Category: PD

This year Disney's Moana joins Hour of Code with a drag and drop visual tutorial great for ages 8 and up. The self-paced tutorial does require some reading, and is available in 23 languages. The introductory video sets the stage and challenges participants to help Moana and her team discover the new world of coding, and to help ...

We all know it is important to take time and summarize student's learning at the end of a lesson, but if your classroom is like many the time runs short and you scramble to fit it in...or put it off for later. Here are five fantastic tools that help students summarize their learning you will ...

  Link to Hour of Code ISD Connect Group:  http://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/intranet/technology/educational-technology/hour-of-code/  December 10th Code.org Workshop on PD Place: https://issaquah.pdplace.com/index.phppage=course/class_detail.php&zk_class_p=3932&search=1   

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 ...

Many of our elementary teachers have asked for a simple way to find frequently used resources, so we created the Elementary Launchpad. When you log into Connect you see this starting page: However, what if you could customize the starting page with important resources?     Follow the steps on the Educational Technology Connect Group to change your starting ...

Looking for an effective tool to help communicate with students while protecting their privacy? Give Remind a try. Remind is web tool and app that allows teachers to send text message and email reminders to students and parents, all the while maintaining student privacy. Teachers can use remind to message students about class time ending when they’re working ...

There is a new video series on Atomic Learning for Issaquah teachers to learn how to print and scan district common assessments and create their own assignments in the revamped GradeCam Go. The videos include an overview which includes a summary of new features, how to navigate GradeCam Go, printing and scanning forms, and how ...

Looking to get some apps and don't want to spend any money? Allow me share my favorite way to get the best deal possible! App Price Drops is an app and companion website that  that alerts you when a paid app changes price or becomes FREE. The site values price transparency and tracks app prices over time. They ...