Week 20

Here are some highlights from Technology this week:

Week 20 (January 22 – 26, 2018)

Thursday Giggles:            How does the Man in the Moon get his haircut?
                                                Eclipse it.

Pick and choose your favorites.  Don’t use every tool. 
Chefs don’t use every ingredient.  Gardeners don’t plant every type of plant.

OPTIONAL PD for February:

February 21 Eventbrite LINK HERE
February 28 Eventbrite LINK HERE

Mid-Point Feedback.  Team, I welcome your feedback.  Let me know how things are going.  The close date for this survey will be Thursday, February 1 at 3:25pm.  Email is necessary so I can select a winner.  One winner will receive a $25 gift card (movie theater, Starbucks, Chipotle, something local).

There’s an app for that!  Clever has an app.  If your children/parents are asking for more ways to get in (or you need more devices for reading/assessment), look no further than your iPads.  The Clever app looks like this:

Not all of the tools work in the Clever app.  It will notify you if some of the tools do not work (note the muted color and black band).  Benchmark even has a Reading Library that you can access on the iPads.  The tiny app launcher will direct you to the Library App.

The Library App looks like this (image below).  Each text can be downloaded to the iPad for easy access offline.

If you are unable to get beyond this screen (image below), just verify that you are logged into Clever as an active CUSD user, then you should have access to the Library. 

Email images. There are many times where I receive an email and I would like to see all parts of the email.  Our system protects us from unwanted images by blocking those upon entry.  You can change those settings for particular senders.  Here’s how:
What the email looks like in the blocked form.

Right-click on that message bit at the top (next to the blue circle with the “i” inside) to reveal these options:

If I trust the sender and want to receive emails from that industry/person, I choose Add Sender to Safe Senders List.  All future emails from that sender will reveal any images that have been embedded in their emails.

Kindly,