EPS Professional Development - Feb 21, 2017 | Page 11

Enfield Public Schools
Session E — PK-12
Office 365: Using OneNote as a
Collaborative and Organizational
Tool
Cory O’Connell
Location: Fermi D222
During this session, participants
will be taken through the steps to
set up a OneNote teacher notebook to use in the classroom.
There will be a review of the features of OneNote that are applicable to collaboration, organization,
and presentation.
Session G — PK-2
Phonemic Awareness/Phonics
Instruction: Small and Whole
Group Ideas and Materials
Christine Turcotte-White
Location: Barnard Library

Session F — 6-12
Using Video Technology to Improve Student Instruction
John Dague
Location: EHS E130
Teachers will work with a team of
trainers to learn to use Discover
Video technology in a variety of
ways. Included will be how to create multimedia presentations for
use at school and home; how to
upload, manage, and play live and
recorded educational video; and
how to create text overlay for
video content.
Session H — PK-12
Yoga for the Classroom:
Creating a Calming Environment
Diana Latorre
Location: Fermi Gym

This session will give an overview
of various activities and materials
teachers can use in whole or small
group to support the foundational
skills of phonemic awareness and
phonics. This will be a mass overview of these two pillars of reading. Information from "The Best of
Teacher's College Phonics Instruction" will be shared.

This session will add to educators'
classroom management skills and
help them create a safer and more
effective learning environment.
This will be a "hands-on" course
where participants will work in
groups to review and teach breathing and yoga exercises that they
can share with their students to
reduce stress and anxiety and create a sense of focus. Participants
will experience a yoga class and
will need to wear loose clothing
and bring a yoga mat, towel/
blanket, water, and paper and pen.

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