Volume 2 Issue 4 April 2019
APRIL HIGHLIGHTS!
Kat Marnin
Students in Mrs. Marnin’s class have been investigating how to transform functions using desmos. They have been graphing the functions and then comparing them to their
parent function.
Amber Dudley
Kerrie Updegraff & Lee Walker
Amanda Quinonez
Andrew Tillehkooh
Mrs. Dudley’s students used a hyperdoc to learn about the college loan process. They then created comic strips or blabber dialogues to show their knowledge.
Mr. Walker & Mrs. Up had their Astronomy students use Storyjumper for their solar system research project.
Mr. Tillehkooh’s students have been working on a research project on the Holocaust using google docs. They then had the choice to present their research using Slides or Adobe Spark.
#techgrit!! Keep learning, keep asking questions and keep using it. It’s scary but if you start small it’s not so bad.
Be honest
with your students that you are learning the process right along with them.
Ms. Quinonez’s students created a blog page and answered a series of self reflective prompts to get them thinking about how they’d like to leave a positive footprint on society for their Take A Stand Project.
Don’t be afraid to dive in! Use social media to your advantage. Twitter can be your new best friend.
Stick with it and you’ll find that technology really enhances the learning experience in more ways than one.
CLASSROOM HIGHLIGHT EDITION
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TEACHER HACK
Teacher Shout Out
APP OF THE MONTH
UPDATE:
Share websites and resources with your students on Google Classroom with a push of a button
Teachers and students download the extension to easily share using Google Chrome
Patrick Marnin
has his Sports Statistics
students use Google Docs
to create “Investigations” that have students simulate real world sports applications, work through hypotheses, and chart their findings in graphs and tables. This allows
Mr. Marnin to see student work in real time and provide immediate feedback .
Ctrl + Shift + T
Opens an accidentally closed tab
Upload ANY PDF to make it into an interactive formative assessment.
Allows teacher to see student work in real time to provide immediate feedback and showcase correct answers or common mistakes.
Volume 2 Issue 3 March 2019
Review Mode:
Review with the class in a flash card style
or
have students review the questions themselves for further practice.
Tech Shortcuts
Windows + P
Helps change projector mode
Windows + ;
Opens Emojis! 👉💪
TEACHER HACK
ERHS HIGHLIGHT
APP OF THE MONTH
MORE PD OPPORTUNITIES
Highlight your cursor to help demonstrate tech to students
💜 Highlights cursor
💜 Different colors
💜 Chrome Extension
💜 Shows keys that are pressed
On January 29th there were over 30 teachers at the ED Tech Planning Day. Many great resources were created in all content areas. Check them out here:
http://tinyurl.com/techgritpadlet
Create random groups fast using a Google Spreadsheet and Flippity.net. Check out this tutorial!
💘 Capture anything: record your entire desktop or current browser
💘 Make it personal: narrate with your microphone
💘 Lives in Chrome: Extension operates within your browser.
💘 Saves to your Drive: automatically syncs with your drive.
Volume 2 Issue 2 February 2019
❤️ 2/14: Partner Hyperdocs
☘️3/26: Google Basics
🌼 4/8 & 4/10: 9th Grade BYOD Training
🌈 4/30 & 5/1: 10th Grade BYOD Training
📚 5/8: EdTech Planning & Shareout
TECH TIP
Flippity.net
Teacher Hack
Classroom Highlight
Tech Tip
App of the Month
CNUSD
full premium access
Google Extension Challenge
Quick and FREE PDF editor
📌 PDF to Word
📌 Deleted pages
📌 Merge PDFs
📌 and so much more
taught and promoted literacy in her Spanish 2 class, using NEWSELA and supports AVID with WICOR strategies
#globalliteracy
Teachers can quickly access ERHS te@ch resources by typing in the following URL:
Feel free to BOOKMARK it on your web browser
In Adobe Sparks Spark.adobe.com you can transform your ideas into creative visual stories (videos, webpages and digital portfolios), using impactful graphics.
Search the chrome web store for extensions/apps that are relevant to you and can help customize your google chrome web browser.
Volume 2 Issue 1 January 2019
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Marlena Hidalgo
Copying content from another CANVAS course
Volume 1 Issue 5 December 2017
At the semester your new Canvas course will be blank again. You don’t have to start from scratch. Copy over the homepage and resources that you created from first semester.
NEW ILLUMINATE SCANNING
Your old tests will still work! Just print the new answer sheets.
Follow these steps: bit.do/copycanvas
A digital Post-it Wall
Padlet is a website/virtual wall. Once the wall has been created anyone can easily post to the wall. No login necessary participants just need the link to the wall. Anyone can add to the board or the teacher can lock it. Students can only edit their contributions. Can be used with any device.
Learn more on how to customize your answer sheet: bit.do/erhsilluminate
-Submitting Digital Work
-Website of Resources
-Group Collaboration
-Exit Ticket
-Student Portfolio
-Vocabulary
-Digital Poster Board
-Brainstorming
-Class Discussions
-Geocaching
1. Go to bit.do/erhsjolly for the snowman template
2. Make a copy & sign into Google
3. Create your SNOWMAN
4. Upload to twitter & Hashtag #ERHSjolly
5. Winner announced 12/21
Go to: bit.do/erhsjolly
You have to use CHROME when scanning. NO plugin required!
Add options for short answers, essays, and multiple choice with up to NINE choices.
WOW! Erin Gonzales organized and ran an AMAZINGLY extensive multi lock & puzzle Breakout EDU activity for her Math 2 students!
It was so successful her students requested more!
VERIFY THAT YOUR STUDENTS WATCHED THE VIDEO
Volume 1 Issue 4 November 2017
📌 Upload a video or find one on YouTube
📌 Crop, add your voice, embed questions
& quizzes
SNIPPING TOOL
On your school computer/surface search for the “ Snipping Tool” and save it to the your taskbar to always have available
Quickly create screenshots
Snip just what you want
Copy & paste your snips to whatever you need.
Go to bit.do/snaperhs for details
Teacher 📚 Librarian Nadine Loza taught students in Becca Deragisch’s class to evaluate news articles through the online quiz
which tests how well students can spot fake news
Want Mrs. Loza to run this lesson with your students? ☎ Call her at extension 1701
Works on ANY device!
Easily pull questions from hundreds of user created quizzes OR create your own
Review data reports
Scramble question order
Assign to play live as a class OR assign for homework/student paced mode
Engaging & powerful alternative to a worksheet or study guide
“Went for it ... & had almost 100% engagement using Quizizz to review what we learned about functions & solving them!”
-Karen Koch (1st time user)
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Teacher Hack
Classroom Highlight
Tech Tip
App of the Month
Twitter Challenge
Volume 1 Issue 3 October 2017
Google Forms are MAGICAL! They can be used for a plethora of edu possibilities. Here are a few examples:
Plus SO much MORE! To learn how to create Google Forms for your classroom needs come to F-208 on your prep October 12th & 13th.
Even if you are familiar with Google Forms, I promise you will learn something new!
Copy and Paste a URL at PrintFriendly.com
MAKE ANY WEBPAGE PRINTER FRIENDLY & PDF
1. In a 140 characters or less share a lesson you are excited to teach this month
2. Hashtag #ERHS #ERHStweets
3. Find Fuertsch to get a sticker
Or download the chrome extension
Are you more of a Google lover? Download Slides & Docs instead
Use student cell phones for LEARNING!
Have your students download the PowerPoint & Word mobile apps. Once the apps are downloaded & opened they will be prompted to sign in with their district credentials.
Jamie Liu’s students researched & presented on global warming in Mandarin. Students individually organized & presented their research by creating digital posters via Padlet.com.
The digital format of the posters allowed students to create professional presentations with embedded pictures and video clips along with a link to share with others outside the classroom.
Teacher Hack
Classroom Highlight
Tech Tip
App of the Month
Twitter Challenge
Mrs. Isett & her students are flipping over Flipgrid. For Dual Immersion AP US, students responded to an essay prompt with their thesis statement. Peers provided feedback on the theses through the comments feature. For Dual Immersion AP Gov each student was assigned a court case and explained its significance in 1 minute.
Volume 1 Issue 2 September 2017
Nearpod (nearpod.com) is an online interactive presentation platform. Participants can draw, participate in polls, quizzes, open ended questions, virtual field trips, click on hyperlinks, and more.
Viewable on all devices
📲 💻 🍎
You can share resources with individual people, your class, or even the entire district and they can share with you.
Flash drives are no longer needed. Use Onedrive and access your resources on any computer,
OR turn your link into a QR Code by pasting it into qrstuff.com. The ERHS app, Snapchat & Twitter all have QR code readers.
Go to bit.do & paste your long link. You can create a customizable short link that is easy to access.
Do you want your students to access a web link quickly?
1. Take a selfie with something Roosevelt
2. Post your selfie on Twitter
3. Note something new you are trying this year
4. Hashtag #erhs #erhstweets
5. Find Fuertsch to get a sticker
45-day upgraded FREE trial: PROMO CODE FlipFall17
Teacher Hack
Classroom Highlight
Tech Tip
App of the Month
Twitter Challenge
Do you ever just want to show a portion of a YouTube video? Do you hate all the adds & comments?
SafeShare.tv generates a new video link for you that REMOVES all the CLUTTER & lets you CROP what you want to show.
John Souza
created a phone charging station for his students
#Brilliant
Have students quickly access Canvas by typing in the following URL:
bit.do/canvaserhs (Write it on your board)
Many of you used Canva.com to create your buttons & banner for your Canvas homepage but click the icon to learn other ways you can use Canva in the classroom.
LURK & LEARN: Search educhats by their #hashtags that are relevant to you and follow the people that share meaningful information
Volume 1 Issue 1 August 2017