KQED Teach at ISTE 2017

ISTE is a globally recognized organization dedicated to expanding educational technology opportunities. For three decades, educators and educational leaders have gathered at the ISTE conference to connect and learn from other innovate educators, thought leaders, and education companies. Through a host of lectures and interactive activities learn and engage with new educational technologies. This year’s conference will take place June 25th through the 28th in San Antonio, Texas. Come check out the KQED Teach and Engineering for Good poster session.

Sessions

Make, Share, and Level-Up: Free Online Digital Media Courses for Educators
Monday, June 26
11:00 am – 1:00pm

Learn how to make maps, timelines, and infographics to level-up your classroom with free online digital media courses for educators.

Engineering for Good: Communicating Solutions for the Plastic Problem
Sunday, June 25
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Help your students share their solutions to the plastics problem. Through videos about their methods to creating infographics to demonstrate their newly gained understanding.

Additional Resources:

KQED Teach

KQED Teach is an online professional learning platform with a variety of hands-on courses for learning digital media literacy skills. In this space, practice and collaborate with fellow educators to bring media making into your learning environment.

Engineering for Good

Plastic is a useful and ubiquitous item in our lives, but the fact that it doesn’t biodegrade means that it has long-term effects on the Earth. Middle school science classrooms across the country can develop  solutions for negative impacts of plastic on the environment with KQED Learning’s new Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS)-aligned, project-based learning unit, Engineering for Good.