CLX Digital Lead Teacher Newsletter
August 2018
Ms. Powell + Ms. Brown + Ms. Eggett = Your CLX Media Team!
Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!
I usually send out a monthly newsletter with tips, tricks, events or celebrations once a month in order to consolidate all my thinking with you!
But here's what new with me this year...
IMPORTANT! Set up your CLX Google Calendars!
The STAFF Calendar is for STAFF ONLY. This will include in-house information as well as staff members that are absent. We don't need this info out on our website BUT we do need you to have it.
Go to these links to add them to your calendar and 'toggle' them on or off to see what's happening.
Want to be notified if an event has been changed or cancelled?
What tech does my classroom get?
GoNoodle Music
Bring Virtual Reality to Your Students!
Level Up 2.0! Digital Learning Competencies and You!
In order to meet state requirements, I will continue to meet with all certified staff each month to deliver Digital Learning Competencies. As a reminder, if you are in the renewal cycle for 2018, you will be required to have 2 CEUs in the Digital Learning Competencies. The ACS Digital Lead Teacher team have been working together to deliver PD to cover these standards and ensure that teachers receive content they need.
Our topics have been broken down into four topics:
1. Leadership in Digital Learning
2. Digital Citizenship
3. Digital Content and Instruction
4. Data and Assessment
We will continue to award badges and CEUs to certified staff that take their learning beyond the conference room! You can refer to the CLX PD Calendar to see when these topics will be covered.
1st played with Ozobots
Coach Swain was determined to make the Sphero follow the perimeter of a polygon
Ms. Rigsby and Ms. Olson problem solved on the LittleBits Code Kit
Ms. Hunt played with the LittleBits Code Kit
Ms. Conti got on Twitter (What!?)
Kinder explored Ozobots!
Are You Using Pear Deck yet?
Want to take a quick formative assessment on map skills or even on how they're feeling that day? Use Pear Deck! Students can access this easily from the web browser of an iPad or Chromebook.
Here's a great link on 20 ways you can use Pear Deck in your classroom!
Broken tech? Contact your Tech Ninja: Shelly Powell!
Ms. Powell is our tech contact and media assistant rock star!
Something not working? Please put in a tech ticket: https://helpme.asheville.k12.nc.us/ The link can also be found under 'Staff' on the Claxton website. Type in your first.lastname and your ACS password (same as logging into your email OR network computer). Select 'Have a Problem?' and select 'Claxton help desk'. Once your tech is submitted, it gets emailed to me and Ms. Powell, which is the quickest way for us to manage our tech support.
Hashtags for Claxton:
#clxleaders #clxsocialjustice #theACSway
Hashtags for Educators:
#nced #5thchat #4thchat #2ndchat #3rdchat #1stchat #kinderchat #skype2learn #mysteryskype #edtech #TLIM
EdCamp WNC
EdcampWNC is an unconference for teachers to talk and learn from one another. This free event is open and available to all teachers:
Learn more at http://edcampwnc.strikingly.com