DCSD Tech Tidbits 05.20.16
May 20, 2016
Awesome Job!
Ms. Lunn’s (MST) Drama II class used a research project using technology to create a Broadway Playbill for classic plays they were studying. The assignment required students to use technology for research and creation of a playbill that included cover Art, production budgets for the play, technical assessments made based on actual statistics from the Broadway play. It was cast using community or established names in the business, along with creating ads that would promote a product they created or another play to be staged at the theatre they chose. The students created booklets for plays such as Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Matilda, the Color Purple that were presented and displayed for the school to see.
Summer training opportunities are now available! Click on the link to access our technology training website.
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We're a GAFE district!
We've Gone Google!
DCSD is a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) district. All staff and students have Google accounts in the DCSD Google domain to facilitate communication, collaboration and publishing work.
Although Google Drive and other Google tools are accessible, teachers will continue to use MS Outlook for their email.
If you've never accessed it before, your Google login is firstname.lastname@darlington.k12.sc.us. Your temporary password is Password1 and then you will be prompted to change your password.
If you're having trouble logging into your Google account, please see your school wizard or a member of the DCSD Digital Transformation Academy.
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Getting Schooled on Schoology
Our Schoology Enterprise (which syncs with PowerSchool) is now ready for use! If you're interested in playing around with it, here is how you log in.
URL: lms.dcsdschools.org
You will need to log in with your Active Directory (AD) credentials.
Username: FirstName.LastName
Password: The same password you use for your Outlook email
Click here for a list of your Schoology Master Trainers
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Have Your Heard of TPT?
You can find flipcharts, templates for activities, ISN (Interactive Student Notebook) resources, and so much more! They also send out a weekly newsletter with link to free downloads - many of them are really good. Below you'll find the link to this week's newsletters (they have a different one for PreK-5 and 6-12. From here on out the current week's newsletter link will be included your weekly DCSD Tech Tidbits newsletter.
TPT - Vol 331 Grades PreK-5
TPT - Vol 332 Grades 6-12
Website of the Week: Using GAFE in the Primary Classroom.
App of the week: Math Puppy
The White House and Michelle Obama Release $250M ‘Open eBooks’ App for Title I and Special Education Teachers
-via EdSurge
To access the app, educators can sign up on the OpeneBooks.net site and receive codes for their students. Using those codes, students can download the free Open eBooks app to mobile devices and access a library of eBooks.
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Upstate Technology Conference (UTC)
Darlington County School District - Technology Department
Diane Sigmon, Director of Technology
Carla Jefferson, Instructional Technology Coordinator
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/darlington.k12.sc.us/dcsddti/home
Location: 120 E Smith Ave, Darlington, SC, United States
Phone: 843-398-2298
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Twitter: @dcsdtransforms