Teachers with Techitude
A sort-of-monthly newsletter for amazing Hueneme teachers!
In this March 2017 issue:
Pi Day --- Google Slides --- COAST with us --- Device Updates --- and Student Account Info!
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Pi Day is tomorrow!
What exactly is Pi?
Poetry with a Pi based pattern
Read Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Don't have the book? Let Camryn Manheim read it aloud to your class (YouTube)
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Want to freshen up Google Slides?
Try some creative (and free) templates!
* Preview and give students a few options, rather than setting them loose on the template sites. We want their time spent creating content, not browsing templates.
* Consider attaching a few templates to a Google Classroom assignment (add the templates to a folder on your drive so you don't have to keep going back to the template site to get them)
* Remember that Google Slides can be more that just a lecture style presentation. Think of it as a book or spiral notebook. Use Slides for notetaking, reflecting on learning, or keeping content organized. They call this "hacking Google Slides" and it is good to think outside the box.
Slides Carnival
MMacFadden Templates
BONUS: Writing Research Papers
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Surf's Up on the COAST PD Wave!
Earn badges and prizes as you learn and practice ways to use technology in your classroom. Watch our next newsletter to see who has won prizes and is on the leader board! (want a sneak peek? Ask your site tech leader...)
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Student Device Updates
Need to update an iPad app on a student device?
Go to CATALOG and find the app.
It should say INSTALLED next to it.
Tap on INSTALLED and it will force the app to reload, catching the update.
REMEMBER: THE APP STORE WILL NOT WORK FOR STUDENT IPAD UPDATES. USE THE CATALOG.
Restart your Chromebooks---Update your iPads!
The most important reason is that student will benefit, but it also allows apps and systems to update to the latest version, good for functionality and security.
STUDENT (AND TEACHER) iPADS: In the SETTINGS app, please update your iOS to 10.2.1, the latest version. DO NOT choose "update tonight" because wifi is off at the time when the iPad tries to check in. If you aren't sure if you can update, check the Technology department page and look for the thumbs up block to be sure.
CHROMEBOOKS: Shut them down (like, all the way shut down-- sign out, then click SHUT DOWN in the bottom right) at least once a week, if not everyday. The chromebook will update when it restarts the next day. You won't even notice.
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Account Info for New Students!!
Pearson Realize (K-5), Google accounts (@hsdschools.org) , Moby Max, Typing Club, Accelerated Reader, Raz Kids/Learning A-Z, Clever login--- Yup! All the things! Created automatically for day two.
And, you can get their Google Password yourself in Q. Learn how to get student Google Account info in Q from the Staff Resources section on the district homepage. Holy website, Batman, that is so cool! No more waiting for anyone-- you can conveniently access that password info where ever you are, when you need it.
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Liz Hoppe, technology resource teacher
Email: lhoppe@huensd.k12.ca.us
Website: www.huensd.k12.ca.us
Phone: 805-488-3588 9-504
Twitter: @hoppeteacher