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Instructor: Brian Davis

Brain Davis is a 24-year teaching veteran from Twinsburg, Ohio, who brings extensive classroom experience and a passion for helping educators grow professionally. After beginning his career in financial services and banking, he followed his calling into education, continuing a family tradition of teaching. He holds an MEd in Teaching from John Carroll University and a BA in English/History from Bowling Green State University. His areas of expertise include online learning platforms, professional development, content reading strategies, political campaigns and elections, the college selection process, and intervention methods. As a practicing classroom teacher, Brain stays current with emerging educational trends and meaningful instructional practices. His popular professional learning courses include Kahoot in the Classroom, Superpowers for Educators, Quiz and Review Apps for Educators, and Elections for Everyone. He is continually developing new courses designed to meet the evolving needs of today's education professionals.

Classes by this instructor

EDU-932: Kahoot! in the Classroom

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes lessons interactive and engaging. Students can play through a web browser or the mobile app, making it easy to use in both classrooms and distance learning. Teachers can create custom games and quizzes, called "Kahoots," or choose from millions of pre-made, teacher-approved options.

EDU-935: Superpowers for Educators & Coaches

You don't have to be Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman in this class. Instead, learn about your superpowers that simply need development. This course uncovers strategies to increase productivity and performance on a professional and personal level. Research demonstrates that people who implement the strategies of Habit, Mindset, Willpower, Meditation, and Forgiveness into a weekly if not daily routine have a more impactful life filled with achievement and fulfillment.

EDU-947: Hillbilly Elegy: Book Application

Read about the story of J.D. Vance, a self-proclaimed hillbilly from Appalachia. Like millions of others, his family left the hills in search of a better life. 'You can take a man out of the mountains, but you can't take the mountains out of the man.' However, Vance points out that the road north was filled with dramatic changes. A stranger in a strange land, his culture and family dysfunction almost destroyed his prospects of a better life.

EDU-954: Best Productivity Hacks for Educators

We live busy lives. Each person has 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. So why do some people get more out of their time? This course hacks the experts on productivity. Each module offers brilliant insights into getting the most of your precious time out of each day, which can be applied and shared with students and colleagues. Consider lessons learned from minimalists like Thoreau and the Amish.

EDU-969: QR Codes in the Classroom

Learn how to effectively incorporate QR codes into your teaching practice to enhance student learning and engagement. QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be scanned using a smartphone or tablet, providing quick access to digital content and resources. Throughout the course, participants will explore a range of strategies and techniques for using QR codes in the classroom, including creating scavenger hunts, designing interactive assignments, and gamifying learning experiences.

EDU-972: Wayground in the Classroom

Educators should always seek to engage, encourage and inspire students. Wayground (formerly Quizizz) is a free online learning platform that offers interactive quizzes and games for teachers, students, and administrators. These stakeholders can benefit from using Wayground because it is a proven platform for enhancing engagement, providing instant feedback and assessment, and facilitating personalized learning.

IND-1389: Team Planning and Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration

Earn professional development units for team planning and interdisciplinary collaboration. Teachers can earn graduate-level, non-degree, professional development credits from 1-6 units.

IND-1393: Empowered Teaching: Personalized Learning for Classroom Excellence

Empowered Teaching: Personalized Learning for Classroom Excellence will help educators develop a personalized professional learning plan that incorporates district initiatives and professional growth goals while focusing on strategies to enhance student achievement.

IND-1411: Peak Performance for Teachers

This workshop is designed and led by a seasoned classroom educator with firsthand experience to the challenges and opportunities teachers face daily. This 1-6-credit hour course is designed to help educators (administrators, counselors and especially teachers) elevate their personal and professional performance by focusing on key areas that influence well-being, productivity, and decision-making in the classroom.

TECH-903: Quiz & Vocabulary Apps for Educators

Apps for Educators is a series of courses for tech-minded educators. Quiz and Vocabulary Apps for Educators is the first in this series. Compare Kahoot and Quizziz. Which review application works best? Does it depend on the situation, the class, grade level or subject matter? Vocabulary acquisition is the foundation of content reading. Consider strategies and best practices to implement new vocabulary, and share what you have learned with other educators.

TECH-904: Collaboration & Problem-Solving Apps for Educators

Enjoy the benefits of 21st century learning. Discover the best apps and methods for student collaboration. Encouraging students to reach out to each other to solve problems and share knowledge not only builds collaboration skills, it leads to deeper learning and understanding. This class allows teachers to discover which collaboration and problem-solving apps work best in the classroom. Don't accept a one-size fits all mentality. Find what works best for you!

TECH-905: Presentation & Video Apps for Educators

We live in a world where YouTube is the top-rated search engine. Presentation and Video Apps for Educators is designed to fit technology needs of a student-centered classroom. Both teachers and students know that technology is here to stay. However, it can be overwhelming. In this course, teachers and administrators will explore, research, and choose platforms that fit the needs of 'their' classrooms, not someone else's.