Friday Feed
15-16 Sawnee Tech News Vol. 2
Pesky Printer Problems
I've heard from many of you about wanting to set a printer as your default. Sometimes, Unity "says" it will set a printer as default, but it doesn't stick.
To set a printer as default:
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click File > Print
- Find your printer in the list. Right click and select "Set as Default Printer"
- Click Apply
- Then, click Cancel
Now you have set your default printer!
Wixie
The upload of student accounts to Wixie is complete! Wixie is a great tool to use for creating and publishing work. Work can be created, stored, and assessed in the cloud.
- The recommended way to access Wixie is through itslearning. To do this, log in, and then choose Tools and Apps. Wixie is the bottom link under Resources. When you click it, you may have to enable pop ups from itslearning. This is in the right side of the address bar in Chrome and at the bottom of the page in IE.
- To create in Wixie on a device, you must have the app. For students, we are able to enter their district password. We could not do this for teachers, because your passwords change. Students will use their district username and password on the app. **Teachers: I will email you the password for your Wixie accounts.
Padlet App
Many of you probably used Padlet in the past to collaborate with students. Padlet has now released a FREE app. Teachers can use Padlet for student portfolios, exit tickets, backchannels and much more. You also may not know that Padlet offeres a classroom version for just $45 per year. Padlet Backback offers a more secure environment and provides unlimited student accounts managed by the teacher. Click the link to sign up for a 30 day free trial.
About the Friday Feed
Betsy Paul is an Instructional Technology Specialist at Sawnee Elementary in Cumming, GA. This flyer is created to share instructional technology news and tools with teachers at Sawnee Elementary, but feel free to use and share with others.
Email: bpaul35@forsyth.k12.ga.us
Twitter: @BetsyCain4