NEA's Digital Tools for Collaboration & Communication

Course Description: This course guides educators through the many options for online collaboration and communication with students, families, and colleagues, showcasing tools that can be used to ease the communication process between school and home in the event of remote learning. Participants develop options for online collaboration and communication with students, families, and colleagues, learn how digital tools can be used to ease the communication process between school and home in the event of remote learning, and become aware of the basics of available online platforms to collaborate and communicate online, including virtual meetings, messaging, screencasts, structural platforms, appointment and content creation tools.

Course Hours: Members who complete this course receive 3 HOURS of Act 48 and/or a certificate that may apply for Chapter 14 hours. Your employer has sole discretion to determine if this course qualifies for Chapter 14 hours.

• 3 Hours

Seesaw for Beginners: Just the Basics

Course Description: Practice Seesaw skills in this interactive session as your students might! In this course you learn the basics of how Seesaw works for student and family engagement and discover why teachers, students, and families love Seesaw! Then you discover how to find, remix, and assign activities from the Seesaw activity library and send student and family communications using Seesaw.

Course Hours: Members who complete this course receive 2 HOURS of Act 48 and/or a certificate that may apply for Chapter 14 hours. Your employer has sole discretion to determine if this course qualifies for Chapter 14 hours.

• 2 Hours

Screencasting: Loom, Screencastify, and Google Meet

Course Description: Many options to screen-record are wonderful. The benefits of Loom? No downloading, no waiting, no fuss. Make a video with your webcam image or without, manage what content is shared and how, create a video and get a link to share lickety-split. Learn how to add to Chrome, use, and share. Then give it a go! A library of examples are shared with members. 

Course Hours: Members who complete this course receive 2 HOURS of Act 48 and/or a certificate that may apply for Chapter 14 hours. Your employer has sole discretion to determine if this course qualifies for Chapter 14 hours.

• 2 Hours

Using HyperDocs for Online Learning

Course Description: A HyperDoc is a simple yet powerful tool for online learning! More than just some links on a page, a HyperDocs allows you to bundle lessons, tasks, and assessments together in one document that can easily be differentiated for particular students or groups. In this course we explore ideas, tools, and templates to help you create your own HyperDocs that you can start using your students tomorrow.

Course Hours: Members who complete this course receive 2 HOURS of Act 48 and/or a certificate that may apply for Chapter 14 hours. Your employer has sole discretion to determine if this course qualifies for Chapter 14 hours.

• 2 Hours