Digital Learning Day

Chicago Public Schools' Education Technology group would like to invite students, teachers, and staff to participate in the first national Digital Learning Day on February 1, 2012. We strongly encourage participation in the activity below to help us showcase digital learning in CPS.

Bulls star CJ Watson sends message to CPS students from John Connolly on Vimeo.

Your 3 Words

Take three words that describe what digital learning means to you. Film a short video of you, your students, and/or colleagues displaying your 3 words and send it to us at edtech@cps.k12.il.us Opens in a new window icon . We will collect all the media and turn it into a CPS montage. By sharing your 3 words, you and your school are starting a conversation with the entire school district. Make sure your students have photo release forms.

Action item: Capture your 3 words on film and send it to the Education Technology team at edtech@cps.k12.il.us Opens in a new window icon . Files that are received on or before Feb. 1 will be showcased on Digital Learning Day.

CPS Your3Words for Digital Learning Day from John Connolly on Vimeo.

More ways to participate! Here are a few other ways to celebrate digital learning throughout the month of February:

Sounds of CPS

Find sounds from the environments you interact with on a daily basis. Record them, upload them, and send us the link. We will be mixing these sounds together to create innovative music to represent the district of CPS.
When you and your students find a sound you love, record it and send it to edtech@cps.k12.il.us . For larger files upload them to a file sharing website and send us the link.*

Pinning Chicago

Share what you are doing on Digital Learning Day by dropping a pin on a collective CPS Google map .
Add a Google pin to this map with your school name and a brief description on what you are doing on Digital Learning Day. Learn more about Google pinning here .

Poll Everyone

Create an online poll for staff and students to respond. Possible sites to use for polling are: PollDaddy , PollEverywhere , and Booroo .
Create a poll on the topic of your choice and send it to your staff and students for a response.

Webcast and National Town Hall Meeting

Catch the Digital Learning Day webcast between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. and National Town Hall Meeting from 12 ‐1:30 p.m. on February 1. This webcast is a great resource to learn more about nationwide initiatives in digital learning.
For more information, visit NTHM .

23 Things

There are 23 Things that teachers should try as a way to build professional development, including tutorials on digital learning tools such as podcasts, pop‐up books, online collaboration boards, social bookmarking, and more. Click here for more info.
Learn about all 23 Things and submit a final report to receive 10 CPDUs. Send reports to edtech@cps.k12.il.us .

Safari Montage

Take advantage of all that the Safari Montage module has to offer. Access on‐demand visual resources such as videos, stills, web, interactive, ebooks, playlists, and more!
Safari Montage can be accessed through the icon on your desktop.

*All file submission links should be sent to edtech@cps.k12.il.us Opens in a new window icon by Feb. 29 at 5 p.m. To send a submission link follow these steps: (1) Go to a file sharing website; (2) Click upload and choose your file; (3) Copy the file link generated by the site; and (4) Email the link to edtech@cps.k12.il.us .