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2025_8 Potty PD.pdf2025-2026 Potty PD Newsletters (see past editions at the bottom!)
2025-2026 Potty PD Newsletters (see past editions at the bottom!)
August 2025 - Teach Students How to Email, Clever Badges, Schoology Gradebooks
Accommodations for Students
Accommodations for Students
Best option! See SPED/Dyslexia page for info on Snap&Read and Co:Writer
Google Docs: Voice Typing - click on Tools and then choose Voice Typing. A box with a microphone icon will appear and you can click to record/stop speech to text.
Chromebooks - students can use the Accessibility features in Settings, click on Keyboard and Text Input – then choose Dictation. An icon with a microphone will appear on the bottom task bar near where the date/clock is. Put cursor where you want to type and click the button, then begin speaking.
Go Guardian
Go Guardian
Link to training videos.
Create a New Class
Add Students to a Classroom
Go Guardian Teacher Guide
Teacher Guide PDF
Teacher Help Center Links
If you need an account, contact itsupport@uttia.org to request access.
Setting up GoGuardian Scene.pdfSwivl Robot
Swivl Robot
Swivl Robot Guide for Staff.pdfSwivl_Tutorial_Video.mp4
Access: Teachers and students in grades 5-12 can log in with Google.
District: UT Tyler Innovation AcademyU: J212804 P: learn
Full text, simultaneous access
e-books for educators
Clever Academy provides training to use Clever to its fullest potential. With 4 levels of trainings; become a certified "Clever Champion".
Google's "Be Internet Awesome" curriculum teaches students to be internet: smart, alert, strong, kind, and brave.
A FREE resource for teaching students about copyright and fair use; the program includes digital citizenship, information literacy, and student creativity.
Our FREE professional development course is hosted on Canvas, where educators can earn a badge. It is designed to give educators greater familiarity with the copyright concepts covered in our C&C curriculum. The self-paced course should take about 2-3 hours in total to complete
District: UT Tyler Innovation AcademyU: j212804 P: learn
Academic articles, reports, news, book reports, and more in the field of education
Welcome new teachers!
Welcome new teachers!
2024-2025 Potty PD Newsletters
2024-2025 Potty PD Newsletters
October 2024 - Parent Square Permission Slips and Unconference PD links
October 2024 - Parent Square Newsletters and Student Square
September 2024- Parent Square Tips for Teachers, Curriculum Site
May 2025 - End of Year for Parent Square, Schoology, Google Drive
2023-2024 Potty PD Newsletters
2023-2024 Potty PD Newsletters
April 2024 - Canva for Education, Schoology Templates
February 2024 - AI Framework, Casting on Mac and Chromebook
January 2024, pt 2 - Co:Writer and Snap&Read
January 2024 - Edpuzzle Live Mode, Updating Devices, NWEA/MAP Testing
December 2023 - Brisk Teaching, Hour of Code 2023
November 2023 - PhET App, Math Manipulatives in Lumio
October 2023, pt 2 - Create a Gimkit in 60 seconds, Curriculum Site
October 2023 - Schoology accountability grading tips, Accessibility on chromebooks, three AI tools
September 2023, pt 2 - Edpuzzle Student Projects, Teaching Students to Email
September 2023 - Edpuzzle, Clever
August 2023 - Back to School Tech Ideas
2022-2023 Potty PD Newsletters
2022-2023 Potty PD Newsletters
August 2022 - IT tickets, login tips
September 2022 - Portfolio template, Formative, SMARTBoard Whiteboard and Graphic Organizers, Edpuzzle on Schoology
October 2022 - Lumio Games for SMARTBoard, BrainPop New Features (immersive reader, challenges, pause points), Typing
November 2022 - Lumio Library, TeachingBooks.net, IXL reading support, Submitting a ticket for tech support
December 2022 - 12 days of Tech-mas
January 2023 - NWEA/MAP testing, Funterra/SMART board, Kahoot! in Clever, Badges in Schoology
March 2023 - Edpuzzle Updates, Portfolio help, Britannica Image Quest, Curriculum Site
April 2023 - Online Poetry Month resources, Lumio & EPIC!, Parlay Genie, STAAR Testing Login and Set up (Region 7)
May 2023 - Chat GPT and other AI sites
2021-2022 Potty PD newsletters:
2021-2022 Potty PD newsletters:
Potty PD 2022_Jan - Flippity Random Name picker, NatGeo Kids, BrainPop
Potty PD 2022 Feb - Schoology Conferences, Brittanica School, K/N2K Shout it Out (SMART Board)
Potty PD 2022 Mar - Formative, PebbleGo/PebbleGoNext, Lumio Activities to Actively Engage Students
Potty PD 2022 Mar(2) - Adobe Create Cloud Express, PhET simulations on Lumio, Educator's eBooks
Potty PD 2022 April - Timeline Generators, SMARTBoard whiteboard, Gale Science
PottyPD 2022 April(2) - Google Calendar Appointments, BrainPop Games, Using Lumio Handouts, Adobe Creative Cloud Express
PottyPD 2022 May - Text to Speech w/ Google Keep and Schoology Immersive Reader, Leader in Me Chat Cards, SMART Board Choice Board
PottyPD 2022 May(2) - Organizing Google Drive, SMART Board Widgets, Strong Password Tips
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