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:
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.
Help desk helpdesk.iskl.edu.my or helpdesk@iskl.edu.my
How to book a space (physical location)
In solidarity,
Steve & Max
