FREE professional development presented by the National Archives at Fort Worth.

Wondering what to do with your students to observe Constitution Day and Freedom Week? The National Archives has many fun and educational options available to educators for FREE! Sign the Declaration of Independence, hold a Constitution Workshop, or explore the Bill of Rights in an online exhibit to celebrate our nation's founding documents. Join National Archives education specialist, Jenny Sweeney to explore these activities and many more!

Required materials: envelope with 1 die & 12 paper clips

Register: Click here

Title: It’s the Law: Teaching the Constitution

Target Audience: Social studies teachers, librarians, etc.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 15

Time: 10:00-11:00 CST

Cost: Free

Lori Hamm-NeckarDistance Learning Technician
Region Eleven Telecommunications Network (RETN)
O: (817) 740-7516 | C: (817) 291-3748 | lhamm@esc11.net

Education Service Center Region XI
3001 North Freeway | Fort Worth Texas 76106

39 Twitter Tweeting Tips and Tricks

Think you know TWITTER. Think again!


If social networking can help topple governments and remove Middle Eastern dictators, TWITTER can help you build a community. Begin your journey into building a PLN and communication, connections and collaboration.

Discover 39 tips and tricks about Twitter. Explores tricks, tips and how to’s for every one.

You can learn the basics in minutes, and master the platform within hours.” Start with a primer on how Twitter works then explore topics that include: Twitter for Beginners; Why You Should Be on Twitter: Why Teachers Should Use Twitter: Twitter in Education: Using Twitter Search; Ways to Be Worth Following; Twitter Networking; Twitter Mistakes You Should Avoid; Grow Your Twitter Presence; Ways to use Twitter from your mobile phone; Most Popular Twitter applications;Understand the “ Importance of Retweeting”. Discover “Upcoming Twitter Trends”, and “Utilizing Free Twitter Tools”.


On Demand cost: Cost per Site: $150.00


Howie DiBlasi
howie@frontier.net
928 River Walk
Georgetown, TX  78633
United States
Phone: (970) 749-0760
Fax: (512) 819-0627

17 Ways To Connect and Integrate Social Media Into Classroom

Explore the elements of Social Media, Bookmarking ,Networking and how it integrates into your classroom. What it is-how it works-how to get started-how to develop instructional strategies. Understand the power of these tools and increase your productivity as a teacher; redesign assignments in ways that increases and assesses critical thinking skills and problem solving. Explore applications/connections with hands-on projects

Understand how educators utilize Social Media for teaching and learning. Learn how to bring our wired classrooms to life and equip students with the technology they are using outside of school into our classrooms.

Explore Social Media as the foundation of learning. Understand perspectives on how to foster deep, critical, understanding through effective implementation of learning networks. Learn best practices for connecting your classroom and explore a variety of applications and connections.


On Demand Price: Cost per Site: $150.00

Howie DiBlasi howie@frontier.net 928 River Walk Georgetown, TX  78633 United States Phone: (970) 749-0760 Fax: (512) 819-0627