Monday, October 6, 2014

Fwd: Free Webinar: Powering Student-Focused Digital Initiatives in Cherry Creek with Schoology's LMS



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Powering Student-Focused Digital Initiatives in Cherry Creek with Schoology's LMS

 
     
 

On October 15, join Schoology and Cherry Creek Schools (Colorado) for a free webinar. Presented in association with Education Week, Cherry Creek's District Instructional Technology team will provide you with invaluable insight into how Schoology is used to realize the district's innovative vision and mission for student-focused digital initiatives.

Powering Student-Focused Digital Initiatives with Schoology's LMS (Free)
Wednesday, October 15
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET


 

Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado are recognized for putting student achievement at the forefront of district digital initiatives. In this webinar, learn firsthand from the entire District Instructional Technology team how Cherry Creek Schools utilize the Schoology learning management system as the anchor for the district's vision, including:

  • Innovating methods to help students prepare for state assessments
  • Empowering parents to be a part of their child's digital classroom
  • Reimagining professional development with badges, learning outcomes, and peer collaboration

Webinar attendees will receive a high-level overview about Cherry Creek's district goals, as well as how Schoology brings Cherry Creek's 18,000+ Chromebook initiative to life, facilitates communication between district staff, teachers, students, and parents, and saves time with Google and SIS integrations. From the visionary to the tactical takeaways, attendees will leave this webinar inspired with new ideas.

Speakers from Cherry Creek Schools:

Kellie Ady
District Instructional Technology Coordinator
@kellie80

Nanci Meza 
District Technology & Learning Coach
@NMezaTechLearn

Kris Edwards
District Technology & Learning Coach
@kcedwards25 

Amber Paynter 
District Technology & Learning Coach
@Amber_Paynter 

Keli Kinsela
District Technology & Learning Coach
@kelik0
Jay Vean 
District Technology & Learning Coach
@JayVeanCCSD

Sherri Clemens
District Technology & Learning Coach
@sherrilync 

Register here to attend this event on October 15.

 
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

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Fwd: Classroom now available to Google Apps for Education!






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Hi there,

Thank you for signing up to preview Classroom. We were excited by how many people expressed interest - over 100,000 people in 45 countries. If you had a chance to try it out, we hope you found it useful.

Classroom is now open for all Google Apps for Education schools, anywhere in the world. To try it, just visit classroom.google.com, sign in with your Apps for Education account, indicate whether you're a teacher or student, and then create or join your first class. Watch our demo video to get a quick tour of how it works, or visit the Classroom Help Center to learn more.

Please share this announcement with your peers by forwarding this email or re-sharing our Classroom tips on Google+ and Twitter. We hope you'll give it a try and send us your feedback.

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The Google for Education Team

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Fwd: New Courses: Georgia Tech Masters in CS & Data Science



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This month, explore new courses from the Georgia Tech Masters in CS and the Udacity Data Science track!
 
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Georgia Tech, Udacity, and AT&T have teamed up to offer the world’s first online Masters degree in Computer Science. In addition to applying for Georgia Tech’s online Masters degree program, you can pursue non-degree certificate options through both Udacity and Georgia Tech. You can now pre-enroll for individual courses from the Georgia Tech Masters in CS track. Stay tuned for a Spring 2014 launch of the full course experience and free courseware!

Machine Learning 1: Supervised Learning

Machine Learning 1: Supervised Learning
Explore Supervised Learning with Professor Michael Littman of Brown University and Professor Charles Isbell of Georgia Tech. This is the first course of a 3-course Machine Learning series.
Pre-Enroll

Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Learn to program the major systems of a robotic car from Sebastian Thrun, the leader of Google and Stanford’s autonomous driving teams.


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Data Science Spotlight

Data Wrangling with MongoDB

Data Wrangling with MongoDB is open! Learn data wrangling with instructors from the MongoDB team! You’ll wrangle data from diverse sources and shape it to enable data-driven applications. A great course to add data literacy to your skill set.

Start Learning

Exploratory Data AnalysisExploratory Data Analysis launches on March 12, 2014. Learn Exploratory Data Analysis with instructors from Facebook’s Data Science team! In this course, you’ll approach data science by summarizing and visualizing the important characteristics of a data set. 
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New Feature


We're adding features to improve the overall learning experience. This month we've launched a new feature in the classroom that allows you to bring issues to our attention. So if something goes wrong in the classroom (e.g., your quiz submission doesn't get evaluated), look for the "Report an Issue" link below the Discussion section.

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The Udacity Team
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