#SUMMER2016 TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

This year the Academic Tech Team at Holton introduced an all new format for summer training that allows teachers to choose their own path to professional development with three ways to learn throughout the summer! Fully online by working through the Course Pages 2016 and Google Tools 2016 online modules posted to our Technology Information Course Page, fully face-to-face by attending one of the four, half-day workshops, or through a blended method by working through the online modules and then coming on campus for a face-to-face workshop or the full day, open lab depending on the level of assistance needed. [note: If you are a Holton teacher interested in participating in a face-to-face workshop please sign up by Wednesday August 10th].

Next week's #SUMMER2016 workshop schedule -
August 15 - Google Tools #1 [Drive, Docs, and Keep]
August 16 - Google Tools #2 [Slides, Sheets, and Forms]
August 17 - Course Pages 101 [Home, Resources, Sharing, Archives, and Calendars]
August 18 - Course Pages 102 [Embedded Resources, Discussions, Media, and Dropbox]
August 19 - Google Tools and Course Pages Open Lab [stop by any time to ask questions]

This new format was a complete experiment, and while we have already heard from several happy teachers who enjoyed working through the online modules at their own pace, we do plan to gather more data about how it went. At the start of the school year we will survey the teachers to not only see exactly how many teachers took advantage of the fully online method, but also to learn what the teachers thought about the format options and how we can make our summer training opportunities even better!