After one year of planning, with nearly 700 staff and volunteers, with more than 3,000 student performers lined up to wow your senses, and 800 art pieces for your viewing pleasure, we are ready to rock this Art Fest!! See you tomorrow ⁦LA City College⁩ #leadlikeanOlympian

We're making a list, checking it twice, to see what's conductive and nice! 🦌🎶 With Makey Makey magic, Broadous Elem students explore the perfect materials for 1-key games like Running T-Rex🦖& Flappy Bird 🦜. Los Angeles Unified Instructional Technology Initiative Los Angeles UnifiedNorth Los Angeles Unified Division of Instruction #EmpoweredbyITI

SAVE THE DATE for May 18: Los Angeles Unified educators, join us for our annual signature event, #CS4LAUSD Conference!

This year's theme is “Navigating the Creative Intersection of Education and Artificial Intelligence.”

Register on MyPLN and learn more at: lausd.org/cs4lausd

Want to learn about #DigCitLA at your own pace? Inviting all Los Angeles Unified educators to sign up for our May Asynchronous Course, Reaching Beyond the Classroom. Gather best practices & resources for teaching others about digital citizenship!

Learn more at lausd.org/itipdcatalog

Thanks LEGO Education Instructional Technology Initiative and Sophia Mendoza (She/Her/Ella) for helping my students unleash their creativity! Christian Galeno Spectrum News 1 and Spectrum News 1 SoCal Thank you for showcasing the learning in our classroom! LAUSD Region North #CS4LAUSD #SolarEclipse2024 spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/edu…

ATTENTION: Los Angeles Unified, join our Google Certified Educator Level 2 Asynchronous professional learning!

This month-long self-paced course is designed for those wishing to demonstrate proficiency in using Google Workspace for Education tools.

Learn more: lausd.org/itipdcatalog

Teaching Global Goals One more thing- s/o to Instructional Technology Initiative for always inspiring our teaching & encouraging our #CS4LAUSD efforts. We wished we had taken more pics, enjoyed food & playlists a little more,… but overall we are proud of our efforts! 😉

Congratulations to the exceptional students of the #ClassOf2024 who have been awarded the prestigious #AmazonFutureEngineer scholarship this year. A huge thank you to Amazon for their investment in nurturing the next generation of engineers. #IBelieveInLAUSD Amazon_policy

Community art installation- always a must 4 us at our STEAMcon. J&M collab’d on this one🤩. We value art & acknowledge its impact. This yr we went w/LEGO collage & are super happy with results. In past: Kusama & Pollock. #ArtInSchool #EmpoweredByITI

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our senior secretary, Sophie, and our senior office technician, Aurora! They keep our office running smoothly w/ their hard work & dedication. Thank you for all you do to keep everything organized & efficient. You're the backbone of ITI!

Thank you to our Los Angeles Unified administrative professionals for your hard work, dedication and commitment to our students. You are the glue that keeps us together. #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay #AdministrativeProfessionalsWeek

STEAMcon recap: Stop Motion Studio is always a hit! This year we took it one step further by using stop motion skills to create factivism PSA & integrating #GlobalGoals . It was another full house! Teaching Global Goals #SDGs #GlobalGoal15 #CS4LAUSD #EmpoweredByITI

Wow! SHOCKED at how popular our #LevelUpLA #Minecraft Ss showcase was w/Ss & Ps 🥳. Turned into great #ELD capstone project-pushed their speaking skills. It also fostered leadership skills #GlobalGoals #CS4LAUSD Teaching Global Goals #SDGs #ClimateChange

Lego Education teacher Karla Alfaro, NBCT
from Los Angeles Unified ignites curiosity in students while learning spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/edu… Instructional Technology Initiative #CS4LAUSD

As all ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ are closed today in observance of #ArmenianGenocideRemembranceDay 🇦🇲, we honor the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Let us never forget the atrocities committed against the Armenian people and reaffirm our commitment to justice and peace.

Our STEAMcon’s bristle bots are always a fav! This yr we gave Ss challenge of cleaning up oil spill w/their bot & connected to #GlobalGoal15 #LifeOnLand #SDG15 Our Ss are learning impt environmental lessons early on! 🌏💚💙 #EmpoweredByITI #EarthDayEveryDay

#CS4LAUSD

Check out STEAMcon LEGO challenge- modeled after T session w/Dr. Jennifer Williams #Coding4Climate at #LEETS24 (LEGO “Build The Change”).Check out table cover Maria Yniguez made w/polar bears! 🥹🐻‍❄️Ss walked away w/free LEGO Education starter set. #EmpoweredByITI Teaching Global Goals

Hey Los Angeles Unified, join us for the final session of our Artificial Intelligence Series, Part 4: Experiential Learning in the Metaverse!

Focus on the implications of emerging tech in PK-12 classrooms, including the metaverse & virtual reality!

Learn more: lausd.org/itipdcatalog

🌎 Happy Earth Day Los Angeles Unified!🌱

Join me this afternoon in celebrating #EarthDay2024 by learning about Level Up Los Angeles & helping students prototype solutions in Minecraft Education focused on SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION!

#LevelUpLA #TeachSDGs

Zoom Event: bit.ly/CLSymposium24-…