Summer 2012 Learning Opportunities!

Happy Last Day of School CPSers!

Once you have  a few days of relaxation under your belt you might want to learn something this summer.  See the list below for a few ideas .. ..

Technology Summer Learning Opportunities 2012

Summer Technology Learning Opportunities:

This is our working list of technology PD for the summer:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o5o84ua6Z3AuOvsmIL_cLh_Ijrpr0Dk4J8p9piBZRiI/edit  or http://instructionaltech.cpsdigital.org/pd-schedule You can register for these sessions on PDExpress. 

Atomic Learning:

Lots of new tutorials, workshops, and unit suggestions are added daily.  iPad is now a platform choice . . . .

www.atomiclearning.com  Username:  cpsmedia / Password:  atomic

CPS Teachers as Readers:

Register on PDExpress.. ..

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones for Tuesday, June 12 at 6:30 pm at Coley's downtown

Body and Soul by Frank Conroy for Tuesday, July 10th at 6:30 pm at Coley's downtown

DBRL OneRead:  The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

EconFest 2012:

http://www.stlouisfed.org/newsroom/events/?trk=0&id=341

A few resources I found at MASL you might want to explore:

AASL Lesson Plan Database:

http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/lessonplandatabase/lessonplandb

Checking out Kindles and Nooks to Students (Lindbergh School District School Librarians)

http://masl2012ereaders.pbworks.com/w/page/51107314/FrontPage

Tools to Build a School Librarian’s PLN (Linda Dougherty:  MASL 2012)

https://sites.google.com/site/lindajdougherty/home/masl-2012

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis:  http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/

FRASER Economic Library and Archives:

http://research.stlouisfed.org/

Page One Economics (data behind today’s economic headlines):

http://research.stlouisfed.org/pageone-economics/

National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Medline Plus:  Trusted Health Information

www.medlineplus.gov (Mobile version:  http://m.medlineplus.gov )