LEISD Digital LEarning
August 17, 2018
News You Can Use
Fall Kick Off Follow-Up
Digital Learning Services would like to thank each of you for learning with us during Fall Kick Off. We know this is a busy time of year, so we hope you walked away with a few new tools and resources to help engage, equip, and empower your students.
Select this link to access the Digital Learning presentation from Fall Kick Off.
Instructional Technology Action Team
What is InTAcT? Check out the image below.
Reminder: iPads for Kinder-2nd Grade Teachers
GoGuardian for Grades 4-8
Move around the classroom. Movement=Accountability. If a student has no idea you may walk past them while teaching, they are less likely to be off-task.
Send a gentle reminder or an alert before locking the screen. Give students a chance to correct the behavior. These alerts also remind students they aren’t alone online.
Assign those who are prone to being off-task a specific job such as looking up information for the entire class during a group discussion.
Discuss digital citizenship. We should be training students in becoming global digital citizens so they can safely and successfully use technology.
Consider that you don’t know what other teachers are asking or allowing students to do. It is not a best practice to monitor students while they are in another teacher’s classroom. If you do see something that seems concerning, consider calling the classroom teacher before locking the student’s device.
To learn more about GoGuardian, check out our GoGuardian Toolkit!
Google Classroom Updates
- Back to School 2018 FAQ (Google Guide)
- What's New in Classroom (Google Guide)
- Time for a Refresh: Meet the New Google Classroom (Google Blog)
- 5 Things to Know About the New Google Classroom (Shake Up Learning, Kasey Bell)
DL Badge Spotlight: Canvas Navigator
Canvas Corner
Parent App and Parent Observers in Canvas
Are you using Canvas this year with your students? If so, you will want to check out the following resources. These are guides for the parents of your students, so they can keep up with due dates, reminders, and more going on in your classroom. Linked below are three documents--one is for students, the other two are for parents.
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Jeff Wiseman
Director of Digital Learning Services & Library Media Services
Misty Joaquin
Melissa Heckman
Digital LEarning Services
Email: dlf@littleelmisd.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/leisd.ws/resources/
Location: 300 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, TX, United States
Phone: (972)947-9340