Breakout EDU is an engaging activity where students have to solve clues and puzzles to break out of the box. Participants can work on creating their own experiences as well as searching the Breakout EDU database for sample lessons. This workshop will be held in the Chittenango CSD High School library.

Learn how to take your students all around the world and never leave your classroom. Google Expeditions take virtual field trips and experiences to a whole new level. This workshop will be held in the Chittenango CSD High School library.

This workshop will focus on the core ideas of what is best practices of formative assessment and how we can utilize a variety of digital formative assessment platforms to better inform our teaching practices. This workshop will be held at Chittenango CSD in the High School library.

This boot camp will be held over the course of four ½ day sessions in August. We will blend online learning, whole group instruction, small group instruction, collaboration, and independent work that will be tailored to each participant. The camp not only helps to prepare you for the Level 1 Certification test but will support your technology use in the classroom as you work up the SAMR ladder. The last day of the camp participants will be able to take the Level 1 certification, each participant will need to pay $10 for the exam through Google. The online portion will begin August 5th and then meet face to face the other dates.

Day one Spheroes: AM Session: Come and explore to see how versatile, engaging and empowering Spheroes are for your students. A tennis ball sized robot connected via Bluetooth to a mobile device, the Sphero can be used to transform teaching and learning across various curriculum areas. PM Session: Integrate Spheros into general content areas as a technology tool in order to allow students to apply computer and technology skills to learning and problem-solving. Day Two: Code.org, Scratch, and Scratch JR. AM Session: Explore and share coding resources and strategies, including activities, games, and apps, for teaching kids programming skills and computer science concepts. PM Session: Integrate coding into general content areas as a technology tool in order to allow students to apply computer and technology skills to learning and problem-solving. This two-day workshop will be held at Marcellus CSD.

Google forms is a great tool for formative assessment and data gathering, but have you ever used it to reteach material or create a choose your own adventure book? Learn these and other enhanced features of google forms in this 2-hour training session. This workshop will be held at the Chittenango CSD High School library.