Lunch and Learn

Kagan has identified many engaging (and research-based) ways to make learning stick. We’ll share a few of our favorites that you can try with your students.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Given the virtual and hybrid learning environments these days, it is vital that we are delivering student feedback in the right way – but how easy is it to achieve?

In this session with Jon Smith and Catherine Cappiello you will dive in to Book Creator’s latest feature and learn how to get creative with the type of feedback you want to give. Whether that’s through text, video, audio and more, Book Creator has you covered. Discover the importance of effective feedback in online spaces and how this update can really motivate and encourage your learners to progress.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Working as an instructional coach can be hard, but there are some proven techniques that can help your colleagues grow and make your job easier. Join in our discussion of what the research says about working with adult learners.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Session Title: Differentiate, Modification, & ReTeach Oh My! Do It All on Kami!
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Belsa Rios, Kami

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Join this session to find out more about using Wakelet to meet learning goals and standards, incorporate the 4 C’s, and foster digital citizenship skills into your learning environment. You’ll find out more about the Wakelet Student Ambassador Program and best practices for implementation, receive information on the Wakelet Student Certification, and receive a demo of Wakelet Classrooms for both teachers and students!

FREE for Area 10 TCEA members!
TCEA members outside of Area 10: $10
Non-members: $59 (includes TCEA membership)

Assessment and instruction go hand in hand in a classroom that focuses on the student. Join us as we explore a variety of digital tools and strategies to assess student readiness in order to make decisions about current and future instruction.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Looking to add global competence to your campus or district? Join us as we learn about the educational programs through the World Affairs Council Dallas.

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TCEA members outside of Area 10: $10
Non-members: $59 (includes TCEA membership)

Come have a little Halloween fun and get some handy tricks for using classroom tech and web tools that will surely be a treat for you and your students. Join us, if you dare!

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Session Title:  Tricked into Thinking: Using Simulations to Drive Conceptual Understanding
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Patricia Low, Explore Learning

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Would you like to podcast in your classroom, but don’t know where to start? Join this session to see how you can integrate podcasting into your classroom or campus. You will leave inspired to create podcasts while integrating important TEKS that focus on reading, writing, researching, and speaking.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Are your students content to sit the bench in your classroom? Get them back in the game with station rotation! This structure affords opportunities to differentiate instruction, encourage peer communication and collaboration, promote student agency, and facilitate small group instruction. Join Blended Learning Coordinator and TCEA board member Jessica Mays to get tips, tools, and simple strategies that you can implement in your classroom tomorrow.

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Session Title:  Library In Your Pocket! Navigating the Resources Available Through Region One ESC Library Consortium
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Vilia Garcia, Region One ESC

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Discover how to ramp up learning in your classroom or campus with strategies backed by the latest brain research. You’ll be able to start implementing these in your practice tomorrow.

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Join us as a panel of district technology staff share how their districts monitor technology end of life, repairs, student fees, etc.

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Learn about a variety of sites that you can use with your students to help them learn to code.

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Session Title: Leveraging VR and Computer Science to Drive Student Achievement?
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Austen Marek, HELLO WORLD CS

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Accessibility is essential for providing educational opportunities for all students. Discover digital tools to support all students in your classroom.

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You don’t have to have a large budget to get great software. Join us to learn about helpful alternative software to the popular titles WITHOUT spending much (if any) money.

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Learn project management tips for any event you might imagine. You will leave with specific recommendations, ideas, and digital tools

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Session Title: PK-5 Computer Science with Seesaw
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Ellen Teel, SeeSaw

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Blend Problem-Based Teaching (a high-effect size instructional strategy) with the 5E Model to serve up transfer learning opportunities. These jazzed-up lessons have the power to captivate students’ hearts and minds.

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Join us as we share some of the many things discovered and discussed at the recent TCEA annual convention and exposition.

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Session Title: The New K-8 Tech Apps
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Mark Patrick, Area 18 Director

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Join Amy Marquez, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD’s Collegiate High School librarian as she explains the process for starting a Poetry Flip Hunt in your library just in time for National Poetry Month.

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Take science to the next level with your students by having them do forensic science investigations. Use our list of resources for great ideas to get you started.

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Retrieval practice is a learning strategy that focuses on recalling facts or concepts from your memory to enhance learning. Join me to discover ways to use retrieval practice in your classroom.

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Learn how you can leverage service learning, a high-effect size instructional strategy, to get students to apply their knowledge to new or novel situations. You’ll get some ideas and see what others are doing in this area.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

Session Title: Using Ed Tech to Support Language Learning
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Belen Sanchez, Educator & TAMIU Graduate Student

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Discover how to incorporate spatial science basics at every level of K-12 education. You’ll leave this session with resources and activities that blend into lessons, all featuring free Geographical Information Systems (GIS) curriculum.

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Activate learning and recall by having students create animations. Discover some tips, tricks, and apps/websites you can use to get them started.

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This interactive, free-to-members webinar is available live each week throughout the school year. Even if you cannot attend the live version, register for the webinar and you will receive a link to the recorded version and all resources shared during the webinar. The webinar counts for .5 CPE/GT credit.

There is value in connecting to other educators via social technologies. Building a personal learning network (PLN) is only the beginning. Join Instructional Technology Coordinator and TCEA board member Lydia Coupe to look at the facets of becoming a connected professional, as well as which social technologies fit best for the types of connecting you want to do.

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It’s great to have a treasure trove of useful ed tech tools in your aresenal to meet every individual need. Discover some new ones today.

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Session Title: Cybersecurity Essentials
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Brad Stewart, Area 7 Director

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Engage your students by using these discussion strategies next time you are doing whole group discussions. You’ll be amazed at how much the students enjoy them.

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Join Scott Hagedorn, a master teacher with 3D printing. Whether you are a novice or an expert, this webinar covers it all when it comes to 3D printing in the classroom.

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The world of artificial intelligence is growing and will soon be coming to education. Let’s take a look at the possibilities (and concerns) and what we should be doing to prepare.

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Ransomware is no longer just a problem for businesses and industries; many school districts are now the target of ransomware attacks. This webinar will include first-hand information and lessons learned during Lufkin ISD’s ransomware incident to help attendees better prepare and secure their staff, hardware, data, and network.

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Encourage your students to explore many places virtually over the summer. We’ll share a list of places for them to “visit” so they keep the learning going even if school is out.

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Session Title: Looking Ahead at the Next Year
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
Presenter: Dr. Cynthia Piña, Area 1 Director

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Join us for this epic end-of-the-school-year smackdown. We’ll share our favorite and most useful tools for teaching and learning.

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