BISD Dig Learning Feb 2020

TECHknowledge February 2020

WOO! Love is in the air! #LoveforLearning Grateful that February has an extra day this year because it is jam packed with all things Learning: BOA, TCEA, UIL, 2 PD Days, TRYathlon, and Digital Learning Day! We know you’re excited! We LOVE to shout out some awesome Creosity Award teachers and remind you we LOVE our Teachers! We hope you enjoy! The Digital Learning Team “No child ever has been, or ever will be deeply, personally invested in a worksheet.” -Amy Mayer Click above for last month’s edition. Digital Learning TEAM Digital Learning Coordinator Digital Learning Specialist Digital Learning Specialist Digital Learning Specialist Jason Essig Kerri Sparkman Lisa McLaughlin Chelsey Madsen

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You don’t know what you don’t know... Google Classroom Code: 3tuf2jn Join us for our 2020 BISD TRYathlon! Feb. 10-Feb. 27 Bite-size professional development with new challenges, and prizes! TWO skill levels: The Sprint & The Elite Complete 1 or all 12 Challenges CPE Credit assigned for completed challenges.

QU TIPS TCEA App Lists help educators find the best apps for their students and their curriculum. Their professional development team tests and reviews apps, sharing recommendations in curated lists that are helpfully categorized by subject and purpose, so you can find exactly what you need. Click here to find the lists. Follow HELP Desk Jeremiah @JerBear_Tech on Twitter, to receive BISD Technology alerts and updates. He’s committed to communicating! Make his posts alert you (click the bell) On that note, you should follow us too! School Dude for Tech Support is now in the portal. If you have trouble getting in the first time, select reset password and enter your school email. Update your password and login. Don’t forget to select Help Desk form the product menu Google Expeditions has training available for those who want more than the quick lesson from the Digital Learning Team last month. Download the Google Expedition app to discover ways to take your students on virtual field trips and check out this training from Google. Want to close all the tabs in Safari quickly on your ipad? Long press on the tabs icon and select close all tabs. This is helpful for apps that open a new tab every time it launches. You asked, we deliver! Level 2 Certification Group Testing Opportunity: Feb. 29th 9am @ C/O Training Center. Click here to RSVP and receive study materials. Interested, but not ready? We will repeat study & group testing in March, April, and summer. Click link so we can follow up.

Boerne IS Digital Teacher Spotlight Boerne Teachers are AMAZING! Here are 3 that got caught being digital learning leaders! Creosity Award for Sparking Creativity & Curiosity FMaisirtyOaNkeswEtloenmentary School Misty has a an amazing way of reaching her students through creative tech. She’s always willing to go out of her comfort zone and hone her skills and support others. Thanks for being a Digital Leader!

MBaoreisronl eCaMviaddzleosSchool South Ms. Cavazos is a creativity catalyst! Students in her Spanish 2/PAP classes created their own Google Expedition of a chosen country. Each student became a tour guide and presented the created VR to the class. Her students were also able to share this experience with our sister school from China. EKreinndaGllriEffleinmentary School Mrs. Griffin has transformed the learning spaces in Kendall’s Library and has been active with spheros, Google expeditions, and recently took all third grade students on multiple trips to outer space. After students visited the the planets and observed the Mars Rover in action, they followed up their space explorations with reading activities to spark curiosity. She is already planning her next adventures with 1st Grade! Way to Go! Wanna Create some Curiosity with Digital Learning Awesomeness? Click here to get with a DLS

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