TechKNOWLEDGE' Update: Volume 4
Raymond Academy's weekly update on all things tech!
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Badges are HERE!
SPECIAL NOTE: For those last batch of badges--they are being replaced today. I should have them completed before dismissal. I will bring them to you! (thanks for your patience)
It's Time for Grade Level Photos
gMAIL: Are you using this?
Understand Google in Aldine...
We made it Through the FIRST 3 Weeks...Here's a Video to help you carry on!
"Let's Try It Out", AKA: Professional Development
- BrainPOP (Tuesday, September 16th) from 3:45-5:30 p.m. in tech lab
(Note this is available for INVEST credit in ePortal, please REGISTER HERE)
- Google: Calendar and Docs AND MORE! ( Wedn., Sept. 24th)
- LiveBinder your INVEST! (Oct. 8th, Jan. 27th, March 18th
REMEMBER: All dates are tentative and subject to change. More sessions to be added.
Raymond's techKNOWLEDGee' Lab
Computer Lab NORMS
Want to Reserve a PC lab?
Tech lab (Room 16) times: 10:15-11:45 DAILY
RTI Lab (Room 22) times: 9:30-1:30 DAILY
You must email Mrs. Glass your request 48 hours in advance to reserve the room. Reservations are for a max of 45 minutes. A schedule will be posted outside of the rooms when they are available. You will be notified by email with a confirmation.
NOTE: During testing time (where students will test on the computer) the availability of the labs are subject to change.
Are you going to TCCA?
The Technology and Curriculum Conference of Aldine, orTCCA for short, has already registered 1600 participants for October 18th at Davis HS.
The event has an entire day of technology staff development sessions to choose from along with a strand of sessions more appropriate for administrators wanting to acquire tools on how to plan instructional technology integration in their respective buildings. Teachers can get INVEST credit for training sessions attended.
This year's theme is "Tech Like a Pirate." Come and join hundreds of fellow teachers and administrators and dozens of vendors such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
Register at the link below:
http://www.aldine.k12.tx.us/tcca/
About Mrs. Glass
Email: snglass@aldineisd.org
Website: http://techknowledgelab.weebly.com/
Location: 1605 Connorvale Road, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 281-985-6550
Twitter: @SVicGlass
FREEBIE OF THE WEEK: Elf on the Shelf!
Dear Educator,
We are excited to announce that The Elf on the Shelf® Teacher Giveaway is back–because Santa loves teachers! Thanks to the enthusiasm of teachers like you, Santa will once again be sending scout elves to lucky K-5 teachers who register on our website between 6 a.m. EST, September 15 and 11:59 p.m. EST,September 22. Santa will provide winners with a copy of The Elf on the Shelf®: A Christmas Tradition, as well as the sequel, The Elf on the Shelf®: A Birthday Tradition. Consider it Santa’s way of saying thanks for all of your hard work!
This year, we will randomly select 5,000 teachers who have previously entered our giveaway, but were not selected as winners. An additional 5,000 teachers who are registering with us for the first time will be randomly selected as winners, too. That’s a grand total of 10,000 teachers! Click here for the official contest rules and to register for your chance to win!
Good Luck!
The Elf on the Shelf®