This past week had some ups and downs with technology. Schoology servers experienced a few issues as many schools around the world are starting to return to school. If you are having issues with Schoology, please feel free to check the status page (link below) to see if Schoology is experiencing any issues. Moving forward, I would like to focus on instructional design and integration. Contact me to schedule a meeting and let's chat about what tools may work best in your classroom to help you digitize your course.
Andrew Nation, M.Ed. Instructional Technology Specialist Tech Tips
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Congratulations! You survived the first few days of School! Now that we are beginning to settle into the swing of things, it's time to start looking toward the next few weeks to design engaging lessons using the technology at your disposal. Tools that directly integrate with Schoology or do not require students to sign in will be your ideal tools for the classroom. Remember that you cannot create accounts for students under the age of 13.
Also, a few things to keep in mind:
Andrew Nation, M.Ed.
Instructional Technology Specialist
Also, a few things to keep in mind:
- All help requests must be submitted via SchoolDude. No exceptions. There is so much email coming in at the moment that the chances of your request getting lost in the sea of emails are very high. This is especially true if you send in a request outside of normal school hours. That email will be lost when everything picks up during school.
- The IT office is not very big. Please do not send everyone in your class who is having a problem at the same time. We had 7 people show up at once yesterday, and we are not able to accommodate that. Additionally, there is no guarantee that we will be in the office during classes, because we are also trying to cover SchoolDude tickets too.
- If you need something, I would not recommend responding to a whole school email whether you are a reply all person or a reply to sender person. Even if you are only replying to the sender, it is very easy to lose emails in the mix of everything and be unable to find it again when it is in a whole school email thread.
Andrew Nation, M.Ed.
Instructional Technology Specialist
Tech Tips
Did you run into an issue with your audio during the convocation? To have the Teams Meeting audio play through your Screen Beam, please follow the following steps once you have joined the call:
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From Royce Kimmons:
Copyright Basics for Teachers
As you enter a digital world for your classroom, please be sure that you are following copyright laws when designing your class. The fair use policy is not a free pass for educators to violate copyright law. Links and embedded content is allowed as long as attributions are given and the material is not modified from its original form.
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This year, more than ever before, technology will be an integral part of the learning experience for our students. This means that regardless of your comfort level with technology, we must work together to find solutions that meet the needs of your classroom. My goal for this year is to provide as many opportunities as possible to help you find those solutions. Please feel free to book time with me or shoot me an email and I will be happy to help you plan and implement technology in your classroom. For technical issues, please be sure to submit a SchoolDude ticket. I will begin adding sessions to the PD Session Sign-Up page this week. I am also hoping to spotlight things that people are doing in their classrooms. If you have anything that you would like to share, then please shoot me an email!
Andrew Nation, M.Ed.
Instructional Technology Specialist
Andrew Nation, M.Ed.
Instructional Technology Specialist
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How To Create a Schoology Group |
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