New Staff Orientation

While gathering

• Digital pictures
• Questionnaire: Your questions/thoughts/ideas about technology in D83

Introductions

• Warm-up
• Concept map
• Digital conversion in D83

Technology Support

• Technology Department
• Help Desk: School Dude

Ongoing life-long learning support

• Many staff development opportunities
• Technology Learning Coaches
• Media Center specialist
• After school sessions/classes
• E-mails and handouts
• Technology Collaboratives

Technology tools available

• SMARTBoards (turn off when not using)
• Classroom computers (turn off at end of day)
• Classroom printers (leave on at end of day)
• Labs (always turn off at end of class)
• Media Center computers and staff
• Laptop cart (COWS)  (lock cart)
• MacBook Airs (Locked in cart)
• iPads (locked in cart)
• Peripherals: digital cameras, video cameras, flips, scanners & copiers
• Available software

Teacher Voicemail

• How to access

School Messenger

• Calls staff and parents with messages

Aseop

• Absentees...call in:  Aesop website

SMARTboards

• Smart response systems
• Document cameras
• Notebook software

Technology purchase opportunity

• Fall

It's not about the technology, but rather the learning

• Passive vs active learning:  If the answer can be found on Google, you might not be asking the right question.
• George Couros:  What do you want kids to do with technology?
• Student Choice
• SAMR Model:  Common Sense Media Example
• Curriculum Idea Examples:  Florida's Technology Matrix and Arizona's Technology Matrix
• Big6: Problem Solving Website
• D83 Big6
• Internet Safety
• Bloom's updated taxonomy, critical thinking
• Common CORE and ISBE Standards
• National Education Technology Standards
• Information Literacy Standards
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning: Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity/Innovation
• Starting points or kid's search engines
• Teacher Web pages
• Keyboarding:  Middle school curriculum and websites

Social Learning Network:

• Twitter: #D83Shines
• Edmodo: D83 Edmodo (under Students)

iPad Rules

• Roy  K-2 | 3-5
• Scott
• Westdale

Policies and procedures

• Google Apps Parent Permission Form:    English | Spanish
• Acceptable Use Policy:  English | Spanish
• Directory Opt Out Form:   English | Spanish
• Copyright Guidelines
• D83 Email Guildelines
• Staff Links and Tools

Staff Trainings

• Global Compliance Network (GCN)

Mac basics

• Macintosh Operating System
• Dock
• Security: DeepFreeze-OS 10
• Saving options:  
  • Account on school server
  • Public folder on server
  • Google Account
  • "Our Creations" on hard drive
  • Disks or jump drives
• PC compatibility

District 83 Web Page

• D83 access online
• Smoothwall Security
• Parent & community forms
• Staff forms
• Staff Links
• D83 Learning Links
• Items of Interest

Subscription tools available

• Student Subscriptions

Using Google:  D83 e-mail, calendar and other goodies

• Web-based
• Check everyday (beginning of day and before you leave school)
• E-mail is not private. Only send e-mail messages that you wouldn't mind knowing that other strangers can read
• Spam and junk mail
• District e-mail is not to be used for personal use (many e-mails end up in spam filter)
• Different calendar layers
• Google Drive
• Google Classroom
• How to...

Using D83 servers

• Access from our Web site or your computer's desk top
• Each staff member is given an account on your school's storage server
• Public folder is a public place to save something you want to share with others. Items are not protected.
• Save often. We keep back-up tapes of all items saved to the server.
• "Our Creations" is a temporary saving folder on computer desktops to save. Anyone who sits at that computer has access to all files in that folder.

Payroll

• Skyward, Web-based

PowerSchool

• Student Information System
• PowerSchool automates critical functions like attendance, complex scheduling, classroom grading, and reporting, so student information is available when you need it, anywhere, anytime.
• PowerTeacher and Gradebook...within PowerSchool
• Final Grade Set-up
• Best practices

Copiers

• Email documents to yourself.

Classroom Telephones

• Teacher's Voicemail

Final Activity

• All About Me in Google Docs
  • What do you want others to know about you in our district? Must be completed and shared with me before you leave today.