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Upcoming Event: #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat | May 11, 2017

May 2017Josh Whiting

Our monthly #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat series continues in May with the topic #letthemlead: Empowering Students to Take the Lead. This chat will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 4 P.M via the #GSDEdTech hashtag on Twitter. To go along with our theme of student empowerment, a chat participant will be randomly chosen to win a classroom set of Canon PowerShot digital cameras, which their students can use to record video and take high quality digital photos. [Read more…] about Upcoming Event: #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat | May 11, 2017

Upcoming Event: #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat, April 13, 2017

April 2017Josh Whiting

We continue our new monthly #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat series in April with the topic #letthemlead: Empowering Students to Take the Lead. This chat will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 4-5 P.M via the #GSDEdTech hashtag on Twitter. The discussion will be moderated by Chris Larsen, Director of Educational Technology in Granite School District. [Read more…] about Upcoming Event: #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat, April 13, 2017

Upcoming Event: #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat, March, 9, 2017

March 2017Josh Whiting

We are excited to announce the return of the #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat to your Twitter feeds. This first in a new series of monthly chats will happen on Thursday, March 9, 2017 from 4-4:30 P.M via the #GSDEdTech hashtag on Twitter. The Educational Technology department will sponsor this monthly educational chat to provide an easy way for diverse educators throughout the district to connect with each other and share ideas specific to our community. The chat is open to all K-12 educators, staff members, and any interested community members.

Our March 2017 chat will focus on Information Literacy. We hope that you will join us in sharing and learning about tools and strategies for increasing our students’ information literacy and resource evaluation skills in whatever grade or content area you teach. Look for the chat questions and more details to be posted on our twitter feed next week. If you are new to twitter chats, you can find out how to join them here.

[Edit: The time of the chat was originally posted here as occurring from 4 until 5 P.M., but the chat will actually only last 30 minutes. Sorry for any confusion.]

Educational Technology Department Infographic

February 2017Josh Whiting

This document provides a brief snapshot of some services, tools, and training the Educational Technology department provides to students and teachers in Granite School District. It was created to familiarize new teacher recruits with the technology services available in our district. Feel free to share it, and please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have about any of these services.

Details for December’s #GSDEdTech Twitter Chat

December 2015Patrick Flanagan

Thanks to all those who participated in Granite District’s November 2015 Twitter Chat. The response and participation in the first ever Granite Twitter Chat was amazing! There were 95 educators from 40 different schools around the district who participated.

We would like to invite any interested faculty members in Granite School District to participate in December’s Twitter Chat. We are very excited about the topic and can’t wait to see the amazing sharing that will take place between Granite teachers. For the month of December, each Granite teacher who participates in the twitter chat will have their name placed in a drawing where they will have the chance at winning 6 Chromebook given to their classroom for student use.

Details for December’s Twitter Chat

When: December 10th from 4:30pm-5:00pm
Topic: Favorite Apps & Web Tools
Hashtag: #GSDEdTech
Questions:

What is your favorite app/online creativity tool for project based learning?
What tools do you like to use when creating lesson material?
What are your favorite online assessment tools?
I want my students to [fill in the blank]…is there an app for that?

Twitter Tip: Check out this blog post on TweetDeck. Tweetdeck is customizable, multi-column interface for Twitter that makes it easy to follow twitter chats, hashtags, or events as they happen in real time. Users can set up as many columns as they choose, showing not only the regular timeline of updates from people they follow, but also hashtags or other search results, twitter lists, notifications, and much more.

Join Us for a #GSDEdTech Twitter Chat on November 19, 2015

November 2015Josh Whiting

Twitter is an amazing tool to use for collaboration, inspiration, and educational resources. Twitter chats are a great place to get started. You’ll get to talk to other Granite teachers and staff, share ideas, and participate in a short discussion.

Next week the Granite Educational Technology Department is hosting a Twitter Chat discussion for all interested teachers.

Date: Thursday, November 19 2015
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Tweets with the hashtag #gsdedtech on Twitter

The topic of discussion will be: Social Media and Education

The questions that will be asked are:

How has social media impacted your own learning?
How has social media affected the way you communicate with parents and students?
Who do you consider to be the best educators to follow on Twitter when looking for great resources?
What other topics would you like to discuss in future GSDEdTech Twitter Chats?

This first Granite Ed Tech hosted Twitter Chat is designed to help any interested teacher or staff participants in Granite School District learn more about Twitter and become comfortable using it.

Here are a few resources if you would like to learn more about Twitter in advance:

Twitter for Teachers (Granite Educational Technology Presentation)
Twitter Help Center

As a fun incentive, the school with the highest number of teacher participants will receive 6 Chromebooks for their school to use for student instruction.

This post first appeared in the Granite Ed Tech Monthly Newsletter, November 2015.