US Announcements Blog

August 7th

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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
    • 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:

 

 

 

  • 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 21st 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.