Technology Corner
_tips and extras_
Forethought
VIDEO AND RADIO ON IPADS
Please be very diligent and do not allow students to do that in your classroom.
Please report any websites you find to Jackie to get them blocked.
We are using Google Classroom and several websites as we prepare for STAAR so we need to make sure the bandwidth is available.
If you are needing your students to see a video, please show it as a class instead of each student downloading or streaming the movie in your room, this will also save bandwidth.
Charging Stations
Make sure the BLUE light is on -on the docking stations
Gmail Groups notes ->or use the link to Abi's page on how to do this.
Open GMail
Click on the “waffle” (9 squares) on the top right corner
Click on “Groups” icon in the list
Click on “My Groups” on the left panel
You should see Powwow and SISD in your list of groups
It would be best to leave SISD on the default settings, this is used by the administration office and other campuses to send information to everyone.
However, the Powwow group can be modified.
On the far right of Powwow there is a “leave this group” button. If you select this option you will not receive an email from Powwow ever again.
Next is the “Every New Message” button. If you click on the down arrow you will see several options.
“Every New Message” will send you every new Powwow email as soon as it is sent by someone emailing the Powwow group.
“Combined Updates” will send you one email with 25 Powwow emails combined in one.
“Send Daily Summaries” will send you one email each day with a list of all the Powwow emails from that day combined in one email.
Hope this helps you control the way you receive the email from Powwow.
Powerschool App
Discovery Education
Seating Charts- powerschool
PowerZone!
Mirroring 360 - mirrors your iPad to your laptop and shows on your board through your projector so you can demonstrate/teach from your iPad)
Splashtop - (lets you control your laptop with your iPad while your laptop is connected to the projector and is showing on your board)
These apps allow you to move around your room and stay in the PowerZone. I'll be glad to help you get them installed and show you how to get started if you need it, please email or call me and I'll help you. Remember our administrators will be looking for the Fundamental 5 when they do their walkthroughs and observations. The Fundamental Five is not optional, it's required. These apps along with Apple Classroom for classroom management will get you there.
Lost/Missing Ipads
Students is missing their ipad- send them to Lisa in the Tech Room.
If an iPad is pinging in your classroom, it needs to be sent to Mrs. Espinoza ASAP. You may send it down with a reliable student or call the office for a student aide to come retrieve it.
- Please continue to assign your own discipline for iPad infractions for your system of classroom management; iPad discipline through the technology department will follow a similar step system of consequences through Mr. Hawkins' office.
- Please sign the new check-in sheet for students with missing iPads when a student comes to you with one. Tech staff will not ping an iPad without a signature from each of the student's teachers indicating that they have looked in the room and spoken with the teacher about their missing iPad.
- Students with missing or broken iPads should report to Mrs. Espinoza first, if she is unavailable, they will then go to Mrs. Johnson.
- Students with questions or issues about how to make certain accounts or apps work should see Mrs. Johnson.
As always, it is important to check your charging stations at the end of the day to make sure all iPads are present and charging. It is crucial to discipline students that do not turn in and/or plug in their iPads.
- If Mrs. Espinoza is unavailable, the pinging iPad can go to Mrs. Johnson.
Usernames & Passwords
Google Drive-> Staff Info folder
- spreadsheet for each grade level
Password info
- Some students passwords have their graduation year and an exclamation mark on the end
example: 23!
- Some student passwords will be: period grade year @ the end, ex. ".24"
Need an App?
Once it has been sent-
If your students are missing any apps that you are needing them to have, please have them turn off their iPads, wait 20 sec, turn their iPad on, iBoss, and see if the App loads. If not fill out a helpdesk ticket.
Google:
Ipad Covers:
- They should never write on them.
- They should never put stickers on the covers or the iPads.
- They should keep their covers clean at all times.
- The stickie note with their name on it should be the only thing on them and it should always be visible.
UPdates:
We also have a software /security update that needs to run on our laptops, please run it, if you haven't already done so. If you need help please let me know & I will come to see you.
Thank you for your help.