friEdOnline General Course Catalog

This comprehensive online course for beginning learners contains everything needed to build a foundational Schoology skill set. You will receive an overview of the robust Learning Management System (LMS) and lessons that cover the essential Schoology features and tools, while providing you with hands-on practice enabling you to stack your skills. By the end of Stack Your Skills: Schoology Essentials, your enhanced skills will allow you to work with ease within Schoology.

This informative online course provides educators the tools and resources needed to help students perform reliable, independent research. The learning activities provided enrich and elevate instruction, while meeting the diverse needs of the G/T student. Participants learn how to guide students to ask relevant questions and then select the best resources in order to analyze, record and organize the findings. After helping transform an idea into a product, we share creative ways to present the research. This course is 12 hours credit and we recommend it for the 6 hours G/T maintenance credit; however, you do not need to be G/T certified (or event teach G/T students) to learn and benefit from this course. Course authors have several years of G/T experience and Jacqueline currently holds her certification.

In the age of digital teaching, there are many questions. How do I engage students while meeting their individual needs? How do I hold them accountable and keep a personal connection? Beyond the Brick and Mortar takes teachers on a learning path with one goal: answer the common questions about how to move beyond the traditional learning environment and into a digital, blended space that addresses the needs of all student learners. Learners will experience several different approaches and tools including Digital Interactive Notebooks, choice boards, and interactive student work products as well as walk away with templates and examples they can use to create their own lessons. You might take this course because you have to, but then you will realize it completely changes the way you teach in the future. This course earns 12 credit hours. G/T Credit: This course addresses several Learning Standards from the National Association for Gifted Children. We recommend this course to satisfy up to 6-hrs of G/T maintenance hours. Gifted education standards and recommendations addressed in the course: Design modifications that enhance creativity, acceleration, depth and complexity in academic domains Application of higher-level thinking and metacognitive models to content areas; Curricular, instructional, and management strategies effective for individuals with G/T; Use of product- or performance-based measures of academic progress (NAGC 2.4.2); Use of differentiated formative assessments to develop learning experiences that challenge G/T students (NAGC 2.4.1) Design of differentiated curriculum that incorporates advanced, conceptually challenging, in-depth, complex content (NAGC 3.1.4)

Let's break down Google Classroom in ... 5! Ok, not in five minutes but in 5 main categories with 5 action steps. This course will help you understand how Google Classroom can transform the way you use digital documents in your classroom.

We love Google Workspace for Education and we love learning, but nobody loves feeling overwhelmed or unsuccessful. Whether you're just getting started with Google Workspace or you're feeling overwhelmed by tech use and need a reset, the Google Starter Pack is the perfect course for learning the basics of Google Workspace and understanding working in the cloud and all it has to offer. Online courses are accessible for 10 months from the date of delivery. Volume discounts are available. You will earn 12 hours credit for completing this course.

This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the Google Workspace for Education and who want to take the Google Educator Level 1 Certification exam.

This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the G Suite tools, have attained their Google Educator Level 1 certification, and who want to take the Google Educator Level 2 Certification exam.

When students aren't using feedback to improve, we are wasting our nights and weekends. But there's a better way. In this course, you will learn to offer feedback your students can and will use in a fraction of the time you spend marking papers. Learn new ways to offer feedback using G Suite and other free tools.

Gmail is the most powerful, flexible, smartest email platform in the world, but only if you know how to use properly. As the core of the G Suite for Education Suite, Gmail helps improve your organization and communication. Learn the philosophy of Gmail, how to use add-ons, and how to leverage all of the amazing features Gmail has to offer. You earn 3 hours credit for completing this course.

Come explore the Google Chromebook! Learn how to navigate the ins & outs of this classroom student device. You will take screenshots, personalize settings, activate the Chromebook magic. By the end of this course, you will be able to prepare your students for daily Chromebook use and guide them to better use their device.

This comprehensive online course for beginning learners contains everything needed to build a foundational Schoology skill set. You will receive an overview of the robust Learning Management System (LMS) and lessons that cover the essential Schoology features and tools, while providing you with hands-on practice enabling you to stack your skills. By the end of Stack Your Skills: Schoology Essentials, your enhanced skills will allow you to work with ease within Schoology.

Let's break down Google Classroom in ... 5! Ok, not in five minutes but in 5 main categories with 5 action steps. This course will help you understand how Google Classroom can transform the way you use digital documents in your classroom.

We love Google Workspace for Education and we love learning, but nobody loves feeling overwhelmed or unsuccessful. Whether you're just getting started with Google Workspace for Education or you're feeling overwhelmed by tech use and need a reset, the Google Starter Pack is the perfect course for learning the basics of Google Workspace for Education and understanding working in the cloud and all it has to offer.

In the age of digital teaching, there are many questions. How do I engage students while meeting their individual needs? How do I hold them accountable and keep a personal connection? Beyond the Brick and Mortar takes teachers on a learning path with one goal: answer the common questions about how to move beyond the traditional learning environment and into a digital, blended space that addresses the needs of all student learners. Learners will experience several different approaches and tools including Digital Interactive Notebooks, choice boards, and interactive student work products as well as walk away with templates and examples they can use to create their own lessons. You might take this course because you have to, but then you will realize it completely changes the way you teach in the future. G/T Credit: This course addresses several Learning Standards from the National Association for Gifted Children. We recommend this course to satisfy up to 6-hrs of G/T maintenance hours. Gifted education standards and recommendations addressed in the course: Design modifications that enhance creativity, acceleration, depth and complexity in academic domains Application of higher-level thinking and metacognitive models to content areas; Curricular, instructional, and management strategies effective for individuals with G/T; Use of product- or performance-based measures of academic progress (NAGC 2.4.2); Use of differentiated formative assessments to develop learning experiences that challenge G/T students (NAGC 2.4.1) Design of differentiated curriculum that incorporates advanced, conceptually challenging, in-depth, complex content (NAGC 3.1.4)

This informative online course provides educators the tools and resources needed to help students perform reliable, independent research. The learning activities provided enrich and elevate instruction, while meeting the diverse needs of the G/T student. Participants learn how to guide students to ask relevant questions and then select the best resources in order to analyze, record and organize the findings. After helping transform an idea into a product, we share creative ways to present the research. This course is 12 hours credit and we recommend it for the 6 hours G/T maintenance credit; however, you do not need to be G/T certified (or event teach G/T students) to learn and benefit from this course.

This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the Google Workspace for Education and who want to take the Google Educator Level 1 Certification exam.

This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the G Suite tools, have attained their Google Educator Level 1 certification, and who want to take the Google Educator Level 2 Certification exam.

When students aren't using feedback to improve, we are wasting our nights and weekends. But there's a better way. In this course, you will learn to offer feedback your students can and will use in a fraction of the time you spend marking papers. Learn new ways to offer feedback using G Suite and other free tools.

Google Keep, part of G Suite, is so much more than a note taking app! Learn all of the ways to use it to become a super organizer Digital Hoarder.

This collection of sample lessons from all of our friEd courses will give you a great feel for our online school's learning approach. Check out what makes our interactive courses so easy to enjoy!

Registration/Administration for testing at the friEdTech CertiPort site.

Learners will be introduced to Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Meet in this introduction course.