February 2020

Digital Learning Day -- February 27, 2020

SpotLight

Assistive Technology at the Early Childhood Education Center. Interview courtesy of Carolyn Bradley, Speech and Language Pathologist.

Dedham Public Schools Recognized as #PrivacyAware Champion by StaySafeOnline

Everyday is data privacy day in the Dedham Public Schools but yesterday was International Data Privacy Day. Dedham Public Schools was recognized as a #PrivacyAware Champion by StaySafeOnline. Privacy and protecting student and staff information is important to the Dedham Public Schools.. “Owning your privacy online” is becoming more important and a national movement. Here’s a great resource to help you manage your own privacy.

GSuite Updates

Rubric in Google Classroom available starting Feb 3, 2020 (1-3 day feature visibility)

Enhance feedback to students with rubrics

A rubric is a scoring framework that makes it easier for educators to evaluate student assignments, set clear expectations, and provide actionable feedback.

With the new rubrics feature, educators can now:

  • Create a rubric as they create an assignment.
  • Reuse rubrics from previous assignments rather than creating them from scratch.
  • Export and import Classroom rubrics to share with other instructors.
  • Grade students work with a rubric from both the “student listing page” and Classroom’s grading view, where instructors can select rating levels as they review the assignment.
  • Rubrics