Just starting to explore the world of Artificial Intelligence in education? This introductory course is for you! We'll guide you through the fundamentals of AI and generative AI (genAI), revealing their potential in your classroom and it's strong connections to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). You'll gain an understanding of OSPI's Human-AI-Human model - a key framework for thoughtful AI integration. Plus, we'll introduce you to the basics of prompt engineering, helping you get started with AI tools, and address essential considerations for student data privacy and responsible use. Think of this as your first step into the exciting world of AI in education. **Completion of this module earns STEM Clock Hours

Is there a topic that you would like to learn more about that is not already offered in the Professional Learning Portal? This is your chance to earn up to 20 clock hours for your own exploration of a topic of your choice; choose your own adventure and design your own learning plan!

Designed for educators at every level, this in-depth course will explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance teaching and learning in all subject areas, while also providing specific strategies and examples for meaningful integration within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) lessons. Whether you've already experimented with AI tools or are eager to begin, this course will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience needed to thoughtfully and effectively integrate AI into your educational practices. While some topics may seem familiar from our AI Overview course, this course offers a significantly deeper understanding of how AI works and how to truly integrate it into your classroom practices. Each section will go more in-depth than the overview course, and even though some resources may appear similar, you'll find additional slides, interactive components, and expanded content throughout. **Completion of this module earns STEM Clock Hours

Graphic organizers are a powerful learning tool for students. With mind maps, concept webs, Venn diagrams, and more, students can express their knowledge, plan their projects, and explore their content. There are many tools available to create graphic organizers and Google Drawings is a great free option. Learn how students can use Google Drawings to create graphic organizers, use existing templates, collaborate with others, and share the final product.

Hapara Workspace is a platform for teachers to create highly personalized learning experiences that deepen collaboration and differentiation throughout the learning cycle. Teachers will be able to streamline the process by tracking progress, submissions, and providing feedback to their learners. In addition, the learners will now have an easy, intuitive interface to manage their assignments and customize their submissions -- giving them greater ownership of their learning.

Learn how to manage your email more effectively. Mastering GMail will help you to work more efficiently, and give you the know-how to teach your students how to manage email the right way.

Learn the basics and more advanced features of this learning management system that easily integrates with all your Google tools and makes communicating, assigning, grading and providing feedback to students a breeze!

Your Google Drive is home for all of your files at LSSD. This course will show you how to navigate your Drive, organize your files and folders, and manage sharing of all of your resources.

MODULE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN SOON! Learn the ins and outs of creating presentations with Google Slides.

Seesaw has been selected as our elementary Learning Management System for instructional delivery and home communication. Seesaw is a tool for engaging students in interactive multimedia assignments, allows for multimedia feedback to students and grading based on skills. Seesaw allows for keeping families in the loop on learning and is available as a web app (for Chromebook use) and also has Android and iOS apps for ease of access. This course is organized into 2 different sections to support your learning with up to 3 hours if you participate in all sections.

MODULE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN SOON! Anyone can run a simple Google search, but most of us only use a tiny fraction of the power of this amazing tool! Learn how to unlock the power in Google's search tool on your way to becoming a Power Searcher. You'll learn all the tricks to narrow down your search results and find exactly what you want.

This module will help you determine whether a student you are working with could benefit from an AAC tool, and provide you ideas for using that tool to grant access to and improve communication throughout daily routines throughout the school day. The intended audience for this training is staff who work in a self-contained special program classroom. **Completion of this module earns Equity Clock Hours

Is there a topic that you would like to learn more about that is not already offered in the Professional Learning Portal? This is your chance to earn up to 20 clock hours for your own exploration of a topic of your choice; choose your own adventure and design your own learning plan!

Learn about this new tool that can be used for digital annotation, word prediction or voice tools.

So you have heard of flipping your classroom but would like to learn more about what this means. This module will help you learn the basics of a Flipped Classroom so you can see if it is a tool for you.

This self-paced course is designed to provide you with an overview of Hapara Highlights and to introduce you to the tools that will help you start using Hapara Highlights right away.

Students who are deaf or hard of hearing may have accommodations that legally require educators to ensure that videos used for instruction include captions. Learn about tools to find videos with CC, add CC to videos and create CC videos. **Completion of this module earns Equity Clock Hours