• Welcome NEW Vanguard Leads
• XP and Stipend Reminder
• XP Tracker 2.0
• ACTION ITEMS- January PD Event
• ACTION ITEMS- Ipad Data
• ACTION ITEMS- FCS Tech Competition
• ACTION ITEMS- Bright Spark Design Competition
• School Lead call
  
• Webinars
• Tips and Tricks
• Shining a Spotlight on Success
• Learning Opportunities for Microsoft

Congratulations to our new learning community leads Jill Fears (CLC) and Tammie St. John (NELC)! I'm very excited to have both of these amazing Vanguardians and educators on board. I know they will do an amazing job of representing your interests and taking Vanguard further down the road of Transforming, Innovating, Mentoring, and Supporting!

I wanted to give them an opportunity to introduce themselves to you all, so I asked them to talk about their Vanguard experience. Here they are in their own words.

Congrats Jill and Tammie!

-Justin Evans, Vanguard Lead Coach

After a long development period, XP Tracker 2.0 is live and ready to go!

Tracker 2.0 still has the same XP Tracker tab you know and love, but it also adds a really cool new Activity Tracker tab as well. The Activity Tracker lets you select your name and then see every XP entry that you've submitted, broken down by T, I, M(Cycles), M(Other), and S.

Here's how to best use it:

1. Click on cell A2 and start typing your name. There is also a drop-down of all of our names, but typing will help you find your name quickly.

2. Confirm that your email address is correct. If it's not, email me.

3. View your total XP and your submissions by category.

4. When you are finished reviewing your XP, please click on your name and hit delete.
   
   

As cool as the Activity Tracker is, I do want to make sure you're all aware of one unavoidable limitation. This is a shared document. That's why step 4 above is an important courtesy - if you leave your name selected, the next person to use the Tracker will see your information. That's not a problem per se, because we consider XP submissions to be public knowledge, but it's still a best practice to reset the form for the next user.

The other consequence of this being a shared document is that there may be more than one Vanguardian accessing it at the same time. It's not likely to happen often (except perhaps today), but don't be shocked if you see other users in the document.

Finally, the XP Tracker 2.0 is a complete replacement of the original XP Tracker, with a different web address. If you've bookmarked the Tracker, please update your bookmark.

I hope you enjoy the Activity Tracker, and please remember to delete your name when you are finished! Thanks!

-Justin Evans, Vanguard Lead Coach

We are ramping up for our January PD, “Limit Break” gamer themed professional development.

To pull this off, WE NEED YOU!

This is your opportunity to share what you know to help others around the district. We are soliciting session proposals from Vanguard members for Speedrun Sessions (IGNITE - 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide, 5 minutes total https://youtu.be/h_KJbuCMQLI ), Main Quest Sessions (90 minutes) and Side Quest Sessions (50 minutes). Please consider submitting a proposal for one of these opportunities.

We need your expert knowledge!

http://bit.ly/VanguardSessionProposal2018

Session proposals are due on Sunday 11/25/18.

We look forward to learning from each other in January!

Carolyn Hutcheson (hutchesonc@fultonschools.org) is the point of contact for questions about the Technology Fair.

This year, the FCS Technology Competition at Centennial High School on January 26th will include a Design Thinking team competition for students in grades 4-12. The top 3 teams from the FCS Technology Competition will go on to participate in the 2018-2019 Bright Spark Design Competition in February. Teachers interested in having a team compete must attend a Design Thinking Simulation training with Amy Barger on November 27th from 8:00-3:30 at the Admin Building on Powers Ferry Road. For additional details about the training day and the Bright Spark competition, see the attached documents. Space is limited, so register in Edivate today!

Click the links below to learn more.

Vanleads, do you see any vanguard members at your school doing something awesome? Were they struggling with a tool before and are now using it? BRAG on our Vanguard members. If you see something awesome, please submit about your team member.

Please share your success stories with us! You may see your "Spotlight" in an upcoming Vanweekly!

Share Your Success!

Mindy Ramon will be facilitating a self-paced online Beyond Microsoft Innovative Educator course. This course will run from December-May and will cover advanced uses of Microsoft tools to transform learning and support students. Course activities and assignments will be aligned to the Technology Integration Matrix. You must have Windows 10 installed on your laptop/Surface and have completed the Microsoft Innovative Educator course or be familiar with OneNote and OneDrive to participate. This is an advanced level class. Please complete this form if you are interested in this course. Participation is limited to 25 teachers. First come first served!