TeachersFirst: Instructional Resources for Teachers by Teachers Tuesday, January 24, 2023 ⬥ 3:30 – 4:30 PM (CST) – Virtual Session Presented by Ruth Okoye Session Description: Want to find free resources to support instruction? Join us for a pre-conference tour of TeachersFirst. Created to save educators time, the TeachersFirst website has thousands of free items…

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Using Multimedia Text Sets to Build Background Knowledge Tuesday February 14, 2023 ⬥ 3:30 – 4:30 PM (Central US) Presented by Karen Streeter and Ruth Okoye Session Description: Looking for a new way to engage your learners as they study a topic? Try Multimedia Text Sets (MMTS)! In this session, we’ll learn to curate topically…

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Making the Most of the TeachersFirst Website On-Demand Presented by Barbara De Santis Session Description: This session will briefly share how to find and use resources on TeachersFirst to support your instruction and assist with your own professional learning plan. Learn about members-only features of the website and how to use what you learn to…

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Resource Roundup: Free Tools from the Edge On-Demand Presented by Melissa Henning Session Description: Looking for new tech tools? Go to the cutting edge with TeachersFirst! Discover tools you and your students can use to create images, timelines, whiteboards, mind maps, and more. Learn how the TeachersFirst Edge collection is organized so you can find…

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Global Collaboration For Cross-Cultural Understanding On-Demand Presented by Kevin Bower Session Description: Across the World Once a Week, #XW1W, a teacher-mediated curricular initiative, allows your elementary and middle school learners to engage with classrooms across the world through Twitter. Using a single question every week about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), your students can learn…

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Engage & Inspire with Reading Treks On-Demand Presented by Stephanie Bass Session Description: Background knowledge or context is, tragically, often a missing piece of the reading comprehension puzzle. TeachersFirst Reading Treks are built using Google Maps to chronicle a story character’s journey over the course of a book. Each stop along the way adds to…

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Find New Resources for SEL in a Flash On-Demand Presented by Darshell Silva Session Description: Looking for new resources for infusing Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into your classroom? Join us to explore helpful curated collections found on the TeachersFirst website. Our collections have something for everyone. Find items to share with colleagues, caregivers, and your…

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