Learning & Innovation
Technology Team
Angela Fransen | L&I Technology Coordinator
L&I Technology Specialists
Joanne Bongaarts | Aquila
Robin Nelson | Susan Lindgren
Thomas Odermatt | Peter Hobart
Sara Vandewalker | Park Spanish
Greg Holmbeck | Middle School
Alison Tsuchiya Theiler | High School
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SLP INFORMATION SERVICES
One to One Plus / Help Desk Tickets
IS Dept Tech FAQ’s Site
SLP Staff Intranet
bit.ly/45j9YSD
FOR INSTRUCTORS, STUDENTS AND CREATORS
*The following digital tools are vetted, licensed and approved for use with students in St. Louis Park Public Schools.
SCHOOLOGY
GO TO IT / login with Google
Our SLP secondary web-based classroom environment; students and staff have access and is our most-used digital tool.
SMART PANEL + LUMIO
GO TO IT/ login with Google
Teacher station LED touch panel in most SLP classrooms; web-based interactive tools for instruction and collaboration with students
Smart Panel SELF-PACED PD
Ways to Unplug Your Device from the Panel
Lumio Comprehensive Teacher Guide
YouTube Channel for Video Guides
Goodbye Jamboard, Hello Lumio!
5 quick game-based options with Lumio
Smart Panel v4 Digital User Guide (High School)
Smart Panel v3 Digital User Guide (Middle School)
Sharing Lessons with Colleagues
WEVIDEO
GO TO IT/ login with Google
‘Create stunning videos in minutes with WeVideo, the leading video editing software for Chromebook. WeVideo is an easy-to-use, online Chromebook video editor that includes rich editing tools, direct sharing to social media and built-in stock footage library with video clips, images and music.’
📓The Educator’s Guide to WeVideo
WeVideo Dashboard Overview / Academy //
➡️ A fan favorite is assigning a class project via WeVideo Classroom!
Quick Recorder for Screencasting /
Chrome Extension
Student WeVideo training course
Standards-Aligned Video Projects
Assignments to Try Now!
Me-in-Three
My View, My Place, My Story
Create Your Digital Self
Screencast Your Thinking
Community PSAs
YOURWAY AI
GO TO IT/ login with Google
'Yourwai is an AI-powered education enhancement platform built for schools that allows teachers to confidently and safely leverage AI to save time, engage students, and increase impact aligned with your instructional vision and priorities.'
GETTING STARTED
SLP YourWay Getting Started Site
YourWay Self-Onboarding SlideDeck
Mini Courses:
Quick, Practical Learning With AI
YourWai Pedagogical Tools Resource
HIGHLIGHTED TOOLS TO TRY
Text ReWriter / for enhancing communication clarity and effectiveness
ADOBE CREATIVE
CLOUD EXPRESS
GO TO IT/ login with Google
‘Adobe Express is an online and mobile design app. Easily create stunning social graphics, short videos, and web pages that make you stand out …’
Go to it: Adobe Express (login with Google, use SLP account)
Learn more: Tutorials | Adobe Express
Create a custom QR code with Express
Convert Files or Images
Create Profiles to use on Media Platforms
Adobe Acrobat Chrome Extension / for converting PDF's, eSignatures, etc (teacher access only)
Design your Alter Ego using Generative AI
SWANK VIDEO STREAMING
GO TO IT/ login with Google
'Swank is a streaming and licensing service that provides access to movies, documentaries, and TV shows for educational use.'
This data and copyright-compliant service allows SLP educators to access many movies, directly with the browser on the Smart Panel, as well as:
Use the Swank ‘Bookmark’ tool to capture clips of movies that stay stored in your account for future use
Share links to videos and bookmarks/clips with students for their own access as well
Request titles that do not show in the current library, directly from within Swank
SMART NOTEBOOK
Notebook is a presentation program/application that runs on the Mac, similar to the old Workspace program for those of you that were here at that time, and is an optional digital tool to use in tandem with the Smart Panels -- it is not required, but is a companion to it if you'd like to try it out.
You will find Notebook available for install in the Filewave Kiosk in your upper Mac menu bar. Please message Angela if you have questions.
GENERATION GENIUS
K-8 SCIENCE,
MATH RESOURCE
LOGIN VIA CLEVER
'Generation Genius is a K-8 teaching resource that brings school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more.'
ADOBE FIREFLY
AI IMAGE GENERATOR
GO TO IT / login with Google
Create images, add styles and textures to text, fill image areas with AI-generated content, create social media posts, posters, and flyers, generate vector graphics, and more — all with simple text prompts. *A built-in educational filter ensures appropriate content for K-12 educational use."
PEAR DECK
GO TO IT/ login with Google
'Pear Deck is an interactive presentation and lesson delivery tool that can be used via the web or as an add-on or integration with a variety of other programs. Students join teachers' Pear Deck sessions with codes and then use their devices to follow along with the teacher's slideshow on a classroom screen.'
LIGHTSPEED FILTER
ACCESS CHECKER
Use our SLP filter Access Checker to know whether a site is available for students, based on its filter category.
Inquire to Angela Fransen or a LITT team member regarding an adjustment.
BOOK CREATOR
GO TO IT / login with Google
*limited licenses available via request
'Book Creator allows teachers and students to create their own projects on the topics they are learning about, using Images, emojis, recordings, videos and more.’
The ebooks can take various forms, from digital portfolios to comics and scrapbooks to manuals and poetry collections.
Book Creator includes many templates to make creating various book projects easy and straightforward. Educators can also use it to assign material to students in interactive book form.
SLIDES TRANSLATOR
ABOUT / WORKSPACE EXTENSION
*limited licenses available via request
'Communicate across multiple languages in your Slide Deck with ease! Slides Translator lets you select text in your Slides, automagically detects the language, and translates it to the selected languages in the Sidebar. It also includes Voice Typing in 60+ language dialects and will Read aloud the text in most languages!'
Getting Started with Slides Translator
How to Translate Images
Super OCR Text Extractor / for use with images
Find these tools in the 3x3 grid on any Google platform.
*The following digital tools are vetted, licensed and approved for use with students in St. Louis Park Public Schools.
The Basics of GOOGLE WORKSPACE // Google Workspace Training Center
Learn how to navigate Docs, Drive, Sheets, Slides and Gmail
with short videos and tutorials. Great if you are new to Google!
YOUTUBE
GO TO IT / login with Google
Though our SLP YouTube has restrictions enabled in varying degrees at the secondary level, teachers have the option to 'Approve' videos they wish to use for learning.
To 'approve' a video or channel, look for 'approve for SLP schools' option directly under the video in YouTube; some videos may already have been enabled and will already show as 'approved'.
Want to show a YouTube video minus the ads and suggested videos? A quick and easy way to to create a Slides document, then use the Insert > Video option in the upper menu and paste the URL of the video. This will remove ads and show only the video player.
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
GO TO IT/ or go to the 3x3 grid on any Google platform page
Though SLP secondary schools utilize Schoology as its main Learning Management System, some educators choose to also companion Classroom for instruction. Though all teachers need to have a Schoology presence to assist families with familiar navigation, a link out to Classroom for your students is acceptable and a fine practice.
GMAIL
GO TO IT / login with Google
How to Use Contact Groups
For Teachers: Creating Class Labels for easier communications with caregivers (via Roy Pienaar at the MS! Must be signed in as SLP staff to watch.)
SITES
GO TO IT / login with Google
Though there are many, many excellent website creator tools available these days, data privacy and protections are the priority when considering tools that will be public facing or that students will utilize and access.
KEEP
GO TO IT / login with Google
This handy little personal and collaborative organization tool can be used in lots of ways.
FORMS
GO TO IT / login with Google
Google Forms Training Center for Educators
Google Forms Email Notification Add-On
GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS
CHROMEBOOK
SUPPORTS
GO TO IT / login with Google
MS Support Deck
HS Support Deck
Ways to Use the Chromebook Camera
GOOGLE LENS
Use Google Lens to 'utilize image recognition technoloty to help interact with the world around you'.
This fantastic option to assist with both accessibility and translation support for our learners can be used on Chromebooks, MacBooks and iPads. The possibilities are truly limitless!
GOOGLE TRANSLATE
Use the Google Translate tool directly to view text in multiple languages. Can copy and paste from documents and go directly to websites in translated languages.
Open Google Translate; copy and paste text into the left originating language box; use the arrows at the top of the right box to select the desired language and translate the text
GOOGLE DOCS TRANSLATION
Instructors and/or students create content on a Google Doc and can translate into many different languages using the Google Translate service.
Open Google Translate; copy and paste text into the left originating language box; use the arrows at the top of the right box to select the desired language and translate the text
Open a Google Docs file
Across the top menu click
Tools > Translate Document
Enter a name for the translated document and select a language; click Translate
A translated copy of your document will open in a new window and a copy will also appear in your Drive
YOUTUBE
SUBTITLES + CAPTIONS
GO TO IT / login with Google
YouTube videos that have been created with subtitles have the option to be converted to a variety of different languages.
To enable captions (if available) and change the language:
Tap the captions icon below the video to enable captions for the video
Tap the gear icon next to the captions icon
Click on the cc icon/subtitles option in the menu
Click on auto-translate to change to a different language
SCHOOLOGY /
IMMERSIVE READER
instructor setup / student use
Instructors create content in Schoology a course using the Assignment or Pages feature, students then access and utilize via their own accounts.
Note regarding Google: The Immersive Reader button is found on the Assignment tab, and can be used to interact with the description of a Google Drive Assignment. The Immersive Reader functionality will not interact with text from: Assignments, In Progress, Submissions, or file attachment text.
SLIDES TRANSLATOR
ABOUT / WORKSPACE EXTENSION
*limited licenses available via request
'Communicate across multiple languages in your Slide Deck with ease! Slides Translator lets you select text in your Slides, automagically detects the language, and translates it to the selected languages in the Sidebar. It also includes Voice Typing in 60+ language dialects and will Read aloud the text in most languages!'
PEARDECK /
IMMERSIVE READER
instructor setup / student use
‘Students can activate multi-sensory, multilingual learning techniques like having text read aloud or translated into different languages, highlighting specific lines of text, changing fonts and sizes to improve readability, and even visualizing word meanings through illustrations.’
SMART LUMIO /
IMMERSIVE READER
instructor setup / student use
Similar to PearDeck, when creating a class activity in Lumio, Immersive Reader can be enabled for students as they interact with content.
support article via SMART Lumio HERE
In the banner of the My Library page, click Edit class.
Select Manage Immersive Reader.
Click the Enable Immersive Reader for live lessons toggle to turn the feature on.
CHROME BROWSER TOOLS
instructors and students
Nearly any webpage can be translated into a language via the Google Translate embedded features.
Will also work on Google Docs or Slides IF you use the Publish to the Web feature of those tools to convert a working document to a ‘published’ page.
HOW TO Right-click on highlighted text or in an empty space on a web page. Choose Translate to <language> from the drop-down menu. The language can be changed via the three dots in the small window that pops up once activated.
*To activate the Publish to the Web feature, open a Drive doc/slide/sheet, then choose File > Share > Publish to the Web.
WEVIDEO
CLOSED CAPTIONS
instructor setup / student use
Subtitle Generator helps WeVideo Classroom (Education accounts) users create content with speech to text subtitles automatically. This feature gives you the ability to create videos where dialogue can be both viewed and listened to.
Reminder: All staff and students have access to the Pro/Education/Classroom version of WeVideo; use the Login with Google option to access the pro features
How to create subtitles in WeVideo
CHROMEBOOK
ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS
student use with Chromebooks
The following features are available to students and can be helpful in a variety of ways to meet needs:
Text to Speech
Dictation/Speech to Text
Display/Magnification & Contrast
Keyboard/Mouse & Touchpad
Chrome Live Caption for media played on computer
How to enable Chromebook accessibility tools
*Accessibility features can be set to be available directly from the user settings area in the bottom right of the Chromebook screen.
CHROMEBOOK
SCREEN READER
student use with Chromebooks
A built-in feature of student Chromebooks - meaning not an app or extension - the screen reader enables those that could benefit from visual impairment tools to utilize the feature of having highlighted parts of a site read to them.
How to enable and adjust the Chromebook screen reader (this is a built-in feature of student Chromebooks)
ADOBE CREATIVE
CLOUD EXPRESS
GO TO IT/ login with Google; projects
and data integrate with Google Drive
PDF’s and images can be brought into Adobe Express and then digitally drawn or written on, similar to Kami or Acrobat, and then saved/shared via Google Drive.
Drag and drop or upload the PDF into Adobe Express, then go to the Quick Actions tab and select PDF > Edit Text and Images
Learn more: Tutorials | Adobe Express
KAMI
limited version available for staff and students (not Pro)
GO TO IT/ login with Google; does integrate with Google Drive
Kami is a true PDF editor, similar to Adobe Acrobat; limited version is robust and allows for most capabilties
PEAR DECK
GO TO IT/ login with Google
Premium version available to staff; activities are shared with students
PearDeck isn’t normally thought of as an option for digital annotation, but this resource idea highlights a creative way to work collaboratively with students.
SMART PANEL + LUMIO
GO TO IT/ login with Google
Can use Lumio similarly to how Pear Deck is used with students; integrates with the Smart Panel.
EDUCATIONAL IMAGES
FOR STAFF USE
The suggested list of sites via the link below is constantly changing in availabily and compliance. These sites are NOT an approved list to use with students and will likely run into filter issues due to content.
AI / CHAT GPT /
ARTICLES & PERSPECTIVES
While SLP does not currently have a directly policy regarding academic integrity and the use of ChatGPT, below you will find some perspectives and ideas about the topic.
New: AI Safety Lessons for Ages 7-14
7 Questions to Ask Before Using AI
with Students (prompts with supports!)
Generative AI for Educators (course by Google)
AI Literacy lesson collection for Grades 6-12
AI is a Teacher's Ally / THE Journal
AI for Assessment / John Spencer
Google AI / Arts & Culture
Guide to ChatGPT for Parents and Caregivers
COPYRIGHT & STREAMING
Not an easy topic for anyone in education, but the link below shares the current reality and policies regarding copyright and streaming.
FILTER SUPPORTS
FOR STAFF + STUDENTS
One to One Plus Ticket (for staff)
Filter Request Form
COMMON SENSE MEDIA
Common Sense Media is well-known for educators and caregivers searching for transparent understanding of media content.
HEADSPACE
Because MENTAL HEALTH!
Headspace is free for educators and promotes daily mindfulness. It is available as a web based tool and an App.