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empowering student success and school improvement
Our Mission
In our pursuit of educational excellence, Instructional Technology strives to prepare instructional staff to integrate technology into the curriculum in meaningful and appropriate ways to promote student success. While providing training and instructional support we utilize technology to both improve instruction as well as increase efficiency in school operations.
Sometimes Children Inspire Teachers
Revive Your Presentations with Prezi!
More and more teachers have started using Prezi to share information with students. This is also an excellent tool for anyone else wanting to share information in a meeting. It would be even better if you had your students create presentations with this great tool. Recently they added the ability to edit presentations on your iPad so you should check that out. Prezi for iPad
During our recent Taylor ISD Technology Extravaganza, Renee DeHoyos and Angeline Vrbsky shared their take on this tool. Big shout out to them for sharing!
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Examples:
- NE Faculty Meeting 2012 by Joseph Putrino
- Technology Survey by JP Hale
- Locus Grove Middle School 2012-2013 by Kimberly Crandall
Gaggle Email for Students Available!
All 4th-12th grade student accounts should be ready. Keep in mind that Gaggle is an email program but also can be used for digital storage, word processing, spreadsheets, blogs, etc. It also has an app that you can use on your iPad. A Getting Started guide is available on the district Gaggle support site here.
Taylor ISD Gaggle Support Site
SchoolFusion Classroom Web Pages Available Soon
We will be working towards getting all your classroom web pages in place soon. Your campus will receive an email when they are ready. In the meantime, you can unarchive any past pages you like by following these directions. Unarchive Classroom FusionPages
Teacher & Student iPads Being Prepared (PreK-5)
We hope to deliver "teacher" iPads between Sept. 3-6. Most returning teachers should already have theirs. The "student" iPads will be delivered between Sept. 9-13. In the meantime, please add the apps that you would like to see added to the iPads here. Notice there are grade level tabs at the bottom.
Things You May Have Missed
- Creating a Technology Help Desk Ticket (handout)
Creating a Technology Help Desk Ticket (video) - Looking for the last DuckLink? DuckLink #16
- Register and Begin Compliance eCourse- Due Oct. 4
- New Cisco Phones- Video Tutorial, Quick Start Guide
- Do you need further assistance with other software? Be sure to visit the Software Support site I created. I'll be posting handouts and video tutorials here throughout the school year.
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Be sure to visit the Taylor ISD Instructional Technology site for more information.
Contact Information
JP Hale
Interim Director of Technology
Taylor ISD
Email: jphale@taylorisd.org
Website: http://it.taylorisd.schoolfusion.us
Location: 2500 North Drive, Taylor, TX
Phone: 512-365-5015
Twitter: @edtechminute