Photon Academy
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Learning Path Overview
Photon is a versatile and engaging instructional tool that can be seamlessly integrated into any classroom to deepen instruction and support core content areas. Whether you are meeting Photon for the first time or just looking for new ways to incorporate Photon into your classroom, Photon Academy is the answer. Photon Academy will support participants in learning about Photon, creating classroom norms, and designing learning experiences. As part of the Photon Academy, teachers are guided in their integration of Photon into their classrooms through a variety of processes and design frameworks. Participants will leave this Academy with the confidence, knowledge, and skills to successfully integrate Photon into your classroom.
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Photon Academy
Course 1: Meet Photon
Photon is a versatile and engaging instructional tool that can be seamlessly integrated into any classroom to deepen instruction. In this course, you will be introduced to Photon and become familiar with its many features. You will explore the various methods available for interacting with your Photon and consider how what you’ve learned about Photon can be integrated into your practice.
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Course 3: Magic Bridge
Magic Bridge is software that allows Photon to communicate simultaneously with up to eight Photon robots! You will be introduced to the Magic Bridge in this course before exploring the range of options available within the program. This software enables educators and learners to access all the coding applications found on mobile devices and additional advanced coding programs such as MakeCode, JavaScript, and Python. Participants will consider using each coding application in their context and explore those applications through a series of coding challenges.
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Course 4: Norming Photon into Your Classroom
Setting norms is a crucial facet of efficient classroom management. In this course, uncover new ideas for integrating Photon into their classrooms as we unpack various strategies used to norm Photon into your classroom. These strategies can be considered with the creation of practical classroom management procedures.
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Course 7: Universal Design for Learning with Photon
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that aims to support educators in creating learning experiences that meet the needs of all learners. In this course, explore the UDL guidelines and how the principles of UDL can be connected to the integration of Photon in the classroom. Participants will utilize UDL principles to design Photon learning experiences to develop the most effective instruction possible.
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Course 6: Social-Emotional Learning with Photon
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) correlates strongly with positive academic, emotional, and social outcomes for learners. In this course, explore CASEL’s five competencies. Then we will explore how to connect each competency with Photon as a powerful technology tool to support learner’s SEL instruction and development of SEL skills.
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Course 2: Coding with Photon
One of the highlights of working with Photon is the wide range of ways that learners and educators can engage with Photon. Photon supports the development of coding and computational thinking skills for all learners. From pre-readers, English Language learners, beginner coders to expert programmers and everywhere in between, Photon has a way to meet every learner where they are in their learning journey. This course will introduce participants to coding and the benefits of including coding principles into your pre-existing curricula. Each method of controlling Photon will be explored and considered for its use with learners.
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Course 5: Integrating Photon into Your Curriculum
Practical and thoughtful curriculum design lays the groundwork for powerful instruction. In this course, we will explore a series of pedagogical frameworks and STEM approaches for designing learning experiences with Photon and applied to the creation of compelling learning experiences.
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Our Mission: “To advance student outcomes by empowering and inspiring educators to rethink learning.”
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