Participants are responsible for obtaining their copy of this month's text before the beginning of the book study.
Join author, Bethany Petty, for October's book study tailored for new and veteran teachers alike as we dive into Bethany's book Illuminate: Technology Enhanced Learning. In Illuminate, Bethany explains how to use technology to improve students' learning experiences. This book is packed with powerful ideas you can implement in your classroom tomorrow! Broken into 10 easy-to-digest chapters, take a journey through technology integration and be inspired to use technology in meaningful ways.
This book study is facilitated by author, educator, and technology trainer Bethany Petty. Bethany is a full-time high school Social Studies teacher, adjunct instructor of educational technology, reader, runner, blogger, and coffee junkie. She blogs regularly at Teaching with Technology (usingeducationaltechnology.com) where she shares resources, ideas, edtech tools, tips and tricks, as well as reflections from her blended/flipped/gamified high school Social Studies classroom.
Bethany graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2008 with her BSEd in Secondary Education with a Social Studies concentration. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2011 with her Masters in Teaching and Learning. She has earned additional hours in History from Missouri State University and earned her Specialist in Teacher Leadership from Southeast Missouri State University in 2021.
Bethany is a Google Certified Innovator, Google Certified Trainer, Apple Teacher, Nearpod PioNear, and EDpuzzle Pioneer. She has presented at numerous conferences including ISTE, METC, ST4T, and MCSS. Bethany conducts professional development sessions in her school district, the surrounding area, and throughout the United States.
- The Learning Management System, Teachable, houses discussion board conversations and group materials. Guiding questions and tasks are posted in the Teachable course. These questions allow participants to share and reflect on the topics and ideas presented in the reading. Teachable courses are by design asynchronous.
- If this is your first online learning activity with MSTA, you will receive an email from Teachable to confirm your email address. (This is the email address you used to register for the event.) After confirming your email address, you must create a password. On the next screen, you will see the course(s) for which you are registered.
- If you have previously participated in one of MSTA's online activities, you can log into Teachable. Your email is your username, and the password you used when confirming your email address. This will give you access to your account and products.
- There will be a required Zoom meeting to provide an opportunity to network with other participants over the concepts shared. The time of the Zoom meeting will be determined by the facilitator with book study participants.
- Application is used throughout the course as participants complete Core Concept Assignments that are reflective in nature. Assignment details are shared in the Teachable course and intended for participants to apply concepts learned and discussed during the course to their classroom. Once enrolled in the course, participants will continue to have access to the resources shared that support the learning in the book.
PD Certification: At the end of the month, PD certificates will be generated for participants who completed all book study requirements. PD certificates will be emailed to participants.