Atomic Learning Is Going Away In June
ISD’s Atomic Learning Subscription Ending In June We are writing to let you know that the Educational Tech Department has decided to end our district’s subscription to Atomic Learning effective June 25, 2017. Consequently, staff will no longer be able to access Atomic Learning resources effective June 26, 2017. What Does This Mean for You? ...
Piktochart – Visualize Your Learning
Piktochart is a great tool to make sharing information more visual by creating infographics. It’s great for teachers to share information with their students or for students to use on to summarize their understanding. You can make infographics, reports, posters, and presentations using their ready made templates or start from scratch to create your very ...
Skip YouTube, Insert Your Videos Into Google Slides Directly
How to Insert Videos Into Google Slides video from Free Technology From Teachers You've always been able to insert videos into Google Slides, as long as you were willing to use YouTube. While this is certainly a reasonable option for many, it was a limitation particularly acute in education. Teachers and students are rightfully wary ...
ITP Dates
If you haven't checked out the ITP Application page yet, you might not know the dates for this outstanding program. As you head into break and begin to think about your summer plans, we hope you will consider ITP. Applications are due on January 17th, and we will begin notifying applicants on February 24th. If ...
ITP Applications Now Live
The Educational Technology Department is pleased to announce that applications for the Issaquah Technology Project (ITP) 2017-2018 are now being accepted. ITP has been reconfigured once again to meet the constant changes in classroom technology. This year there will be one elementary session and one secondary session, to allow us to provide more technology for ...
Have you checked out the PD Calendar?
Have you checked out the PD Calendar? We are curating ISD and other tech trainings on Bits & Pieces' PD Calendar Pages. This is a great place to find trainings and classes to help you with integrating technology to support powerful teaching and learning. Below you'll find a list of trainings coming up in November. Happy ...
GradeCam Go Help Desk
GradeCam has a new helpdesk feature that will help us troubleshoot various issues teachers encounter while using GradeCam. In order to use this feature, teachers must turn it on within their account. We are asking that all teachers turn on the helpdesk feature so that we may more quickly resolve issues. Instructions are below. Please ...
Follow-Drive Winner
Sarah Ealey, who teaches science at Beaver Lake Middle School, is the winner of this year's Follow-Drive, and she will receive an iPad for use in her classroom. We're happy to announce that our Follow-Drive was a success, and we're grateful to all of you who signed-up to follow Bits & Pieces. We are excited to ...
edSurge is Coming to Issaquah
EdSurge is an educational technology company dedicated to connecting educators with innovative tools and practices to help create powerful, 21st century learning. Their website is chalk full of great resources, including articles, podcasts, tech product reviews and the excellent EdSurge Product Index which allows users to filter product reviews according to your specific need (e.g.- ...