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The Learning Technology Center offers a variety of online courses, focusing on educational technology trends and best practices in a format that fits educators’ busy schedules. From self-paced to guided learning, educators learn practical skills to begin implementing in their classrooms immediately.
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Learn and complete the first phase of your E-Rate application with an E-Rate expert on hand. Tune in for program rules, eligible items, updates, and tools for making your E-Rate life easier.
In this session, we'll dive into the practical side of AI for school administrators and teacher leaders, showcasing a variety of AI tools designed to streamline and enhance your workflow. This workshop is tailored for school leaders who want to leverage AI to improve efficiency and effectiveness, freeing them up for the human element of leadership in education.
Learn and complete the first phase of your E-Rate application with an E-Rate expert on hand. Tune in for program rules, eligible items, updates, and tools for making your E-Rate life easier.
There's more to AI than meets the eye. Join us for this hands-on workshop where teachers of all grade levels can begin exploring artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential uses in the classroom.
Mission control for STEM-centered learning is closer to home than you think! Join us for an introduction to the Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College. During this overview, we'll highlight some of the Center's programs and explore how their NGSS-aligned virtual missions can bring NASA-inspired STEM learning to your students.
This in-person event, intended for teachers, tech directors, and admins, aims to raise awareness about the latest advancements in STEM technology, how they can be implemented in your schools, and their impact on your students. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or just curious to learn more, this mini-conference is perfect for you!
Engage in workshops led by Professional Development Specialists and check out the exhibit area to experience demos led by product experts, where you can learn practical skills and gain insights into the programs and services available to your schools.
Artificial intelligence is here, and unlike what you’ve seen in the movies, AI isn’t coming to destroy humans – it’s coming to disrupt our classrooms. Should educators be afraid, excited, or both? Can educators embrace AI’s potential while ensuring their students still learn the value of creating original work?
AI isn't making our current classrooms obsolete. But if we harness this new tool for learning now, we can future-proof our classrooms and better prepare our students for many evolving learning paths ahead.
Whether you're a tech enthusiast or just starting out, join us to discover how Canva can help your students become confident, capable, and creative learners!
Learn and complete the first phase of your E-Rate application with an E-Rate expert on hand. Tune in for program rules, eligible items, updates, and tools for making your E-Rate life easier.
Join us to discover how you can leverage technology tools to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in your classroom.
Whether you’re brand new to 3D printing or you have one that’s not being used to its full potential, this workshop will give you the foundation you need. We’ll begin at square one of the 3D printing process and go from ideation to finished print, covering everything in between. You’ll then learn how 3D printers work, how to create and prepare models for printing, how to operate your printer and optimize its settings, and how to troubleshoot your printer when issues arise.
Learn and complete the first phase of your E-Rate application with an E-Rate expert on hand. Tune in for program rules, eligible items, updates, and tools for making your E-Rate life easier.
This workshop explores Gmail's powerful features, focusing on labels and filters to help you organize, prioritize, and automate your email management. Learn to tame the chaos of student, parent, and administrative emails, freeing you to focus on what truly matters: your students and your teaching.
For this session, we'll be diving into the Illinois Computer Science standards to gain a better understanding of the concepts as well as find cross-curricular connections.
We'll then explore resources- unplugged, online, and physical computing (including robots) that can not only introduce students to the basics of CS and computational thinking but also support your content area instruction!
This workshop will demonstrate how you can use various AI tools as your personal teaching assistant to save you time, access more resources, and provide more personalized learning to students. We’ll demonstrate creative uses of the most commonly known generative AI programs like Chat GPT and Gemini. We’ll also demonstrate other AI-powered tools that are custom-designed for educators.
AI development is changing education rapidly. Beyond the classroom, it may become an integral part of your students’ future careers.
Are you prepared for AI-generated essays, artwork, and presentations? Are you taking advantage of its power to become more efficient and creative in your work as an educator?
Throughout this session, we'll practice strategies that help you prioritize tasks, organize files, manage emails, collect and analyze data, and run efficient meetings - all utilizing the Google apps you're already familiar with. In particular, we'll focus on innovative ways to harness Google Chrome, Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and more.