Hofius Hi-Tech Highlights
Tech Tips for a 1:1 Chromebook Campus
September 5, 2018
UPCOMING: DyKnow Cloud Training TOMORROW
Don't forget! There will be an optional DyKnow Cloud training for new teachers Wednesday, September 5 in Room 1201 (Jeremy Freed's classroom) from 7:45 - 8:30 AM. Please bring your fully charged tablet and sign up for the course in Eduphoria Workshop to receive 0.75 CPE hour.
IMPORTANT: 2nd Chromebook Distribution/Student Digital Onboarding TOMORROW During 1st Period
TCCA 2018
TCCA is the largest FREE Ed Tech Conference in Texas with over 200+ sessions offered and 80+ tech industry vendors! Our very own Dr. Champion is rumored to be participating in a superintendent panel that day so we need to show our Klein ISD support and did I mention it’s FREE?? And they give you a FREE lunch! And they give you FREE door prizes like monitors, scanners, Chromebooks, printers, etc…there’s literally nothing to lose!
All you have to do is register!
Poll Everywhere
Engage your audience or class in real time!
Poll Everywhere transforms one-sided presentations into two-way conversations with the audience. This web-based audience response system lets you embed interactive activities directly into your presentation. The audience responds on the web or via SMS texting on their phones.
- You create the questions. Customize how the chart looks and how your audience can respond.
- Invite the audience to respond by visiting a web page or texting. The chart changes as you watch.
- Download the reports. Analyze the results.
Choose from a large variety of poll activities, including multiple choice, open response, live word clouds, clickable images, up- and down-voting for Q&A, and rank order.
Inviting the audience to respond
Participants can respond using any device. They can go to a customizable web address or send a text message to participate. As the presenter, you control when responses are displayed on-screen – and if you have the premium moderation feature, you control which responses are displayed, too.
With nothing more than a big presentation screen and a room full of mobile phones, you can spark a lively conversation that includes everyone.
Linking Schoology Courses
If you haven't linked your Schoology courses but need assistance with the process, please refer to this RESOURCE. It'll assist teachers with linking courses, creating grading groups, creating content for grading groups, viewing course options, and viewing the gradebook. Please stop by office 1222 if you need help!
Setting Schoology Co-Teacher Permissions
Teachers of record now have the ability to define what a co-teacher in a class has the ability to view and access. This means that an SF could have the ability to view materials in the course but not grades in the course. Permissions are up to the teacher of record to set. Please see directions here and learn more about this feature.
REQUIRED: Updating your Hofius Website Profile
Once you have updated your profile, please fill out this REQUIRED district FORM.
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Stacy Alexander
Email: salexander1@kleinisd.net
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Location: Office 1222
Phone: 832-375-8798
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