Category: Announcements
Young Writers Program – National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month, which is an internet based effort to encourage and support writers in completing a 50000 word novel. The project has been an annual event since 1999 with billions of words written. NaNoWriMo has adapted its program to create a powerful web tool and curriculum for students and teachers to join ...
STEMposium: Apply Now to Showcase
Applications to showcase at ISD's STEMposium are now being accepted. This exciting opportunity is a way to showcase STEM learning and application being done in our schools. This is NOT creating a massive project for students to design a new type of robot to cure the flu. It IS a place to have teachers and ...
Common Sense Education Celebrates Media Literacy Week
This week is Media Literacy Week! One of our core tools, Common Sense Education, has always has equipped educators with the tools that they need to support students in understanding how to navigate the digital world. As such, Common Sense Education has information and resources for teachers on how to teach media literacy effectively. They've published ...
More Chances to Win a Laptop
Our Follow Drive is off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who has signed up. However, we actually want you to read and explore all of the great content on the site, so we are now giving you more chances to win the laptop. Here's how it works. We are hiding links to ...
It’s Media Literacy Week!
November 5th-9th is dedicated to highlighting the importance of media literacy. Organized by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), the week is designed to coordinate events across the country to bring awareness to the importance of media literacy education. What is media literacy? Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, and evaluate ...
Win a Laptop for Your Classroom
We're having a drawing to give a classroom laptop to a lucky teacher this month. Read on to find out how you can be entered into the drawing. Bits & Pieces is becoming a more powerful resource for teachers all the time. However, keeping up with all of the new stuff we are putting on ...
Win a Laptop for Your Classroom
We're having a drawing to give a classroom laptop to a lucky teacher this month. Read on to find out how you can be entered into the drawing. Bits & Pieces is becoming a more powerful resource for teachers all the time. However, keeping up with all of the new stuff we are putting on ...
ABC’s of Microsoft Forms
Are you ready to try Forms? It is a great way to digitize and grade a quiz, survey or poll students, or even create a submission for gathering digital projects or work. Here are some of the ABC's of Microsoft Forms: A: Add a picture or logo to format your header and theme. B: Branching options ...
What’s New to Actively Learn
Features: Have you logged into Actively Learn lately? There were some interface changes as of August including an updated Workspace, a search feature for navigating your content and the Actively Learn content, importing options including Google Docs and PDFs, a new options menu (three dots) for editing and updating current assignments, as well as the ability ...
Flipgrid: Technology & the Writing Workshop
Last week, new elementary teachers attended a writing professional development day with Matt Glover as part of an ongoing residency within ISD. As with most professional development days, important learning occurred, as well as conversations about how this learning could be extended. How can we build on our experiences in meaningful ways, even between professional ...