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Highlights from the 2019 Granite Battle of the Books District Competition

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Granite Presentations at UCET 2019 & UELMA 2019

Earlier this month the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) and the Utah Educational Library Media Association (UELMA) held their annual conferences. Many teachers, school technology specialists, and library media educational technology specialists from Granite presented at these conferences, and we collected links to their presentations in the table below.  [Read more…] about Granite Presentations at UCET 2019 & UELMA 2019

Now Registering: Utah’s Online Library (Ed Tech Pick Five Session)

Utah's Online Library - LogoTuesday, March 19, 2019 – Utah’s Online Library

Utah’s Online Library is one of the best but most underutilized resources available to Utah teachers. We’ll explore many of the incredible resources for research and lesson design available in UOL.

Session location: Technology Learning Center (5300 W Cherrywood Lane, West Valley City, UT)

Time: 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Click here to register for this session.

Pick Five – GSD Ed. Tech. Tuesdays

3rd Tuesday of each month – 4:30-7:30 P.M.

All Granite educators looking to add to or improve their use of technology in the classroom are invited to attend any of our Pick Five sessions. Topics will be announced in our Ed Tech Newsletter each month.

All are welcome to sign up to attend any of the sessions. Relicensure points are available. Attend at least 5 of the sessions and complete a portfolio assignment to receive 1 USBE credit.

Upcoming Sessions:

Visit https://sites.google.com/granitesd.org/gsdedtechtuesdays/pick-five for more information and to register for any of these upcoming sessions.

Now Registering Students: Code to Success Summer 2019

Utah’s Code to Success program is once again being offered to students of Granite School District in June and July 2019. The program is open on a first-come, first-serve basis to those who will be entering grades 9-12 in the 2019-2020 academic year, and is free of charge.

Parent Student Information Night on 3/11/19

There will be a parent student information night about the program on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 6 P.M. in Auditorium C of the Granite School District Offices at 2500 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115.

Visit https://www.ctsutah.com/ to register and find more information about the program, or read on for a few more details.  [Read more…] about Now Registering Students: Code to Success Summer 2019

UCET & UELMA 2019 Preview

This week, school technology specialists, library media educational technology specialists, teachers, and other #gsdedtech and #gsdlibraries staff will be presenting and receiving professional development at the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) and Utah Educational Library Media Association (UELMA) state conferences.

     

(Click on the images above to learn more about the conferences.)

We’d love to share your highlights on social media  – use the conference hashtags (#UCET19 and #UELMA19) and also our department hashtags (#gsdedtech and #gsdlibraries) on twitter or instagram so we can collect and re-share your updates.

After the conferences we will curate links to the presentations given by #gsdedtech and other Granite-associated staff here on this blog, just as we have done in prior years.

#GSDEdTech and #GSDLibraries Social Media Round Up: February 2019

In this post we’re rounding up activities and moments from Granite classrooms that were shared with us this past month. We know this is only a fraction of the awesome things students and teachers are doing in classrooms every day. If you’d like to share with us and be included in future round-ups use the #gsdedtech or #gsdlibraries hashtags in your tweets or instagram posts, or mention us: @edtechgsd on twitter, @edtechgsd on instagram, and @librarymediagsd on twitter.

Social Media Round Up, February 2019

  1. Leadership in Blended and Digital Learning Site Visit, Diamond Ridge Elementary
  2. Classroom Snapshots
  3. Granite Teams at FIRST LEGO League State Competition
  4. Countdown to Granite’s Battle of the Books 2019 Elementary Competition

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Countdown to Battle of the Books 2019 District Elementary Competition

The Granite District competition for 5th-6th Grade Battle of the Books teams is coming up on March 14, 2019, from 5:30-7:30 P.M. at Jim Bridger Elementary.

Our @LibraryMediaGSD Twitter account is counting down to the event with daily tweets featuring videos and other information about the competition, the participants, the books, and more. The countdown tweets are also being gathered into a Twitter Moment, which you can view right on this page:

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Highlights from the Granite FIRST LEGO League 2019 Event

Post by Cherie Anderson, Educational Technology Specialist and Team Leader. Photography and video by Tom Sparks, School Technology Specialist at Morningside Elementary and Spring Lane Elementary.

On January 26, 2019, Granite School District held a regional qualifying event for FIRST LEGO League teams. Check out the photos and videos in this post for highlights from the event. Congratulations to all the Granite School District FIRST LEGO League teams who participated in the regional and state tournaments!

Group photo of Granite teams advancing to state competition from district qualifying event.

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