Reentry Response

SUPPORTING VIRTUAL & HYBRID LEARNING MODELS

The LHRIC Instructional Technology team is available to assist you during your reentry to learning. As a trusted partner, LHRIC Model Schools’ professional development team has been planning alongside you – working to get you the support and resources you may need to continue teaching at a distance whether your district is Full Remote/Virtual, Hybrid, or In Person.

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Events

  • Virtual Self-paced Workshop

    Mastering Nearpod (ONLINE)

    Model Schools ‘PD Your Way’

    Nearpod is a great way to keep your students engaged with different types of activities within your lesson. In this online course, you will go on a journey through Nearpod that culminates in creating a usable lesson for your classroom. NOTE: This course is 100% online and will take approximately 3 hours to complete. This course begins on October 25, and participants have until November 5 to complete all required assignments and activities to receive CTLE credit. LHRIC Model Schools utilizes the Schoology Learning Management System.

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    Upon registration, you will receive a welcome message from your instructor with information on how your course works, what you can expect, how to get help along the way, and steps you need to take in order to enroll.

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  • Virtual / Live Interactive Webinar

    Software Series: NoRed Ink

    Model School Webinar

    NoRedInk builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.

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    Registered participants will receive Zoom connection information via email prior to session start.

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  • Virtual / Live Interactive Webinar

    TLI: Virtual Keynote Series

    Join Us for the first TLI Virtual Keynote Series of the season...

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    Pathways to Personalization
    Keynote: Shawn  Rubin

    As the Interim Executive Director of Highlander Institute, Shawn acts as the organization's lead architect, ensuring the Institute's work serves our most important constituents- students. He is a national thought leader on coaching and consulting approaches to classroom personalization and school change management. His days are split between providing on the ground support in schools and districts supporting educators and leadership, and the creation and design of new processes for systemic educational change.
    His ten years in the classroom have informed his insider's view into the challenges teachers face on a daily basis. Shawn is a co-author of the book Pathways to Personalization: A Framework for School Change, through Harvard Education Press. In 2017, Shawn received the iNACOL Innovator Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Personalized Learning. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Lesley University. Shawn lives in Providence, RI with his wife and two boys.


    Note: For the Virtual Keynotes we waive the eight seat per district limit.

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  • Virtual / Live Interactive Webinar

    Schoology User Group

    JOIN US for this year’s Schoology User Group. LHRIC User Groups are designed for school/district leaders and provide the perfect opportunity to:
    • Learn from each other about successes, challenges, and strategies.
    • Review recent product updates and future plans with experts from PowerSchool / Schoology.
    • Update or formulate district and school goals as well as plans for support and assistance with LHRIC staff for the coming year.

    The Fall 2021 Schoology User Group will be hosted via Zoom and include:
    • Community Connections & Sharing
    • Recap of Schoology’s Recent Releases & Product Roadmap for Remainder of Year
    • Highlights of Upcoming Events & Resources
    • Open Q+A w/Schoology Experts

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    Note: The Fall 2021 Schoology User Group is available to districts subscribed to PowerSchool Schoology Learning with the LHRIC.

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  • Veterans Day - LHRIC offices closed

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  • Rochester NY / Virtual

    TLI: NYSCATE Annual Conference: 11/20 – 23/21

    The NYSCATE Annual Conference brings over 1,500 educators together with the knowledge and resources they need to transform the future of teaching and learning. BOCES, RICs and district-level administrators, curriculum and technology leaders, teachers, librarians, and champions of ed tech will convene to share and discover innovative ways to engage students, enhance curriculum, and increase productivity.

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    Note: TLI membership includes four (4) seats at this hybrid convention. 

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  • Early Closing - LHRIC offices close at noon

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  • Thanksgiving Day - LHRIC offices closed

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  • Day after Thanksgiving - LHRIC offices closed

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  • Christmas Eve - LHRIC offices closed

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  • Winter Break - LHRIC offices closed

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  • New Year's Eve - LHRIC offices closed

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  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - LHRIC Offices Closed

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  • Virtual / Live Interactive Webinar

    TLI: Virtual Keynote Series

    Join Us for TLI Virtual Keynote Series with keynote: Alex J. Bowers, "The Data Gentleman"

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    Alex J. Bowers is a Professor of Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he works to help school leaders use the data that they already collect in schools in more effective ways to help direct the limited resources of schools and districts to specific student needs. His research focuses on the intersection of effective school and district leadership, organization and HR, data driven decision making, student grades and test scores, student persistence and dropouts. His work also considers the influence of school finance, facilities, and technology on student achievement. Professor Bowers studies these domains through the application of data science, and big data analytics, such as data visualization analytics, machine learning, multilevel and growth mixture modeling, and cluster analysis heatmap data dashboards.


    Note: For the Virtual Keynotes we waive the eight seat per district limit.

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  • President's Day - LHRIC offices closed

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  • LHRIC offices, 450 Mamaroneck Ave. · Harrison, NY

    TLI: Active=Con 2022

    Active=Con is a conference for explorers, leaders, and innovators in K-12 active learning spaces. 

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    KEYNOTES: DR. JOHN SPENCER & DR. ROBERT DILLON

    Dr. John Spencer is a former middle school teacher and current college professor on a quest to transform schools into bastions of creativity and wonder. Spencer wants to see teachers unleash the creative potential in all of their students so that kids can be makers, designers, artists, and engineers. He explores research, interviews educators, deconstructs systems, and studies real-world examples of design thinking in action — and shares what he’s learning in books, blog posts, journal articles, free resources, animated videos, and podcasts.

    Dr. Robert Dillon has served as an educator and leader for the past twenty years. Through this work, he has excelled in change leadership, supporting organization with new ideas and energy, and providing solutions to meet specific organizational needs. Dr. Dillon draws upon his experience, national network, and research-based practices to support innovation that impacts learning. Dr. Dillon truly embeds himself in the work of an organization, supporting, coaching, and getting in the weeds where it is needed.

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  • Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY

    TLI: TELL Awards

    This exciting annual award celebration give us an opportunity to celebrate and learn from educators and leaders from across the region who have been actively Transforming Education through Leading and Learning (TELL). Awardees apply for, or are nominated by their peers for their outstanding accomplishments in innovation, and are recognized by LHRIC leadership through a selection and review process. Participants will benefit from hearing directly from each awardee (Outstanding Innovative Teacher and Outstanding Innovative Leader). We are planning a dinner event this year.

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    KEYNOTE: DR. DEVORAH HEITNER

    Dr. Devorah Heitner is the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World and founder of Raising Digital Natives. Dr. Heitner’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own digital native. Dr. Heitner founded Raising Digital Natives for parents and educators seeking advice on how to help children thrive in a digital world. She has positioned herself to help take the fear out of this emotionally-charged topic and help districts and community members guide kids towards empathy, kindness, and integrity.

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  • Good Friday - LHRIC offices closed

    LHRIC - Lower Hudson Regional Information Center

  • Technology Plans Due to LHRIC for Review

    Technology Planning & Coordination
  • Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY

    TLI: TECH Expo 2022

    TECH EXPO is the annual capstone event for TLI. It highlights the contributions of regional teachers and administrators, and provides ample opportunities for networking with peers, experts and vendors. This massively popular event has grown steadily in attendance over the years, and recently we’ve had some fun with conference themes. Stay tuned for this year’s theme!

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    KEYNOTE: DAVE BURGESS

    Dave Burgess is the New York Times Best-Selling author of Teach Like A PIRATE: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator and co-author of P is for PIRATE: Inspirational ABC’s for Educators. He is a highly sought after professional development speaker well known for his creative, entertaining, and outrageously energetic style. His
    workshops, seminars, and keynotes not only motivate and inspire teachers, but also help them to develop practical ways to become more creative and engaging in the classroom. Dave empowers teachers to embrace the mighty purpose of being an educator and sparks them to design classes that are life-changing experiences for students.

    As a teacher at West Hills High School in San Diego, he was the 2001 and 2012 Golden Apple recipient and the 2007/2008 Teacher of the Year. He was voted a faculty standout for seventeen consecutive years in categories such as: Most Entertaining, Most Energetic, and Most Dramatic. At a ceremony in Washington D.C., the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences awarded him the 2014 BAMMY for Secondary School Teacher of the Year.

    He specializes in teaching hard-to-reach, hard-to-motivate students with techniques that incorporate showmanship and creativity.

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Using Conference Tools

Using Online Conference Tools 

Control Your Online Conference 

Best practices for popular tools: Google Meet and Zoom

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TLI

  

Technology Leadership Institute 2021-2022

LHRIC's Keynote Speaker Series and Conferences

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Welcome

LHRIC Instructional Technology

The purpose of the Instructional Technology department at the LHRIC is to foster a community of professionals through the exchange of ideas and leverage creative and innovative use of technology in a global collaborative environment for the advancement of all learners.

We provide professional development for teachers and administrators that is differentiated for each learner, each classroom, each school, and district.  We aim to spark the innovation, creativity, reflection and enthusiasm for teaching and learning that brought them into education in the first pace.

 Our approach to professional development design ensures that experiences are scalable, replicable, relevant, and the experiences are fun!  We offer job embedded cohorts, online courses, workshops, webinars, professional learning communities, peer to peer sessions, on demand coaching, vendor run sessions,  and everything in between.

 Our ultimate goal is to make sure each adult learner has the skills and requisite knowledge to effectively amp up their practice through the integration of technology resources.

 Reach out to any of the professional development leaders and coaches linked herein to learn more about any of our services, programs or just to inquire about trends and experiences.