The D.O.T- Zone 4
FWISD Instructional Technology Department Newsletter
The 4C's of Technology Intergration
The 4 C's with HyperDocs
Use Videoconferencing to Connect With Learning Partners!
Collaboration tips with Office 365
*Photo by NEC Corporation of America with Creative Commons license.*
Tech Tools
Newsela is a free site dedicated to providing non-fiction resources for all students. Each article from the site comes from a reliable source such as the New York Times or the Associated Press. The Newsela team then provides the reader with the same articles at 5 different Lexile levels.
Features:
- Differentiated learning
- Student tracking
- Annotation embedded
- Pre-vetted articles
- Non-fiction for all classes and all students
OneNote is a Microsoft tool for creating digital “binders” or portfolios. Educators and students can access OneNote notebooks through their district Office 365 account.
**No need to download; already installed on district computers.**
Features:
- Access anywhere the internet is available on any device
- Each Class/Staff Notebook has a Read-Only Content Library, Collaboration Space, and a personal notebook for each staff or class member.
- Differentiate easily
- Add audio and video recordings
Zoom is a free video conferencing tool that allows for very simple online meetings. All employees of FWISD received an email from Region XI with a link to activate free Zoom accounts.
Features:
Invite participants via an email and with the click of a link, they enter the 6 digit code and are in your meeting
Share your screen or allow others to share theirs
Record each video conference easily
Tech Tips
Turn off Those Projectors!
Sync and Save to OneDrive!
Restart, Refresh!
Digital Citzenship
Modeling Digital Citizenship with Proactive Parent Communication
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In the Zone
In the January 2017 edition of the D.O.T.: School Zones section, we mentioned Technology has divided the FWISD campuses into “zones” that will work together on training and professional growth. In the coming weeks, Technology Learning Coaches (TLC) will be conducting training events that will be open to all staff from the zone’s different campuses!
This is also where you will begin to see us highlighting educators and classrooms that are putting technology to work for themselves and their students. Look in the “In the Zone” section of your monthly newsletter to see if we’ve highlighted you or even someone right down the hall from you. See the image below for a list of all the schools in your Zone.
Teacher Spotlight
Every month we will feature exciting classroom activities and achievements taking place in the Zone 4 Campuses. The table below shows which campuses are included in Zone 4 and those campus' Technology Learning Coaches.
Joe Roland IV,4th Grade, Reading & Science @ David K Sellars Elementary
Linda Rogers, Culinary Arts Teacher @South Hills High School
Digital Advocate Teacher of the week at South Hills.
FWISD Technology
Email: edtech@fwisd.org
Website: www.fwisd.org/page/2549
Location: 3150 McCart Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Phone: 817-814-3100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FWISDTech/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf#
Twitter: @FWISDTech