eLearning Showcase - May 13

Great news! Due to the generous support of our vendor sponsors, we have just LOWERED the registration fee to only $15/person for…


This popular day-long event gives you the chance to discover and explore new e-learning products that can help transform your classrooms! Many solutions will be on display in a format where vendors and district practitioners both demonstrate and answer questions about their solutions' applicability. With so many options now available, you'll likely find a number of products to meet your needs, as well as expand your awareness of innovations in blended and personalized learning.

Highlights:

• Keynote Address by Jason Mitchell: “Innovation in Education: Effective Blended Learning Models”
The keynote will focus on different Blended Learning models and examples of implementations.
• Networking with your peers
• Lunch
• Door prizes!

Bring a team in order to see ALL of the breakout sessions! Check out the Showcase webpage to see the day's schedule, a list of sponsoring vendors, and the presentation descriptions. A flyer is attached so you may share this exciting event with others.

We hope you'll join us on May 13 for an exciting and informative day!
Our partnering vendors are GREAT! In addition to paying sponsorship fees, which allowed us to lower the course fee to $15 for the eLearning Showcase, they have also outdone themselves in their donation of door prizes for this event! Some of the prizes they are donating include:

• One-year individual license to Atomic Integrate (includes video training tutorials on over 215 software applications, professional development workbooks and resources, classroom-ready projects, and more)
• Insight 360 software license valued at $299
• Canon Camera Bundle (includes Canon A1200, carrying case, and 1GB SD card
• A Kindle Fire
• 20 student licenses from Whizz Education
• Gift cards for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Starbucks
• And MORE!

Don't miss out on this opportunity to view a large variety of products and programs dedicated to blended and online learning!

We are also pleased to announce we've added more trainings to our summer schedule. Please refer to the attached workshop flyer for additional details, or read the full details at https://register.psesd.org/.

NEWLY ADDED TRAININGS (all held at Puget Sound ESD in Renton):

Introduction to Windows 8 – Get comfortable with Microsoft's latest operating system!
June 4, 5:00 pm – 8 pm

Google Day – A mini-conference with breakouts of everything Google.
July 16, 8:30 am – 3:00pm

Flipping the Classroom – Incorporate podcasting into your curriculum; we'll be using tablets on loan from Wacom!
July 24-25, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Looking up the Future – The Sequel – a conference for teacher-librarians with breakouts on a variety of timely topics.
July 31; 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Tablet/Mobile Computing Day – a mini-conference revolving around a variety of tablets and mobile management systems.
August 22; 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Janet Hinrichs, Program Specialist
Technology Services
(425) 917-7930, (253) 778-7930
1-800-664-4549, x7930 (in WA State only)
Fax: (425) 917-7907
Jhinrichs@psesd.org
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PUGET SOUND ESD
800 Oakesdale Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057-5221