Tuesday Tech Tips
October 17, 2023
Tuesday Tech Tips is a weekly blog that contains interesting technology tips, articles, and videos
From The Instructional Technology Department
Let's Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week
October 16-20, 2022
Digital Citizenship Week is designed to promote awareness of sound digital literacy habits and inspire best practices in organizations and individuals. That means sharing ways to interact safely online. We're proud to support that in our schools!
Here are some resources to use with your class.
The Center for Digital Thriving- Harvard Graduate School of Education
Let's help students reflect on how their digital lives impact their social and emotional well-being by:
Model being a good digital citizen
Promote digital citizenship in your class
Have discussions about what it means to be a good digital citizen.
All Teachers- reminders
New Chromebook Monitoring Platform for 2023-24 school year- Classwize
Important Information from Help Desk
Changing Student passwords and more.....See below
Tips from the Instructional Technology Coaches
Akia
Live Captions in Slides
Google slides offers Closed Captions. It uses your computer’s microphone to detect your spoken presentation, then transcribes it real time. This is a great feature for audience members who cannot hear you for various reasons while you present! Learn how.
Connie
Hobbies & Career Prospects
9 Tech-Friendly Hobby Ideas for High School Students That Will Help Their Career Prospects. Learn more.
Myra
iReady Tips
New to iReady? Check out i-Ready Central, for videos tips & tricks, planning tools, Teacher Success Guide and more.
Ted
Voice Typing in Slides
You can now Voice Type your speaker notes in Google Slides. Just go to Tools to look for it or use the shortcut CMD+Shift+S to start voice typing!
Genesis Resource folder
Click here to access district directions on commonly used Genesis applications, such as how to set up grading profiles or access staff schedules.
From the Technology Department - HELP DESK REMINDERS
Help Desk FAQs:
***Resetting Student Passwords***
Setting up Parallels and Resetting Passwords
Requesting Support from HELP DESK
Directions and Replacement of defected or lost items
How do I set up Virtual Time Clock (VTC) for the first time?
Setting up VTC for the first time
Connecting to the projector wirelessly using EasyMP for the first time
Wirelessly connecting to the projector for the first time
When I use wireless to connect to the projector, I only see my background image. What do I have to do to make my desktop show up on the projector screen?
Fixing blank desktop via EasyMP
How do I mirror my desktop when connected using HDMI?
How to mirror desktop using HDMI