Week 9

Here are some highlights from Technology this week:

Week 9 (October 16 – October 20, 2017)

Friday Giggles.                  What did the zero say to the eight?
                                             Nice belt!

Resource Links.  When I finish a lesson, you can typically find my PowerPoints or my PDF files in this folder.  If I am not in your room, but your colleague mentions how awesome such-and-such tool is.  You too can show your students how to do this.  Head to THIS LINK.  Check out those resources (see Resource Links at the top).  Go to the CN Technology Resources folder.  See where it says LINK in that brown banner (image below).  Download your favorites.  Use them to drive technology-oriented instruction in your classroom.

Connect. Would you like to call someone in the district, but you don’t know their phone number?  Try connect.cusd.com.  This easy tool will let you search the whole district.  Type in a few details and BAM!  The first few letters of either name will work just fine.  It will find all of the employees who have a name that start with those letters.  You have instant access to their extension.

Student Connect.  No need to ask your attendance secretary for passwords for Student Connect.  IT went in and added all 43,000 usernames and passwords.  If students enter through Clever, the data should already be synched.  No need to type anything in.  Wahooo!

Small Grants.  Chevron is giving money away.  Would you like money for a STEM-related grant?  Small project?  Just a few resources?  Look here to see if you would like to gather funds for that project: http://www.fuelyourschool.com/

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Plickers.  This tool is awesome.  I would typically use this tool about every-other-week (on average).  This tool would quickly give me diagnostic feedback on the learning that was going on in my room.  It shaped my calendar.  It shaped my instruction.  It shaped my small group or re-teaching groups as well.  Tools like this are awesome because you don’t have to print anything out (other than the cards).  You don’t have to copy anything.  And, you don’t have to grade anything.  Instant feedback.  I used my phone, my projector, and my laptop (and the pre-printed cards).  Easy.  Quick.  Usable data.  Check out this TEACHING VIDEO that explains how it works.

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McGraw Hill Math Book. Approximately 2-5% of CUSD students cannot access the online math book through the McGraw Hill app in Clever (or just enter cusd.com in your web browser).  Here is the solution:
Step 1: Children will click on CUSD in Clever.

Step 2: Children will click on McGrawHill ConnectEd via the Student tab in the CUSD website.

Step 3: Children will type in their credentials on that next page (the same username and password they use for everything CUSD).

Voila! They’re in!

Parent Communication.  The above solution is available as a PDF file that you can post to your website or send home with parents.  See THIS LINK.

Kindly,