Thanks to all the Granite teachers who joined us in our most recent chat and shared STEM-related classroom ideas. Check out the archive of the chat below.
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Thanks to all the Granite teachers who joined us in our most recent chat and shared STEM-related classroom ideas. Check out the archive of the chat below.
[Read more…] about #GSDEdTech Chat Archive – STEM Education (4/28/2016)
Author Matt de la Peña and illustrator Christian Robinson will be visiting Granite School District to talk about their 2016 Newbery Medal and Caldecott Honor-winning picture book Last Stop on Market Street. The evening event happens March 18, 2016, 7 PM at Granger High School (3580 South 3600 West, West Valley City, UT.)The evening event happens March 18, 2016, 7 PM at Granger High School (3580 South 3600 West, West Valley City, UT.)
Matt de la Peña has authored numerous young adult and middle grade novels, including The Living, The Hunted, We Were Here, and Mexican Whiteboy. Christian Robinson has illustrated many notable and award-winning picture books, including Josephine, Rain!, Gaston, The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade, and Leo: A Ghost Story.
Visit the King’s English page for additional information on this event, including access to the book-signing queue at the event.
Click here to download a printable PDF version of the event poster.
For our secondary teachers and students, as well as those using Canvas for professional development, here is a screencast showing new features and changes in the latest update to Canvas, which was applied to our system yesterday.
2016-04-23 New Feature Screencast from Canvas LMS on Vimeo.
Check out the comprehensive release notes: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-6638
To view subtitles for this video, click the CC button in the tool bar and select a language.
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Sign up for free CanvasLIVE instructional webinars: http://LIVE.canvaslms.com
Access all of our help resources: http://community.canvaslms.com
View the script for this tutorial: https://goo.gl/cQJViH
A Google education summit is coming to Granite School District this June.
We invite interested educators to join us for the EdTechTeam Utah Summit Featuring Google for Education, hosted at the Granite Education Center. This two-day event will provide educators with intensive learning on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning.
June 16-17, 2016
Granite Education Center
2500 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84115
Early Bird Registration (before April 15, 2016) | $279 |
Standard Registration | $329 |
Granite Staff Registration* | $229 |
Registration is open now but is limited to 350 persons. For more information on the summit, including the list of speakers/trainers and the topics of the deep-dive workshops, please visit http://ut.gafesummit.com/2016. You can also contact Heidi Meenen or Larry Hudgins in the Granite Educational Technology department with any questions.
Date: April 28, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM (Mountain Daylight)
Location: #GSDEdTech Hashtag on Twitter
For this month’s twitter chat we would like to explore ways to utilize STEM activities and ideas from STEM in the classroom. For a place to start exploring this topic, you can search twitter hashtags including #STEM, #STEAM, #makered, #makerspace, #scichat, and #mathchat. We are also beginning to collect resources via our Maker/STEM/STEAM Resources Pinterest Board.
Follow Granite EdTech’s board Maker/STEM/STEAM Resources on Pinterest.
We look forward to having you join us to share and gain new ideas and resources.
Once again, author James Patterson has made an exceedingly generous pledge (1.75 million dollars) to support school libraries nationwide. Click here to find out more information and apply for a grant for your school library now. Applications/nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2016.
Applications may be submitted by teachers, librarians, administrators, or parents on behalf of any U.S. school that services students in grades PreK through 12. Applications must be made online by completing and submitting the application form found at: scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership. In all cases, the vetting process will include obtaining approval from the principal of the school to confirm that requested funds will be accepted for the purpose defined in the application. A total of $1.75 million will be available for distribution in awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The full list of grant recipients will be announced atscholastic.com/pattersonpartnership by the end of 2016. It is anticipated that all entrants will be notified if they’ll be receiving a grant by the end of September 2016.
In addition to facilitating the Patterson Grants, the Scholastic Reading Club site has some good downloadable resources with tips on spreading the word about your school library, enlisting volunteers, building community partnerships, and finding additional funding sources for your library.
The latest edition of our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can access it here.
Highlights from our April 2016 Newsletter:
[Read more…] about Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter | April 2016
Classroom and lab computers in Granite School District are being updated to the Windows 10 operating system over the next few months. To help teachers with this update, Heidi Meenen, one of our district technology specialists, has created the presentation embedded above. It goes over the basics of Windows 10, as well as a few of the tricks and new features that come along with it.
You can click through this training presentation yourself, or you can make a copy to modify and share with other staff members or students.
When:
Wednesday April 20, 2016
4:30-6:30 PM
Where:
Jackling Technology Lab
(SE corner of Jackling Elementary campus)
3760 South 4610 West
West Valley City, Utah, 84120 (View Map)
Are routine reviews running you low?…
kids not turned on and ready to go?
Here are ideas to get back in the race…
make review lots of fun and pick up the pace!
We’ll cover several digital tools that can be used to make reviews exciting rather than using routine drills to review core content.
2 licensure points will be awarded upon successful completion of the class.
The latest edition of our department’s monthly newsletter is out, sent to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can access it here.
Highlights from our March 2016 Newsletter:
[Read more…] about Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter |March 2016
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