The Educational Technology Department is offering a Chromebook Summer Camp for teachers in Granite School District. [Read more…] about GSD Summer Chromebook Camp 2015
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Grant Resources from Google for Education
In an effort to provide teachers and administrators with more information on possible funding sources for technology, with this post we commence a new series and category on grants. As we become aware of new grant opportunities we will share them here on our blog, and an archive of all grant opportunities will be accessible at this link: https://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/category/grants.
Google for Education provides a dynamic resource on technology grants in the form of this live document, “Device Grants | Google for Education.” [Read more…] about Grant Resources from Google for Education
Featured Resource: Sync
Once again, the Audio Book Sync program will be giving away FREE young adult and classic literature digital audio books all summer long. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Sync
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015
Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – May 2015
Our department’s monthly newsletter was recently sent out to all teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can also access it here.
This month’s highlights include:
- Now Registering For Summer Technology Classes
- Educational Technology’s Website Gem Of the Month
- Chromebooks In the Classroom From Kathy Schrock’s Guide To Everything
- Two Awesome Digital Language Arts Resources
- Excellent Reading Apps For the Chrome Browser
- GSD Teacher Spotlight: Integrating Technology In the Classroom
- ESRI’s 2015 Storytelling With Maps Contest Is Open
2015-2017 Educational Technology Endorsment Program (ETEP) Information
The Educational Technology Department will be accepting applicants for the 2015-2017 Educational Technology Endorsement Program starting Monday, May 11th at 7:00 A.M. It is a two-year, 18 total credit hour program that will include a teacher Chromebook, but not a set of classroom devices. It is open to all teachers and administrators. Space is limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis. The application form will be open from May 11th at 7:00 A.M. until May 22nd at 5:00 P.M., or when the class limit has been met.
The application form is available at this link: https://goo.gl/mSkVYd, but will not open until Monday May 11th at 7:00 AM.
Click here to see the two-year program schedule. Please contact Kristen Johnson if you have any questions at kajohnson@graniteschools.org or at 385-646-4110.
Thank you,
Patrick Flanagan
Director, Educational Technology
Granite School District
385-646-4110
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Communication
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers discuss how email, Canvas, and cloud-based collaborative tools such as Google Drive/Google Docs and classroom Chromebooks have enabled students to more easily and more readily contact teachers with questions and comments, receive more immediate feedback and answers from teachers, as well as communicate with each other with questions and ideas relative to their learning.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
#GraniteTechChat Archive: “Tech in 20” Training Ideas (4/23/15)
The Granite Education Technology department sponsors a monthly twitter chat on teaching with technology called #GraniteTechChat. This chat is open to any interested parties, but is especially focused on the participation of school technology specialists and library media educational technology specialists in Granite School District. Archives of these chats are kept on this website using the Storify service.
In the April 2015 chat, technology specialists discussed strategies and ideas for engaging teachers with optional educational technology trainings, often called “Tech in 20” trainings. These were the questions:
Q1: How do you get your teachers involved in trainings you offer?
Q2: How do you select relevant trainings you offer to your teachers?
Q3: How do you evaluate the quality of the trainings you offer?
Q4: Tell about the most successful training you have conducted with your teachers.
See the full archive of the chat below.
[Read more…] about #GraniteTechChat Archive: “Tech in 20” Training Ideas (4/23/15)
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Collaboration
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers discuss how cloud-based collaborative tools such as Google Drive/Google Docs and classroom Chromebooks enable students to easily collaborate on projects and give immediate feedback to one another through peer-editing of writing.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Student Creativity
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s video, teachers highlight ways that students use classroom Chromebooks to explore their own ideas and interests, develop creative projects, and become creators and producers of knowledge rather than simply consumers of information.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.
Digital Conversion Spotlight: Initial Struggles and Successes
In the lead-up to next year’s Digital Conversion implementation, we will be featuring spotlights and discussions from teachers and students who participated in pilot classroom Chromebook programs during the 2014-15 school year. In today’s videos, teachers discuss some of their initial struggles and initial successes in using digital devices with students.
Spotlight Created by Patrick Flanagan, Granite School District Director of Educational Technology.