Challenge Week #8

Can you believe it is week #8?  Only one more week of #canandaiguaslc left!  I have really enjoyed working with all of you and look forward to continuing our work in the coming months.  I plan on keeping this blog active and have decided to create a new School Year Challenge that will continue once a month throughout the school year. I'll fill you in on the details around that next week.

Okay, here is challenge #8...

This week's challenge also has two choices for you.  You only need to do one but again, you are welcome to do both if you'd like.

Option 1

This week's first challenge comes from Amber Teamann in Texas. Her video challenge is about Smore. A great free tool that allows you to make some cool online newsletters and such. You can watch her video HERE.

Her next part covers how she has used Twitter on her campus as an administrator and the neat little function called "Fast Follow". You'll definitely want to read THIS post to learn more!

Your challenge this week is to create your own Smore, and then to read Amber's blog post (and possibly leave a comment). Once completed you can fill out the Google Form  HERE.

Option 2:

Here is another great resource called  Sophia. Sophia is an online platform that I use for flipping my classroom. They have over 40,000 videos already made by other educators. Plus Bill Nye (the Science Guy) is a Sophia partner and has exclusive content on their site!

The best part? Sophia has partnered with Capella University to offer FREE certifications. You can get Flipped Classroom Certified, iPad Certified, Chrome Classroom Certified, or Virtual Classroom Certified....ALL FOR FREE!!! And you get a nifty little certificate and t-shirt out of it! Go HERE to see the certifications.

What is your challenge this week? Create a Sophia account, play around on the website, and choose 1 (or more) of the certifications to complete. Once you've completed your certification take a picture with your certificate and email it to me.  Then fill out the Google Form HERE.