Weekly Geekly
February 20, 2020
Feb 27- Digital Learning Day
Strive - Use Goals to Track Growth
Goal setting is the first step in working toward improvement and growth. Setting goals is a process with continued review and feedback over the course of implementation. In Strive, goals are not just statements to create at the start of school and check at the end of the year. Professional goals are interactive elements for incorporating evidence and tracking progress to engage conversation about growth between teachers and their appraisers.
Here is a document that highlights the different stages/steps of a Strive goal. Don't forget, you should be adding evidence (Step 3) to goals contained in Strive so that you can track your progress!
State of the Chromebooks
- Sam Houston is missing 2 computers right now with swollen batteries.
- Southwestern #1 has been missing for MONTHS.
- Navy has 3 out for swollen batteries
- #2 from Austin College is out for Repair
Repaired:
- Sam Houston had one computer is a victim of a student picking off keys and removing labels. It has been repaired and returned.
If the cart you reserved isn't waiting for you when you go to get it DO NOT TAKE ANOTHER CART WITHOUT RESERVING IT! That creates a cycle of despair that nobody has time for. Please stop doing this.
BETTER EdPuzzle in Canvas!
1- Create your video with embedded questions in EdPuzzle
2- Create an assignment in Canvas, under submission type choose External Tool
3- Click Find
4- Scroll down and select EdPuzzle
5- A pop up will launch with your EdPuzzle content in it
6- select the video you want and click the eyeball in the center to "watch"
7- Click the Assign button and then click Assign again
8- Click the Select button
9- the pop up window will close and take you back to the Canvas assignment. Finish setting up details like due dates and such.
10- Save and publish
Students will need to be logged in to their Google account in their browser (if they are on Chromebooks this will not be an issue)
Once students watch the video, their results will be visible to you if you open the assignment.
(video demo below)
I also found out this week that if you are expecting kids to do edpuzzle on their phone through canvas, they will need the edpuzzle app in addition to the Canvas app.
Please share with Students- Student Tech Help
This is good for new students, students leaving Frisco, and everyone in between.