LT Newsletter: September 2017
Burleson ISD Learning Technologies Department
Get 18 Hours of Training While You Still Have Time
Documentation highlighting the successful completion of training is due to principals by Nov. 15, 2017.
Those who still need hours can find relief inside the technology training calendar. Classes are currently available through early November.
Spotlight on Strategies: Discovery Education's Hidden Gem
Discover a world of lesson possibilities inside the Discovery Education website. On the left navigation bar among the links to streaming videos, classroom tools, and student assignments, a hidden gem waits. Click the Professional Learning tab to reveal Strategies and Resources, the home of Spotlight on Strategies.
Spotlight on Strategies offers 40 lesson ideas that can be incorporated into any content area at every grade level. Six Word Stories, Vocabulary Scavenger Hunts, Silence is Golden, and Did You Hear That are just some of the treasures here, including an entire section devoted to inferencing and prediction.
Click here to peruse the titles within Spotlight on Strategies. However, you will need a Discovery Education login to access them. If you have trouble getting into your account, fear not. LT Lindsay Foster can help. Drop her a note at lindsay.foster@bisdmail.net.
ProTip
Revision History: See the Changes in Google Tools as They Happened
Each time an edit is saved in a Google tool (and Google saves automatically every few seconds), the change is logged inside the document's revision history, along with a time stamp of when the edit was made and who made it. Best of all, you can also restore a document to anyone of its saved revisions.
To see the revision history of your Google files, go to a Google Doc, Drawing, Sheet, or Slide. On the tool bar, hit File > See Version History > Version History. For more information on revision history, check out this link.
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Contact Your LT
Lead Learning Technologies Coach
Campuses: KMS, The REALM, BCHS, CHS
Email: kestes@bisdmail.net
Book an Appointment: kimestes.youcanbook.me
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Lindsay Foster
Learning Technologies Coach
Campuses: Brock, Frazier, Hajek, Taylor
Email: Lindsay.Foster@bisdmail.net
Book an Appointment: lindsayfoster.youcanbook.me
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Matthew Kitchens
Learning Technologies Coach
Campuses: Academy @ Nola Dunn, Clinkscale, Norwood, CrHS & RTDC
Email: Matthew.Kitchens@bisdmail.net
Book an Appointment: matthewkitchens.youcanbook.me
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Heather Sanders
Learning Technologies Coach
Campuses: HMS, STEAM MS, BHS
Email: Heather.Sanders@bisdmail.net
Book an Appointment: heathersanders.youcanbook.me
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Teresa Sumrall
Learning Technologies Coach
Campuses: Bransom, Mound, Stribling
Email: tsumrall@bisdmail.net
Book an Appointment: Via Email
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