6-8 Resources

Technology Resources for Teachers of Grades 6-8

                    1. Section 1 : 1:1 Technology Use Forms and Agreements
                    2. Section 2: Technology Skills Information and Resources (Tech SKills Scope and Sequence and other resources)
                    3. Software, programs and resources available online or through CPP Subscriptions for K-5 teachers and students

Section 1: 1:1 and Technology Use Forms and Agreements

These documents must be completed by parents and students to ensure that students understand their rights and responsibilities in interacting with technology at CPP.

Section 2: Tech Skills

The resources below have been created by the Technology Committee and the office of Curriculum and Instruction to help:

  • Determine what technology skills should be taught
  • Standardize at what levels these skills should be Introduced, Reinforced, and Applied
  • Support teachers as they work to support the content curriculum through the use of instructional technology
  • Develop a plan to instruct students on technological literacy skills while maintaining a high level on content curriculum instruction

Scope and Sequence

This document was created to isolate the technology skills that need be taught and learned at CPP.

Additionally, this document helps determine at which grade levels skills will be taught and learned, further specifying the grades at which skills will be introduced, reinforced and applied.

CPP Tech Skills Scope and Sequence by Grade Level

Programs and Resources

Find information on specific instructional technology programs and resources to utilize in the K-5 Classroom

Hardware

SMARTBoard Resources:

Click here to access the SmarBoard training Notebook.

1. Click the arrow symbol in the upper left to download the NoteBook

2. Click on the file to open it

3. If you need to install Smart, click the "Start" icon, then the Help Desk Menu, then the first link "Activate Smart 17"

Subscription Programs

Visit Planbook.com

This program allows teachers to digitally create lessons plans. Modeled on the paper planbooks, these digital lessons have many more features, including the ability to move lessons to a different date, to work collaboratively with other teachers, to add standards through a drop-down menu and even to attach handouts, notes and other files to lessons.

Creating an Account on Planbook

Connect Your CPP Google Account in Planbook

Creating and Customizing Classes in Planbook

Creating a Lesson in Planbook

Visit Powtoons

Powtoons

Powtoons is a visual presentation program that allows students to create short, animated videos to illustrate concepts, ideas and information they have learned, and share it with an audience in an engaging manner.


​Powtoons Intro Tutorial

Non-Subscription Programs (free or have free components)

Visit Symbaloo

Symbaloo is a visual favorites list - a program that allows users to create "webmixes" - a square composed of smaller squares called tiles. Each tile can be linked to a specific site. Tiles can have titles, be set as specific colors, and pictures/icons can be placed on them. In this way, tiles can be sorted and organized.

Symbaloos can be set as a user's homepage, shared via links, embedded in a website, or linked to an Edmodo or Google classroom. By uploading a document to Google Docs or another cloud sharing site, you can even attach a document to a tile via a link.

Symbaloos can be used by teachers to keep track of resources, to share with students/parents, or students can create their own symbaloos as part of a portfolio or project.

Introduction to Symbaloo

Visit Smore

Smore is a program through which teachers can create electronic "flyers," that can be used as teaching tools, newsletters home, informational fliers for events and more.

See the 2/17/17 issue of the Tchnology Newsletter for more information about Smore.

Intro to Smore

Visit Nearpod

Nearpod allows for interactive presentations - students can see teachers' presentations on their devices, and respond by answering multiple choice and short answer questions. This enables teachers to get continual formative feedback from classes during direct instruction.