60 WITH SAINT
Weekly Tech Update 4/12 to 4/16
Rich Text Formatting Comes to Google Classroom!
Getting in Compliance
In an effort to get in compliance with New York State's Data Privacy and Security Policy (NYS Ed Law 2D), WCSD has to check and make sure that the sites, software apps, and tools that are utilized at school and with our students are compliant. If there are sites, software apps, and tools that you are using with your students, could you please take a second and fill out the form below to let us know what those sites, software apps, and tools are? Fill it out as a team, a department, or on your own.
Here is the link to the form: https://forms.gle/tmbzuGeP7dttjZ6S8 or you can access it by clicking on the form icon located to the right.
Here is a link to more information on Ed Law 2D (provided by MORIC and RIC ONE).
End of Year Project Ideas
If you need some inspiration for an end-of-the-year project, maybe this resource could help. Matt Miller's recently published a blog post, "The end is in sight..." In the blog post, Matt provides some inspirational ideas, templates, and examples of manageable project ideas. Maybe there is something in the post that can help get those wheels turning on an idea or give you an alternative way to think about an idea.
Google Tote Icon
Chromebook Update
What's in the Tote?
Summer PD Catalog Released
Get Stuff Done Club & InstaStrategies
The Get Stuff Done Club will hold two, one-hour zoom sessions, every Wednesday from 12 to 1 and then 1 to 2. If you can not attend at those times, the sessions will be recorded and uploaded to the Empower site. Every Wednesday will be a quick demonstration of an educational strategy from one of four popular educational books. The format of each session will be a quick demo (15 minutes or less) followed by Q & A and collaboration time.
1st Wednesday of the Month - Feel The Rush (EDrenanline Rush)
2nd Wednesday of the Month - Don't Kill the Wonder (Ditch That Textbook)
3rd Wednesday of the Month - What's the Protocol? (EDUProtocols)
4th Wednesday of the Month - What's the Play Coach? (DL Playbook)
To join the meeting this Wednesday, click HERE for the 12 o'clock session or HERE for the 1 o'clock session, or email me and I will send you the Zoom link directly. If you would like, you can register for each session below, and I will email you the link on Wednesday so that you don't have to search very far for links. See registration buttons below.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you are signed in with your district Zoom account or you will not be admitted from the waiting room. Sorry, I'd rather be safe than sorry!
New Entrants = Update Online Sites
Join The InstaStragies Google Classrom
🚨 Who Got Caught? 🚨
Has anyone noticed the new “I Caught” option on the Empower website? If you haven’t, head on over and check it out. The “I Caught…” form is courtesy of the Cyclone Learning Zone. I’m not going to spoil it, you’ll have to check it out. Here’s the link.
Tutorial(s)
Rich Text Formatting in Google Classroom
Update Sites Connected to Google Classroom
Tech Tool(s) of The WEEK
Text Anim 2.0
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Jayson St.Croix
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Phone: (315)785-3895
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