Set Up a Team for Your Classroom
Editors Note: This fortnight's Toolbit for Class Notebook is being replaced by another Toolbit for Teams. We were unable to keep our regular cadence with Teams due to the delay in deploying it and want to get caught up. If you are missing your OneDrive Toolbit fix, check out this resource from Microsoft. The next ...
Did You Miss the ITP Webinar? You Can Catch It Right Here
Did you miss the ITP Webinars? Have no fear. We have posted a recording of the webinar below, for you to view at your leisure. If that's you and you are ready to watch, you will need to be logged into your ISD Office 365 account to see the video (if you're not signed in, ...
Creative Upgrades
Resources and Links from This Episode Join the Fun We want to hear from you about your Creative Upgrade ideas. If you have one you want to share join our New Tools Team by doing the following steps: 1.) Log into Office 365 2.) Click the Teams button (near the top) 3.) When Teams ...
Teams Is Now Available
Teams is now available for teacher and student use! Teams is a platform that works inside of Office 365 to help you connect and work with staff and students around documents and files. It allows users to create teams, invite people to join and then chat around and share documents easily. Within in each team, ...
ITP Webinar Tomorrow
We will be having our first two ITP webinars tomorrow at 7:30 AM and then again at 4:00 PM. For directions on joining the webinar, check your email. For info on applying to ITP, check out our application page.
Learn About ITP
We are hosting three webinars about ITP and the application process on Wednesday, January 9 at 7:30 AM & 4:00 PM, and on January 16 at 8:00 AM. Ed Tech will be hosting the webinars so that teachers can learn about ITP, ask questions about the application process and examine what makes a good application. ...
Year-In-Review Through Song
Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements No announcements this fortnight Bell Ringer Ready Player One Bad Blood (book) Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Right Now Year-In-Review Through Song Plickers Elementary Computer Science Project Canva App Smashing Flipgrid Show and Tell Symbaloo Wonderscope Pexel Video (free stock video) Chatterpix Makey-Makey Want to listen ...
What All Those Sharing Options In OneDrive Really Mean
Let's be honest. Sharing is complicated. It shouldn't be but in this day and age, the technology companies are trying to be all things to all people and so they give us lots of options. OneDrive is no different. There are a ton of options when you are ready to share. Read below to help ...
ITP Follow-Up Dates
The ITP 2019-2020 Follow-Up Dates have been set. If you are interested in applying, please reserve these dates now so you'll be able to come should you get in. ITP Follow-Ups run from 4:00-7:00 for secondary participants and from 4:30-7:30 for elementary participants. Check out the dates below. ITP 2019-2020 Summer - July 14-18 October ...
The Hour of Code Field Report
Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements Sign up to be part of STEMposium Bell Ringer - Books About Coding and Computational Thinking How to Code a Sandcastle by Joshua Funk If I Were a Wizard by Paul Hamilton Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Saved the First Lunar Landing by Dean Robbins Hello Ruby ...