Welcome Back #BVSD 2016-17!

The BVSD Ed Tech team is planning for another incredible year of professional learning, growing and exploring with you! See below for a few ways you can engage with the Ed Tech team.

Social Media

Join us on Twitter. Follow @BVSDEdTech for updates on ed tech in the classroom as well as interesting articles, people, and resources. You can also follow each team’ member’s personal Twitter account. See the bottom of this site for who’s who!

Are you a Pinner? You can follow BVSD Ed Tech on our Pinterest page. We curate resources that help in many areas (makerspaces, libraries, literacy, leadership etc).

Sharing Student Examples:

Student Products: We have a student products page that provides examples of meaningful integration of technology in lessons, projects, and assessments. These are BVSD examples! Would you like us to add one of yours? Click here to share an example.

Student Data Security & Privacy:

When choosing digital tools for your classroom, please keep best practices for protecting student data in mind. If you would like to know more about data privacy and your role in protecting student data, visit our Student Data Privacy website or join our Schoology course. (Course code: QB2MG-J4HCP)

Topics

Curious about a topic covered during an Ed Tech PD session? Want to do some growth and learning on your own? Check out our list of topics and sites that will support you as you learn something new!

Upcoming Professional Development:

Coming Soon! Ed Tech Online Courses for the 2016-17 School Year!

Soon, you will be able to sign up for the following Ed Tech Online Courses. Each course has the potential for a 1.0 Salary Credit upon completion of work. Look for more information about these courses early this fall!

• Online Collaboration & Connected Learning
• Maker Edu: Creating Innovative Learning Spaces
• Digital Storytelling

The Annual Rocky Mountain Summit for Google Apps for Education is coming once again to Boulder, CO on November 5th & 6th at Monarch High School. We are fortunate to host this incredible two-day learning event brought to you by the EdTechTeam. More information for registration will be sent out early this fall.

Innovate@BVSD will take place in June 2017--look for more information coming soon! Check out last year’s site for this event, resources are available.

Request a PD for your school: Please submit this Google Form and an Ed Tech representative will be in contact with you soon!

We’re looking forward to an incredible year of learning, growing and exploring with you! Have an extraordinary start to the year!