Communication

Teacher Spotlight: Katie Ricks, Howard R. Driggs Elementary

October 2015Josh Whiting

Katie Ricks teaches 3rd Grade at Howard R. Driggs Elementary in Holladay, Utah, where she and her students utilize technology daily in the classroom. In this spotlight she discusses how having technology in her classroom has allowed her to differentiate her teaching throughout the day and support students in working at their own paces. She also describes how classroom technology has opened up new avenues for communication, collaboration, and creativity between the students, the teacher, and parents.

Spotlight Author: Patrick Flanagan, Director of Educational Technology, Granite School District

Featured Resource: Padlet

June 2015Josh Whiting

Padlet is a versatile and easy-to-use creation and collaboration tool, a digital wall on which one or multiple users can add text, images, and links in real-time. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Padlet

The Four Cs of 21st Century Learning

June 2015Josh Whiting

The Granite School District Educational Technology Department seeks to leverage the power of technology to support the “Four Cs” of 21st Century Learning: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. [Read more…] about The Four Cs of 21st Century Learning

Featured Resource: Kahoot!

May 2015Josh Whiting

Kahoot! is a game-based classroom response system that can be accessed from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection. Kahoot can be used to create learning games, ask questions, take surveys, engage students in discussions, and assess students in real-time.

Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Communication

April 2015Josh Whiting

In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers discuss how email, Canvas, and cloud-based collaborative tools such as Google Drive/Google Docs and classroom Chromebooks have enabled students to more easily and more readily contact teachers with questions and comments, receive more immediate feedback and answers from teachers, as well as communicate with each other with questions and ideas relative to their learning.

Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.