Dear Teachers,

The focus of professional development is to train teachers on how to design high-quality, digitally integrated lesson plans for the 21st century classroom. I’ve been working with teachers for over 25 years in curriculum planning, technology innovation and demonstrating simple ways to increase retention while truly engaging students on a daily basis. I love being out in the field and showing teachers all the wonderful ways to use technology to boost learning in the classroom. Workshops are hands-on and designed for active participation!

You’ll be amazed at what technology and visual learning can do for your students!

- Jo-Ann Kratz

When you purchase Professional Development Services from New Dimension Media, we cater our workshop objectives to your school’s specific needs. We’ve presented all over the country, and teachers rave about the results. Below are some of the services that can be delivered to your school by our curriculum and technology experts.

1. Instruction on how to design interactive lesson plans that are aligned to Core Curriculum Standards. The plans are also correlated to the latest curriculum research on Visual Literacy (Dr. Lyndell Burmark), Concept-based Instruction (Lynn Erickson) and Curriculum21-21st Century Skills (Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs).
2. Instructional technology training that includes how to design lessons using SMART Notebook, ActivInspire or Power Point software including embedding digital media content using a variety of creative techniques.
3. Instruction on how to use (Open Source) graphic editing software to design original graphical treatment of core curriculum concepts.
4. Access to New Dimension Media’s vast image library for the use in lesson plan creation.

Are you interested in additional training related to visual literacy that isn’t listed above? Call us today and we’re happy to work with you to create a presentation suited to your school’s needs. E-mail jkratz@cccstreaming.com for more information or to schedule your PD workshop today.