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Google Classroom

Featured Resource: Kami

December 2020Josh Whiting

A version of this post was first shared in our GSD Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter for Teachers, authored and curated by Teresa Bruin, Educational Technology Team Leader. We’ve also included help resources created by Davina Sauthoff, Educational Technology Team Leader.

Kami (https://www.kamiapp.com/) is a tool that allows students to digitally annotate text and edit documents. Using the kid-friendly Chrome extension, students can make notes on ebooks, publisher-supplied PDFs, worksheets, and more. Granite recently purchased a district-wide license to Kami for all teachers and students!

[Read more…] about Featured Resource: Kami

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News, Technology TipsTagged With: Annotation Tools, Canvas, Collaboration Tools, Davina Sauthoff, Distance Learning, Google Classroom, Kami, Teacher Resources, Teresa Bruin

Jamboard and Google Classroom

November 2020Josh Whiting

This post was first shared in our GSD Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter for Teachers, authored and curated by Teresa Bruin, Educational Technology Team Leader. (Link: https://sites.google.com/granitesd.org/gsd-ed-tech-newsletter/2020-archives/november-2020/jamboard-and-google-classroom-integration)

Jamboard (http://jamboard.google.com/) is a collaborative whiteboard space with options to draw, add pictures, shapes, sticky notes, and text boxes. It’s simplistic collaboration, and now you have the option to add Jamboards as assignments in Google Classroom. To get started, go to jamboard.google.com. Students will not need the app to participate on a Jamboard you assign to them.

Students Can Jam From Anywhere

Educators can engage all students in the learning process, whether working together in a traditional classroom, a group seminar setting, or through distance learning. The Jamboard website and app for Android and iOS make it easy for students and educators to join in on the creativity from their phone, tablet, or Chromebook.

[Read more…] about Jamboard and Google Classroom

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Technology TipsTagged With: Collaboration Tools, Distance Learning, Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter, Google Classroom, Google Jamboard, Teacher Resources, Teresa Bruin

Presentations: Google Classroom (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced)

October 2020Josh Whiting

Looking for tips and tricks for using Google Classroom? These presentations, created by our school technology specialists, have suggestions to get you started and new things to try. These were first shared as part of the professional development menu for Granite teachers at the beginning of the school year.

Topics covered include:

  • Setting up your Classroom
  • Creating assignments
  • Organizational tips
  • Go Math & Wonders Integration
  • Google Integration with Calendar, Drive, Meet, and Quiz
  • Grades, Feedback, and Rubrics
  • Using Hyperdocs in Classroom
  • Creating a Grade Level Team Classroom
[Read more…] about Presentations: Google Classroom (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced)

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News, Professional DevelopmentTagged With: Distance Learning, Google Classroom, Kailie Nelson, Krystal Plott, Learning Management System, Professional Development Presentations, Sarah Wright, Teacher Resources

Highlights and Resources from GSD Tech Meet, April 28, 2020

April 2020Josh Whiting

Ways to Increase Student Participation in Distance Learning

We held our second GSD Tech Meet on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, with more great discussions and sharing of ideas between Granite teachers. The discussion focused on techniques and ideas for increasing students’ engagement and participation in distance learning.

[Read more…] about Highlights and Resources from GSD Tech Meet, April 28, 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Professional Development, Technology TipsTagged With: Alley Chai, Aubrey Banks, Distance Learning, Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Meet, GSD Tech Meet, Hyperdocs, Kacie O'Maley, Microsoft Teams, Student Voice

Highlights from the First GSD Tech Meet, April 21, 2020

April 2020Josh Whiting

Over 100 Granite educators joined us for our first GSD Tech Meet, a live virtual meeting for teachers held in Google Meet on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The meet was facilitated by Kacie O’Maley, School Technology Specialist at Upland Terrace Elementary and an incoming Team Leader for our department next year. In this first session, Kacie introduced the meet as a collaborative space for teachers to connect and share with one another, putting forth discussion questions that encouraged participants to share successes, ideas, and solutions they have developed during the distance learning period.

[Read more…] about Highlights from the First GSD Tech Meet, April 21, 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News, Professional Development, Technology TipsTagged With: Carissa Mudrow, ClassDojo, Distance Learning, Flipgrid, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Translate, GSD Tech Meet, Julia Henkes, Kacie O'Maley, Kristine Handley, Loom, Microsoft Teams, Mysti Hedquist, Nearpod, Screencastify, Valerie Turner, Wonders

Now Registering: Getting the Year Started with Google (Ed Tech Tuesdays Pick Five Series)

September 2019Josh Whiting

Our GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays professional development sessions for teachers have already started up for the 2019-2020 school year, but we still have one session to go in September. Join us at the TLC on September 17, 2019 to learn the basics (and a few more advanced tips and tricks) of using Google Classroom and G-suite to enhance collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking with your students.

Click here to sign up to attend this or other future GSD Ed Tech Tuesday ‘Pick Five’ Sessions.

[Read more…] about Now Registering: Getting the Year Started with Google (Ed Tech Tuesdays Pick Five Series)

Filed Under: News, Professional DevelopmentTagged With: Google Classroom, Google for Education, Granite Educational Technology Department, GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays, Jenny Peirce, Professional Development Opportunities

Teacher Spotlight: Helen White and Ross Pope, Whittier Elementary

November 2016Josh Whiting

Helen White is a 6th Grade teacher at Whittier Elementary in West Valley City, Utah. Ross Pope is the school’s technology specialist. Mrs. White and Mr. Pope co-teach lessons often. In the lesson featured in the spotlight above, they led students in a collaborative writing exercise, which proved a great way to integrate the 4 Cs of 21st Century Learning in the classroom. Students utilized classroom Chromebooks and the collaborative writing capabilities of Google Docs to co-author stories based on pictures from The Mystery of Harris Burdick. Thank you to Mrs. White for sharing this great classroom activity with us!

Spotlight created by Heidi Meenen, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 4 Cs, 6th Grade, Collaboration, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Heidi Meenen, Helen White, Ross Pope, Whittier Elementary, Writing, Writing Tools

Teacher Spotlight: Tricia Fenton and Katy Halliday, Western Hills Elementary

October 2016Josh Whiting

Tricia Fenton is the STS at Vista Elementary and Western Hills Elementary. She collaborates with teachers at both of her schools on the integration of technology into their lessons on a regular basis. Tricia is excellent at all aspects of her job as an STS. which includes front line tech support, helping implement district online tools, and training students and teachers in multiple programs and technologies. She notes that her favorite part of her job is going into classrooms and working with the teachers and students.

Katy Halliday is a 3rd grade teacher at Western Hills Elementary. She eagerly seeks out ways to enhance learning through the use of technology. She isn’t afraid to try new things, knowing that it doesn’t always go perfectly the first time, but that’s what learning is all about. She finds ways for her students to think critically, communicate, collaborate and create with the use of technology.

In this short video, students share the biographies they’ve been working on. They are able to wirelessly cast what’s on their Chromebook screens to the projector for the class to see by using Google Cast For Education. The students have done their research using the Chromebooks and have built their presentations using Google Slides.  Katy sends out assignments using Google Classroom, which makes managing digital assignments a breeze.

Both Tricia and Katy are excellent teachers individually. Teamed up together, they make a Dynamic Duo!

Spotlight created and authored by Teresa Bruin, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 3rd Grade, Chromebooks, Google Cast for Education, Google Classroom, Google Slides, Katy Halliday, School Technology Specialists, Teresa Bruin, Tricia Fenton, Western Hills Elementary

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter | September 2016

September 2016Josh Whiting

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – September 2016

The first 2016-2017 edition of our department’s monthly newsletter recently went out via email to teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can access it here.

Highlights from our September 2016 Newsletter:

  • Now Registering For: Introduction to Chromebooks In the Classroom
  • Now Registering For: Google Classroom For Elementary
  • Donors Choose and Classroom Project Funding
  • Learn About Chevron Fuel Your School Funding
  • Getting Started With Google Classroom
  • You Can Now Create a Quiz in Google Forms!
  • Never Miss Student Questions With the New Audience Tools in Google Slides
  • Educational Technology’s Website Gems

The Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter is edited by Teresa Bruin, District Educational Technology Specialist. You can access all of our past newsletters at http://etnewsupdate.wikispaces.com/.

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Filed Under: News, Professional DevelopmentTagged With: Donor's Choose, Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter, Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Slides, Professional Development Opportunities, Teacher Resources

Teacher Spotlight: Highlights of ETEP Teacher Portfolios

April 2016Josh Whiting

@EdTechGSD Thursday ETEP Portfolio Highlights are awesome! Ana Alamo explains the power of Technology! pic.twitter.com/DFiWXn0Uho

— Pam Moeai (@pammoeai) April 7, 2016

Teachers from one of our cohorts of ETEP — Educational Technology Endorsement Program recently shared updates on the projects and activities they are engaging in with their students. Many great ideas were shared and it was exciting to have a glimpse into the incredible work these teachers are undertaking with their students. Pam Moeai, one of our ETEP trainers, shared snapshots of their portfolio updates on Twitter, and so we gather and share these tweets with you below.   [Read more…] about Teacher Spotlight: Highlights of ETEP Teacher Portfolios

Filed Under: Professional Development, Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: Ana Alamo, Blogging, Christian Davies, Educational Technology, Emily Harward, ETEP, Google Classroom, Google Drawings, Heather Green, Infographics, Jennie Smith, Jennifer Williams, Jodie Horgan, Jody Lynn Tolley, Pam Moeai, Professional Development Presentations, Scott Slade, Stephanie Flock, Stop Motion Video, Stupeflix, Susan Root, Tagul, Teacher Resources, Thinglink, Twitter, Webquests

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