Date:Saturday February 11, 2017Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard Collaborate​Webinar DescriptionChances are you are reading this description on a digital device: laptop, cellphone or tablet. At the same time that this device is connecting you to a vast world of people and information, it is also distracting you with notifications, games, amusements, and low-value content designed to pull you in and dominate your finite well of attention. If you can't fight i [...]

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Date: Saturday August 25, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard Collaborate​Our Classroom 2.0 LIVE team has made the very difficult decision to discontinue our weekly webinars (see explanation below). We want to hold one final webinar this week, August 25th, so all of you who have been such an important part of our community can join us to celebrate and share memories. Our last "hurrah celebration " will be an open mic session similar to our Anniversary Cel [...]

Farewell Celebration: Open Mic

Date: Saturday June 9, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard Collaborate​As our school year comes to a close, this is often the time of year when teachers feel overwhelmed physically and emotionally. Consumed with end-of-year tasks such as grades, report cards, awards assemblies, class parties, cleaning and packing up the classroom and much more, they are completely exhausted. In this week's webinar our special guest presenter, Kim Strobel, will share [...]

Science of Happiness and its Impact on School Culture

Date: Saturday April 28, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard CollaborateIf you're looking for inspiration coupled with practical tips and great insights, look no further than our fantastic presenter, Matt Miller! I know all of us at one time or another have wished that we could "ditch" some of the things we are expected to do but we're not quite sure what to do instead. In today's presentation Matt is offering us a lifeline with "10 Things to Ditch in [...]

10 Things to Ditch in Education (and what to do instead)

Date: Saturday April 14, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard CollaborateWe are excited to welcome our special guest presenter, Pooja Agarwal, Ph.D, who will be sharing some fantastic information about the brain and memory! This is guaranteed to challenge all of our brains! She will be providing information about “retrieval practice” which is a learning strategy where you focus on getting information OUT of students' heads rather than trying to get [...]

Unleash the Science of Learning: Transform Teaching with Strategies from Cognitive Science

Date: Saturday March 24, 2018Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/11:00amCT/12:00pm ETLocation: Blackboard Collaborate​Over the years, we have had presentations by many excellent educators who have shared their strategies and examples of global connection and collaboration with their students. In order to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world, young people need to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to engage in lifelong, cross-cultural learning and collaboration. More than eve [...]

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