April 24, 2019

Spotlight in the Schools

Matt Herndon's Physics students are learning all about circuits with a virtual lab found at Phet Simulations. The simulation Mackenzie Banta is doing to the right is the Circuit Construction Kit. Visit Phet Simulations for a wide variety of simulations for students from elementary through college. 

April Tech Tuesday will be a drop in event on April 30th. 

Please join us for a Tech Tuesday Treat briefly after school.

Complex

3:15 in Commons Area

Campus

3:30 in High School Foyer Area

Sign up is not required! Just stop by, say hi, and grab a treat! 

Google Forms For Everyone

Formative Assessments are a quick and easy way to find out what your students know. A quick write, agree or disagree, think-pair-share, and many more ready to use forms can be found in this resource kit created by Bradley Lands.  Bradley is the Director of Technology at an Independent School in Northern Virginia. In addition, he is also an Instructional Technology Specialist who provides consulting services for educators to help them meaningfully integrate Google Apps and other educational technology in the classroom to enhance student achievement. These resources were shared in a Google for Education social media post. 

In order to any of the forms you will need to right click to make your own copy. 

Jacket YOUniversity Update

Congratulations!

Kim Brown & Lesley Miller earned personalized trophies and digital badges for reaching the 60 point level in Jacket YOUniversity. 

Way to go!



*Special thank you Ms. Roberts in the STEM lab for use of materials and to Teresa Nguyen, Melissa Villanueva, and Ashley Vasquez on their hard work to create the trophy.



*Special thank you to Ms. Hughes and Patrick Gilreath on the design of digital badges for JacketYOU this year. 

LeighAnn Hayward completed three bundles in Jacket YOUniversity!

Bundle 3 - Instructional Planning

Bundle 5 - Tech for Beginners

Bundle 9 - Google Certification