Here are some highlights from Technology this week:
Week 8 (October 9 – October 13, 2017)
Thursday Giggles: What’s another name for dental x-rays?
Tooth pics.
Free Technology Session. The last Microsoft Office training will be held next week. Check out this Eventbrite link if you would like to learn more or if you would like to sign up:
Wednesday, October 18 at Copper Hills Elementary from 2:30 – 3:30
Calendar. You can always find the link to my calendar at the top of my website. The link to my website is in my signature (tinyurl.com/culvertech).
Parents. Some of your parents are asking how to access online learning tools at home. HERE is a PDF that you can download. You can put this on your website, if you wish. Or you may print and distribute to parents (or both). I recommend that you also give parents login information for their student/s. An Avery label affixed to this PDF is one way of doing that. You can find this file in the Parent Communication Folder located in my Culver Tech Tools web link below (email signature).
Password updates. We’re nearing that time where you may be asked to update your password. It cannot be too close to any of your previous passwords over the last 12 months. I recommend a capital letter + lowercase letter + a number (and/or a symbol if you wish). Send yourself a text message of your new password if you think you may forget it. And, don’t forget that nearly every CUSD account password along the way will get refreshed when you do this (computer, portal, Clever, email, etc.). Lastly, your password, in your phone, (for CUSD communication/access) may need to be updated as well. You will receive an email when your time has arrived that time for you to update your password. This must happen on a CUSD campus. You cannot do this at home.
Guest Wireless Access. Do you have a student teacher this term or someone who needs wireless access? The CUSD IT page has a quick link to get you there. The CUSD SAM (portal.cusd.com) also has a link at the bottom of the sign-in box that will get you there as well. There are a few boxes to fill in and then you get a username and a password for that person. The information can get emailed to you easily so you don’t forget it.
Language Barriers. Do you have any students in your class who speak NO English at all? Here are a few tools that may help you both in this transitional period.
1) Speak and Translate is available for Apple devices, Android devices, and Apple Watch. You and your partner can speak back and forth to the phone/watch and it will translate the conversation for you and speak out the pre-selected translation. There are several languages to work with.
2) Google Translate. From any web browser, you can type in “Google Translate” into the search box and the Google Translator will pop up. Turn your microphone on (the one that’s already in your computer) and speak. The computer will transform your words into printed text. Choose from the languages that are offered. Click on the speaker button. Google will speak aloud what you just said in English into the language you have selected. This may help your sweet blessings transition a bit better. They may feel like they have a voice when they don’t quite know your language.
3) Snap & Translate. This app lets you take pictures of things. After the phone has captured an image, it will translate the image or the text (whole page) for you.
Kindly,
Tooth pics.
Free Technology Session. The last Microsoft Office training will be held next week. Check out this Eventbrite link if you would like to learn more or if you would like to sign up:
Wednesday, October 18 at Copper Hills Elementary from 2:30 – 3:30
Calendar. You can always find the link to my calendar at the top of my website. The link to my website is in my signature (tinyurl.com/culvertech).
Parents. Some of your parents are asking how to access online learning tools at home. HERE is a PDF that you can download. You can put this on your website, if you wish. Or you may print and distribute to parents (or both). I recommend that you also give parents login information for their student/s. An Avery label affixed to this PDF is one way of doing that. You can find this file in the Parent Communication Folder located in my Culver Tech Tools web link below (email signature).
Password updates. We’re nearing that time where you may be asked to update your password. It cannot be too close to any of your previous passwords over the last 12 months. I recommend a capital letter + lowercase letter + a number (and/or a symbol if you wish). Send yourself a text message of your new password if you think you may forget it. And, don’t forget that nearly every CUSD account password along the way will get refreshed when you do this (computer, portal, Clever, email, etc.). Lastly, your password, in your phone, (for CUSD communication/access) may need to be updated as well. You will receive an email when your time has arrived that time for you to update your password. This must happen on a CUSD campus. You cannot do this at home.
Guest Wireless Access. Do you have a student teacher this term or someone who needs wireless access? The CUSD IT page has a quick link to get you there. The CUSD SAM (portal.cusd.com) also has a link at the bottom of the sign-in box that will get you there as well. There are a few boxes to fill in and then you get a username and a password for that person. The information can get emailed to you easily so you don’t forget it.
Language Barriers. Do you have any students in your class who speak NO English at all? Here are a few tools that may help you both in this transitional period.
1) Speak and Translate is available for Apple devices, Android devices, and Apple Watch. You and your partner can speak back and forth to the phone/watch and it will translate the conversation for you and speak out the pre-selected translation. There are several languages to work with.
2) Google Translate. From any web browser, you can type in “Google Translate” into the search box and the Google Translator will pop up. Turn your microphone on (the one that’s already in your computer) and speak. The computer will transform your words into printed text. Choose from the languages that are offered. Click on the speaker button. Google will speak aloud what you just said in English into the language you have selected. This may help your sweet blessings transition a bit better. They may feel like they have a voice when they don’t quite know your language.
3) Snap & Translate. This app lets you take pictures of things. After the phone has captured an image, it will translate the image or the text (whole page) for you.
Kindly,
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