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Highlights and Resources from GSD Tech Meet, May 12, 2020

May 2020Josh Whiting

Screenshot of GSD Tech Meet Video Recording

Celebrating Students

Granite teachers joined in a video and chat meet to share ideas and learn from one another in the final session of our Spring 2020 GSD Tech Meet series. This meet focused on ways to celebrate students and provide closure at the end of the year in a distance learning environment. Below we share a recording of the live meet, as well as ideas, links, and resources shared by participants in the session.

[Read more…] about Highlights and Resources from GSD Tech Meet, May 12, 2020

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Professional Development, Technology TipsTagged With: Becky West, Celebrating Students, Christy Baxter, Distance Learning, Flipgrid, Google Meet, Google Slides, GSD Tech Meet, Hyperdocs, Jennifer Brewer, Joell Wilkins, Kacie O'Maley, Keith Reidford, Misty Butterfield, Rebecca Vala, Sarah Eyring, Sheri Harris, Stacy Tanner, Student Choice, Student Voice, Teacher Resources, Video Creation Tools

Aaron Kammerman’s Video Ideas

April 2020Josh Whiting

Aaron Kammerman, School Technology Specialist at Hartvigsen School and The Jones Center, has been busy these last few weeks creating instructional videos for his teachers, as well as encouraging his teachers to make videos for their students. He recently compiled this inspiring list of ideas and reasons for teachers to make videos, and we are excited to share it with you!


Yesterday, I created a selfie video for my teachers, praising them for their efforts and encouraging them to reach out to me for continued support.  In that video I made a passionate plea that they make MORE VIDEOS.  I explained that kids are not missing out on the CONTENT as much as they are missing the CONTACT.

I followed up with this list of video ideas. My list of ideas is geared toward special ed students, but you get the idea. In case this is helpful, I pass it along to you!

[Read more…] about Aaron Kammerman’s Video Ideas

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Professional Development, Teacher Spotlights, Technology TipsTagged With: Aaron Kammerman, Chromebooks, Connecting with Students, Distance Learning, Google Slides, Hartvigsen School, Screencastify, Teacher Resources, The Jones Center, Video Creation Tools, Video Resources

Now Registering: G-Suite (Ed Tech Pick Five Session)

November 2018Josh Whiting

Advance your skills with the tools in G-Suite. We’ll share some ideas for taking your use of Google Docs, Slides, Forms, Sheets, and Drawings in your teaching to the next level. Licensure points will be provided for participating in this class.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018
4:30-7:30 P.M.
Educational Technology Teaching and Learning Center (TLC)
5300 West Cherrywood Lane, West Valley City, UT 84120

Register Here for the G Suite Class

Scroll to the bottom of the linked page for the registration form. Also, browse our other ‘Pick 5’ Ed Tech Tuesday professional development offerings while you are there.

[Read more…] about Now Registering: G-Suite (Ed Tech Pick Five Session)

Filed Under: News, Professional DevelopmentTagged With: G Suite, Google Apps for Education, Google Docs, Google Drawings, Google Forms, Google Sheets, Google Slides, GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays, Professional Development Opportunities

Now Open: Google Slides Basics Online Module

December 2017Josh Whiting

Google Slides Module - Screenshot

The Google Slides Module is now open on our Chromebook Basics and G Suite Online Training site for Granite teachers. The module walks you through the basics of Google Slides, but also includes some additional helpful tips and tricks.  [Read more…] about Now Open: Google Slides Basics Online Module

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News, Professional DevelopmentTagged With: Chromebooks, G Suite, Google Apps for Education, Google Slides, Granite Educational Technology Department, Online Learning, Professional Development Opportunities, Teacher Resources, Teresa Bruin

Teacher Spotlight: Ashley Moore, Diamond Ridge Elementary

October 2017Josh Whiting

Diamond Ridge Elementary School - Exterior

Blended Learning at Diamond Ridge Elementary

Diamond Ridge has one Chromebook for every student in all grade levels this year. Their School Technology Specialist, Ashley Moore, works with teachers and students in the classroom to help them integrate the technology in fun and meaningful ways.

On this visit to Diamond Ridge, Ashley pushed into a fifth grade class with Mrs. George and a first grade class with Mrs. Harbaugh.

Cindy George, 5th Grade

Mrs. George’s 5th graders learned about using onomatopoeia in their writing and picked up some new tech skills along the way.

Students write poems with onomatopoeia words in Google Slides
Students write poems with onomatopoeia words in Google Slides

Her students drafted poems using Google Slides. After writing their poems, students used the Screencastify Chrome extension to video record themselves reading their poems.

Students record themselves reading their poems using the Screencastify Chrome Extension
Students record themselves reading their poems using the Screencastify Chrome Extension

They then posted their poems to a shared wall using Padlet, where all the poems could be enjoyed by the whole class.

Stephanie Harbaugh, 1st Grade

Mrs. Harbaugh’s 1st graders learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin and practiced using the Chromebook trackpad.

Trackpad practice with plant life cycles
Trackpad practice with plant life cycles

Ashley taught Mrs. Harbaugh how to use LanSchool with her students, so that getting websites and documents out to her little learners is easy.

Ashley Moore and Stephanie Harbaugh set up LanSchool, a classroom computer management tool
Ashley Moore and Stephanie Harbaugh set up LanSchool, a classroom computer management tool

Many thanks to Mrs. Moore, Mrs. George, Mrs. Harbaugh, and their students at Diamond Ridge Elementary for allowing us a peek into their blended learning classroom activities.

Spotlight Created by Teresa Bruin, Educational Technology Specialist and Team Leader.

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 5th Grade, Ashley Moore, Blended Learning, Chromebooks, Cindy George, Diamond Ridge Elementary, First Grade, Google Slides, Lanschool, Padlet, Screencastify, Stephanie Harbaugh, Teresa Bruin, Writing Tools

Teacher Spotlight: Shelly Prettyman, Arcadia Elementary

December 2016Josh Whiting

Shelly Prettyman is a 5th Grade Teacher at Arcadia Elementary.

Shelly went through Granite’s Educational Technology Endorsement Program (ETEP), learning many ways to integrate technology into her lessons.

Students in Ms. Prettyman’s class have had opportunities to learn coding and work on digital projects using a variety of web tools.

She also mentors students in a FIRST Lego League team and goes to a district competition with them each year.

Ms. Prettyman has the support of her School Technology Specialist, Ross Pope, as she plans and carries out lessons enhanced with the use of technology.

In this video, Ms. Prettyman’s 5th Grade students were working on their Colonial Projects.

Shelly and Ross worked together, as students learned how to use some new web tools (Google Slides and PowToon) while creating projects around their colonial studies.

Spotlight Author: Teresa Bruin, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 5th Grade, Arcadia Elementary, ETEP, First LEGO League, Google Slides, PowToon, Ross Pope, Shelly Prettyman, Social Studies Resources, Teresa Bruin

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: Alisha Kerby, Truman Elementary

March 2016Josh Whiting

Ms. Alisha Kerby is a fourth grade teacher at Truman Elementary in West Valley City. I had the opportunity to visit her class and watch the innovative things she is doing in her classroom. Ms. Kerby’s students use Chromebooks in their classroom. While I was visiting her classroom the students were studying fractions.

Her students were actively engaged in the learning process. The students reviewed fraction concepts using Kahoot, and then created their own fractions using Google Drawings. Students created fractions using the drawing tools and then rotated from computer to computer at their tables and came up with equivalent fractions for each fraction drawing.

The students in Ms. Kerby’s class were also working on creating presentations using Google Slides, sharing what they had learned about rocks, habitats, and new year celebrations in other countries. She has created a classroom environment where the students love learning.

Spotlight Creator: Heidi Meenen, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 4th Grade, Alisha Kerby, Chromebooks, Fractions, Google Drawings, Google Slides, Heidi Meenen, Kahoot, Truman Elementary

Teacher Spotlight: Laverna Benally, Lincoln Elementary

November 2015Josh Whiting

Laverna Benally teaches 5th Grade at Lincoln Elementary in South Salt Lake, Utah. This spotlight begins with her students expressing a few of the reasons they enjoy having Mrs. Benally as their teacher. We see students working on research projects and creating collaborative Google Slides presentations using classroom Chromebooks. One student states that he enjoys using Chromebooks because they help him become more engaged with research. Meanwhile, we see Mrs. Benally roaming the classroom consulting with students individually to meet their needs. Special thanks go to Mrs. Benally, an excellent teacher who engages and supports students in her classroom each day.

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

Filed Under: Teacher SpotlightsTagged With: 5th Grade, Chromebooks, Google Slides, Laverna Benally, Lincoln Elementary, Patrick Flanagan, Research, Student Collaboration

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