Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library provides students and teachers with access to a large collection of popular ebooks and audiobooks for independent, recreational, or teacher-assigned reading. These books can be read on a computer web browser or checked out and downloaded to a wide array of mobile devices via the OverDrive App. [Read more…] about OverDrive: Granite School District’s Digital Library
Teacher Resources
Featured Resource: NoveList
Reading Recommendations for All Ages
NoveList is a reading recommendation database for teachers, parents, and students. The Utah State Library provides all Utah students, teachers, and parents with access to NovelList K-8 Plus (for younger readers) and NoveList Plus (for teens and adults.) [Read more…] about Featured Resource: NoveList
Granite Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter – January 2015
Granite Ed. Tech. Monthly Newsletter – January 2015
Our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent out to all teachers in Granite School District, and you can also access it here.
This month’s highlights Include:
Let #GraniteEdTech Help You
(Video Creator: Patrick Flanagan)
6 Ways #GraniteEdTech Can Help You Right Now
Looking for information and resources? Have a question, need, or suggestion for us? Here are five easy ways that we are reaching out to you and that you can reach out to us right now.
- Follow the #GraniteEdTech conversation on Twitter and see the resources being shared by teachers and technology specialists. You can also join the conversation by tweeting your ideas, resources, and experiences.
- Follow EdTechGSD on Pinterest, where we are compiling useful Ed. Tech. resources on timely topics such as Coding, Chromebooks, and Google Apps for Education.
- Follow our Blog. We post new stories and resources here at least two times per week. (Sometimes more!)
- Read our EdTech Monthly Newsletter! This is how we share class registrations and other professional development opportunities for Granite teachers.
- Use our handy Request & Suggestion Form and we’ll get back to you soon with a response, and usually a great solution.
- As always, talk with your school technology specialist, library media educational technology specialist, and/or media assistant. They are wonderful and have so many ways to support you and your students.
Hour of Code 2014
This December many teachers and school technology specialists in Granite School District will be leading Hour of Code activities with their students. As part of Computer Science Education Week, the Hour of Code is a worldwide initiative designed to provide a one hour introduction to coding and computer science for students around the world, increasing access and exposure to this important field. In December 2013, over 15 million students participated in Hour of Code activities, and this year the organization’s goal is to reach over 100 million students during the week of December 8-14, 2014.
If you are a teacher who would like to do an hour of code activity with your students, you can start with this How to Teach One Hour of Code guide for ideas, resources, and tutorials for your students. Code.org, the sponsor of the Hour of Code, provides a collection of coding tutorials and activities for students of all ages and experience levels – including “unplugged” coding activities for classrooms without devices. The Hour of Code is not limited to the K-12 classroom, however. Interested students can also access these tutorials and participate in Hour of Code on their own, and parents can use these resources to do an Hour of Code activity with their children. Adults interested in getting experience with coding are also invited and encouraged to participate.
We are curating more resources for teaching and learning how to code on our Hour of Code / Coding Resources Pinterest Board. Follow it or see the board below for these resources.
Follow Granite EdTech’s board Hour of Code / Coding Resources on Pinterest.
Share Your Social Media Accounts
Attention Granite Educators:
- Do you have a social media account for your classroom?
- Do you have a personal/professional social media account that you use to connect with other educators?
- Do you have a colleague with an awesome account that more people need to know about?
Please share with us so that we can add these accounts to our lists of connected classrooms and educators in Granite School District.
Social Media in Granite Classrooms
Granite Educational Technology is looking to connect with and spotlight any and all Granite teachers using social media in their classrooms or for professional development.
You can find great accounts to connect with via these growing lists of Granite teachers using social media in the classroom. If you have or know of educator accounts that should be on these lists, you can submit them using this handy form, or follow us and let us know via one of our social media channels. We look forward to connecting and learning with you!
Granite Classrooms on Twitter
Granite Educators on Twitter
Granite EdTech Specialists on Twitter
Granite Schools on Twitter
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