Tuesday Tech Tips

Tuesday Tech Tips is a weekly blog that contains interesting technology tips, articles, and videos.

Hybrid Essentials 101 Workshops - Registration and Schedule will be available starting Monday, November 9, 2020.

We are pleased to announce a series of training sessions designed to support teaching via a hybrid model of instructional delivery. We hope you will take advantage of sessions to be offered as early as next week so that we avoid a last-minute rush for training towards the end of November. Training sessions throughout November will be at various locations. Check the Instructional Technology Training Calendar for updates and additional sessions.

Seesaw Update: As of today, we are updating 2894 students, 303 teachers, and 2611 sections and archived 336 classes on a nightly basis. We still have some work to do with archiving classes. There will be an Seesaw Archived Class discussion on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. This session will very helpful for teachers still having issues with their archived classes. Check the Instructional Technology Training Calendar for the Zoom link.

GoGuardian YouTube Channel and Video Filtering: In Go Guardian I have created three profiles for YouTube filtering: Elementary (K-5), Middle School (6-8) and FHS (9-12). Please complete the FTPS YouTube Channel or YouTube Video Request Form if you would like to request a YouTube Channel or YouTube video be allowed for students. Currently, Educational YouTube Videos or YouTube Channels are allowed. Please allow 24 - 48 for your request to be processed.

Technology Training: Check out our Instructional Technology Training Calendar for the various tech training courses provided by Technology Coaches, Tech Trainers and me.

For all Instructional Technology Resources and Support for FTPS Administrators, Teachers, Staff, Parents and Students go to the FTPS Remote Learning Technology Resources Website. The link is located FTPS Website on the left-hand side under the Tech Needs and Resources for 20-21School Year.

Email Tech Tip: Reply vs Reply All

Reply only sends the new message to the original sender. Attachments are not included. Reply all sends the new message to the original sender and all other recipients on the To and Cc lines.

Do not reply-all when:

• Only the original sender needs to know your reply.

• Your comments will be crucial to know for the original sender but only a few other recipients. Reply to the sender and then add the select other recipients manually. Copy their addresses from the original email if that helps.

• Your message is simple acknowledgment like "Thanks!" or "Me too."

Reply-all responses should be reserved for special cases only.

That's it for now!

Enjoy the Tuesday Tech Tips!