Techie Tuesday!
Issue 3 ~ Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Tech Talks!
I'm excited to meet with everyone next Monday during PLC time!! Please bring your computers!
This Wednesday (9/23), we will have our first Tech Talk after school in my room (in third grade pod). We'll start around 3:30, hope to see you there! Take the Tech Talks Survey if you haven't had a chance yet! We'll be discussing some different things this first time, so bring your questions, favorite apps, and ideas!
Dates for this semester are as follows:
September 23rd and 30th
October 7th and 21st
November 11th and 18th
December 2nd and 9th
Mark your calendars! I hope you can attend a few of these talks. We will be collaborating and sharing different instructional technology strategies and tools.
Techie Tip of the week ~ Function F8 - Projecting Screen
Did you know you can work on grades while your students use the mimio or watch a video? By pressing the blue Fn Key (Function) and F8, you can change your screen projection? You can 'Extend' your screen and move windows over to your desktop monitor, which will project on to your overhead.
Resources
FREE iPad Rules for Primary Classrooms! Check out these FREE iPad Rules! These would be a great way to set expectations about devices in the classroom! Here is a cute free Printable for younger grades to practice iPad rules. | Nepris! We will be setting up accounts for Nepris next Monday! Can't wait to share about this amazing resource that our district is providing! | Tagul Tagul is a web service that enables you to create attractive word clouds (like the ones you see in this newsletter) that you can place on your website or share with friends. Tagul has fancy features like words inside words, beautiful fonts and various cloud shapes. |
FREE iPad Rules for Primary Classrooms!
Check out these FREE iPad Rules! These would be a great way to set expectations about devices in the classroom! Here is a cute free Printable for younger grades to practice iPad rules.
Nepris!
We will be setting up accounts for Nepris next Monday! Can't wait to share about this amazing resource that our district is providing!
Tagul
Tagul is a web service that enables you to create attractive word clouds (like the ones you see in this newsletter) that you can place on your website or share with friends. Tagul has fancy features like words inside words, beautiful fonts and various cloud shapes.
Teacher Spotlight!
Jennifer Chaney, our GT Teacher is diving in feet first! She's doing a fantastic job integrating technology and creating! Her favorite apps are Pinterest and the Holy Bible App. A goal she has for her students this year is to become digitens (digital citizens), who can understand and apply digital responsibility and internet safety. Thanks for all you do, Mrs. Chaney!
About the Author
Christiana Finch is a 3rd Grade Science and Social Studies Teacher and iCoach for Royse City ISD.