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This issue of Power PD includes some creative ways to engage students and to keep your momentum going as we fall back into the routine of school.

It's time for Power PD issue #2! We are back in the campuses with students here in my area. I'm looking forward to all the opportunities to collaborate with my staff to make this year amazing. I recently had a chance to present in our district technology conference and I was able to listen to over one thousand educators as they shared their word for 2021 using an EduProtocols strategy called Thin Slides. The overwhelming majority of educators in my district are excited, but nervous as we approach a new school year in a pandemic. I'm right there with them. I admire their persistence and optimism moving forward, and I look forward to all the potential this year holds for each of us.
Let's Collaborate- Please reach out and let's collaborate on your next project. I'm so excited to have already met with some of our staff as we plan out the first six weeks. I am here as a support for each of my staff members.
1. Google Bootcamp- To my campus staff, you ARE READY! You have so much experience using Google as our LMS and I know you are going to ace your Google level one certification test. If you aren't quite sure if you're ready. Come by and chat with me and we can review together or check out this Google Bootcamp put together by Global GEG.

2. Tech Tip- If you are like me, at least once in your life you have accidentally closed a tab on Google Chrome. Next time this happens try control + shift + T. Go ahead and try it right now. Close a tab and then use the shortcut to add that tab back.

3. Self Care- The first weeks of school are always hectic. Don't forget to take time for yourself in the midst of all the to-do's you have on your list. I recently found the Momentum extension and it is a great way to set a goal for the day and have a positive quote right at your finger tips. The way it works is you install the extension and then it prompts you to set up an account. You choose the goal you want to work on and each time you open a tab it reminds you of your goal and also shows you the daily positive quite. Y ou can download the extension here. Check my current Momentum tab below.

4. Grow Your PLN- I challenge you to find a mode you enjoy for personal learning. Podcasts are great for auditory learners. If you haven't had a chance to check out Kasey Bell, her show The Shake Up Learning Podcast is filled with an amazing content each week. You can also follow her blog if you prefer to read instead of listen (or go ahead and do both.) You can also utilize social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok to find amazing content right when you need those answers to your PD questions.

5. Watch This- Have you tried out Nearpod yet? Our district has decided to move from Peardeck to Nearpod so I found a few videos you might find useful to get familiar with this new tool. Here is a link to Nearpod's YouTube channel. Even if you've used it before be sure to check out some of the newest features recently released like drag and drop. If you're wondering what the difference is between PearDeck and Nearpod check out this video by Miller and Kary.

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This issue of Power PD includes some creative ways to engage students and to keep your momentum going as we fall back into the routine of school. It's time for Power PD issue #2! We are back in the campuses with students here in my area.

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Happy Wednesday to all! Here is the @AlisalUSD EdTech Weekly issue 7.02. It includes some #DigCit resources, our first "Tech Club" of the year, and more. Enjoy & see you next week! #AlisalStrong #AlisalFuerte

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Our newsletter is sent out intermittently (there were 6 during last school year) by our Director of Technology, Dan Weiser. We put it together and Dan sends it out to all PVUSD staff via email. This link takes you to the archive of all the Weiser Advisors.

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The Weiser Adviser Vol. I

Welcome back everyone!!! I have been visiting schools, checking in with Teachers and Office staff, and so excited to see all of our students back in class. I can't tell you how great it is to see their smiling faces and hear their excited voices across the district. I wanted to send out this first Weiser Adviser with some important reminders of how to get technical and/or instructional support from our amazing Tech Team. Please do not hesitate to call, email, or submit a help ticket for support. Down below you will find info on upcoming professional development sessions, some great back to school icebreaker ideas, and our Innovative Teacher Spotlight. Congratulations Katryn Bermudez from Amesti! Such a remarkable version of one of my favorite books of all time. What a great way to get your students excited about literature.

Innovative Teacher Spotlight: This week we are showcasing Innovative Teacher Katryn Bermudez from Amesti Elementary! All of the teachers in our Innovative Teacher Spotlight engage their students and enhance their learning through the innovative use of technology and digital resources. Katryn reimagined the E.L.A. Curriculum by transforming a Readers' Theater activity into a Stop Motion Animation project! Her fifth graders retold The Call of The Wild in Claymation, incorporating storyboarding, set design, audio curation, and so much more. Check out the trailer, or watch the full-length feature to experience the final product. Click through the links on Katyrn's project slide to learn more about the components of this interdisciplinary project. Please continue to share your nominations for the Innovative Teacher Spotlight.

Call the helpdesk at 786-TECH for technical support or submit a help ticket to receive support with your computer, logins, printers, and more! All Site Technician schedules and info can be found on the Technical Support page at https://www.pvusd.net/support.

Instructional Support Hotline x2488: Call the hotline for support with Instructional technology or curricular applications. The amazing Tech Coaches are answering calls and making call backs like crazy. Like everyone, they are super busy right now, so if they do not pick up, please leave a message with contact info and the best time for a call back. You can also schedule a coaching session using this form.

Synergy: Are you no longer able to access your essential Synergy resources? Try clearing the cache by following these directions. If you need additional support with Synergy call the Synergy Support Lines at x2486 (office staff) or x2488 (Teacher support).

Password: Need to reset your PVUSD password? You can reset it from home or at work here. Video ( en español). If your name, job location, title, phone number, etc. has changed, go to the Accounts Portal (you must be connected to the District network) to request an update to your account information. You can also request to be added or removed from email distribution groups in the accounts portal as well.

Archive Old Google Classrooms: It's critical that you Archive last years' Google Classrooms to keep your Classroom Dashboard free of clutter. Since students do not currently have the option of unenrolling from last year's classes, this will make it much easier for them to find their current classes. Don't worry! You will still be able to view all of the classwork and reuse any materials you plan to assign again this year. Check out this document for 3 important End-of-Year Google Classroom Procedures.

Back to School Lesson Ideas:

Digital Learning Resources Site: Our library of digital learning resources is full of bilingual tutorials for staff and students designed to support your curriculum and engagement needs. We frequently update this page and encourage you to continue utilizing it. Check back often for new tutorials and resources.

The Tech Tank is back!:

The Tech Tank is a weekly event where PVUSD staff can come to learn and share ideas that help us all to innovate with technology! Each "Tech Tank" features a different digital learning topic. New Tech Tanks for the 2021-22 School year are listed on the KickUp website and are open for registration right now! We are starting off with these refresher courses (some virtual and some in-person):

To find out more and register for any of these sessions, log in to the KickUp website by following the directions in this short video. If you are not able to access the KickUp website, you can fill out this form and we will add you into the system. Fill out our Google Form to tell us what topics you are interested in seeing in future Tech Tanks. We hope you will come swim in the Tank with us, the water is just right!

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I hope you all have a safe and restful three day weekend. Technology Services has been working hard getting new devices and digital resources up and running to support distance learning across the district. This edition of the Weiser Adviser has links to some great new communication and student engagement resources. I would like to start off by recognizing the hard and thoughtful work that went into the creation of the Teacher Toolkit and Use of Cameras Toolkit. Student, family, and staff focus groups were held in the fall to gather information and better understand how our stakeholders feel about camera use in Google Meets and class engagement during the school day. In a forum setting, PVUSD also asked students and families for their input through survey questions and responses. The new Teacher Toolkit tab on the Digital Learning Resources site showcases a list of digital tools with training videos that students in grades 4-12 reported would encourage them to engage, participate, and learn during distance learning. Another outcome of the focus groups and forums was the Use of Cameras Toolkit on the Distance Learning Resources for Parents site. We are so fortunate to have such dedicated staff, students, and family members working together to support our students through this challenging time.

Let's get the Remind Communication System going! Click the Login with Google button and use your district login and password to access Remind.

Classroom Relay now allows teachers to type custom messages to students. Teachers are no longer restricted to only selecting the pre-created messages. This will make supporting students, and keeping them on task much easier during distance learning.

Google Meet: You can now set a timer to automatically bring students back to the main call after being in breakout rooms. Using this timer will make it easier to return to whole class activities after a breakout session, keeping everyone moving along at the same pace.

When completing Weekly Engagement in Synergy, make sure your browser window is full size and zoomed to 100% or less in order to see all of the daily participation codes. This and other Weekly Engagement tips can be found on our Weekly Engagement FAQ doc.

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Google Rooms has now been integrated into Gmail for all staff. Create a Room and invite colleagues in order to collaborate and communicate via chat, shared files, and Meet all in one place. Here's a tutorial on how to get started.

Use YouTube's Video Editor to blur out private information from your videos before sharing. Create custom blur shapes or use the face blur feature that will find and track the face you want to blur! Here's a short video showing how.

Remove ads from YouTube videos that you'd like to share with students. Here's how. Find a video that you'd like to share with students. Go to the url in the address bar and type in _popup right after the word "watch". Copy the new link and share in Google Classroom, email, etc.

You can now change your background on Google Meet! Available on PC, Mac, and most Chromebooks (eventually on all).

These useful videos created by Joaquín Pérez, Technology Liaison from Calabasas, show elementary students and their families how to check student progress in AR, Lexia, and Khan Academy.

Do your students need help learning how to use StudentVUE? Share these tutorials with them in English or Spanish.

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Digital Citizenship Week! is coming October 19th-23rd- mark your calendars! Every year the third week of October is dedicated to teaching good digital citizenship in hopes that all students will become safe and smart when using technology. The Technology Coaches have put together a suggested lesson for each grade level span in a new, engaging hyperdoc format! Find the lesson for your grade level(s) here.

😃 Emojis: Want to make your titles or text more noticeable to your students in Google Classroom posts, Gmail, Flipgrid, and more? Add emojis by right-clicking in a text field, such as when you're adding a title, and select Emoji from the dropdown. Or use an extension like Emoji Keyboard- Emojis for Chrome. If you are using a Mac or PC, you can also access emojis by using the following keyboard commands:

Google Classroom Tips:

Push out websites to Google Classroom with the Add to Google Classroom extension.

Take a look at Google Classroom Best Practices for Remote Learning by Joe Marquez here: Google Classroom Best Practices

Unlimited Originality Reports now available in Google Classroom. Help your students turn in their best work by enabling Originality Reports on your Google Classroom Assignments.

Google Meet Tips:

Now that Google Classroom Meet links have been reverted back to their original functionality, it is important to note that quick access will need to be turned on in order for students to join without asking to join. Good practice would be to turn on quick access ( here's how!) for the first few minutes of the Meet so your students can join without knocking, and then turn it off once most of your students have joined. This will make it so you are aware when students join late (because they will have to knock after you turn quick access off) and it will also prevent random students from being able to drop in on the Meet.

Do some of your students have trouble using the trackpad to quickly mute/unmute themselves? Then teach them the following shortcuts during a Google Meet: Ctrl D: Mute/unmute and Ctrl E: Turn on/off camera

Check out this tutoria l on different options for sharing your screen while seeing your students at the same time.

Spice up your meetings with music! Adding audio tracks to your Google Slides presentations can help set the tone as participants enter, or help you transition from one topic to another with a short movement/music break. Check out this step-by-step guide to learn how to pump-up the jams in Google Slides.

See two windows side-by-side in one screen on a chromebook. Great for taking notes while watching a video or working on an assignment while also seeing your class in Google Meet. This slide will show you, and your students, how.

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Hello PVUSD community!

I hope you are all safe and well. I have been in touch with Teachers across the district doing amazing work with their students on distance learning activities. So many Teachers are making amazing progress learning to use all of the digital curriculum and tools to engage their students with digital curriculum and distance learning. The District Technology Innovation Coaches have been working really hard every day on the Teacher hotline, creating screen-casts, and tutorials for students. I am including a bunch of great supporting content in this email, but there is so much more on the DL Resources website. There are a bunch of new features in Google Meet showcased in the edition as well, and there are more on the way. We should see the new attendance feature added to Google Meet any day now. Thanks for all the hard work everyone! As always, if you need technical support, or instructional support call 786-TECH (8324) or submit a help ticket in ServiceDesk Plus.

For Elementary sites only: In case you haven't heard already, there is a new requirement to add participation status for every student daily in Synergy. Here is the NEW how to video showing some new shortcuts. While there is no fill down arrow, you can add the status more quickly using:

"Control click" functionality - select a value manually, then hold Ctrl button and click on other dropdowns to auto select the same value

Templates - in the type in comment box, teachers can create "template" notes to quickly drop in pre-typed notes.

Mote is an extension for Chrome that enables you to record audio comments in Google Classroom, Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets. Students can click the play button in the Mote voice note to hear your voice and can even record a voice note in return. If you are interested in using Mote with your students, you can add the extension in the Chrome Web Store. PVUSD students already have the extension. Here's a short tutorial with some examples of how you can use Mote in Google Classroom.

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H ello PVUSD Community,

Over the past few weeks several Google Meet sessions have been disrupted by uninvited students. This happens when students share the Google Meet links with friends outside the class or from other schools. We have also had students impersonate other students using their birth date passwords and maliciously disrupt virtual classroom sessions. It is vital that we hold students accountable for their behavior during distance learning just like we do when they are present in classrooms. Google is in the process of rolling out new features to Google Meet that will help secure our virtual class sessions (details below).

It is critical that all 4th-12th grade students secure their accounts with a personal secure password. Below we have created an assignment for students that teachers can add in Google Classroom. This will take them through the process of securing their account with a new password. Please explain the importance of account security and periodically changing passwords. Encourage them to select something that they will remember and to take some time memorizing it. We encourage all staff members to go through this process as well, and change their passwords to ensure Network/Google account security. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic we turned off the six month password expiration policy but we all still need to follow security procedures to protect district accounts. In the future we will turn back on the policy to force all staff to change their passwords regularly.

Updates regarding Google Meet:

1. Google has released some new moderation controls for Google Meet that are available right now:

1. Prohibit participants from joining meetings after they've been ejected or after they've been denied entry twice. This makes it so that outside accounts cannot disrupt classes by continually "knocking"during a Google Meet session. Remember- never admit a non-PVUSD account unless you are expecting them.

2. Any student ejected or disconnected from the Google Meet can not rejoin unless the teacher invites the student again from the Add People function (top right). This makes it so that Teachers can eject disruptive students and they cannot keep coming back into the Meeting until invited back by the Teacher.

2. Coming next week:

1. Chat Lock- Teachers will be able to turn off and on the Chat as needed.

2. Presentation Lock- Teachers control when/if students can share their screens.

3. Later in September there will be several more improvements such as- breakout rooms, improved gridview, digital whiteboard, end meeting, and additional security features.

Network and Google Account Security:

Staff should follow the same procedure to change their passwords and secure their accounts.

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For Everyone:

1. Google Meet: Want to see everyone in your Google Meet meeting at once? Use the Google Meet Grid View Extension.

2. How-tos: Do you know a parent or student that needs support with how to use a Chromebook or distance learning tools? Check out this website which has videos and how to documents in English, Spanish, and Mixteco!

3. Please spread the word about our Technology Support Drive-Through at Rolling Hills and Aptos Jr. every MWF from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Staff, parents and students can come through for a quick fix, check out or to swap out a broken device.

For Teachers:

1. Google Classroom: Wondering how to get Google Classroom rostered with all your students? If you're a teacher at an elementary school site, then your Google Classrooms have been auto-generated and rostered based on your Synergy roster. If you're at a secondary site, then you will need to generate your Google Classrooms through Synergy following these short steps.

2. Google Meet is coming out with new features in the next few months. Keep your eye out to see attendance, raise-hand, and yes...even breakout rooms in Google Meet! Learn the basics of Google Meet here. You can also use to following extensions while we wait for the new features to be released:

1. Google Meet Grid View: This extension has been forced installed to teachers and students. This extension allows you to view more than 16 people at a time in a Google Meet (that's currently the max allowed for Google Meet). If you use this extension, you will not be able to use the pinning feature.

2. Nod-Reactions for Google Meet: This extension is forced installed to students and is optionally installed for teachers. This extension allows you and students to use a raise hand icon or emojis to react to things.

3. Attendance for Google Meet: This extension is optionally installed by teachers. This extension automatically takes attendance during a Meet.

3. New District Licenses: The District has purchased the following tools for staff to use during Distance Learning. Click on the links below to learn how to use them!

1. Seesaw: For TK-3rd grade teachers, allows students to complete digital assignments on an easy-to-use platform. Login with Clever.

2. Kami: Allows admin, teachers, and students to edit PDFs with a ton of creative features like video and voice commenting. Use the extension.

3. Padlet: (Coming soon) An interactive board where multiple people can simultaneously add text, photos, video, links, documents, and more! Great way to get staff and students communicating and sharing ideas. Login with Google from the website.

4. Screencastify: Allows you to make pre-recorded lessons and messages for staff and students by recording your screen, voice, and webcam. Use the extension.

For Admin:

1. Seesaw: Do you have elementary Teachers using Seesaw? You can access all the Seesaw classrooms at your site from the admin panel using these steps.

2. Google Voice: The district is paying the monthly subscription cost for Google Voice for staff that was using it consistently last year. However, anyone can create a FREE Google Voice account using a personal Gmail account. Please let your staff know! Here are the steps. This process will give you all of the same features, but allow you to keep the same Google voice number indefinitely!

3. Tech Support: Does a parent, teacher, or staff member need tech support or teacher instructional support? With our new call handler system, everyone can call the same number and then choose the option that suits their needs. Just tell them to call 786-TECH! We have support in Spanish too. Please call us for support.

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I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! This week's Innovative Teacher Spotlight showcases Rebecca Royston from Radcliff, the Calabasas Kinder team and Kevin Kraft from Adult Education ! These teachers engage their students and enhance their learning through the innovative use of technology and digital resources. Rebecca, in collaboration with her 2nd grade team, uses a variety of strategies and tools to reach her students and provide them instruction for both their paper based packets and online tools and services. These include packaging the day's and week's lessons into a single slide show embedded with video tutorials to guide students' learning and additional links to online resources. Valerie Morgan, Lori Bivins, Miriam Wyman and Denise Hernandez comprise the Kinder team at Calabasas. They put their heads together and each developed a Google site, filled with videos they created to demonstrate how to complete assignments as well as links to many additional resources to help the parents and kinders continue their learning from home. Kevin Kraft looked to a YouTube channel as his venue to provide online video tutorials to continue to support his adult learners who are pursuing their GED in Spanish. Kevin also uses his considerable musical talents to engage his students with his YouTube videos. He's had over 600 views! Hit that subscribe button!

Congratulations to these resourceful, collaborative and creative teachers. They are creating and sharing such wonderful distance learning content, that I wanted to include them as great examples in this week's Weiser Adviser. (Please continue to share your nominations for the Innovative Teacher Spotlight)
Tech Tips for Everyone-

1. Short on time, but want to learn some quick tech tips? Check out this collection, which we will continually update. If you have any of your own to share, do tell! We'll gladly add them to the collection!

2. Keep Google Classroom organized for you and your students with these End-of-Year procedures, including: returning all student work, removing students from your class, archiving and deleting old classes.

3. Check out how to use digital equity sticks through Flippity random name chooser.

4. We continue to add resources on the DL Resources website. Although many of the resources are created with Teachers in mind, there are so many useful screencasts and other resources that can benefit everyone. For example the FAQ page is full of great videos on creating contact groups in Gmail, using Google Drive, Google Meet, Zoom, and YouTube to name a few.

5. You can use your smartphone as a makeshift document camera in Zoom or Google Meet! Just join the meeting from your phone and prop it up with something sturdy as seen in this example. Once you join the meeting on your phone In Google Meet or Zoom just change cameras, and prop it up or hold it steady on the document you want to share. You will need to play around with it to get it workable since different phones have different camera resolutions and will need to be at different heights, etc. This may not work well on all mobile devices but is worth a try.

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Technology Services loves to celebrate Innovative Teaching that engages students and enhances the content through the use of technology. We are shining our Innovative Teacher Spotlight on three educators: Evelyn Garcia-Monge (HAH), Bobbie Grennier (STR) and Tizoc Velasco (WHS). Each of these teachers has found ways to utilize technology to increase learning opportunities and engagement among students. Bobbie uses Bitmojis and virtual classroom images, Tizoc creates short YouTube tutorials and Evelyn uses Zoom and Flipgrid to practice songs and dances with her students. The Spotlight is not about being or needing to be a tech expert, but rather a teacher who looks for creative ways to further learning in their classroom, whether through distance learning or in the physical classroom. Let us know if you have a particular teacher in mind to nominate. There are so many talented and creative teachers out there in our district.
Teachers-

Looking for a way to insert a little humor and levity into your screencasts or while teaching in a Meet/Zoom and using screen share? Check out Custom Cursor for Chrome and choose from a variety of fun and frivolous cursors to use. Sometimes it's the littlest things that keep your kids focused and engaged!

Are your students having trouble finding their missing work assignments? Post these short videos in your stream to help them get or stay on track! Shared by Tizoc Velasco, WHS Biology teacher and Innovative Teacher Spotlight recipient.

English - find work assignments -English

Spanish - find work assignments -Spanish
Administrators-

Feeling a little "behind" on your Google Drive skills? Watch this tutorial to learn everything you need to know about Google Drive, including Team Drives.

Classified/All Staff-

1. Google Keep is a digital note-taking/sticky note tool that works across all your Google Apps. Learn to quickly create reminders, notes, and get organized by checking out this Google Keep cheatsheet: Google Keep cheatsheet

2. Feeling lost on the web, and unable to remember how to get back to important websites? This video has a great trick for setting up and organizing the Chrome bookmarks bar so that you can always find and get back to important web pages and online resources.

3. Do you ever create a document or sheet for staff or students and ask them to "make a copy," then enter their information? Often, they either enter information in the original, creating problems for everyone, or if it was created with view only access, they bombard you with emails asking for write permission. This 1 minute video shows a great and easy trick that solves all of these problems by forcing them to automatically make their own copy of a G suite file.

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Want to share YouTube videos in a simple format free of ads and unrelated content? You can use safeyoutube/ . Simply, put the URL of the YouTube video into the text field, and enjoy watching and sharing a pure view of YouTube videos. This also helps to keep kids on task since they are not tempted to click on all the other videos that pop up on the YouTube website.

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Power Tip: shortcut to creating new Google doc, slides, sheets, etc. without needing to go to Google Drive and create new. Instead, just type docs.new, sheets.new, etc. in the URL address bar of the Chrome browser.

Create and download a PDF file for an email attachment or for sharing outside of the Google G-suite domain. Just click open the File menu hover over Download and click on PDF Document. Notice you can also download the file as a MS Word doc, or some other formats as well. The file will show up at the bottom of the Chrome window, and you can find the file in your Downloads folder.

Weiser Adviser Vol. II Teachers

1. Do you want to communicate one-on-one with your students without having to email them? Here's a handy way to use the Google Classroom stream to communicate with individual students.

2. Are you wondering why your students are requesting edit access to something you've already assigned in Google Classroom? Here's why!

3. Looking for something specific on the Distance Learning website? Click on the magnifying glass to search by keyword.

Administrators

1. Do you want to push out a message, video, etc to all of your teachers' Google Classrooms in one quick step? If so, make sure you're a co-teacher in all of their Google Classrooms, and then follow this simple step!

2. Are you using Zoom for staff meetings and want to run breakout rooms during the Zoom meeting? Then check out this 3 minute video on how to set up and manage the breakout rooms.

By Special Request... Items for counselors

Need to contact families and don't want to give out your personal phone number? Set up a Google Voice number to share instead. You can make and receive calls and text messages on your computer or the mobile app.

Classified/All Staff

1. Tired of scrolling endlessly through websites, documents, PDF, and other files trying to find specific information? Use shortcut keys- Ctrl +F or Command + F on a Mac (video) to instantly find what you need in any document, website, or file.

2. Do you repeatedly send emails to the same group of people? If so, check out this video to learn how to create your own contact groups in Gmail! Great for communicating with Staff lists, student groups, parent groups, collaboration groups etc.

Weiser Adviser Vol. I FOR TEACHERS
FOR ADMINISTRATORS

Do you want to see all the great work your teachers are assigning in Google Classroom? Then ask your teachers to add you as a co-teacher in their class- here's how!

FOR CLASSIFIED/ALL STAFF

Do you need to change your password? Go to Accounts on this page you will find links to reset your password from home or at work. You can also submit account change requests if the system lists the wrong site, title, last name, etc.

TECHNOLOGY HELP HOTLINES - CALL Monday - Friday 8:00am- 4:30pm for support.

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Synergy Support Hotline

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Teacher Distance Learning Instructional Support

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The Weiser Adviser Vol. I Welcome back everyone!!! I have been visiting schools, checking in with Teachers and Office staff, and so excited to see all of our students back in class. I can't tell you how great it is to see their smiling faces and hear their excited voices across the district.

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In Think Again, Adam Grant challenges us to become alright with not knowing, being wrong, and rethinking our conventional wisdom. In book study, participants will have an opportunity to discuss the book and make connections between the ideas presented by Grant and their own teaching practices.

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https://cardboardchallenge.com/

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GGSLOT777: Situs Judi Slot Gacor Gampang Menang dan Situs Slot88 Terbaik 2024

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GGSLOT777 adalah sebuah situs judi slot gacor gampang menang sekaligus juga situs slot88 yang resmi dan terpercaya di Indonesia tahun 2024.

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https://theglobalreadaloud.com/

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The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with milllions of students having participated.

What is it?

The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible. Each teacher decides how much time they would like to dedicate and how involved they would like to be. Some people choose to connect with just one class, while others go for as many as possible. The scope and depth of the project is up to you. While there are commonly used such as Skype, Twitter, Padlet, or Flipgrid, you choose the tools that will make the most sense for you. Teachers get a community of other educators to do a global project with, hopefully inspiring them to continue these connections through the year.

When is it?

Once a year, starting in early October and running through mid-November. Due to the time commitment, this is only a once a year project, however, two fantastic spin-off projects run at other times; the New Zealand Read Aloud and the French version of GRA, Ecouter Lire le Monde.

I have questions as a Participant

Please see " For Participants" to have all of your questions answered.

I have questions as an Author

Please see "For Authors" to have all of your questions answered.

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To see the blog with the latest news and ideas, go here. To join our Facebook Community, go here - this is how you sign up The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a...

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The most important part of my job as a Technology Integration Specialist is to give teachers ideas or examples on how to seamlessly integrate technology into their curriculums. Setting teachers up for success is something that I take seriously and I find that I am continually differentiating to meet the needs of our teachers.

What are App Task Challenges?

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The most important part of my job as a Technology Integration Specialist is to give teachers ideas or examples on how to seamlessly integrate technology into their curriculums. Setting teachers up for success is something that I take seriously and I find that I am continually differentiating to meet the needs of our teachers.

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40 Google for Education Updates for Summer 2021

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Summer is a nice time to take a break and relax, but Google has instead been busy working on new updates and features for schools. On June 22nd Google hosted their " Anywhere School 2021" event ( http://goo.gle/tas21) where they covered loads of announcements concerning 40 updates for Google Classroom, Google Meet, Chrome and Chromebooks, and Google Workspace tools in general.

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Easy to follow guides that give teachers the opportunity to create products with an app that they can take directly back to their classrooms

The challenge is in the teacher trying to complete the task from start to finish (usually not a problem)

I create my challenges using Pages on my Mac.

I share them with our pK-12 teachers. I encourage you to share these with your teachers. Be sure to check back often as I will keep adding the challenges below as I create them.

I would love to see what you create!

When I originally created my App Task Challenges I encouraged teachers to make copies, modify and share them to fit their needs. Below are some examples of what other teachers have created and shared with me in regards to their own version(s) of App Task Challenges. If you have created some App Task Challenges, I would love to add them to this page!

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Easy to follow guides that give teachers the opportunity to create products with an app that they can take directly back to their classrooms The challenge is in the teacher trying to complete the task from start to finish (usually not a problem) I create my challenges using Pages on my Mac.

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Vicki Anderson specializes in digital literacy, technology integration, distance learning, eLearning, and innovation in teaching and learning. After teaching high school English for many years, Vicki moved to a district position as a K-12 Instructional Technology Coach. She earned her Master of Education degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University where she now teaches EdTech courses to pre-service teachers as a Co-Instructor. Additionally, Vicki acts as the remote Technical Training Manager for Stealthbits Technologies, now part of Netwrix. She is proud to be a Google Workspace for Education Certified Trainer and G Suite Administrator.

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Vicki Anderson specializes in digital literacy, technology integration, distance learning, eLearning, and innovation in teaching and learning. After teaching high school English for many years, Vicki moved to a district position as a K-12 Instructional Technology Coach. She earned her Master of Education degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University where she now teaches EdTech courses to pre-service teachers as a Co-Instructor.

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Shayan Doroudi - Learning Theories Primer

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A Primer on Learning Theories The following primer is intended to give a brief overview of learning theories that are influential in educational practice, education research, and educational technology. Existing resources appear to be either too long (e.g., education or psychology textbooks) or

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Student Created Inclusive Classroom Posters

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Student Created Inclusive Classroom Posters

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The California Partnership for the Future of Learning

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California Partnership for the Future of Learning Art Gallery

In Spring 2021, California Partnership for the Future of Learning commissioned eight artists from around California to create original work to spark the public's ability to reimagine the power and potential of schools to be hubs of opportunity, healing, and learning for all. Working in a variety of mediums, our artist partners uplifted their dreams and visions for a racially just school system that meets the unique needs of every student, family, and community. This artwork is a powerful representation of the Partnership's campaign to Reimagine and Rebuild our schools so that every student, family, and educator thrives

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California Partnership for the Future of Learning Art Gallery - The California Partnership for the Future of Learning

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In Spring 2021, California Partnership for the Future of Learning commissioned eight artists from around California to create original work to spark the public's ability to reimagine the power and potential of schools to be hubs of opportunity, healing, and learning for all.

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As I come across useful tech integration resources each month, I collect them together by subject area. Below is a Google Doc with the latest resources, news, blog posts, links, and other helpful technology integration items collected relevant to Mathematics.

New resources will be added to the top of the Doc, grouped by month, so you can scroll down to view previously added information. Please consider sharing some of these resources with your colleagues in your district.

If you have resources to share, please feel free to type them in the document linked below, or share them with me at eric.curts@apps.sparcc.org or ericcurts@gmail.com or https://twitter.com/ericcurts

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As I come across useful tech integration resources each month, I collect them together by subject area. Below is a Google Doc with the latest resources, news, blog posts, links, and other helpful technology integration items collected relevant to Mathematics.

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Back to School Conference (FREE and Online)

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The Shake Up Learning Team is excited to announce a brand new online conference coming this September! It's completely free, online, asynchronous, and designed for K-12 teachers and educational leaders.

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ColorSpace - Color Palettes Generator and Color Gradient Tool

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Here you can find the perfect matching color scheme for your next project! Generate nice color palettes, color gradients and much more! Your space for everything that has to do with color!