Tips from the Techie Gal!
Your Digital Learning Coach-Donita
September 10, 2015
Hello!
This year I will be sending Tips from the Techie Gal at least twice a month. I will send you tips, tricks and ideas that you can use in your classroom. This will be another way that I support you. This first newsletter is more about the resources available to you and a few housekeeping items. Please make sure you read everything because the information is important for you to have. I will also put the link on a Google Doc and share with you so you can reference should you need through out the year. This will be easier than going through emails.
(I put a survey at the end of this newsletter, please make sure you fill it out so I can better assist you.)
Pods, Devices, and Lab Rules and Check-Out
- If you are using the 8 computers in one of the Pods you will need to check them out in Eduphoria. Please just don't send students out there to work without reserving it.
- If you check out devices you must check out the whole cart and not just 5 or 6 from a cart. We are not breaking up the carts like that it is too hard to keep up with and a lot easier to forget to put back in the cart.
- You may not keep a cart overnight in your room, they must be turned in daily.
- If you share your classroom devices with another class please have the teacher your sharing with fill out the Device check-out form for your room. I have one for your below.
- Please go over the rules of the pods with your classes this is the Flex Pod Rules.
- I am still working on Chromebook rules for the classroom. I will send when done.
- If a computer is not working properly in the lab or pods, please put a work order in with the computer number listed on it.
How to check-out pods and devices hand-out
Computer Lab rules for all pods hand-out
Flex pods with furniture rules hand-out
K-2 ipad rules- If you want to print in color please send to the print shop.
Classroom Device Check-out sheet... This paticular hand-out will require you to sign in to Google when your click on the link. It will then ask you to make a copy. Go ahead and click make copy.I did that so if you want to have them sign-out via google docs you can or you can print it out. This way noone will type on someone elses form.
Resources
Tech Tool Box
The Tech Tool Box is an excellent resource for you. We have all of our hand-outs on there for you. We have hand-outs for all the programs you use. Please explore this site to see what all we have. Please click here to view. I have the link to this site listed on my email signature as well.
The Connected Learner
The Connected Learner site is filled with integration ideas sorted by Grade-level and Teks. It also has many resources for ipad and chromebooks. This is also linked to my email signature. Please click her to view.
Tech in 10
I will be offering short Tech in 10 trainings. They will be 10 minutes only. I will offer these twice a month and they will be either before school, afterschool or during your planning time. I will start on time and end on time and not go any longer than 10 mins. I will base some of these short trainings on the survey you complete.