TEC21 Times
Secondary - Back to School Edition
Welcome Back, Teachers!
This special Back to School edition of "Tec21 Times" will review important tasks that will help you get your school year started smoothly. PLUS learn how to set up your eBackpack account for the new school year and duplicate last year's iTunesU courses!
Students Get iPads 1st Week of School!
iPads will start being deployed to all students who have paid their user fee on TUESDAY of the first week back to school. PLEASE REMIND students that have not paid their user fee to pay online or bring cash/check to school. We appreciate your help!
Install Your Printer
Installing a Printer
Set Up TX Gradebook
Don't forget that every year, you must set up your TX Gradebook account for the new school year! CLICK HERE for instructions.
Share Your Forethought Lesson Planner
It is helpful to share your lesson planner with your teammates, other teachers in the district who teach your same subject, or resource/special ed teachers. Learn how to share your planner HERE.
If you have changed teaching positions or campuses, you will need to...
CLICK THE BUTTONS BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON
COMPLETING EACH OF THESE PERTINENT TASKS
Set Up eBackpack for the New Year
It is helpful to prepare your eBackpack account for the new year. You can hide second semester classes so only your first semester classes are visible. You can also make other handy changes like editing the names of your classes so they make sense to you. CLICK HERE to watch a screencast on completing these tasks!
Duplicating Courses in iTunesU
Don't start your iTunes U courses from scratch every year! You can duplicate the courses you used last year. This will allow you to return all of your old posts to draft mode so they are hidden from students until you are ready to post them and make the posts visible to students. CLICK HERE to view the complete how-to!
Contact Your Technology Specialist!
Edwin Braun
K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist:
Makerspace, Dual Language/ESL, Secondary Electives
Email: ebraun@nbisd.org
Michelle Harwood
K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist:
Seele, County Line, Veramendi, Secondary Science
Email: mharwood@nbisd.org
Twitter: @MichellHarwood
Kelli Long
K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist:
Lone Star ECC, Walnut Springs, Secondary ELA
Email: klong@nbisd.org
Melanie Ochoa
K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist:
Klein Road, Memorial, Secondary Social Studies
Email: maochoa@nbisd.org
Sarah Strom
K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist:
Carl Schurz, Voss Farms, Lamar, Secondary Math
Email: sstrom@nbisd.org
Twitter: @EdTechSarah