.

Target Audience: Grades 5-8

Standards:
8.2 Design Thinking- Engineering Design
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills-Information and Media Literacy and Creative Innovation
NJ Professional Learning Standards 2 (Learning Differences) and 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Scratch is a free, web-based coding application developed at MIT that can be used for teaching all levels of coding. It is particularly useful as an introductory application. Scratch uses drag-and-drop blocks instead of type-written code to teach the concepts, logic, creativity and problem-solving of coding without being bogged down with tedious syntax. Its simplicity makes it easy for you, as a facilitator, to include coding into your curriculum. This workshop will provide the strategies you'll need to get started and to get your students coding. No prior knowledge of coding is necessary to participate.

Target Audience: 7-10

Standard: 8.1 Computer Science

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Allow your students to demonstrate their learning in different ways! They can curate information from digital resources using free Infographic tools to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful visually-based connections or conclusions. Workshop participants will access methods for walking students through the visual design process, and explore anticipatory activities, assignments and assessment ideas. The workshop will include practice using the latest free infographic tools.

Target Audience: Grades 5-8

Standards:
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills-Information and Media Literacy and Creative Innovation
NJ Professional Learning Standards 2 (Learning Differences) and 3 (Learning Environments)

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

This workshop picks up where "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Leaves off. Even though coding algorithms for AI is a graduate level concept, in this workshop we will explore commonly utilized coding apps like Scratch to introduce programming concepts that would serve as the building blocks for more grandiose Artificial Intelligence applications. Unplugged activities will be included. It is recommended that you take the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence workshop first.

Target Audience: Grades 7-12

Standard: 8.1 Computer Science

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850

Let's get ready to animate! Abstract concepts like Climate Change start to have more meaning for students when they have a chance to interject creative and complex storytelling ideas through animation. Stop animation is ideal for helping students learn about concepts that involve processes and progressions. Participants will review types of stop motion animation, access curriculum integration and interdisciplinary ideas, learn key vocabulary and the stages of production to help students construct their own ideas. Practice some stop motion animation techniques yourselves.

Target Audience: Grades 3-5

Standards:
Climate Change Education
8.1 Computer Science and Design Thinking
9.4 Life Literacies and Key Skills-Information and Media Literacy and Technology Literacy

If you are interested in taking this workshop, but cannot attend at the scheduled time please contact Darice Pico at darice.pico@stockton.edu or 609-626-3867.

Cost: $58.00 or 2 ETTC Hours per session. For information on membership, call the SRI&ETTC at 609-626-3850