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Top 5: What to know for the start of the school year
2. Students can change there own passwords this year.
3. Google Extensions are going to change our lives.
4. Single sign-on and password manager can make your life a lot easy, but leaves you vulnerable to intrusion.
5. There is going to be 1 visible network this year (eventually).
6. Students need to be encouraged to bring in there own headphones to use with Chromebooks.
Chrome Management
If you find something that is distracting, like Tiny Tanks, and you want it blocked, let me know and I will do want I can to do that for you.
You the wallpaper on the Chromebooks can be changed. I can put anything as the wallpaper for all the students. If you have a super important message you believe the whole student body needs to see, let me know and I can put something together for you.
Videos and games are pretty much universally blocked. If you plan on having the students use either of these, let me know so I can make sure it works. I may have the power to fix it if it does not work.
We let the Chromebooks help us manage the students productivity as much as possible.
Read Aloud Options Using Microsoft
Don't be caught not knowing!
BrainPop Logins will be done as soon as possible.
Student - Aaron Alexander 1239084
Username* - aalexander_ccg
Password - pop9084
* If there is another aalexander, his username would be aalexander9084_ccg
Announcements Links
New and improved to allow announcements to be aired in multiple places in 1 click.
Google FormBest way to store your class set of headphones
Websites that are great resources to use when using Chromebooks
VIDEO RESOURCES
Read Aloud Solution
However, Microsoft and Office 365 have another solution with less of a learning curve. Assuming you know how to make a read aloud with Power Point, which almost all of you do, watch this video to see how it can be made into a video that is easily accessible to the students.
Chrome Stuff
Video 1 - The Carts
Please Remember:
- Please stagger students when doing something internet heavy because our wifi isn't strong enough to handle it.
- Have a class list of of assigned laptops to students so they don't not get the correct laptop
- Have students check for damage prior using the laptop
- Students use their @st.cabarrus.k12.nc.us account to log in
The Joy of Videos
If you need some help with OneNote, watch the video geared towards keeping meeting notes. There is a lot to know/learn about OneNote, and I hope this helps.
If you regret following my Lync/Skype instructions a couple weeks ago, watch this.
KNOWLEDGE BANK
If you forget or don't know how to do something tech, here is a link to the staff Symbaloo.
Email: kevin.lipp@cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Website: http://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/27
Phone: 704-796-1318
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CC-Griffin-Middle-School/203101376488117
Twitter: @CCGriffinMS
- To reserve technology go to the Media/Tech Schedule. Make sure you are signed in to your school google account though.
- Every student and teacher has 5 licenses to download Microsoft Office on their devices.
- After you contact me about your tech issues, please submit a work order.
- The Blended Learning Lab is open for business. Please let me know if you would like to discuss using it.
Student Login Help
For non-Chromebooks
Username is first letter of first name, last name, last 4 numbers of lunch number
Example: John Smith 1468029 = jsmith8029
Password is lunch number
For Chromebooks and Google accounts
Username is first letter of first name, last name, last 4 numbers of lunch number followed by @st.cabarrus.k12.nc.us Example: John Smith 1468029= jsmith8029@st.cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Password is lunch number BUT it needs to have at least 8 numbers. If you lunch number is fewer than 8 numbers, add zeros until you get to 8 characters.
Example John Smith 1468029 = 14680290
Email address: All students have Office 365 email addresses. (they can also use the short-cut at the bottom of the homepage.
Using the example it would be:
Jsmith8029@cabarrus.k12.nc.us with the password 1468029