Technology Updates and Ideas
Decatur City Schools
Playposit
Playposit (a.k.a EduCanon)
Playposit is an online learning environment to create and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any online video (screencasts, Khan Academy, TED, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students, with time-embedded activities.
Find out how well students understand content with short questions throughout the video and a dashboard with grade breakdowns. Who doesn't like to watch videos?
Please sign up for a free account to access the lessons below.
Look at and use pre-made lessons or "bulbs" or make our own.
Science: Natural Selection Chemistry of Fireworks Physics of Rollercoasters
History: a funny approach to reviewing the The Gulf War
Math: Surface Area
An Updated Guide to Google Classroom
Matific for K-6 beginning on February 14 and ending on February 28.
The Matific Games run from February 14 to February 28, 2018 and is free for all K to 6th-grade students. The Matific Games are designed to help improve student math outcomes, while also giving schools in your district the chance to win over $50,000 in cash and prizes - including a grand prize of $15,000 Visit https://www.matific.com/us/en-us/matificgames/school to register your school today!
Math Websites
Great for differentiated instruction! Students can log on at home or at school.
FrontRowEd-Sign up and put in your students and they are ready to go! (K-12)
Please contact Britt Lovelace if you need help setting up your accounts.
Doodle 4 Google Opportunity for K-12 students
Does art inspire you? Clouds that look like faces? Sugar? Discovering new galaxies? Artists have looked to the world around them for centuries to gain inspiration. This year’s 10th anniversary of Doodle 4 Google asks students to do the same. The winner’s artwork will be made into an interactive doodle on Google.com as well as loads of scholarships and prizes. https://doodles.google.com/d4g/
Digital Newsletters
Canvas Training for High School Teachers
High School teachers will receive a Chromebook for personal and classroom use on February 27. Please arrive at Austin High at noon to receive your Chromebook. We will kick off the training at 1:00 with an introduction to Chromebooks. After the Chromebook Introduction, high school teachers will learn all about our new Learning Management System, Canvas. An introduction to G Suite will follow the Canvas Training.
Flexible Seating for Personalized Learning
Do your students read a book a week?
Need new ideas?
What do your students do in their down time? Start coding!!
Technology Instructional Coach
- G Suite for Education
- Nearpod
- Animoto
- Chromebook use
- Many other options for standards based instructional technology tools
Email: Britt.lovelace@dcs.k12.al.us
Phone: 256-466-6036
Twitter: @decaturteched
Kristi Overbee
Email: kristi.overbee@dcs.k12.al.us