Do you have some great back-to-school ideas for spreading the word about Atomic Learning that you've used in your district? Collaborate with your peers in the Edmodo Atomic Learning User Group! Here's an example shared by Brooke Mulartrick of Methacton School District in PA.

Have you joined Edmodo? Collaborate with your peers in the Atomic Learning User Group!

Edmodo is a social networking site for teachers and students - and it’s so much more! This free resource provides teachers and students a safe environment to communicate, collaborate, and have fun. Check out the Atomic Learning Edmodo training series where you'll learn how to sign up, how to set up your account, and how to use the many features, such as posting assignments and quizzes, populating a library of content, and even awarding recognition to students.

In this online training series, you'll learn how to use Microsoft Office 365 to collaborate, create and store information. Using your favorite web browser, you can access your information anytime and anywhere! Check out this video to learn more about the new series coming soon to Atomic Learning.

Today marks the first day of the U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educator Month. Check out the variety of online keynotes and panels, webinars, and more at the Connected Educators website.

If you want to learn more about connecting with peers, or you’d like to help a friend learn to connect, check out our Spotlight Collaborating with a Global Community. The Spotlight consists of three segments:

A recent Web 2.0 Classroom blog post discussed one of the hottest topics at ISTE was flipping the classroom. Aside from that buzz, Steven Anderson shares the concept of flipping staff development in his article.

Anderson suggests using free social sites like Google Docs and Edmodo to start  your staff collaborating online. Atomic Learning has training for both of these (and more!) to train your staff efficiently and provide you more time for collaboration when you're face to face.

As Anderson says, "Try the Faculty Flip" today!

Evernote® is a robust cloud note-taking and memory enhancing app. It can be used on just about any device and on just about any operating system. Notes are auto synchronized across devices and can be shared with others so project collaboration becomes a snap.

The new online training course from Atomic Learning begins with a tutorial on creating an account and installing Evernote on your device(s). Next, you'll be guided on how to create notes and add media on desktop clients, the Web service and on mobile devices. Learn to use the search function, sorting, tagging, and notebooks to keep your notes organized and accessible. Finally, learn how you can increase its functionality by exploring the Evernote Trunk.

The Evernote training series is exclusive to the Atomic Mobilize solution from Atomic Learning, contact us to learn more.

Edmodo is a social networking site for teachers and students—and it has a mobile version! Teachers can use Edmodo to communicate information to students, post assignments, quizzes and polls, and encourage discussion and collaboration in their classroom. The mobile app allows students and teachers to access Edmodo from virtually anywhere, encouraging learning and collaboration outside of the classroom.

The new training series from Atomic Learning demonstrates how to set up an account, create groups for your students, and use all the fun and useful features of Edmodo to create a digital community in your classroom.

Atomic Learning announced the early availability of the new Atomic TechCore solution at the ASCD Conference on Saturday in Philadelphia, PA. The Atomic TechCore solution was developed in response to district needs to address the technology components embedded in the Common Core State Standards.

Several states have not yet adopted the Common Core standards, but all students will be influenced through textbook changes, professional development planning and shared curriculum resources. For the first time, an eighth grade student in Tennessee will be required to learn the same curriculum as a student in California, Wisconsin, or Florida.

Atomic Learning introduces Atomic Catalyst, instructor-led PD courses. Atomic Catalyst courses provide educators the flexible fit of an online course paired with the peer connection of traditional professional development sessions.

Here's an alternative video format for those who can't access YouTube to see our Collaborating with a Global Community Spotlight introduction video.

Districts across the U.S. are utilizing numerous resources to provide teachers with a well-rounded professional development program. While the use of multiple resources allows districts to provide comprehensive training, it creates a challenge for end users in accessing resources from various websites and managing multiple log-ins.

To begin addressing this challenge, Atomic Learning and School Improvement Network announce a collaboration to provide shared resources to guide educators on a path to technology-empowered learning.

With the release of Atomic Learning’s new Effective Online Teaching and Learning spotlight program and PD 360’s Technology Pedagogy training, the companies have come together to build a free educator forum on the topic where all educators can explore the topic of online teaching and learning.  This forum, which is freely available to all educators at http://www.pd360.com/index.cfm?joinGroup=16249 includes free resources and discussions such as: