[CASL-L] Advocacy & Inspiration (Carrie & Melissa)

Szilagyi, Nella nszilagyi at wethersfield.me
Sun May 10 13:55:08 PDT 2020


Carrie,  Thanks for sharing this:)) And Melissa, thank you for being such
an amazing advocate and an inspiration to all of us.


                                 Note email address change:
nszilagyi at wethersfield.me

Nella Szilagyi
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>    2. Re: Favorite Memorial Day picture book? (Jane Martellino)
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>    4. Advocacy & Inspiration (Carrie Seiden)
>    5. Cool online event for CS :) (Melissa Thom)
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> Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:12:05 -0400
> Subject: [CASL-L] Favorite Memorial Day picture book?
> PreK-2 LMS’s...what is your favorite Memorial Day picture book?
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> :) Alyse
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> Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:13:48 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Favorite Memorial Day picture book?
> Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner
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> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 5:12 PM Alyse Castonguay <lovetoread127 at gmail.com>
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>> PreK-2 LMS’s...what is your favorite Memorial Day picture book?
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>> :) Alyse
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> Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 22:32:25 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] weekly assignments
> Hi.
> I assign K-1 in Seesaw and 2-6 in Classroom.  Although grades 2-3 often
> respond in Seesaw for an assignment.
>
> For grades 4-6, they have been working on research.  I used Google Slides
> for their information (like hyperdoc) and also asked them to complete all
> notes by adding slides in the same deck.  This keeps it simple and it's
> only 1 place for them to go.  They will be creating a technology project to
> show their work and for that they have free choice.
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> I create a video every week to go with my assignment.  I use Screencastify
> to record the video so I can show them how to do the assignment as well.
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> I agree that simple is best.
> Laura
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> On Friday, May 8, 2020, 01:32:27 PM EDT, Carrie Seiden <
> cseiden at northbranfordschools.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I am currently sending out weekly assignments via Google Classroom to 19
> grade 3-5 classes. I am finding that my rate of participation & completed
> assignments is always highest (and the number of tech questions low) when I
> create and assign activities using Google Forms. Flipgrid and Padlet work
> well for some things but we use them a lot....
>
> I received a ton of tech related questions from my students when I
> assigned  Nearpod and Edpuzzle activities (plus, I didn't love the reports
> on either.). Google hyperdocs seem to overwhelm many of the 3rd graders.
>
> Super simple seems to work best for us right now.
>
> What are you using to create weekly graded or ungraded assignments and
> activities? What is working well for you? What should I try next? With six
> weeks to go I need some inspiration.
>
> Thanks in advance!!
> Carrie
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> Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:53:03 -0400
> Subject: [CASL-L] Advocacy & Inspiration
> Hello all,
>
> Please set aside 30 minutes today to watch this facebook live recording
> with CASL vice-president, Melissa Thom talking to Michele McAvoy, author
> and creator of the My Messy Muse podcast. There are a lot of takeaways
> here—tips, resources, and a good example of how to joyfully advocate for
> our students, our profession, CASL, etc.
> So good!!
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> https://www.facebook.com/michelemcavoyauthor/videos/545277309494148/
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> Have a great weekend,
> Carrie
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> *Carrie G. Seiden, M.L.S*
> *Certified Teacher-Librarian & Gifted Education Specialist*
> *2020 CT Nutmeg Selection Committee Member *
> *Totoket Valley Elementary School*
> *1388 Middletown Avenue *
> *Northford, CT 06472*
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> Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:06:18 -0400
> Subject: [CASL-L] Cool online event for CS :)
> Good Morning,
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> A good friend of mine shared this cool online event that is FREE and open
> to anyone interested in computer science ed.  It's a great opportunity to
> connect and network  with other educators from all over. :)
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> *MNCodes May Digital Computer Science Ed PD & Meet Up Event - 5/16*
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> Join us on Saturday, May 16th from 9-11:30am, CT, for a chance to connect,
> learn and share around a variety of CS ed topics with a network of K12 and
> community educators. David DeLiema
> <https://www.cehd.umn.edu/edpsych/people/ddeliema/> will be our plenary
> speaker and will share about Debugging and Productive Failure with
> students. The morning will feature Birds of a Feather sessions, Q&A,
> resource sharing…and prizes!
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> This event is free -- hosted by MN educators, and open to anyone! Click
> here for info and registration!
> <https://mncodes.org/events/mncodes-may-digital-meet-up/>
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> Melissa Thom
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