Google Calendar Basics

 Other important Google Calendar tutorials:

• Create events
• Reserving spaces/rooms on campus

iPad App Access To Photos

Very important information for iPad users. Please share this with your students.

 

ES Technology Update August 2022

 Esteemed Colleagues,

It was great to see you in my session this morning. I am looking forward to a great year collaborating with you in your classroom and the makerspace. A big thank you to the tech team members who had a very busy summer preparing for the opening of school.

Here are a few reminders from the tech department this year:

• Help Desk is now the tool for requesting tech support (not the technology email).

• Student devices will remain on campus.

• Parents will be completing an acceptable use agreement in PowerSchool acknowledging that they are responsible for damage and loss of school devices (and we will be charging for damage).
  

• The Acceptable Use Policy is now called the Responsible Use Agreement (but we will continue to use both titles).

• We now have class sets of Ozobots, Spheros, & Botleys. Let's code!

• Click on the new icons on your desktop if you haven't tried them already.

• Introduce yourself to Yus when you see him.

• More about the makerspace soon.

Below are some important links that I think you will find useful:

• Link to the tech update presentation
• Please book Steve for the RUA lesson in the first cycle. Steve's calendar

• How to send a Google Calendar invite

• How to book a classroom space

• Seesaw 

• DO NOT CHANGE ANY INFORMATION (Student names, class names, adding or deleting students, etc.) 

• Only approve parents who are using their ISKL email. Returning parents will already be attached to their child if they used Seesaw at ISKL last year. 

• Getting started with Seesaw guides

• Go deeper with the Seesaw Learning Hub

• How to use Seesaw Messages
• Become a Seesaw Ambassador
• How to use your document camera

Bonus links:

• Start of the year icebreakers (lots of them)
• How to add or change your Google profile photo
• NASA’s 6 Top Tools for Teaching About the James Webb Space Telescope
  
• Just for fun: 176 games like Wordle

I am looking forward to a stellar year collaborating with you. Below are the results of the survey from my session:

If you didn't have a chance to vote, here is the link to vote now. Please do not vote more than once.

In solidarity,

Steve

Leavers - Packing Your Digital Suitcase

It's that time of year again. As much as we hate to say goodbye to our colleagues, we know this is part of international teaching. In order to help them in their transition, the tech team will support with moving digital files to other accounts. Follow the instructions below to "pack your digital suitcase."

Printing Problem - Backend Failed

Now that you are back on campus you might get the "Backend failed" message when trying to print. There is a simple solution to this on your new MacBook that you can do in a few seconds. 

1. Click the ISKL logo at the top of your screen and select Install Software...

2 Click on Scripts and then to the right of Backend Failed click Uninstall.

3. When the button changes to Install, click it. Wait until the install finishes and try printing again.