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Wired Wednesday: Open Session

Posted on February 8, 2017 | Comments Off on Wired Wednesday: Open Session

Hello everybody,

During today’s Wired Wednesday we will have an open session. No agenda, just time to work on practicing using instructional technology or learning from each other.

blogIdeas for coming:
– Explore applications that help you enhance teaching/learning strategies
– Set up and explore Schoology gradebook
– Set up quizzes on Schoology
– Explore using Casper Focus for classroom management
– Investigate Nearpod or a different application that you’ve never tried.

Each session is worth 1/15th of a credit (1 seat hour).

Please bring your laptop and iPad.

Save the dates! Wednesday 3:30-4:30, Lab 212

    March 15 : Schoology Groups
    April 19: Schoology Open Session
    May 24: Schoology EOY Procedures

Christopher

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Student Completion Rules

Posted on February 22, 2016 | Comments Off on Student Completion Rules

Teachers,

This Wednesday for Wired Wednesday, we’ll be exploring Student Completion Rules on Schoology. Student completion rules are requirements placed on course folders and/or course material. These requirements must be completed by students in the course. This feature allows teachers to structure the flow of their course, as well as to create self-paced learning for students.

I encourage you to bring some materials that you can use to develop self-paced learning goals with. For example, quizzes, links, video, pdfs, etc.

Student Completion on Folders

 

 

 

Location: TIS Room 206, 3:30-4:30

Bring: Charged laptop & charged iPad (w/ Schoology Application)

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Wired Wednesday: Notetaking w/ Notability

Posted on September 22, 2015 | Comments Off on Wired Wednesday: Notetaking w/ Notability

TIS Superstars,

This is a reminder that Wired Wednesday is on for tomorrow after school 3:30-4:30 in Cyndi’s room. Please bring your laptop and iPad.

This is not a mandatory class. It’s offered to provide you with time to work with instructional technology without students so as to alleviate some stress. Follow-up support is included for free. 🙂Screenshot from 2015-09-22 16:51:53

We’ll be focusing on Notability, which is a powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and annotation application.

Students and teachers can use Notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, mark-up photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback and more. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note taking experience at school, at home, and at work. And with iCloud, your notes are always up to date.

Capture memorable notes with these essential features

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TIS Instructional Technology In-service

Posted on August 25, 2015 | Comments Off on TIS Instructional Technology In-service

Dear TIS Superstars,

I’m looking forward to working with all of you tomorrow at 8:30 in TIS room 105.

Please take a moment now to make sure you are able to log in to Schoology and can see your courses (classes). After signing in, please join my Schoology Course with this code. JVVFW-5W5C6

If you are unable to log in to www.schoology.com with your school email address, please let me know right away. OR if you don’t see your classes, let me know.

Christopher

 

Location: TIS Room 202

Bring: Charged laptop & charged iPad (w/ Schoology Application)

Getting Started w/ Schoology 8:30-10:15
Getting Started with Schoology provides an overview of Courses, and Course Materials in addition to a snapshot of Groups and Resources. Participants will learn the skills and knowledge needed to begin using Schoology with students.
Upon completion of this course learners will be able to:

  • Create Schoology Materials for student use
  • Collect and evaluate student work
  • Create groups for faculty communication and resource sharing

Utilizing Google Drive w/ Schoology 10:30-11-30
Utilizing Google Drive with Schoology provides a thorough understanding of how to create a seamless work flow between Schoology and Google Drive. Participants will:

  • Access and edit all your Google Drive Content within Schoology
  • Import Google Drive content into courses, groups and resources
  • Assign and collect student submissions with ease
  • Link and embed Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms to collaborate and engage

Notetaking w/ Notability 1:00-2:00
Notability is a powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and annotation.

Students and teachers can use Notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, mark-up photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback and more. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note taking experience at school, at home, and at work. And with iCloud, your notes are always up to date.

  • Capture memorable notes with these essential features
  • Audio Recordings: Review and Give Feedback
  • Import and Annotate PDFs
  • All Electronic Workflow
  • Organize and Share Notes
  • iCloud Sync
  • Auto-backup

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End of Year Tech Round-up

Posted on May 20, 2015 | Comments Off on End of Year Tech Round-up

All tech should be turned in by noon on June 5th. If you miss this deadline you will need to contact Ken or Thanasis to return tech.

It’s time to gather up all the small tech stuff in your classroom and relinquish them to the Tech Department for safe keeping over the summer. We will make sure your room is fully stocked for the fall. Here are your summer prep items:

Items to return for storage and/or replacement. Check for a large ziplock bag in your mailbox. Christopher EarthTree will come to your room to collect these items.Round-up

  • Mimio pens
  • Projector remotes
  • FrontRow (room sound system) pendants
  • Any other remotes (DVD, VHS, etc.)
  • VGA Adapters (for connecting from laptop to projector)
  • Basically any small school owned electronic device…

Laptops/iPads: If you do not need your laptop for the summer, leave it with us. It MAY get tested and reimaged in advance of your arrival in the fall. If you are taking it with you, please be aware that there may be changes which necessitate a re-image for the fall. Remember to back-up your data regularly – the TSD technology department will not be responsible for your files. Put your files on an external hard drive or cloud storage, such as Google Drive or Dropbox, so you don’t lose your data when you turn in your computer.

Energy: Turn off your computers, printers, FrontRow sound system and projector. Unplug the power cords from ALL technology.

Problems: Please submit a technology issue form online through the school district website for any problems or changes you want to happen over the summer.

Obsolete Equipment: If you are ready to get rid of that VHS player, overhead projector, punch card reader, etc., let us know and we will get it responsibly recycled over the summer.

Barcoded items: These get returned to your library, for example your iPad stand, Elmo’s, and other barcoded items..  Be sure to check in with your librarian.

All tech should be turned in by noon on June 5th. If you miss this deadline you will need to contact Ken or Thanasis to return tech.

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