Congratulations, Legends of Learning, STEM Interview, and Calendar – Week 11

CN Area Elementary Teaching Team:

Week 11 (October 26 - 30)

Tech Help for Teachers. The IT Department has set up an open Zoom time for questions. Here are the dates. Each of these sessions will be open from 3:00 – 4:00. If you need help, please feel like you can reach out to this talented support team for questions. ZOOM LINK HERE

Wednesday, November 4th Wednesday, November 18th

Thursday, December 3rd Thursday, December 17th

Weekly Giggles:               

LINK & LINK

Congratulations. Bud Rank, Fugman, and Riverview will each receive a 3D printer soon. Mountain View will receive two 3D printers. These sites will receive a 3-year supply of filament to support those machines. This is exciting news. Thank you to the Foundation for Clovis Schools for making this possible. For any teachers who are interested in using these machines, we can look at dates in the future for training opportunities. I trust that your sites will benefit from this great learning tool. This is wonderful!

Legends of Learning. If you are not already using this great learning tool, check out the student video below.

Calendar. I am here to support your team. Use that calendar app to book time with me. There are several lesson options to choose from.

If you book me on a Wednesday, I can show the students a 3D printer and I can talk to them about 3D printing. If those book up quickly, I can adjust my calendar to be at Copper and host those sessions on a non-Wednesday if needed.
STEM Interview as a lesson:
    a) machine, vocabulary, supplies, design strategies
    b) STEM opportunities of the future
    c) how 3D printers work and where they will be used in the future
    d) sample prints that I have on-site

Kindly,
Melissa Culver

Student Counsel, DocHub, Tech Help, Seesaw & Digital Citizenship – Week 09

 CN Area Elementary Teaching Team:

Week 09 (October 12 - 16)

Weekly Giggles:                Q. What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple?
                                            A. Finding half a worm in your apple.

Tech Help for Teachers. The IT Department has set up an open Zoom time for questions. Here are the dates. Each of these sessions will be open from 3:00 – 4:00. If you need help, please feel like you can reach out to this talented support team for questions. ZOOM LINK HERE [Removed]

Monday, October 19th Monday, October 26th Wednesday, November 4th

Wednesday, November 18th Thursday, December 3rd Thursday, December 17th

Digital Citizenship. If you are new to your grade level or new to Clovis Unified, this tutorial may help you when it comes to locating CUSD approved lessons for Digital Citizenship. VIDEO LINK HERE

Please ask your team, your grade level, or me for help. Several teachers are done with Lesson 1. Thank you! Please make sure you teach all three lessons by the date your Admin has given you.

Seesaw. HERE is a video that walks parents/students through the key bits of Seesaw. If any of your families/students are still struggling, feel free to use this as a tutorial.

Image credit: snip from video.

DocHub. Do you still want your students to use PDF files? Are you tired of modifying them in Google Drive? See if DocHub would work for you. I do not have a teaching video up for this yet, but I do have a PowerPoint LINK HERE [removed]. These are the teaching slides I use to guide the lesson. Book me if you want me to teach this lesson.

Student Counsel. Are you planning Student Counsel details? Don’t forget that Flipgrid is a great space to record those videos. Mixtapes are perfect for sharing those videos. And, Google Forms (with email collection and only CUSD users) is a secure way to grab one vote per person. Use Google Classroom as a distribution tool. 

Kindly,
Melissa Culver