Washington Tech Tidbits
Washington School - May 23, 2016 - Rachel Labuz
1st Annual District 64 Student Technology Showcase is TONIGHT!
Regular Board of Education meeting begins at 7:30pm.
Chromebook and iPad Collection - NEW INFORMATION BELOW!
All student Chromebooks, power cords, and cases (with tags) must be permanently returned to school ASAP to allow for inspection and paperwork to be completed before students leave for summer break.
Chromebooks, cases, and accessories will be collected this Wednesday and Thursday. Check out the schedule below. To change your time, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
NEW INFORMATION:
CLASSROOM TEACHERS, please use this checklist, as students begin to return their Chromebooks and accessories.
Before we come in.... please have students log out of their accounts and REMOVE their logins from their devices. Then, students should remove the Chromebooks and tags from the cases. We will not be collecting the tags--students can take them home, if they’d like.
During your scheduled time, Pat and I will collect your students’ Chromebooks, power cords, and cases and inspect the equipment for any damages. All devices will be placed into your classroom storage bins and shipped to Tech Central. If damage is found or pieces of equipment are missing, a Chromebook incident fee letter will be given to the student. All fees need to be paid by the end of the day on Thursday, June 2, 2016.
Primary iPads and classroom laptops will be collected this Friday, May 27th.
Laptops and iPads can be checked out from the LRC carts through Friday, May 27th. Please use the appropriate Google calendars to sign them out.
Breakout EDU
To preview games that have already been created, head over to breakoutedu.com/games. *All games are password protected to prevent players from looking up solutions during play. To get started, complete sign up at BreakoutEDU.co/beta
Remember, Washington has one full Breakout kit that is housed in the LRC. Also, next Fall, the Locks by Breakout EDU app will be installed on all cart iPads. The app contains various digital locks (some are similar to the actual locks, and others are different). It is a great alternative, if someone else is using the box!
Doc Tools
This add-on provides 13 tools that you can apply to any document, such as:
- increase/decrease font size
- quickly capitalize each sentence
- highlight important information
- arrange table rows, list items, or headings in ABC order
- ...and much more!
Don't just teach lessons. Create experiences. They'll remember experiences forever. - @burgessdave
It has been my pleasure working with you this year! Enjoy the last week and a half of school with your students!