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The New Tools: Learning New Tech & Digital Tools for Formative Assessment
We're back! A new episode of The New Tools is up and this fortnight we're exploring how to go about learning to use new tech. We also invited Kris Coleman, a PE teacher at Creekside Elementary, to join our discussion of digital tools that can support and improve formative assessment. For more information and links ...
How ITP Chooses Participants
ITP Application Process from Tech Tosa ITP applications are due in less then a week. If you are one of the many people preparing your application, you might be wondering how we fill the 25 spots for each session. The video above explains that process. Check it out. Applications are due by 11:59 PM ...
Bee Bots
Bee Bots from Tech Tosa Looking for a way to get your students interested in computational thinking and coding? Check out Bee Bots*, little programmable robots that encourage students to problem solve and use logical and sequential thinking to navigate challenges. Also, they're just plain cute. Check out Cougar Ridge librarian Julie Hembree using ...
Winter Tech Series
We are excited to announce the dates and topics for our Winter Tech Series. This winter we will be offering classes on Office 365, Padlet and Twitter. Read below for all the details. OneDrive & OneNote with Office365 January 30 8 AM - 12:15 PM Pacific Cascade Middle School - Room 1008 Learn how to ...
The New Tools: Embracing Failure & Utilizing Your Web Presence
We just finished another episode of The New Tools. This week, Josh, Carrie and Tricia discuss embracing failure with tech (including an obvious fail in the episode, see you can hear it) and how to create and use an effective web presence (including creating a firewall against excuses.) We also discuss tech and the holidays. ...
Calling all ITP Alumni!
Do you wish you had a support network that serves as a source of motivation and ideas on how to integrate technology into your classroom? Do you want a way to reconnect with members of your cohort? Have a great idea you think others could use? Due to popular demand, there is now a site for current and ...
No Registration Webtools!
Using webtools in the classroom are great because (almost) any internet ready device, whether it's a laptop or iPad, can access them. This article contains a list of free webtools that do not require student users to register with an email address. The list also contains: links to each webtool a brief description star rating Have ...
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 ...