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

Tech Update August 2021

 Esteemed Colleagues,

We hope everyone has had a restful time off and is ready to hit the ground running this year. We are looking forward to a great year collaborating with you in your classroom, the makerspace, and online. The tech team had a very busy summer preparing for the opening of school. Some of the highlights are:

• Purchase and preparation of 250 faculty laptops

• Reimaged and cleaned 610 iPads and 264 laptops

• Labeled all student devices with student information and packed them for distribution

• Seesaw classes from last year were archived and new classes created

There are a few changes and updates from the tech department this year. Those include:

• Max will be .5 in ES & .5 in HS this year. He will be available in the ES on all odd days.

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

• Signing into PowerSchool through Google (see email from tech department).

• Student email and passwords are now accessible to you in PowerSchool. This is much more secure than sharing lists, and the tech department will no longer be doing this. Access email and password in PowerSchool by clicking on the backpack icon, then Select the student and click Select Screens then Demographics.

• There are some new features in Google Workspace that can be easily used for both planning and instruction, including interactive checklists and voting embedded in Google Docs.

• Seesaw has some updates coming soon. More on that when they are available.

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

• Seesaw 

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

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

• Getting started with Seesaw guides

• Help desk helpdesk.iskl.edu.my or helpdesk@iskl.edu.my

• Acceptable Use Policy/Responsible Use Agreement

• Max's calendar

• Steve's calendar

• How to send a Google Calendar invite

• How to book a space (physical location)

• ISTE Standards for Students

• ISTE Standards for Educators

In solidarity,

Steve & Max