We are excited to announce our Spring 2020 Online Learning Courses for education professionals! These free or low-cost courses can be taken on your own schedule in the comfort of your home, office, or classroom. These learning opportunities will support your professional growth in the areas of classroom technology integration throughout your career. Plus, we can also provide you with Illinois Professional Development Credits to support your License Renewal activities.
Join us for these FREE Online Courses to learn more about Google’s GSuite tools:
These FREE Online Courses will allow OPEN ENROLLMENT, which means you can start the course that interests you most within a just few days of registering. When you’re done you can register for another course and complete that one at any time during the semester. Registration for any of these courses opens February 1. All courses will close May 4, 2020.
If you’re interested in taking your professional learning to the next level, try:
Last, if you’d like to join in a community of learners in both synchronous and asynchronous discussions surrounding recent releases in books about technology integration, join us for our Spring Online Book Studies:
Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms, by Stacey Roshan (Feb. 23 – Apr. 5; 5 PD Credits; $35 plus book, available from Amazon and other booksellers)
DON’T Ditch That Tech: Differentiated Instruction in a Digital World, by Matt Miller, Angelia Ridgway, and Nate Ridgway (Apr. 1 – May 10; 5 PD Credits; $35 plus book, available from Amazon and other booksellers)
Get all the details and register at ltcillinois.org/online. We’re looking forward to learning with you!
Already thinking back-to-school? Don’t wait until the bell rings to start learning. Start collaborating digitally, optimizing your Calendar settings, and sending templated emails now with these new online courses.
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