- Pasco School District
- CORE 4 Professional Development
- Microsoft Learning Application Tools
Curriculum & Professional Development
- Welcome to Curriculum and Professional Development
- Professional Development Calendar & Clock Hours
- Instructional Paraeducator Training
- Online Professional Development Courses
- CORE 4 Professional Development
- 2020-2021 ELA/Literacy Essential Standards Crosswalk
- 2020-2021 Math Essential Standards Crosswalk
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Literacy
- Curriculum Resources for First Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Kindergarten
- Curriculum Resources for Second Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Third Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Fourth Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Fifth Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Sixth Grade
- Curricululm Resources for Seventh Grade
- Curriculum Resources for Eighth Grade
- Curriculum Resources for High School
- iStation
- K-8 District Essential Standards
- Curriculum Review
- New Teacher Mentorship Program
- Behavior Intervention
- District Mathematics
- GLAD
- Science Homepage
- STEM Initiatives
- Social Studies
- Health & Sexual Health Curriculum
- Read 180 Universal
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Microsoft Office 365 Applications
Microsoft’s Office 365 for Educators has many tools that teachers can use to make their day easier and help students learn more effectively as school begins with an online learning model. These applications are known as learning apps, which is software used in the learning process in virtual space. Many of these applications are already embedded and/or can be embedded into Microsoft Classroom Teams. These tools can be a useful tool to aid learners in the learning process.
Learn how to get more work done, from anywhere on any device with Office 365 and Windows 10. Discover how industry professionals leverage Microsoft 365 to communicate, collaborate, and improve productivity across the team and organization by visiting the Office 365 Training Center.
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These are courses and free resources provided by Microsoft educators to help aid in learning. Clock hours will not be provided for courses taken, these are additional resources to help aid in learning additional Microsoft Office 365 apps.
Office 365 Apps
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OneNote
Introduction to OneNote
In this interactive teacher's guide, you will learn how to get started with OneNote. You see how to work with Class Notebooks, section, and pages; how to take and share linked notes and import/export content, and how to use OneNote with Outlook and draw in notebooks.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/5fed9211/overview
Getting Started with OneNote
Learning is more powerful and dynamic with tools that are already right in front of you – and it’s up to educators to impress this on students in the classroom.
With Microsoft OneNote, educators can create digital notebooks that support academic standards and education outcomes across disciplines and tasks, such as writing, reading, mathematics, science, history, CTE, and elective courses. Students may use OneNote across content areas and grade levels and use OneNote to compile and organize unstructured information, research, and content. OneNote also supports research, collaboration, information management, communication, note-taking, journaling, reflective writing, and academic requirements.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/23b7f02f/overview
OneNote Class Notebook: A teacher's all-in-one notebook for students
OneNote Class Notebook provides a platform for teachers to prepare instructional materials and collaborate with students in an organized manner. In this training, participants create a Class Notebook and begin building instructional content they can use with their students.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/e597ca7b/overview
Independent learning with math tools in OneNote
Imagine a world where you can ensure that every student has the ability to see the steps to solve an equation anytime they need. No need to imagine anymore! The OneNote Math button will empower your students to be independent learners. The math button not only helps students know if the equation is correct, but it also shows the steps needed to solve an equation. In this course, educators learn how to empower students to be independent learners through the use of the math button in OneNote.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/c04cb8b0/overview
OneNote help & learning
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote
Break Out of the Norm: OneNote Breakout Templates
Who doesn't love a fun escape room? They are the latest buzz right now not only in the entertainment arena, but also in the #edtech world. A OneNote breakout or escape room is an engaging activity where students interact in a story adventure to solve puzzles and think critically to identify information needed to BREAK OUT. In the examples below, you will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of OneNote breakout activities and learn how to create one of your very own. Utilize the Make It Mine links to fully customize the content you want your students to learn within an engaging storyline. The adventure in these OneNote breakouts is sure to bring collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication to your classroom
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Class Insight
Actionable analytics with Insights with Teams
Insights in Microsoft Teams can save teachers time as they track students' academic progress and engagement in-class activities. Added as a tab in a class team channel, Insights collects several areas of student activity in Teams—grades, assignment turn-in, communication, and file collaboration—creating an analytics dashboard showing that data in actionable graphs and other visuals.
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Microsoft Word
Word help & learning
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Microsoft Excel
Excel help & learn
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Microsoft Forms
Exporting Data from Microsoft Forms to Excel
Take your assessment data from Microsoft Forms and export it into an excel spreadsheet for easy information sorting, filing, and sharing.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/resource/497454c4
Share a form or quiz with students in Mircosoft Forms
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PowerPoint
Training teachers to author accessible content
The importance of creating accessible documents.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/9afd76de/overview
PowerPoint help & learn
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Sway
Digital storytelling with Microsoft Sway
From student reports to monthly newsletters, today's classrooms have many stories to tell. Digital storytelling with Microsoft Sway lets educators and students focus on the content and not worry about the format. This course will show how Sway can be used to capture and share the digital stories that need to be told.
https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/2b57129d/overview
Sway help & learn
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Presentation Design
Presentation Design 101: How to create visual slides with impact
A free comprehensive course for non-designers on how to combine text and images like a pro. Full of visual examples cheat sheets and case studies, this step-by-step visual guide will show you practical design tricks for creating visual slides that complement your oral message.
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Microsoft Teams Applications for Education
Microsoft Teams for Education is a dynamic digital hub for your classroom. Educators can encourage conversations, share files, hold virtual meetings, and distribute assignments through their Class Team. Additionally, with Microsoft Teams Applications for Education, instructors can enrich their students' learning experiences by integrating a variety of tools and resources inside their Class Team. With a wide variety of applications ranging from assessment to video streaming, Microsoft Teams and its EDU Partners are truly better together. Learn how to enhance your Class Team with the partners featured here.
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These are FREE pre-recorded webinars that Microsoft has provided to educators. Clock hours will not be provided for attending these webinars, they are additional resources to help aid in learning Microsoft Office 365 applications.
Office 365 Webinars & Resources
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Resources
Resources for Teachers:
Flipgrid instruction sheet-editable- click here
Flipgrid Professional Development- Click Here
Flipgrid Q&A- Click Here
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Webinars
Feedback Made Easy with OneNote Class Notebook
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Cultivate an Inclusive Classroom with Accessibility Tools in Microsoft 365
Click Here for Webinar Recordings
Creating Authentic Assessment with Microsoft Forms
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This webinar will surely get you started using Microsoft Forms. With Microsoft Forms, you can create surveys, quizzes, and polls, and easily see results as they come in. When you create a quiz or survey, you can invite others to respond to it using any web browser, even on mobile devices. As results are submitted, you can use built-in analytics to evaluate responses.
Register to watch the recording:
https://microsoftevent.eventbuilder.com/event/21710/recording
Digital storytelling with Microsoft Sway
Learn More:
From student reports to monthly newsletters, today's classrooms have many stories to tell. Digital storytelling with Microsoft Sway lets educators and students focus on the content and not worry about the format. This webinar will show how Sway can be used to capture and share the digital stories that need to be told.
Register to watch the recording:
https://microsoftevent.eventbuilder.com/event/21660
Tools for Teachers Supporting Parents
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As schools, educators, students, and families navigate remote learning—some for the very first time—Microsoft Education is here to help with easy-to-use and inclusive tools, technology, and resources that keep students engaged and learning on track. Come and discover how Microsoft O365 can transform the way you, and your student’s parents can effectively collaborate in today's new remote learning environment.
Register to watch the recording:
https://microsoftevent.eventbuilder.com/event/21550
Microsoft OneNote and its role in supporting remote teaching and learning
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This session will cover One Note, one of the most requested topics in recent days and will deliver real-time demos and hands-on walkthroughs to give you models and ideas. There will be an opportunity to answer your questions as we go through the session.
Register to watch the recording:
https://microsoftevent.eventbuilder.com/event/16213
Data Collection & Assessment Made Easy with Microsoft Forms
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Flipping for Flipgrid to Increase Student Engagement
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Flipped instruction with PowerPoint
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Explore how to leverage features in the PowerPoint app to support and encourage creativity in the classroom. Participants will learn to use tools like morph, animate, screen record and live subtitles to enhance how information can be expressed and organized in PowerPoint.
Register to watch the recording:
https://microsoftevent.eventbuilder.com/event/21546
Flip Your Classroom with PowerPoint and Stream
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Stream, Flipgrid and video tools to support remote teaching and learning
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This webinar will explore how video can be incorporated in remote learning – including screen recordings. We will share real-time demos and hands-on walkthrough to give you models and ideas of integrating video in your lessons. There will be an opportunity to answer your questions as we go through the session.
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