Need to Know

• Changes:
  • US Announcements Blog as main gateway to US digital tools

*of course the links are still on Zoodle but please try and make the announcements blog yours and your students first point to access our digital tools

• Classwork drive
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  • These three folders now exist on the top level of Classwork
    • To collect work from students have them drop it in your folder in the Student Outbox (write only permission)
    • To distribute work to students use the Student Outbox (read only permissions)
    • O-departments is now called Faculty and is not visible to students but accessible for you from home through grasshopper
    • If you have not deleted your old student inbox please do so ASAP!

 

 

• Mobile wifi connection at school
  • To connect, select FAS devices and key in the password (ask for the password in the IT office)
  • To connect your school e-mail and calendar items on your iPhone (sorry android folks we will get you a tutorial soon) click Settings-Mail, Contacts, Calendars-Add Account-Microsoft and enter:

 

• Two new light raise beamers- one at the blob table and one where the learning center used to be. You might be familiar with the interface if you have played a Nintendo Wii as you can write from about 2 meters away
  • Both of these spaces will be the epicenter for our ongoing pilot to find the next best classroom hardware ecosystem to support student learning in the US
  • During the first week back you will able to play with the new technology and brainstorm ways you can use these spaces during class time

 

• New printer location- on the first floor the two printers for student and staff use have been moved to the Greenhouse coreway

 

• iPad Collection- If you borrowed an iPad over the summer please return it to the IT office on Wednesday (tomorrow)

 

 

Nice to Know

• Digital Portfolios are here! Linked from the US Announcements you will see two portfolio portals (Grade 9 and Grade 10).
  • Below are some examples of how current Grade 9’s are used them to harness their own learning in Grade 8
• • All in one assessment (examples of assessment of learning and assessment for learning from every subject)
  • Student ownership (lots of items posted to this blog that are entirely student driven)
  • Learning overtime (click on any of the grade 8 blogs and you can see multiple posts throughout the year which contribute to a solid glance at their learning overtime)

Additional information about digital portfolios:

• Electronicportfolios.org by Dr. Helen Barrett
• Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios Barrett, H. (2011) Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios. British Columbia Ministry of Education, Innovations in Education, 2nd Edition. http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/balancingarticle2.pdf (2 MB)
• Lehmann, C. (2008, February 1). When to publish [blog post]. Retrieved from Practical Theory athttp://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/932-When-to-Publish.html
• National Council of Teachers of English. (2008, February 15). The definition of 21st century literacies. Retrieved from www.ncte.org/governance/literacies

 

 

 

• Tech Conferences to Lookout for Next Year

1 to 1 Laptop Institute, September  27-29, 2012 @ Frankfurt International School

Google Apps Education European Summit, October 13 and 14th 2012 @ The International School of Prague

ECIS ICT Conference, March, 2013 @ ACS Cobham International School

• Join the ZIS 21^st Century Learning Diigo Group: If you have not done so already, join the cross campus group and share your favorite contemporary learning resources in this Diigo group.