Webinar Archives
Webinar: Closing the Math Achievement Gap in Title I Schools
This webinar, presented by Vicki Sacco principal of West Seattle Elementary, describes how she leveraged adaptive technology to lead her school to achieve the highest growth in math test scores in the Seattle School District following 4 years of not making AYP.
Webinar: Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math Implementation
This webinar supports educators in implementing the CCSSM:
- Learn about a variety of free virtual manipulatives that are designed to address the domains and the Standards for Mathematical Practice reflected in the CCSSM
- Understand which domains and practices each virtual manipulative addresses
- Share ideas and best practices for integrating virtual manipulatives into classroom instruction (whole group, small group, centers)
- Obtain professional development resources and materials to support teachers in implementing the CCSSM
DreamBox Learning's Free Virtual Manipulative Teaching Tools
This webinar presents an in-depth look and exploration of these virtual manipulatives.
Webinar: Increasing Math Proficiency for English Language Learners
English Language Learners (ELLs) are the fastest-growing K-12 segment. Yet most ELLs are not meeting academic proficiency standards. What do you need to know to ensure that elementary ELLs achieve academic success? Presented by Lise Ragan, this webinar explores:
- The academic challenges of ELLs, with a particular focus on mathematics
- Best practices in instructional design to increase elementary ELL’s math proficiency
- How adaptive learning provides support for teachers working with ELLs in differentiating math instruction
Lise Ragan is the CEO of Course Crafters, which has been conducting ELL research and developing instructional materials for ELLs and their teachers since 1993.
Webinar: Finding Funding for Educational Technology
For elementary schools and districts, securing funding sources can be critical to meeting your educational goals. This webinar will cover:
- Federal funding opportunities for education technology
- New technology funding opportunities in a reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind Act
- Tips on gaining access to federal funds
The webinar is presented by Jon Bernstein, a respected expert on issues related to federal education appropriations. Also presenting: John SanGiovanni, a mathematics supervisor for the Howard County Public School System in Maryland, and a DreamBox customer, on how his district has funded DreamBox Learning’s supplemental math program for Title I students, intervention, and special education.
Webinar: How Formative Instruction Can Accelerate Student Learning
The need to learn from the practices of highly effective teachers to help more students excel is one of the great challenges elementary educators face. In this webinar, presented by Mary Peters, Senior Director of Research at Battelle For Kids, you will learn:
- What research tells us about the characteristics and practices of highly effective teachers, and the formative instructional techniques at the core of their approach
- How effective teachers differentiate instruction for a diverse range of students
- How interactive technology with embedded assessments provides real time formative information to help elementary teachers accelerate student learning
Dr. Tim Hudson, the K-12 Coordinator of Mathematics for the Parkway School District in Missouri, also presents on integrating DreamBox into the math curriculum to help individualize instruction for each student.
Webinar: Francis (Skip) Fennell, Ph.D., on the Common Core Imperative
Educators are faced with the challenge of transitioning to the Common Core State Standards in order to deliver effective math instruction that allows all students to excel.
- Respected math leader Francis (Skip) Fennell, Ph.D. provides insights into the Common Core opportunity: how should educators anticipate the hurdles to successful adoption? How will adoption change expectations about the way math is taught? How will students benefit? And how can technology help affect this change?
- And math support teacher Kelly Krownapple shares the ways that DreamBox is helping one district successfully transition to the new standards.
