Techtastic Teaching
Volume 01 Issue 03 January/February 2016
Welcome to Techtastic Teaching!
Techtastic Teaching is the monthly Instructional Technology newsletter for Randolph Field ISD. The Techtastic Teaching newsletter will include updates from the Instructional Technology department, tips on integrating technology into your curriculum, and ways that teachers are currently using technology in Randolph Field ISD.
Updates from Instructional Technology
January/February Updates
- Istation Users: The Istation Indicator of Progress (ISIP) is a monthly assessment that measures student progress. This assessment is given to students the first time they login during a calendar month and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Please keep this in mind when you have your students working on Istation at the beginning of each month.
- TCEA 2016: I joined several teachers in attending the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Conference in February. We learned about many new resources and will be sharing what we learned in the near future!
Tech Tips of the Month
SymbalooEDU
SymbalooEDU is a website and resource management system that allows users to create visual shortcuts to different websites. Teachers around the district have created different "Symbaloos" and set them as their students homepage on their laptops for easy navigation.
An example can be found here.
For more information on SymbalooEDU, click here.
Around the District...
Randolph Elementary School
Mrs. Tamasaka and Mrs. Barnes' first grade classes used Kahoot on the iPad to review math facts. It was great to see just how well first graders used Kahoot!
Randolph Middle School
Ms. White's 7th Grade ELA classes have been using different multimedia apps such as Adobe Voice on their iPads to create research project presentations. They then turned in their work to Google Classroom.
Randolph High School
The RHS Gifted and Talented students are continuing the Independent Research Program through an online course using Google Classroom and facilitated by Ms. Adams.
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Cameron Bain
Instructional Technology Facilitator
Email: bain@rfisd.net
Website: tinyurl.com/rfisdinstructionaltechnology
Location: Randolph AFB, TX, United States
Phone: 210.357.2385