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Now Registering: Utah Summit Featuring Google for Education
A Google education summit is coming to Granite School District this June.
We invite interested educators to join us for the EdTechTeam Utah Summit Featuring Google for Education, hosted at the Granite Education Center. This two-day event will provide educators with intensive learning on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning.
Date
June 16-17, 2016
Location
Granite Education Center
2500 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84115
Cost
Early Bird Registration (before April 15, 2016) | $279 |
Standard Registration | $329 |
Granite Staff Registration* | $229 |
Registration is open now but is limited to 350 persons. For more information on the summit, including the list of speakers/trainers and the topics of the deep-dive workshops, please visit http://ut.gafesummit.com/2016. You can also contact Heidi Meenen or Larry Hudgins in the Granite Educational Technology department with any questions.
Details for the Upcoming April 2016 #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat
Theme: Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Education
Date: April 28, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM (Mountain Daylight)
Location: #GSDEdTech Hashtag on Twitter
Question Previews
- What is your favorite low-tech STEM activity?
- Check out #STEM to find inspiring educational ideas. Be sure to share at least one idea by retweeting with #GSDEdTech.
- What is a good STEM activity you can use regardless the content area you teach?
- Share something new that is STEM related you have learned in a recent PD in which you have participated. (ie. share something from #UCET16, #UELMA)
Resources
For this month’s twitter chat we would like to explore ways to utilize STEM activities and ideas from STEM in the classroom. For a place to start exploring this topic, you can search twitter hashtags including #STEM, #STEAM, #makered, #makerspace, #scichat, and #mathchat. We are also beginning to collect resources via our Maker/STEM/STEAM Resources Pinterest Board.
Follow Granite EdTech’s board Maker/STEM/STEAM Resources on Pinterest.
We look forward to having you join us to share and gain new ideas and resources.
Technology Tip: Changing Your Default Web Browser in Windows 10
With this post we start a new series of quick and easy tech tips for teachers, students, and parents.
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About Web Browsers and Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a new default web browser, Microsoft Edge. Edge includes several nice features, but many web sites, including some of our district’s web-based programs, do not yet support Edge. For this reason, you may not want to keep Microsoft Edge set as your default browser. [Read more…] about Technology Tip: Changing Your Default Web Browser in Windows 10
Teacher Spotlight: Highlights of ETEP Teacher Portfolios
@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
Featured Resources: National Poetry Month + Poetry Foundation
As April is National Poetry Month, we are featuring two great digital resources for bringing poetry into the classroom. [Read more…] about Featured Resources: National Poetry Month + Poetry Foundation
2016 Patterson Partnership School Library Grants
Once again, author James Patterson has made an exceedingly generous pledge (1.75 million dollars) to support school libraries nationwide. Click here to find out more information and apply for a grant for your school library now. Applications/nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2016.
Applications may be submitted by teachers, librarians, administrators, or parents on behalf of any U.S. school that services students in grades PreK through 12. Applications must be made online by completing and submitting the application form found at: scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership. In all cases, the vetting process will include obtaining approval from the principal of the school to confirm that requested funds will be accepted for the purpose defined in the application. A total of $1.75 million will be available for distribution in awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. The full list of grant recipients will be announced atscholastic.com/pattersonpartnership by the end of 2016. It is anticipated that all entrants will be notified if they’ll be receiving a grant by the end of September 2016.
In addition to facilitating the Patterson Grants, the Scholastic Reading Club site has some good downloadable resources with tips on spreading the word about your school library, enlisting volunteers, building community partnerships, and finding additional funding sources for your library.
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter | April 2016
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – April 2016
The latest edition of our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can access it here.
Highlights from our April 2016 Newsletter:
- Story Telling With Two Amazing iPad Applications: Adobe Voice and Adobe Slate
- Educational Technology’s Website Gem of the Month
- Educational Technology’s Teacher Spotlights – Hunter El Kindergarten
- Now Registering for Revving Up Your Reviews Technology Class
- Google Apps For Education Summit Coming To Utah in June! : Now Registering
[Read more…] about Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter | April 2016
Teacher Spotlight: Kris Handley and Kelly Stevens, Hunter Elementary
Kindergartners at Hunter Elementary are happy and making tremendous progress with the loving care of their amazing teachers, Kris Handley and Kelly Stevens! These five and six year old students enjoy learning using technology. They are using iPods and QR codes to practice reading. They are also using iPads and OSMO. OSMO helps them to learn letters, sight words, numbers and to do a variety of math activities including the use of tan-grams. They are masters of the Mimio interactive board and enjoy interacting with a number of programs on it including one of their favorites: pinkcatstudio.com. They work independently at their computer center and especially enjoy starfall.com to help them with their reading.
Kris and Kelly successfully use PLC time to plan for the success of all their students. Principal, Kayla Mackay, describes the progress their Kindergarten students are making under the care of these two top notch teachers.
Spotlight Creator: Teresa Bruin, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist
Presentation: Windows 10 Education Edition
Classroom and lab computers in Granite School District are being updated to the Windows 10 operating system over the next few months. To help teachers with this update, Heidi Meenen, one of our district technology specialists, has created the presentation embedded above. It goes over the basics of Windows 10, as well as a few of the tricks and new features that come along with it.
You can click through this training presentation yourself, or you can make a copy to modify and share with other staff members or students.
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