October 2017
BISD Learn Tech
Back Up Your Drive
The new laptops are coming! New teacher laptops are coming!
You will be seeing emails coming through about teachers backing up their files in advance of the Teacher Laptop Replacement. The LT Department will be providing resources, how-to’s, and will be on campuses the week PRIOR to the replacement to help teachers back up their files. We do not have exact dates at this time for the replacement, but are starting the backup procedures NOW to allow teachers sufficient time to get all of their files backed up.
Earned Off Hours
#CelebrateWithDE - Manufacturing Day
Time is Running Out!
Register Today to Celebrate Manufacturing Day October 6 with a Day of Virtual Learning
LIVE from Discovery's Global Headquarters
Tune-in at 11:00am, Noon, and 1pm ET
Join Discovery Education and Arconic Foundation at the top of each hour for 15 minutes of inspiration and activities in celebration of National Manufacturing Day!
Johnny Appleseed: Content Collection
Autumn: Content Collection
Apples: Content Collection
The Raven (Interactive)
Classic Audio Readings
Knowing Poe
TCEA Area 10 and 11 Technology Conference
Connect, collaborate, and gain new ideas with TCEA Areas 10 & 11. Join area educators, special guest keynote by Steve Dembo (Teach42), and featured speaker Tom Kilgore (ESC 11) to share your ideas with us. Join us to share, learn, and grow new ideas!
$55 registration fee, includes 1 year of TCEA membership for non-members
Saturday, Nov 4, 2017, 09:00 AM
Centennial High School, South Hurst Road, Burleson, TX, United States
Calling all Art, ELA, Band, Choir Educators!
Click here to see our preview edition!
We’re looking for submissions that match our theme
“Coming Home”
We want art, written pieces, photography, video, and audio!
That’s right - #create is a full-multimedia experience!
And we’d love to hear from band, choir, and dance students!
Submissions open through October!
Cinquain Poem Template
Halloween Magnetic Poetry
Holiday Poem Generator
Dia de los Muertos
Check out the Discovery Education resources on Dios de los Muertos Content Collection. Educators and students have accounts for Discovery Education. Contact LT Lindsay Foster if you need help with Discovery Education accounts.
Sugar Skull #Selfie
Coding Halloween
Flipgrid Explorer Series....They're coming for your BRAIN!
After three outdoor Explorers - Laura and her research in Antarctica, Mike and his raptors in Minnesota, and Jason and his fossils in Texas - we are excited to introduce our first laboratory Explorer: Gretchen the Neuroscientist!
Starting Monday, October 16th, Explorer Gretchen Neigh and her team will discuss the inner-workings of the brain and how it functions and allows us to do the incredible things humans can do. During this two-week series, Gretchen will share daily updates covering a variety of brain-related topics. She'll also post discussion topics for your students and provide a place to ask questions. Our pre-knowledge topic is live right now and ready for your student's participation. When adding a Response, have your students include your school's custom hashtag so Gretchen knows where students are Responding.
- October 2nd: Pre-knowledge - What is the most interesting thing about the brain? What's the most confusing thing about the brain?
- October 16th: Topic One - Throughout this week we'll discuss the various components of the brain; which part of the brain do you think is most important and why?
- October 23rd: Topic Two - What do you believe will be the next big thing for neuroscience? What scientific breakthrough with the brain will change humanity as we know it?
- October 27th: Reflection - How do you see brains differently?
Please email brains@flipgrid.com and let us know if you plan on participating. We may have some extra goodies for classes that participate!
This two-week series is tailored to Middle and High school students, though younger learners are free to participate. You and your students can participate however you see fit. Some educators build class content around the series, others participate on a more casual basis.
Join the discussion now: flipgrid.com/brains
If you're interested in expanding you're students' involvement with this Explorer Series, check out these awesome resources from Gretchen's experience and field:
- National Institute of Health Brian Resources
- Neuroscience for Kids from Eric H. Chudler
- BrianFacts
- Broad Inquiry Feature of Gretchen's Daily Routine and More
- Gretchen's Published Work
About Gretchen
After earning a B.A. in Biology from Washington and Jefferson College, Gretchen became Dr. Neigh with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from The Ohio State University. She then became a FIRST (Fellowship in Research and Science Teaching) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, at Emory University School of Medicine, which led her to where she is today: as a faculty member running her own research group, training junior scientists, and teaching medical and graduate students. Gretchen was featured in Dove's "Real Beauty" campaign saying, "Real Beauty is using what makes you special to make the world more beautiful. I use my scientific abilities to study the brain with the goal of improving mental health." She and her team do this and more at Virginia Commonwealth University in "The Neigh Lab," which specializes in psychoneuroendocrinology and psychoneuroimmunology. Gretchen's research has been published in a number of scientific journals and she herself has spoken at many events. Along with their research, Gretchen and her team cultivate young, aspiring scientists through their outreach and community involvement. We were connected to Gretchen through Lara Ivey, the librarian at Bettie Weaver Elementary School in Chesterfield County School District - thank you Lara!
BISD Learning Technologies
Website: http://bisdlearntech.com
Location: 1160 Southwest Wilshire Boulevard, Burleson, TX 76028, United States
Phone: (817)245-1000
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