Week 24

Here are some highlights from Technology this week:

Week 24 (February 19 – February 23, 2018)

Thursday Giggles:            What do you call a happy cowboy?
                                                A jolly rancher.

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

Previous Highlight Emails:  Remember, all previous emails can be found on the blog.  LINK HERE.


OPTIONAL PD for February:

February 28 Eventbrite LINK HERE

Website Tweaks.  I have a drop-down menu at the top of my website now.  You can find your grade level and locate grade-specific resources for your grade level.  Yes, I have a host of resources on the Resources area of my site.  But, I have also added some tools that are age-specific for your sweet blessings.  For example, Kinder students can benefit from mouse control skills more than any other grades.  So they have mouse-specific strategies in their drop-down menu.  Some of the other menus are still under construction.  As I find pockets of time, I will add more details to those pages.

ClassroomScreen.com. This is a really cool tool for the classroom.  It is also a splendid presentation tool.  Clock.  Timer.  QR code.  Random (name or dice).  Communication.  Illustration.  Instructions.  Audio level tester.  Traffic signal.  FREE.  If this tool is something that might help you, try out THIS LINK.

Google Hangouts.  You have access to a FREE video share or video conference tool in Google Hangouts. The other day I had a video conference with a gentleman from London.  From 7:40am – 8:20am on the site of Mountain View, I was able to learn about a multi-use software tool for teachers.  I shared my computer screen with him as he walked me through step-by-step how to use the tools in Sprial.ac.  If you want to conference with a colleague who is at another campus, feel free to use this tool.  Do a video conference with another classroom.  Ask a famous person if they are willing to conference with you: political figure, social humanitarian, newscaster, etc.

If you ever want a tutorial on how this works, please shout out and let me know.  We can conference from different campuses at a time that works for us both.

If you get an error message, switch your wifi settings to CUSD_Guest.  That seems to work if your firewall settings are uncooperative.

Image Credits: LINK HERE

Thank you for your helpful, generous, kind feedback.  It’s people, not programs that make us great.  Thanks for letting me be a part of your team.  Thank you for sharing your journey and your successes with me.

Joyfully,