What the Tech?!

September 2021 Issue

Dear Teachers,

August is under our belt and on to September. As we move into the first full month of school students are becoming comfortable with the technology that they have been given. This is the time of year to really stress the do's and don'ts with the iPad. Below is the reminders for what students should and shouldn't do with their iPads. Please constantly remind them if you see them not following the expectations that were given to them!

September Plan Time PD Opportunities

Please drop in for some small group PD during your plan time:

September 2nd - Google Classroom

September 9th - Google Slides

September 16th - Teacher Websites

September 23rd - Pear Deck

September 30th - Edpuzzle

Below are some Teacher Tutorials of Classroom, Slides, and Pear Deck!

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Google Classroom

Google Classroom Teacher Tutorial - This is a long video but covers almost everything.

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Google Slides

Google Slides Tutorial - Click on the link or picture for a teacher tutorial of Google Slides.

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Pear Deck

Pear Deck Tutorial - For a teacher tutorial please click on the link or the picture.

District Licenses for the Junior High

This year we have pro versions of the following items:

EdPuzzle

Educreations

Pear Deck

This will allow you to do more with your students and build engagement in your classroom. If you do not have a pro version available when logging in with your school email then please let me know.

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EdPuzzle

Edpuzzle is an easy-to-use platform allowing you to engage every student, one video at a time. Just click on the picture for a teacher tutorial.

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Educreations

Educreations allows you to record your voice and iPad® screen to create dynamic video lessons that students and colleagues can access any time, as needed. Just click the picture for more information.

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Pear Deck

This extension allows you to make your Google Slides presentations interactive. For a tutorial please clink the link above in the PD section or click the picture.

iLead Team

This year the iLead team will still be discussing PBL but will be looking at ways in which we can help teachers use the technology we have to enhance the engagement in the classroom. We lost a couple of great teachers this past year but we are adding some equally great teachers for this school year. Welcome to the iLead team Elizabeth Bolen and Lauren Mayes. If anyone else is interested please email me.