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ITO 2021 Workshops

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Los Angeles County Office of Education buildings remain closed with limited access. LACOE continues to support its own staff, students, and families as well as provide resources to all school districts in Los Angeles County. Until further notice all workshops will be conducted remotely online. Registered participants will receive instructions to connect to the online workshop. ITO Training Resources

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Microsoft Teams in the K-12 Classroom Introduction, January 27 Intermediate, February 18 Microsoft Teams for Education is an online classroom where the students and teacher can communicate, share files, view and collect assignments and interact through a live Team meeting. The use of this platform can be used to assist teachers with their class and support students with their academic work.

Office 365 - Online Applications Thursday, January 28, 2021 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Office 365 can be used to create, store and organize files, while providing the ability to share information with colleagues, project collaborators or anyone on your development team. This session focuses on the online versions of OneDrive, Word, PowerPoint, Forms, Excel, and other Office 365 web-based productivity tools.

TEAMS: Video Conferencing Friday, January 29, 2021 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Use the Video Conferencing feature to host audio or video calls with people within your organization or outside. This Video Conferencing Workshop focuses on how to schedule and host video meetings within the Teams environment and from your Outlook Calendar. The session will explore hosting features such as screen sharing and instant surveys (forms) as well as discuss best practices for hosting a video meeting for better engagement and participation. *This workshop is not intended to support classroom instruction.

Introduction to OneNote Thursday, February 4, 2021 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. OneNote is your very own digital notebook. Learn how to use this cloud-based technology to collaborate, share, and manage documents within the Office 365 ecosystem. This session focuses on the OneNote online version.

Google Classroom Introduction, February 3 Intermediate, February 10 Advanced, February 17 Join us for Google Classroom. These sessions are designed for Districts and Schools in Los Angeles County who are using and supporting Google Classroom.

Excel 2016 - Intermediate, Part 1 Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. If you took Getting Started with Excel, and/or are getting ready to implement the new BEST Advantage System – Financial (FIN), then you're ready to take your Excel skills to the next level. In Part 2 you will build skills such as convert data to table, modifying the table, conditional formatting and pivot table. District Finance and Business Staff supporting the BEST Advantage System – Financial (FIN) implementation will not be charged a fee to attend. Enrollment and attendance will be verified with the LACOE BEST team.

More Than Presentations Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Create Digital Worksheets in PowerPoint: This session will use PowerPoint to easily replicate an existing PDF or Word worksheet and make it fillable to be sent to students via any Classroom management system.

Zoom Meetings: Getting Started Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Get started with Zoom meetings. Zoom is a video conferencing tool you can use to conduct online meetings. This course will include logging in, joining a meeting, hosting a meeting, and scheduling a meeting. *This workshop is not intended to support classroom instruction.

Leading Edge Certification Online 2020-2021 On Demand The Leading Edge Flex certification program offers educators self-guided professional learning pathways and opportunities to engage anytime and anywhere. Experience online professional learning and earn certification backed by a national alliance of nonprofits, universities and educational agencies.

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