For Educators of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties.
  • Innovative Teaching
  • About
  • Contact
  • CABOCES.ORG/iss
  • Calendar of Events
  • AdvancingSTEM

Innovative Teaching

For Educators of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties
Subscribe to our Monthly Brief

Six Area Schools to See Video Conferencing Upgrades

2/20/2014

 
Picture
Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES has been awarded a grant for $218,787 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).  The grant, called the Rural Utility Service (RUS) grant will be used by Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES and six area school districts to upgrade video conferencing equipment.  The upgrades to video conferencing equipment will provide Allegany Limestone, Bolivar Richburg, Hinsdale, Randolph, Salamanca and West Valley with new high definition video conference capabilities that the schools will use to have students and teachers take part in distance learning opportunities.    

Read More

Creative Minds Will Compete - Odyssey of the Mind

2/12/2014

 
(Wellsville, New York) – On Saturday, March 15, 2014, 45 teams from across the Southern Tier will be showcasing their creativity during the Odyssey of the Mind Regional competition.  Odyssey of the Mind is a world-wide creative problem-solving tournament that promotes original and divergent thinking as a team sport.  Divergent problems, that is, those with more than one solution, encourage students to learn and lead the way using 21st century skills.  By working in teams of up to seven members, participants learn teamwork, the appreciation and understanding of others, and the concept that a group is a more powerful thinking force than an individual.

Read More

How to Choose Complex Texts for Your Content Area

2/4/2014

 
Are you struggling to find complex texts for your science or social studies class?  The Common Core states that students should be reading complex texts, but how do you know whether or not you have chosen a challenging or complex text?  Typically when people hear “complex texts” they think of choosing a text with a higher readability level, however, there are various other factors to take into consideration when choosing an appropriate complex text for your students.


1.       Choose a text with both challenging or unfamiliar domain-specific words as well as academic vocabulary.  Typically the domain-specific words found in science and social studies texts are complex, so you may need to focus more on finding a text with unfamiliar academic terms.
Picture

Read More

How to Analyze Informational Mentor Texts for Teaching Points in Writer's Workshop

2/4/2014

 
Picture
(Lisa Byers, a Kindergarten teacher at Arcade Elementary School confers with her students)

This past October, I had the opportunity to attend a week at the Writer’s Workshop Coaching Institute at Columbia University Teachers College.  One of the highlights of an exceptionally informative week was attending a workshop with Carl Anderson.  For those of you that haven’t heard of Carl Anderson, he is an author and literacy consultant who has written several books that give useful ideas for effectively conferring with students about their writing.  Two books in particular that provide useful, effective, and practical tips and strategies are: How’s it Going?  A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers  and Assessing Writers.    

Read More

Hinsdale Spanish Teacher/Voicethread App for PBL

2/4/2014

 
Jamie Edwards, the Spanish Teacher at Hinsdale, engages her 8th through 12th grade students in their own learning by utilizing a Voicethread account, a Voicethread App and ipads for each student.  Her project-based Learning approach allows each student to research and present their own project about a Spanish-speaking country.  Mrs. Edwards also puts her lessons, and other visual materials, on Voicethread...recording her voice as well as using the “ipevo” camera for capturing her instruction. She also uploads images and Powerpoint slides.  This enables differentiation of instruction and help for individual students as they list their concerns and questions on their “Pasaporte” exit slip at the end of the day.  The teacher can find the resource she needs at a moment’s notice and review any information the student was unsure of.

Some comments I heard from students were:

 “the ipad turns on quickly so there no waste of instruction time.”

“This research has expanded my Spanish vocabulary and showed me places I have never seen before.”

“This is more hands-on and a better study tactic.”

By:  Maggie Jensen, Staff Specialist Media


Picture

The Technology Summit - Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School

2/4/2014

 
October 25th was a different kind of Superintendent’s Day for the teachers at Cattaraugus-Little Valley High School (CLV).  Instead of traditional meetings, teachers participated in a Technology Summit, where they were able to discover and test out new pieces of technology in which the District and Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES had invested.

Starting with an opening presentation on technology in education, Brian Crawford, Program Manager of Learning Resources at BOCES, and Scott Michienzi, Director of Technology at CLV, framed the day for the teachers, explaining how they would have three one-hour sessions in the morning, during which they could select from targeted workshops.  These workshops included “Using Google Docs to Track Data” by BOCES Staff Specialist Mark Carls, “Web 2.0 Tools and Streaming Video” by Brian Crawford, “New and Cool Updates in PowerSchool” by Scott Michienzi, beginner and intermediate sessions on utilizing iPads in classrooms by Erie 1’s Rob Miller, and “Highlighting Apex Learning and Adobe Connect” by CA BOCES’ Betsy Hardy.
Picture

Read More

NYSED Memos

2/4/2014

 
Have you ever searched and hunted a listserv for the SED memo you knew existed at one point in time?  Well, we're trying to take the hunt out of your search.  Feel free to access our list of 2013-14 NYSED memos at the following link:

1.  Visit: http://www.caboces.org/iss
2.  Click on "2013-14 NYSED Memos"
3.  Enjoy.
Picture

Olympic Resources for the Classroom

2/3/2014

 
The CABOCES Learning Resource Team would like to share a few resources your teachers may find useful about the upcoming Olympics. Please forward this to those teachers you feel it may be applicable to in your building.  

1.  We are mailing out today a DVD with several clips about the Olympics to each school library.   

2.  Be sure to check out Learn 360 for some great video resources too.  Learn 360 can be accessed by our schools via our website:  http://caboces.org/iss/resources-new 

3.  Here are our choices for The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games:  

Picture

Read More

    Follow us on
    ​social media

    Want to attend a professional development session offered by Instructional Support Services?  Click here to review our catalog of professional development offerings.  
    Need 24/7 access to digital classroom resources?
    Click here to access "no charge" digital resources for you and your students.

    Categories

    All
    1:1
    7 Habits
    AdvancingSTEM
    Akom
    Allegany County
    Allegany Limestone
    Alternate Assessment
    Andover
    Angela Stockman
    Anti Bullying
    Anti-bullying
    Anxiety
    APPR
    Art
    Arts
    Arts In Education
    Artspower
    Arts Power
    Assessments
    Audiobooks
    Belfast
    Benchmarks
    Blended Learning
    Bolivar Richburg
    Book Study
    BPO
    Brain Based
    Breakout EDU
    Ca Boces
    Canva
    Career Day
    Career Resources
    Castle Learning
    CA Today
    Cattaraugus Little Valley
    Clc
    CLC (collaborative Learning Community)
    Coding
    Collaborative Project
    Common Core
    Community And Schools Together
    Community Schools
    Community Schools Service Showcase
    Community & Schools Together Conference
    Cooperative Learning
    Co-teaching
    Credit Recovery
    CRSE
    Cte
    Cuba Rushford
    Cuba-Rushford
    Curriculum Modules
    Dasa
    Data
    Dave Ruch
    Delevan Elementary
    Distance
    Distance Learning
    Diversity
    Drone
    Drones
    Dyslexia
    Early Childhood
    Ebooks
    Ela
    ELA CLC
    ELA Learning Standards
    Ellicottville
    Environmental Education
    Eresources
    Esl
    Esports
    Family Engagement
    Field Trips
    Field Trip Zoom
    Fillmore
    Film Festival
    Flipgrid
    Fossils
    Franklinville
    French
    Friendship
    Game Based Learning
    Game-based Learning
    Genesee Valley
    Global History
    Global Studies
    Grit
    Growth Mindset
    Health
    Hinsdale
    Houghton College
    Innovation
    Instruction
    Ipad
    Khan Academy
    Kimberly Morrow
    Kits
    Language Line
    Leadership
    Learning Resources
    Lego League
    Library
    Literacy
    Maker
    Math
    Math Modules
    Matt Miller
    Media
    Mental Health
    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365
    Microsoft Teams
    Minecraft Education
    Model Schools
    Moodle
    Moodle/Mahara
    Music
    Nerdle
    Newsbank
    New Teacher Academy
    Next Generation Science
    Odyssey Of The Mind
    Olean
    Online Class
    Osmo
    Overdrive
    Padlet
    Parents
    Parent University
    PBL
    PE
    Physical Education
    Pioneer
    Pioneer Central School
    Pixar In A Box
    Play
    Portville
    Poverty Simulation
    Power Apps
    Power Automate
    Power Teaching
    Pre K
    Pre-K
    Professional Development
    Randolph
    Randolph Academy
    Reading
    Regents
    Regents Exam
    Remote Learning
    Resilience
    Restorative Circles
    Restorative Practice
    Rocket League
    Salamanca
    Scholastic Challenge
    School Library
    Schoology
    Scio
    Seesaw
    Sel
    Self Care
    Sharepoint
    SLO's
    SNAP
    Social Emotional
    Social Emotional Learning
    Social-emotional Learning
    Social Studies
    Sora
    Spanish
    Special Education
    Standards
    Star Lab
    Stem
    STEM Challenge
    Student
    Student Programming
    Student Programs
    Summer School
    Summer Tech Camp
    Tcif
    Teacher Academy
    TeachingBooks
    Teach Like A Champion
    Technology
    TheaterWorks USA
    Theatre
    The Mailbox
    TITC
    Trauma
    TRLE
    Vex
    Virtual Field Trip
    Virtual Scholastic Challenge
    Wellsville
    West Valley
    Whitesville
    Why Try
    Writing
    Zoom
    Zulama

    Archives

    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Innovative Teaching
  • About
  • Contact
  • CABOCES.ORG/iss
  • Calendar of Events
  • AdvancingSTEM