Beyond the Brick and Mortar
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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.
Beyond the Red Pen: Providing Meaningful Feedback
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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 Google Workspace and other free tools.
Chromebook Scavenger Hunt
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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.
Google Classroom in 5
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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.
Google Level 1 Academy
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the Google Workspace tools and who want to take the Google Educator Level 1 Certification exam. The cost of the voucher to take the exam is INCLUDED in the course fee.
Google Level 2 Academy
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
This course is designed for educators who are proficient in the Google Workspace tools, have attained their Google Educator Level 1 certification, and who want to take the Google Educator Level 2 Certification exam. The cost of the voucher to take the exam is INCLUDED in the course fee.
Google Starter Pack: Getting Started with Google Workspace
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
We love Google Workspace 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.
Stack your Skills: Schoology Essentials
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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. By the end of Stack Your Skills: Schoology Essentials, your enhanced skills will allow you to work with ease within Schoology.
Smart Gmail: Getting Started with Gmail
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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 Google Workspace 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.
Wrap your Head Around Research
Timeframe: 10 Months
Optional to purchase: 1 continuing education credit from UCM
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. You now have 3 choices, depending on the requirements from your district:
- Certificate of Completion: When you complete a course at 80% or higher, you will receive a certificate of completion. For some teachers/districts, this is all that is required to meet professional development requirements.
- Continuing Professional Education credits / Continuing Education Units (CPEs or CEUs): If your district requires CPEs or CEUs, the possible credits earned will be calculated based on the number of credit hours available for the course you choose, which may be 3, 6 or 12 hours. You must complete the course in its entirety with an 80% or higher score in order to earn credit. The Certificate of Completion is typically used to document CPE/CEU completion.
- Purchase 1 Continuing Education Credit from the University of Central Missouri (UCM): If your district requires continuing education credits from an accredited university, you can enroll for 1 continuing education credit at the completion of a course at 80% or higher at an additional fee of $52. Click here for more information.
In 2021, Kincaid IT partnered with friEdTechnology to share our talents and resources to the customers from both companies. By doing so, Kincaid IT is able to expand the number to asynchronous, online courses offered to educators. We are also able to offer you the same prices and any current specials friEdTechnology is offering.
Read more about our partnership here: https://kincaidit.com/partner-solutions/friedtechnology-partnership/
The goal is to provide you an interesting, practical, applicable learning experience. You will have the opportunity to evaluate your course, and we will use the information you provide to make each course better and more valuable. We strive to make everything YOU do something YOU can use later so that your time learning is not wasted on an audience of one.
BROWSER: We suggest you use the latest version of Google Chrome to view your courses. Our courses have several interactive elements and we have found they all work beautifully in Chrome.
VIDEOS: The videos are stored in Google Drive or on YouTube. You can watch them within the course. If you choose to use another browser, you may have to log into your google account to view the videos. When starting a video you will need to click it twice.
DEVICE: The courses will work on all devices, but your best experience will be on a larger screen. So, if you are choosing between a phone or a monitor to view the content on… go with the monitor!
Of course! Our partnership allows us to offer a team of experts. If you get stuck, click here to request help. We will do our best to reply to you within 24 hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. CST.
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