Speight Technology Bulletin
Week of January 18th - January 22nd
What's up this week at Speight Middle?
Events or times may be subject to change as the week progresses. :)
Monday, January 18th
- No School! :-)
Tuesday, January 19th
- Aspire testing for 8th grade.
- WAAT is visiting our 8th graders at 10am.
- ELA Dept meeting at 3:30pm in the Conference Room.
Wednesday, January 20th
- Early Release!
- PBIS/Harvest Event 9 - 1:20pm.
Thursday, January 21st
- Mandatory Teacher Workday!
- Learning Focused PD - Lunch will be provided!
Friday, January 22nd
- Optional Teacher Workday
iPad Accessories Ready for Pick Up
Please send kids highlighted in Green to pick up their paid accessories. Thanks!
The following students have iPads out for repairs this week:
- Nick Davis
- Anaya Barnes
- Ricardo Olivares
- Rubi Perez
- Gabby Mendoza
- LyNiah Ellis
- Kanijah Finch
- CJ Combs
- Kassidy Thomas
- Makaylin Rogers
- Jenna Batchelor
- Jahshad McNeil
- Kenya Tune
- James Hendrix
- Michael Strickland
- Pheonix Everett
- JahQuez Artis
The following iPads are ready to be picked up from the library:
- Barbara Salgado
Please remind them to bring their iPad cases and their loaner iPad if they had one.
Questioning to Raise Rigor
The types of questions that you ask in your classroom are vital to student achievement. Prompting students to guide them through their thinking process and asking higher order questions contributes to the rigor in the classroom. Take a sneak peek at the pic to the left that contain characteristics of good questioning!
Twitter: @thetechnerdette
Technology Tip of the Week - Seesaw
Seesaw is an online platform where you can have your students create their own digital portfolio based off of the work they do in your classroom. It is iPad friendly and great for parent conferences. You can give parents access to their child's portfolio to see what work they've done in their class. You can even see how many times a student's parent has gone to view their child's work! Check it out by visiting the link below.
Website: http://web.seesaw.me/
Twitter: @thetechnerdette
EdCamp East - March 12th
EdCamp East is back! EdCamp is a type of PD where the attendees create the sessions and have opportunities to work with other teachers around the county, as well as surrounding counties. It is a free session and they will provide breakfast and lunch. They also have free educational goodies to give as well. See you there! You can sign up by visiting this link -->bit.ly/edcampeastnc
Take5 - Throughout the school year
if you're in need of CEU's, the technology department offers online, self paced courses throughout the year. You can check them out by visiting this link - http://wcstech.weebly.com/current-course-offerings.html. Let me know if you have any questions! :-)
Friday Institute PD
Visit this link to see what online courses the Friday Institute is offering. Each class that is completed will be worth around 2 CEU's. All classes are self paced.
Attention, Attention!
If you have any important info that you need displayed on the Speight's webpage or Facebook page, please let Ms. Baugh know! Parents have been looking at our webpage and our Facebook and we want to keep them informed!
Also, if you're incorporating technology into your lessons, please take some pics and share them with me! I can add them to our newsletter and school website! Thanks! :-)