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=Session Resource Page: (bookmark this page for future reference!)= = = ** Great Timesavers: Tools and tips to maximize TeachersFirst free membership ** ** Date/time:  **** Tuesday July 29, 2014 ** ** **6:00 – 7:30pm ** ** = = **After the session:** > **.** We are sorry, but we cannot honor requests for "express service" on certificates. > Add these addresses to your address book so your certificate will not go to "SPAM": > **teachersfirst@sflinc.org** > **admin@acrobat.com** >
 * ==** YOU MUST COMPLETE this __[|FEEDBACK SURVEY]__ ** **to receive a PD certificate. This is NOT the only requirement for a certificate.** Please take the time to tell us about this session. Thank you.==
 * ==Read more about Prof Dev Certificate requirements here.==
 * Certificates will be sent to you via email in ** the final week of August for ALL summer sessions **
 * **Did you learn a lot?** Want to help TeachersFirst continue to provide free service and professional development to teachers? You can make a contribution. large or small by credit card using the Contribute Now button on our non-profit parent company, [|The Source for Learning's web site].
 * Recordings for all archived OK2Ask sessions since March, 2013 are [|available here>]**. Please wait a day or two for the recording of this session to be posted.**


 * Please read this information about professional development certificates. ** The requirements include active participation during this live session and completion of the online Feedback Survey within one week of the session. We STRONGLY encourage you to complete the survey as soon as you leave the session while things are fresh in your mind. We value your feedback!


 * Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate **
 * requests to complete the survey after it closes
 * requests for duplicate or replacement certificates once we send them out for a session

OK2Ask® is a ** //free// ** service from a non-profit, the Source for Learning, Inc. Our small staff and limited budget require us to streamline administrative tasks as much as possible in order to maintain OK2Ask as a free service. We use our resources to develop and share the highest possible quality professional development, while keeping administrative costs as low as we can.
 * Why? **

Just as you, as a teacher, feel strongly about verifying that your students have completed objectives, we feel very strongly about issuing certificates only to those who meet OK2Ask session objectives. This verification process requires significant time. Relaunching the survey and/or reopening the process to re-verify and reissue a certificate is simply not possible, given limited resources.

**Links/files mentioned or used during this session:**


 * [|TeachersFirst] **

[|Membership Sign-Up Page] (start here if you haven't registered as a member)

[|Membership Information] (click here to read about the FREE benefits of membership)

[|Example of a Public Page]

[|Another Example of a Public Page]


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 * Great places to explore on TeachersFirst **  (some mentioned in this session and/or for those who arrive early) ** : **


 * [|Browse by subject/grade] **
 * Keyword search is on ALL pages of TeachersFirst! ** (top right on home page and in sidebar of all others)


 * [|TeachersFirst Classroom Planning Calendar] ** (front and center on the home page and under Classroom resources tab) resources for events and dates


 * [|TF Exclusives] ** (its own tab) Lessons, units, and professional pages created by TeachersFirst's own Thinking Teachers

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 * [|Ready To Go:] **  (center column on home page and under Classroom Tab) Start up your projector, whiteboard, or student laptops, and you're all set for these classroom activities and challenges, including:
 * [|Dates That Matter] (gr 5-9)
 * [|Globetracker's Mission] (gr 2-6)
 * [|Interactive Raven] (middle and high school)
 * [|Weekly Brain Twisters] (elementary and middle school)
 * [|Timesavers for Teachers in the Trenches] ** (on Professional tab) some of our most popular professional time-savers


 * [|Been There Done That Tech Tips] ** Handy tips from Thinking Teachers about managing technology infused lessons


 * [|TeachersFirst Edge] ** cool tools to for you and students to CREATE projects and do assignments on the web


 * [|TeacherFirst Edge Tips] ** (at the start of the Edge section) What you need to know about your school, permissions, etc. when students are working with web tools


 * [|TeachersFirst Edge Tips for School Policies] ** (linked as suggestions to handle safety/security issues at the end of Edge reviews) The full list of ways to manage specific safety and policy challenges.

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"]]** Date/time:  **** Tuesday July 29, 2014 **
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