Tech Tips with Tibbs
April Newsletter 2015
As we near the end...
As you prepare to close your classrooms for the summer please take a moment to complete the following items...
- Clean out folders in your email. Delete any unnecessary emails and your deleted folder.
- IMPORTANT!!-Please clean out you H drive (my documents/desktop) before you leave for the summer. If you did not use it this year please save it to a jump drive and delete it off your Home drive. This will free up some needed space. This includes anything you have put onto Teacher Apps.
- Turn in any work orders to the dyewo and stewo email addresses.
- I will be sending out inventory surveys very soon so please be on the look out for those to complete.
PLEASE NOTE: I will be cleaning out Teacher apps at the end of May. If you need something that you have put in there please save it to a jump drive or your one drive. Teacher apps has been getting very clutter so please note that I will delete materials in late May.
Teacher Technology Tool Spotlight
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Click here for an example of Mrs. Timmer's (DYE) blendspace.
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Looking to Next Year!
TNReady
Change is coming...
As we look onto next year, technology will HAVE to play a major role in the every day classroom. With all of the assessments going online and a big push for students to be computer literate, we as teachers are going to have to make some adjustments to the way that we use technology in our classrooms. Students need to use the technology!!!! They will need to become familiar with various types of applications in order to be successful on the TNReady Assessments. Even though students will still have 60% multiple choice there will be a variety of other types of questions called TEI (Technology Enhanced Items). If we do not have our students on these types of applications from the start they will not be adequately prepared for what lies ahead.
I will be gathering resources to send out of ways you can practice with your students throughout the year that will enhance your instruction. Here are some links to get your started.
Click Here for 7 Things you need to know about TNReady Math
Click Here to see the question types that will be on TNReady
Check out this Assessment Piece in Edmodo
Ask Your Tech Coach
Email: tibbsc@rcschools.net
Website: http://www.ste.rcs.k12.tn.us/Tech%20Coach/TechCoachHomepage.html
Location: 10479 Old Nashville Highway, Smyrna, TN, United States
Phone: 615-904-6705
Twitter: @Tibbstechcoach