Category Archives: Teachers – Elementary

ACPS Has Subscribed to eMedia Services!

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emedia-va_logoACPS has subscribed to eMedia services. eMediaVA is Virginia’s premier statewide digital media distribution system featuring the best purpose-built educational content available. Brought to you by the Virginia Public Media Stations and PBS, eMediaVA is constantly evolving to better meet the needs of Virginia’s teachers and students. What’s even better, eMediaVA is FREE for all Virginia teachers and students! Learn more »

All teachers have been created an account. You may retrieve usernames and passwords from your media specialists. If you have questions or need support, please contact edtech@k12albemarle.org.

Share Fair: A FREE Technology Education Event Coming to Shenandoah Valley

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Share Fair NationShare Fair Nation is coming to Bridgewater College on Saturday, November 8! Teachers: Join elementary, high school, and higher ed educators and administrators from across the Shenandoah Valley for a rare (and free!) opportunity to learn from the nation’s best in classroom technology integration and STEM instruction. Continue reading →

Last Minute Reminder: Friday, October 10 Is the Deadline for Two VSTE Opportunities!

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VSTE LogoShowcase Your Students
Showcase the creative and innovative work your students are doing with technology in the classroom! Entries for the Student Technology Integration Challenge are still being accepted, and you may submit work that was created during the 2013-14 school year.

Recognize Excellence
Let VSTE help you recognize a colleague who always seems to go above and beyond with educational technology. Continue reading →

Design for Change Challenge – Project Submissions Due by May 15, 2015

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Design for Change ChallengeElementary teachers: Design for Change is the largest global movement designed to give children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world and put them into action. The challenge asks students to design solutions for the world’s greatest challenges by doing four very simple things: FEEL (anything that bothers them), IMAGINE (brainstorm ways to make it better), DO (implement the act of change), and SHARE (send the stories to inspire others). From reducing the weight of backpacks to converting garbage dumps into playgrounds to designing alternatives to packaged food, school children across the globe are “dreaming up and leading brilliant ideas.” Continue reading →

Learning Differences MOOC-Ed

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Frustrated StudentTeachers: Are you working to meet the individual needs of your students every day? The Learning Differences Massive Open Online Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed) opens on Oct. 6 and ends on Nov. 14. This free course is intended for teachers and coaches who want to learn more about and develop tangible approaches to address learning differences, such as executive function, working memory, and motivation. View the course outline »

Are You Planning to Host a Cardboard Challenge? Don’t Forget to Register Your Event Before October 11!

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2014 GCCThis fall, the Imagination Foundation invites the world to participate in our 3rd Annual Global Cardboard Challenge. Inspired by the short film, Caine’s Arcade, the Global Cardboard Challenge is a worldwide celebration of child creativity and the role communities can play in fostering it. Kids are challenged to create and build using cardboard, recycled materials, and imagination. Then on October 11, 2014, communities all around the world will come together and play! Get the details »

Virginia Bio Foundation BioTeach Event on October 9

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VAbio LogoAs you may know, the Science Museum of Western Virginia and Virginia Tech have organized the first-ever state-wide Virginia Science Festival beginning Oct. 4, 2014, and concluding Oct. 11, 2014. As part of this event, Virginia Bio Foundation, a not for profit foundation created to connect bioscience companies with teachers and students to stimulate career interest in the biosciences (BioSTEM), is hosting a teachers-only event on October 9, 2014 at locations throughout Virginia. Continue reading →

The Adventures of Robin Hood – October 6 (Grades 3-8)

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Robin Hood at the ParamountThe Paramount Theater presents The Adventures of Robin Hood on Monday, October 6, at 12:30 p.m. This performance is perfect for upper elementary and middle school grade levels (grades 3-8). The performance offers Curriculum Connections to the concepts of benevolence, abuse of power, working to right wrongs, fairness, and morality. Continue reading →

Making Connections Call for Proposals Is Open – Deadline: October 13

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MC2014Announcing the Making Connections 2014 Call for Proposals!

Who? All Albemarle County Public Schools Educators (Feel free to share this information with outside educators and community members who would provide quality presentations and workshops.)

What? The Making Connections Conference will include over 100 conversations, presentations and workshops with a menu of choices unparalleled by any other local professional learning endeavor and geared specifically to the work we are engaged in here in Albemarle County Public Schools.  Continue reading →