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Welcome Back

At Bits & Pieces we are excited to start another year supporting all of your educational technology needs. To help you navigate both The BNP and the bigger waters of educational technology, we've put together this handy guide to all things Bits and Pieces. Read on to find out all that it can do. Using ...

Seesaw Makes Some BIG Updates!

Seesaw just got even better at empowering students with its new updates, released on June 18, 2019.   They have added tools and enhanced existing ones to unlock more opportunities for students to think creatively and reflect on their learning. To take advantage of the updates,  make sure to update the iOS app on iPads or ...

Preparing Your Seesaw Class For The End Of The School Year

Tips for ending the year right with Seesaw For Schools.

A Question About BrainPOP

Dear Instructional Technology TOSAs, I love BrainPOP, but I feel like my kids are just consuming more and more video content these days. Do you have a suggestion for me to engage them in a way that encourages them to create vs just consume media?   Thanks, A Very Techie Teacher   Dear Techie Teacher, ...

Women’s History Month

March is Women's History Month!   Many of the technologies we use today are because of women in tech. Carol Shaw made retro gaming awesome (before it was retro), Apple computers are so intuitive because of Susan Kare, from the very first computer programmer Ada Lovelace to Joan Ball who basically invented online dating, we've ...

Thinking about STEM

Today seems to be all about STEM and we couldn't be happier! STEMposium is happening this evening at Issaquah High School from 5:30-7:30 pm. Come explore student led booths that showcase STEM learning in our classrooms and after school clubs, participate in one of our activity booths, or see how STEM is used from one ...

Elementary Computer Science Project

Through the integration of computational thinking learning experiences into core content areas, students will gain experience with the problem solving skills that are the underpinning of computer science – providing an opportunity for all students to see themselves in this ever-growing field. Preparations are being made for the second cohort of the Elementary Computer Science Project and ...

Ed Tech Summer Camp Options

We hope you will join us as we dive into summer learning! Every Tuesday this summer from July 10th to August 7th we will have optional camp sessions for teachers to learn more about ed tech tools. Both am and pm sessions are scheduled to cover a variety of widely used tools. Each of the ...

Train Like A Martian Day 1

Day 1 of TOSAs working out to go to Mars. If you haven't already, join us each day the rest of this week.

Train Like a Martian

What is the #TrainLikeAMartian challenge? A week of fun activities that highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, space exploration, and physical fitness. The challenge begins May 14th and provides students and adults around the world a chance to have some fun, show why STEM is important, and to win some cool ...