Cougar Ridge Students Learn to Code Micro Bits
Hour of Code 2015 from Tech Tosa This week, many teachers (and their students) across the district participated in Hour of Code, an annual celebration of computer programming and the engineering/design process. One of those teachers is Julie Hembree, librarian at Cougar Ridge. Through her work participation in the Microsoft Innovative Educators program, she struck ...
Tech Hours Tracker
Have you ever shown up to a tech training and been unsure whether to sign the pink or the blue comp form? With all the ways to access dollars for tech training, it's a complicated question to be sure. To help make sure you get paid and hopefully avoid extra paper work, you can always ...
The New Tools: New Tech and iPads
We just finished another episode of The New Tools. This week Josh, Tricia and Carrie discuss how they go about finding and learning about new technology. Then during Application Time, they take turns discussing how iPads can be used by teachers and students to improve and support learning. For more information and links to apps ...
ITP dates set
All the dates for ITP have been set. Participation in ITP is a year long commitment, so we want participants to know ahead of time what the dates are and hope this will help you plan. During the summer, participants will stay at the Sleeping Lady in Leavenworth, from Sunday afternoon through Thursday morning. There ...
Hour of Code adds Minecraft module
This week, Code.org announced that they have partnered with the folks behind Minecraft to create a Minecraft module for Hour of Code. Your guide is Jens, the lead programmer behind Minecraft. You get to choose between coding Alex or Steve (your students will know why that's cool.) This module teaches code similarly to the Star ...
Ed Tech is podcasting now
Your Tech TOSAs have decided to join the podcasting world, and use it as an opportunity to discuss all things educational technology related. We're calling it The New Tools and our first episode is up now, and ready for you to listen to. In this episode we discuss our first Aha Moments with technology in ...
The Force Is With Hour of Code This Year
Hour of Code is an annual celebration of computer programming. It is a chance for teachers to bring computer science into the classroom, in a way that engages and introduces students to the joys and challenges of computer programming. For a week each year, Code.org partners with school districts and teachers across the country to do ...
Ed Tech Tour – Newsela
If you love news and you love having your students read the news, you should check out Newsela.com. It's a web tool that takes articles from McClatchy-Tribune papers (like the Seattle Times) and rewrites them in multiple reading levels. Users can then easily adjust the reading level. To help you see what it can do, ...
Bits and Pieces Tour
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Who you gonna call?
When it comes to accessing support for technology in your building, you have two excellent sources in your Building Tech Specialist and your building’s Ed Tech Lead. However, it is important to realize that though both important, each of them serves a different role in supporting the use of technology in the classroom. Understanding the ...