Month: May 2020

Still time to register for Virtual ParentCamp up until 4 pm ET/1 pm PT – Bring your kids!

Julia Pile
2020-05-27 Room 4 Careers VR and Gaming

So we keep learning more and more about our special guests in the Careers rooms this week.  Not only are they Microsoft programmers, but Floyd has run an animation studio, was an animator on the original Ice Age and teaches college courses in animation in the evenings.  Matthew was a game designer at Disney, he is the creator of “Design your own book” a card game that is featured on Scholastic Book Club. Definitely bring your kids to talk to these AMAZING professionals! Register at:  www.parentcamp.org/vpc-registration #ParentCamp #FSCI #FSCE #FamilySchoolCommunityIntegration…

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Virtual ParentCamp keeps growing and growing! Thank you!

Julia Pile

We just wanted to share a quick update of how YOU have helped Virtual ParentCamp grow!  It is only with you, our participants and facilitators joining us each week with your passion and commitment for all of our kids that we keep growing and impacting our schools and communities.  You inspire us! Some quick stats from 9 weeks of Virtual ParentCamp: 397 total participants, 214 unique individuals from 32 states and 3 countries! Amazing, this is truly a national & global effort! 74 facilitators from 17 states Thank you to…

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Virtual ParentCamp! Week 10 – Collaborate Spanish, Arabic & Equity rooms, Dyslexia and students/parents check out the Careers Series – Exploring Careers and VR & Gaming!

Julia Pile
2020-05-27 Virtual ParentCamp

Virtual ParentCamp! Week 10 – Collaborate Spanish, Arabic & Equity rooms, Dyslexia and students/parents check out the Careers Series – Exploring Careers and VR & Gaming! ©ParentCamp, 2019, All Rights Reserved We hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day holiday weekend!  We have an exciting and packed Virtual ParentCamp planned for you this week! First of all, welcome back to our Arabic friends!  We hope you had a wonderful Ramadan season!   The Spanish room was flying high last week and the equity room is shifting and looking at social…

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Virtual ParentCamp! Week 9 – Career Series Kickoff! Kinship, Equity and Collaborative Spanish Room!

Julia Pile
2020-05-20 Virtual ParentCamp

Virtual ParentCamp! Week 9 – Career Series Kickoff! Kinship, Equity and Collaborative Spanish Room! ©ParentCamp, 2019, All Rights Reserved A few weeks ago we joined a great group of digital media professionals for our very first Industry Camp.  In one of the rooms, the conversations between professionals, educators and students was very inspiring.  We thought, that is a great idea, let’s bring professionals, educators, parents and students together each week and explore various career paths.  The participants of that first Industry Camp were kind enough to offer to facilitate a…

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ParentCamp Team Member, Julie Pile to participate in Educating During a Pandemic: How Local Schools Transformed and What this Means for our Future Workforce panel

Julia Pile
Educating in a Pandemic

Event is free, register at:  https://northernkentuckykycoc.wliinc14.com/events/Educating-During-a-Pandemic-How-Local-Schools-Transformed-and-What-this-Means-for-our-Future-Workforce–3497/details   Friday, May 22, 2020 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST Over the course of a single week in early March, schools across Northern Kentucky were asked to transition to a NTI (non traditional instruction) model for teaching and learning; and K-12 education was dramatically changed. Despite this overnight pivot, local districts rose to the challenge and implemented new systems for staff, students and families that kept learning and the preparation of our future workforce top of mind. Join this timely conversation representing various…

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