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Google Jamboard

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What is the Google Jamboard App? The Google Jamboard App is a digital whiteboard that incorporates lots of Google 'goodness' to facilitate communication, collaboration and learning. In a Jam, you can: collaborate with others in a whiteboard environment add Docs, Sheets, Slides & PDF's from Drive add photos and images search the web draw and utilize autodrawing write and utilize handwriting recognition add sticky notes add emojis and more! There is a physical Jamboard (55-inch digital whiteboard); however, it costs a lot. 😢 The great news is the Jamboard app is free with GSuite for Education and can be used across all devices - laptops, tablets, and smartphones. 😃 Locate your Jamboard app in your Google Apps Launcher (aka the waffle).  Jamboard allows for 50 concurrent collaborators working together - so yes, you can have your entire class in one Jamboard brainstorming or gathering research!  Here is a quick video introducing you to Jamboard. (This video highlights h...

iCan iPads

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iCan iPads - Tip #1: Customizing the Control Center iCan iPads - Tip #2: Searching on an iPad

End of Year Clean Up

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Before leaving for summer break, there are a few things you may want to do to prepare for next year and make your August return a little more smooth. If you are a Seesaw user, complete the following steps to archive a class: #1 - Have Families and/or Students Download Their Files From a computer using the Chrome or Firefox browser, sign into your FAMILY account at  https://app.seesaw.me Click the PROFILE icon in the top, left corner: Click ACCOUNT SETTINGS : Scroll down and select DOWNLOAD JOURNAL ARCHIVES: Click the DOWNLOAD JOURNAL button: A zipped file will be downloaded that is organized by month and year. Read more here . #2 - Archive Seesaw Classes Seesaw does not recommend deleting classes or students. Read more here . While in Seesaw as a teacher, tap the PROFILE ICON in the top, left corner Tap the preferred class Tap the  in the top right corner Tap CLASS SETTINGS Scroll down and tap ARCHIVE CLASS Tap to confirm If you are a GOOGLE CLASSROOM user, complete the fol...

Keller ISD 19-20 Equivalency Time (aka EQ)

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Keller ISD teachers - it's that time of year. If you are on a 187-day contract, you most likely are required to participate in Equivalency Time (aka EQ).* For the coming school year, you have 3 built-in EQ days -  October 14, 2019 November 25, 2019 November 26, 2019 This means that our School Board approved the 2019-2020 KISD Calendar with these 3 days of compensation- but no requirement to be present at work ON THAT DATE . How does that work? The School Board in return is asking you to EXCHANGE 18 HOURS of professional learning (learning that occurs on your OWN time &  OFF of your regular contract time) for these days.  The great thing is the 18-hour requirement OPENS May 25, 2019 and isn't DUE until May 1, 2020.  You have 11 months to fulfill this contract obligation! What should you do?  1. START NOW if possible. It's always easier to get these done in the summer before the school year is in full swing - there is an abundance of summer 'off-contract' t...

What You've Been Waiting For in Gmail

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Emails in Gmail may now be scheduled for a later time. View below or read more here .