The Tech-Infused Classroom: A Guide for Success

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The Tech-Infused Classroom:
A Guide for Success

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In this course, participants learn the skills necessary to cultivate classroom culture in a tech-infused environment while transforming teaching strategies to meet the needs and challenges of 21st-century learners. Participants focus on preparing effective lessons that include critical accommodations while also supporting student focus and engagement using brain-based approaches. This course provides strategies and techniques any educator can employ to maximize the benefits of a tech-infused classroom.

This course is ideal for late tech adopters, or anyone who wants to improve the use of technology in the classroom and it is a recommended component for new teacher professional development.

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Total Time: 5 Hours

COMPONENT 1 | Create a Culture of Learning
How to...
Cultivate an environment conducive to learning.
Grow relationships with students.
Communicate expectations and set norms in order to manage a digital classroom.

COMPONENT 2 | Create a Blended Learning EnvironmentYou will...
Understand what blended learning is and how to successfully foster a digital learning environment.
Create an Action Plan.
Design the learning environment.
Explore instructional strategies.

COMPONENT 3 | Brain Boosts for Engagement
You will...
Understand the benefits of Brain-Based Learning and how to integrate it into your classroom.
Explore, create and try:
-music boosts
-movement boosts
-game-based boosts

COMPONENT 4 | Feedforward with Digital Tools
You will...
Understand what feedforward is and how to provide it for your students.
Learn how to effectively and efficiently share:
-- -written feedforward
-spoken feedforward
Help your students engage with the feedforward so they can grow from it.

COMPONENT 5 | Accommodate with Digital Tools
You will...
Explore and use a variety of tools to increase readability for students.
Discover and practice ways to make learning accessible to all learners.
Discover tools in your browser to use for when accommodating for students.

Jessica spent the first eight years of her classroom career wrangling middle schoolers (just kidding, she taught just English) before becoming a District Instructional Technology Specialist. She has an affinity for app-smashing and is always looking for creative ways to use the tech tools we all know and love. Jessica is skilled in the art of “hype” at conferences and events. She can plan a huge event, present, run a booth, and she excels at just about anything event related! Jessica also has a strong passion for justice, which means she’s always working to affect positive change for students and educators. She spent several years advocating for policy change at the federal, state, and local levels.

Jessica is a Google Level 1 & Level 2 Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, and a Google Certified Trainer. She is also a Newsela Certified Educator.

Over 25 years ago, Alicia began teaching elementary school with a passion for integrating technology in her daily instruction. After eight years in the classroom, Alicia followed her love of teaching Reading and Technology and became a district coach for a large district in Texas. For the past decade, she has worked in the educational consulting world creating interactive, engaging, meaningful asynchronous learning experiences that teachers WANT to take! In 2019, she realized a dream of hers and created friEdOnline. With the amazing knowledge and expertise of everyone at friEdTech, friEdOnline has surpassed all of her expectations and continues to flourish. Alicia is also a Google Level 1 & Level 2 Certified Educator.

This course was very beneficial! I learned lots of new tools that I can use in my digital classroom!"

Very informative and was a great use of my PD time. I really felt that I took a lot away from this session!"

I love FriedOnline!!!! Easy to follow, organized, current and useful content!!”

I have started and not completed a number of online courses, and I thought that the visuals, layout, interactives, flow, embedded videos and more really made this course engaging - I made it all the way through which says something😊”

Great work on creating high quality PD that can be taken to the classroom the next day!”

I have been away from teaching for a few years and needed clock hours to renew my teaching certificate. This class made me miss teaching and what my true passion is! “

Credit is offered for certain courses and is based on the time it takes to complete the course activities. You must complete the course in its entirety to earn credit. The amount of possible credits to be earned from a course is located on the course card. Check with your school district to determine if our courses will count for credit in your district.

Like all friEdTech learning experiences, our goal is to provide engaging and practical learning for all. We strive to make sure every activity is purposeful, intentional, and easily applicable; the time you spend learning won't just be for an audience of one! Each course includes clear learning goals, interactive components, and checkpoints for understanding. After the course, you'll have the opportunity to evaluate your experience and share any additional feedback. We love hearing from you!

BROWSER- We suggest viewing your course with the latest version of Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Our courses have several interactive elements which are best experienced in Chrome and Edge.

VIDEOS- Course videos are in friEdOnline or YouTube. And you can always watch them within the course!

DEVICE- The courses will work on all devices, but your best experience will be on a larger screen. If you're choosing between a phone or a monitor - go with the monitor!

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Join through a site with which you already have an account (Facebook, LinkedIn, Google). This is also referred to as a "single sign-on," or SSO.
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If you created an account by adding your information and creating a password (option #2), you can use the “Forgot your password?” function on the Login/Sign up page to reset your password.

If you used the SSO option (Google button and Google sign-in) to create your friEdOnline account, your login information is not stored in friEdOnline and you will NOT be able to use the “Forgot your password?” function. You will need to try logging in with the Google button.

If you have tried both options, you can email us at [email protected].

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Note: if you're changing your email due to the email account being inactive, you can still use the email to log in. However, you'll need to provide an updated email address in order to receive important course links and completion certificates.

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4. If you're enrolling in a district-purchased course, you will NOT need to enter any personal payment information. If Paypal opens for any reason, STOP and return to friEdOnline.

Uh oh! Refer to the directions in the original course email. Make sure to use the course link sent by your district in order to correctly access the course. If you're still having trouble, contact the district employee that originally sent enrollment instructions. You can also email us at [email protected].

You'll have course access for a set period of time from the minute you sign up. In general, our courses are available 12 months from enrollment. However, there are times a district will purchase a course for a shorter period of time (ex: two months instead of 12). When enrolling in your course, pay attention to the time span included in the enrollment email receipt. You'll find the start and end day of course availability.

Restart your computer. (Simple, we know. But this little step can be an overlooked quick-fix!)
Clear the cache and cookies in your Chrome browser.
Turn off your extensions or pop-up blockers.
If you're using your school-managed G Suite account, contact your district technology staff to ensure no content/ad/pop-up blockers have been installed by your district.
Make sure Chrome is updated. If you're using another browser, check for updates.
Try another browser.
Check your internet connection and strengthen it if possible.
Try a different device (remember, we suggest monitors over smartphones!).

We strive to make your learning experience flexible and self-paced. Our goal is for users to confidently and independently work through all course material. With that said, you're not alone! Submit a help ticket and we'll get back to you. You also have course classmates for assistance, so we suggest making a social post/discussion post of questions within your course.

If you get stuck, you can email us at [email protected]. We'll do our best to respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. CST.

You can easily find your certificates by going to your friEdOnline Profile. Here, you'll find a list of achievements, in-progress courses, and completed courses. Click the "download PDF" icon next to the corresponding course achievement to download the course certificate.

Great question! Our friEdOnline courses are:

on-demand (completed at your own pace...we love PD in PJs!)
interactive (you’ll be completing engaging tasks as you move through the course)
comprehensive (a full range of topic info and approaches are provided)
asynchronous (not live) learning experiences that you complete when and where you want. You will receive 1-12 hours credit for completing the courses.

Our Facilitated Online Learning Experiences (FOLĒ) combine digital, synchronous webinars, guided assignments via a FriEdOnline FOLE or Google Classroom and includes templates/assignments for extended learning. During a FOLĒ, you will attend live sessions with real, live PD providers who will walk you through the learning materials, more like traditional “live” PD (except not boring and horrible).

Once you…

complete each lesson in this course (look at the navigation menu and check to make sure each one has a checkmark by it), pass the course final assessment with at least 80%, and claim your course completion certificate, you will receive an email from [email protected] that contains your individual voucher code.

This email will be sent within an hour of completion of this course.

If you don't receive the email please check your junk mail. If you have double checked each step, and still don’t get your code, please email us at [email protected].

Follow the steps in this document. Remember, if you are in our L1 or L2 Academies you will be emailed a free voucher code upon downloading your course completion certificate.

Note - You should always start from Google's Teacher Center site, even if you already have a Kryterion account.

Who is friEdOnline?

FriEdOnline is part of friEdTech, an education technology company, that provides on-demand courses with an interesting, practical, applicable learning experience.

We believe everyone should enjoy engaging, interactive professional development any time, any place, and at any pace!