Tue, Oct. 3, 2023

Penney Matos

Centennial HS's Digital Learning Coach

Penney Matos taught for 13 years before transitioning to instructional technology classroom support at Centennial HS.

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For Everyone!

Restart Reminder

This is your reminder to reboot your PC at least once each week!

It's also a refresher of the Sept 12th update that we should no longer be turning off PC computers (classroom walls, office desktops, etc)! They need to remain on so they receive updates.

Just for Fun!

From We Are Teachers

I found this in a recent We Are Teachers newsletter. I thought you might enjoy it!

You know those tear-off advertisements you'll see sometimes on telephone poles—the ones with pre-cut strips at the bottom you can tear off?

We have them in fun versions even your surliest teenagers will love! They're one of our most popular (and definitely my favorite) downloads. Check out a recent email we got from a 7th grade teacher who used them:

"I found your 'Take One, Free' posters and thought they'd be so nice to hang around our school. I hung them up wondering if students would even notice them. They were a huge hit! All of the posters were empty at the end of the first day. Thanks for promoting positivity in a fun and engaging way."

In a single (free!) bundle, you'll get:

😌 Free Positive Thoughts
🥰 Free Compliments
🫶 Free Kindness Messages
🐔 Free Jokes
🤣 Free Shakespearean Insults
💡 Free Life Lessons
✏️ Free Fiction Writing Prompts
🏔️ Free Side Quests

In the Know...

eSchool's TAC Settings

I highly recommend that you turn on these eSchool TAC settings! Click on your profile in the top right and select Settings.

Auto Saving - Select Auto save scores upon entry or set to Manual save with periodic auto saves every 1 minute.
Receive a Copy of Sent Email Messages - Everyone is BCCd so you won't see the list of recipients unless you open the messages from your eSchool Home page, but you can confirm that it sent!

While you're in here, feel free to change the background or any of the other settings.

There is no SAVE. The setting changes are saved automatically.

News and Noteworthy EdTech

Canva for Education

Canva for Education is set up and ready to go!

For students to start their own creations, they...

Visit http://canva.com
Sign in with Google
Make sure "Centennial High School" is in the drop-down on the left.

When finished...

Click Share (top right)
Make sure Collaboration link says "Only you can access"
Click the "View-only link" icon below the purple bar.
Submit that link in the Canvas Assignment (Submission type-- Online: Website URL)

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If you would like students to use a template that you provide...

Please reach out if you have questions or would like support!

Collaboration Corner

Titan AI Highlight

Michael Barnette (Computer Science) used ChatGPT when he had writers block on new ideas. He used it to come up with ideas for the students to practice programming concepts, to generate other ideas, and to write multiple choice or free response questions. Most of the ideas had to be modified some but overall it worked pretty well. It helps at least get the ideas going!

How have you used AI to help you professionally? Share your experiences here: https://forms.gle/wbjEqfFgMCNNUkz16

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