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Newsletters
2023-2024 Newsletters
October - Phishing Awareness, Canva for Education, MagicSchool, Data Privacy and SWPS EVAL
December - Computer Science Ed Week, Google Arts & Culture, Help Reduce Printing Costs, Canva for Education District Level, App Update and Holiday Fun.
February - New IT Member, District PD, Gemini, Google Classroom Updates, EdPuzzle Transition and Formative Updates
2022-2023 Newsletters
October - Tech Support, Phishing Awareness, Data Privacy, Password MGMT, Instructional Software Survey, District Website, Self Service Password Management, Update Phone, and Tech Resources
December - Hour of Code - Computer Science Education Week, What's New, and Holiday Fun with Tech
February - Technology Support, Two-Factor Authentication, Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Celebrate Black History Month with Applied Digital Skills, and Valentine's Day Fun
April- SBAC/NGSS Information, Google Workspace Updates, Canva for Education Updates, Google Drive for the Desktop, and Sunsetting Screencastify
June - District & Grade Level Procedures, Copy Center, Password Management, End of Year House Cleaning, Google Take Out, Sunsetting Screencastify, and Bits & Bytes the Podcast.
2020-2021 Newsletters
October - Tech Support, Data Privacy, Password MGMT, Hybrid Learning Resources, Google Meet Tips & Updates on Originality Reports.
December - Install Smart Notebook on Personal Device, District Phone Information, What's New with Google & Helpful Tech Tools (Padlet, Classroom Rubrics & Screencastify).
February - District Resources Bookmark Folder, PS Update, Student Resources Website, Ideas to Boost Engagement & Tech Integration Ideas.
April - SBAC & NGSS Testing, What's New & Tech Integration Ideas.
June - End of Year Technology Procedures, Password MGMT, Google Classroom & GoGuardian House Cleaning, Seesaw, Google Take Out and Easy Listening Podcasts.
2019-2020 Newsletters
October - Student Safety & Data Privacy, Staff Safety (Phishing Awareness), and Tech Spotlight (Digital Listening Center, Travel via Green Screen and Learning Maps)
December - News from IT, What's New with GSuite, Doodle for Google Contest & Tech Spotlights
January - South Windsor University, Microsoft Home Use Program, Originality Report, Insert Audio into Slides, Create Sections in Docs, Customize Spreadsheets with Themes & Doodle for Google Contest
June - End of Year Procedures, Password MGMT, Google Classroom House Cleaning, Seesaw House Cleaning, Google Take Out & GoGuardian House Cleaning.
2018-2019 Newsletters
December - Microsoft Home Use Program, Google Sign-in Update, Copier Replacement, Google Classroom Update, Read & Write "Check It" Tool, EquatIO Updates, Google Earth Voyager Feature, Updates to Screencastify and Updates to EdPuzzle.
March - SBAC & NGSS Testing, Student Data Privacy, Managing Chrome Extensions and Phishing Email Awareness.
June - Password MGMT, Google Classroom, Google Take Out, GoGuardian and Summer Play.
2017-2018 Newsletters
October - Read and Write & Equatio
November - Signing in to Chrome, OCR, Convert a PDF & Guidelines for Classroom Webpages
December - Microsoft Office Home Use Code, Classroom Applications for Read and Write & Equatio Digital Math Space
February - Password Management, Digital Resources for Substitutes, NEW Technology Service Desk and Google Drive File Stream
March - SBAC, Update Password in Tide, Testing Parameters & Test Administration and TA Quick Guides
June - End of Year Procedures, Password Management, Google Classroom, Google Take Out and Summer Play
2016-2017 Newsletters
October - Student Privacy, G Suite Updates & WeVideo
December - Microsoft Office Home Use Program, Hour of Code, Interactive Poster Creation & Screencastify
March - NoodleTools, Britannica Image Quest & Doctopus
May - Google Slides New Features (Insert Video from Drive, Autoplay Video and Q&A Feature)
June - End of Year Procedures & Summer Play