October 2017
Newsletter
Access to Tech Continuing to Accelerate for All
High density wireless upgrades were completed at seven elementary schools this past summer: Chinook, Gildo Rey, Lakeland Hills, Lea Hill, Pioneer, Terminal Park and Washington improving access for teachers and students to online educational resources. Additional Chromebook deployments will be completed by January 2018, bringing all grade 2 - 5 classes to 1:1.
Tech Tips
Who to contact for Technical Support:
Building Technology Coordinator - is your first line of defense for technical support. Problems beyond their resources will be submitted as a TMA and addressed by Department of Technology technicians or engineers.
Helpdesk@auburn.wednet.edu - send an email to helpdesk for quick answers to small problems.
Postmaster@auburn.wednet.edu - send an email if you are receiving inappropriate emails or having troubles with contacting people outside of ASD.
New Extension
Quickly take partial or full webpage screenshots with this extension. You can also annotate or add other effects before screen capture and saving.
Instruction
Co:Writer is an online word prediction software that works in conjunction with any Chrome browser-based application like Google Docs to support students who need help with written language production. As students (or you!) type, Co:Writer interprets spelling and grammar mistakes and offers word suggestions in real time.
Co:Writer can predict the words that students are trying to type.
Students and teachers can access dictionaries about specific topics (Mona Lisa, Civil War, etc.).
Students can speak into Co:Writer and have it type for them.
Data Security
Skyward Support Pages:
The Client Services team has launched support pages for teachers, office personnel, and administrators to provide online “go-to” Skyward training materials.
The K-12 Office Staff site is specifically designed for office personnel and principals.
The Teacher Skyward Support site is specifically designed for elementary and secondary teachers providing support for grading, message center, reports and more.
Shout Out!
End of Year Technology Survey Results
The number of staff participating in the End of Year Technology Survey increased by more than 100% in June of 2017 compared to June of 2016. Student participation greatly increased: Elementary up 60%, Middle School up almost 300%, High School up 29%. Thank you participants!
Of particular interest is the increase in staff comfort level in using technology to perform their jobs and for classroom instruction up 22% points from June of 2016 to June of 2017.
Aggregate school level staff results were made accessible to principals late summer. District summary results can be found here: