Tuesday Tech Tips
February 9, 2021
Tech Updates from Edward
Tuesday Tech Tips is a weekly blog that contains interesting technology tips, articles, and videos.
Black History Month
The ironing board, a home security system, refrigated trucks, automatic elevator doors, Color IBM PC Monitor and, the Gigahertz Chip.
Take a look at these profiles of 8 Black Inventors who made daily life easier
Google Applied Digital Skills - In Celebration of Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month, check out these new lessons to help students explore the importance of African American history, culture, and identity.
Reminder: Pear Deck Training - January 29, 2021, Districtwide workshop
"It was a pleasure hosting a Pear Deck training session for you today! " Mary Alys Foutz, Instructional Technology Manager, Pear Deck
If you like to go back through the slides at your own pace, click here for a student-paced session of your training!
Pear Deck FTPS 1/29/2021 Training session recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nRxiPdBD2QOyvrLiwo5L9XluSolHp1PY/view?usp=sharing
You can find these resources on the FTPS Instructional Technology Resources for Staff website under the Pear Deck Tab.
BrainPOP Suite is Here! (Correction)
Compliments of the Curriculum Supervisors - BrainPOP, BrainPOP ELL, and BrainPOP Jr are available to all K-8 teachers and students.
Note: We are working on resolving the Claremont school issue. I will keep you posted.
Teachers and students can access these programs via Clever.
Sustainable Jersey for Schools New Digital Schools Program
The Digital Schools Program was created In June 2020 to integrate new content into Sustainable Jersey for Schools that strengthens support for schools in meeting the challenges of digital learning and to help bring about a sustainable future for us all. It builds on the legacy of the Future Ready Schools - New Jersey (FRS-NJ) program (which ceased operations in 2019) by integrating FRS-NJ topic areas and content into the Sustainable Jersey for Schools actions (see the Digital Schools History for more detail).
Click to learn more about the program
That's it for now.
Enjoy the Tuesday Tech Tips and the Snow Day!
That's it for now!
Enjoy the Tuesday Tech Tips!
Tips from the Tech Coaches
Amy
GoGuardian Communication tool -VOICE-ONLY Calling.
This is a great tool to try to communicate with students. For directions click here.
Reminder- GoGuardian monitors web-browsing on district chromebooks only.
Connie
14 Black Inventors You Probably Didn’t Know About. Learn more.
Myra
“Q & A” is a feature in Google Slides, which allows for a more interactive presentation, as well as real-time feedback. Presenters can start a live Q&A session with the audience during a presentation at any time and participants can ask questions. The presenter is able to see the questions posted by the audience.
Ted
The Learning with Google global even is February 17-18, 2021. For more information and to register, please click here.