Friday Feed
17-18 Sawnee Tech News Vol. 3
Technology Updates and Events
Open Enrollment
- You will need to use Internet Explorer if you complete enrollment on a school computer. If you use Edge or Chrome, you will be asked to update Flash which we can't do at this time.
Spam Folder ***Repeat Item
- To alleviate unwanted emails in your Outlook inbox, the district uses a spam quarantine. It is recommended that you occasionally check the spam site for undelivered emails. For information about using the site, click here.
Forsyth County Tech Fair
- Registration opens October 16, 2017 and closes November 16, 2017
- Tech Fair will be held December 2, 2017 at Whitlow Elementary School
- We are always in need of Judges - no experience required! Sign up today!
FlipGrid
Nurture student voice with FlipGrid! We all have the handful of students who are eager to volunteer thoughts and ideas, while the majority of kids sit under the radar (even when they know the answers!) FlipGrid brings the back row to the front! To get started, teachers create a flipgrid for their class. Within that grid, teachers are able to add different topics and pose questions or prompts. Students are able to respond with an original video defaulting at 90 sec in length (this can be adjusted). Students are able to then respond to classmate's posts and give feedback. This could be an extremely powerful, formative tool to get inside student thinking.
Follow #FlipGridFever for ideas and examples.
- One example I found from Kelsey Parrasch was called "What's the Question?" She gives students the answer to a math problem and students post a question that may produce that particular answer.
- I also found this Google Slides presentation with alternative ideas for students who are camera shy. Love the hand puppets!
Quick Walkthrough Video
About the Friday Feed
Betsy Paul is an Instructional Technology Specialist at Sawnee Elementary in Cumming, GA. This flyer is created to share instructional technology news and tools with teachers at Sawnee Elementary, but feel free to use and share with others.