Tech Tuesday
October 14, 2014
No "new" Training On October 14th
On Tuesday, we will not be presenting new material. We will be on hand in PLCs to help teacher who may have questions on what we've already covered. If you are not in PLC and would like us to help you, please email Amy Davis or Rhonda Yezak and we will set up a time to meet with you.
Mark your calendars for October 21st
We will have sessions during the following periods: 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Then there will be ONE after school session for those that can't come during those periods.
Cool Tool
Educreations Update
You may have noticed some big updates to Educreations. Although it looks very different and you may get a message about it costing money, the things that were free before are still free. They just might be in a different place. Please just let me know if you want me to meet with you and show you the way to use the free version.
iPad Goal - 2nd 6 Weeks
Students will publish a content driven digital product and give feedback on other students’ products
- Due on November 7th
- Please contact Amy Davis or Rhonda Yezak if you would like assistance with planning or turning in your iPad Goal
- The link to the Collection Form is below or you can alwasy find it on the MMS Tech Webpage. Go to MMS>Departments>Technology>District iPad Goals
- Feedback can be as simple as a student posting a note in Edmodo with their product and having other students reply with a comment
iBoss Internet Filter
If you will be using a website in class (iPads or computer), please be sure to check that your and your students can get to the website before you/they have to use it. Some changes to the iBoss filter were made last week and you may not be able to get to websites that you could get to before.
If you run across a website that you would like to have unblocked, there is a place for this in Eduphoria: Help Desk. See picture below.
Edmodo Assignments
The Assignment feature in Edmodo should only be used for assignments that you are collecting electronically through Edmodo. If you are wanting to notify your students of an assignment that you are collecting via paper, then use the Note tab and/or the Edmodo planner to assign due dates.
The reason this difference is important is because the official Edmodo Assignment appears on the parent side of things as late if it is not turned in electronically through Edmodo.