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Create GIFs with Apple Keynote: Holiday Edition

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Celebrate the holidays by creating fun and festive GIFs with Keynote on your iPad! In this workshop, you'll learn how to use Keynote's basic tools to design simple, animated GIFs that students can customize and share. We'll cover how to combine shapes, images and simple transitions to create engaging holiday-themed GIFs. Perfect for adding a creative touch to your holiday lessons - no design experience needed, just an iPad and a festive spirit!

Bringing Learning to Life with Augmented Reality: Using Apple's Composer in the Classroom

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In this workshop, discover how to use Apple's Reality Composer on iPad to create interactive 3D augmented reality experiences for your students. Learn how to place 3D objects, add animations and build engaging lessons that bring your curriculum to life through augmented reality. No prior coding experience is needed - just bring your iPad and your creativity! Perfect for teachers looking to integrate augmented reality into any subject area.

Educators take a breath

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
Two-hundred educators and their families gathered in Queens for a day of wellness and fun. They heard from MindUp CEO and founder Goldie Hawn and took part in activities and workshops to nurture their mental and physical health.


Getting reading down to a science

NY Teacher Article Around the UFT
UFT President Michael Mulgrew oversaw a panel of UFT Teacher Center literacy district coaches who discussed the progress and pitfalls of Phase 1 of the rollout of new phonics-based literacy curricula in 15 New York City districts.

UFT provides support for phonics-based curricula

NY Teacher Article News Stories
Hundreds of UFT members took advantage of a free UFT Teacher Center course on the science of reading in July. The course, which combined in-person and virtual learning, was part of the union’s effort to support educators as the Department of...

We’re your home for professional learning

NY Teacher Article Opinion
UFT Vice President for Education Mary Vaccaro writes that the UFT Teacher Center has been a leader in providing New York City public school educators with high-quality professional learning for more than 40 years. The program recently has begun...

Centers of attention

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
When Cara Jacofsky began her teaching career 23 years ago, she was determined to become the best teacher she could be for her students, so she connected with the UFT Teacher Center. “The first few years of my teaching career, they would plan lessons...

Helping Teachers Help Students

News Opinion
Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers, highlights the crucial role UFT Teacher Centers have played both historically and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and petitions Albany legislators to increase state funding for this...

Bridging the post-pandemic learning gap

NY Teacher Article News Stories
Helping students rebound from the pandemic, both academically and emotionally, is a union priority as all students return in September for in-person learning.

Student Enrichment Program

NY Teacher Article Around the UFT
The UFT Teacher Center, which typically provides professional learning for educators, expanded its mandate during this unprecedented school year to provide a free program of student enrichment — tailored to different age groups — on three consecutive...