Technology Professional Development Opportunites January 2018

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Power Teacher Pro Preparing for Term 2

Audience : K-5 Teachers

Date: Wednesday January 10, 2018

Time: 4:30-6:00

Location: ITD Computer Lab, Basement of Balas

KALPA #: 904696

Join us for an overview of getting Power Teacher Pro ready for the second term.

Raz Plus: Part 1

Audience - all elementary and MS teachers using Vocabulary A -Z

Date: Thursday, January 11, 2018

Time: 4:15 - 5:45p

Location: Balas, Main Conference Room OR join via webinar. You must be registered in Kalpa to receive the webinar login information.

KALPA #: 898105

Join this session to see what’s new with Raz Plus. We’ll take a look at the new file cabinet that allows teachers to personalize assignments and collaborate with teachers with the new file sharing functionality.  Teachers can now organize their roster into groups for guided reading and small group instruction and pull group reports to inform instruction.  This is a session you won’t want to miss!

Raz Plus: Part 2 CANCELLED TRAINER UNABLE TO MAKE IT DUE TO WEATHER

Audience - all elementary and MS teachers using Vocabulary A -Z

Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Time: 4:15 - 5:45p

Location: Balas, Main Conference Room OR join via webinar. You must be registered in Kalpa to receive the webinar login information.

KALPA #: 898106

This session will dive deeper into Raz Plus. Teachers will get an opportunity to review and learn new management tips for online student activity, look into the reports and explore new resources on the teacher end.

Open Lab Time

Audience - all AAPS staff

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2018

Time: 4:15 - 5:45p

Location: ITD Computer Lab, basement of Balas Building.

Are you having an issue with your computer or have a simple software question but just haven't taken the time to create a helpdesk ticket? ITD will have staff available at this drop in session to help answer your questions. Please sign up on this spreadsheet so we can have the appropriate techs available.

Enhancing Instruction with the Ladibug Document Camera

Audience -all levels of staff using Ladibug document cameras in their classroom.

Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Time: 4:15 - 5:45p

Location: ITD Computer Lab, basement of Balas Buidling

KALPA #: 904402

Instructor: Kathy Houser

The Ladibug does more than just display what it sees...it also records!  Come join us for hands-on practice with taking snapshots and producing videos demonstrations to share with your colleagues and students.  Directions for time-lapse photography will also be included.

Illuminate Prebuilt Reports

Audience -K-12 teachers and administrators

Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018

Time: 4:15 - 5:45p

Location: ITD Computer Lab, basement of Balas Buidling

KALPA #: 904403

Instructor: Heather Rottermond

In this drop in session participants will learn how to navigate and use pre-built reports for assessments within Illuminate.  We will dive into item analysis, standard and question group views, as well as how to report on student growth.

How can I protect my identity? Logout, Logout, Logout

How can I protect my identity? Logout, Logout, Logout

Yes, even from Gmail. We know how convenient it is to login to Gmail in the morning, or at the beginning of the week, and to tick the “Keep me logged in” or “Remember me” box.

The basic premise: you login once and then you don’t have to keep logging back in all the time.

The thing is, all this logged-in-forever convenience comes at the cost of reduced security.

This is especially true for our students on district or public computers. It is important that we teach our students to intentionally logout of the websites and computers used during class to ensure other students cannot access their work or post content under their ID. Closing browser tabs, windows and browsers does not guarantee an account is logged out. Let’s all work together to keep our students safe. Let’s teach every student to logout.

When stepping away, even for a moment, logout of every application, website and computer : Forgetting to logout poses a security risk with any computer that is accessible to other people (including computers in public facilities, libraries, offices, and shared at home), because it leaves your account open to abuse. Someone could sit down at that computer and continue working from your account, doing damage to your files, retrieving personal information, or using your account to perform malicious actions. To avoid misuse by others, remember to logout of every application, website or computer whenever you leave it.

‘Sign out’ or ‘Logout’ are usually located in the upper right corner of the screen.

Application		How to Logout
illuminateEd		Click ‘Logout’ in the upper right corner
Moodle		Click your name in the upper right corner and select ‘Logout’
Google Apps		Click your account picture in the upper right corner and select ‘Sign out’
Powerschool		Click ‘Sign out’ in the upper right corner
Clever		Click your name in the upper right corner and select ‘Logout’
Discovery Ed Streaming		Click in the upper right corner and select ‘Logout’
RAZ-Kids		Click ‘Logout’ in the upper right corner
Khan Academy		Click your username in the upper right corner and select ‘Logout’
Code.org		Click your account picture in the upper right corner and select ‘Sign out’
Naviance		Click ‘Logout’ in the top middle or screen
Typing Club		Click your username in the upper right corner and select ‘Logout’

October Technology Training Opportunities

Please sign up in Kalpa as seats are limited. 

Title	Intro to illuminateEd Scanning & Assessment
Date	October 12
Time	4- 6 PM
location	Balas ITD conference room
Trainer	Heather Rottermond
Kalpa #	826532
Description	Introduction to illuminateEd Pretest Scanning and Assessments.
Title	Google Drive Intermediate
Date	October 19
Time	3:30 pm - 5 pm
location	Balas ITD conference room
Trainer	James Marcum
Kalpa #	826541
Description	In this session you will learn what it means to use cloud storage, specifically Google Drive. Gain a better understanding of how Google Drive is organized and how to have instant access to your data. Discuss the pros and cons of using Google Drive to backup your computer.
Title	Excel Basics
Date	October 26
Time	3:30 pm - 5 pm
location	Balas ITD conference room
Trainer	James Marcum
Kalpa #	826547
Description	We’ll explore how to leverage Excel to make life easier. Tips and tricks to manipulate data and make it jump off the page. We’ll sort, split cells, merge cells, use conditional formatting...the list goes on.

Chromebook login screen at elementary schools will change for Clever Badges

In October, the Chromebook login screen at elementary schools will change. This is to allow our youngest learners to use badges to get logged into these devices.  

 

• Students in grades 4 - 12 will need to click Sign in with a different account and then enter their gmail credentials.
• Students in grades K-3 will click Next and then use their badge.

How will K-3 students use Badges to login to Chromebooks?

1. Students open their Chromebooks, click the blue Next button, and the camera activates.
2. Students hold up the Badge to the camera.
3. Students are automatically logged in to the Chromebook.

For directions on how to print an entire class set of badges, click here.

Illuminate Ed Lightning Grader for Scanning

illuminate Ed has begun to migrate users from GradeCam to Lightning Grader for scanning assessments. You may begin to see Lightning Grader on your computer when you go to scan.

Please note, the supported browser for Lightning Grader is Chrome. There is no plug in for Lightning Grader as there was for GradeCam.

NOTE: If you run into trouble getting Lightning Grader to launch, check to see if you have the most recent version of Chrome. Updating may help.

IMPORTANT: Please be aware that bubble sheets printed for GradeCam will not work with Lightning Grader and should be reprinted.

Resources for Lightning Grader can be found at:

• Lightning Grader Overview Video
• Lightning Grader FAQ
• What to do if the Camera Image Not Appearing in Browser Window
• General IlluminateEd support page for Lightning Grader

How can I tell the difference between the Answer sheets from GradeCam and Lightning Grader?

GradeCam answer sheets contain a form identifier at the bottom of the answer sheet that consists of circles. Lightning Grader answer sheets have squares around the entire answer sheet in addition to a QR code at the bottom right-hand corner or the page. Examples can be seen below.

GradeCam:

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Lightning Grader:

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IMPORTANT: Email issue with PowerTeacher Gradebook

PowerSchool has changed the way in which emails are delivered through the system. Formerly, teachers could put their own address in the 'Reply To' slot.This is no longer the case. Instead, all emails are sent from powerschool@aaps.k12.mi.us with a little notice that the email was sent 'on behalf of' a link to the teacher email. This setting is not adjustable by the district.

The 'on behalf of' means that a parent can no longer simply hit reply to and have the reply go to the teacher. Instead, parents would want to click the blue link to the teacher email address to initiate a reply.

Parents who find that these emails are going to spam should 'whitelist' the  powerschool@aaps.k12.mi.us address in their email settings.

ITD is currently looking at alternative products that integrate with PowerSchool that restore the 'reply to' function.

Apple update to iOS version 11

Apple will be releasing iOS version 11 for iPads and iPhones beginning September 19th.

• This is likely to increase network traffic and impact our network connection speed as devices download the update..
• Please Do NOT upgrade personal iPhones and iPads to iOS 11 on the district network. Please ask students wait to upgrade at home.

Currently not all apps and systems are compliant with the new version of iOS. Please let ITD helpdesk know if you run into issues with apps on district devices following the update.