Volume 2 | Issue 2
Parkway School District
Know & Go
@your Library
Be who you are And say what you want Because those who mind Don’t matter And those who matter Don’t mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go
Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer
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These Graphic Novels went missing from the library at the end of last year...If you see them or know who might have them, the library would like to have them back for check out to other students. Also, In your mailbox are overdue notices for books out from the library as of the end of May. Some of the notices are from the student’s home school. Please return them to the library as soon as possible.
Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
Highlighted & Circled Technology, Research & Learning Resources
Edmodo - Free Digital Citizenship Poster Even if you don’t necessarily use Edmodo, this free poster has some practical reminders for students as they use digital tools and resources, such as Google. http://goo.gl/Pq55iS. In addition to the poster there is also a sample code of conduct to help students use technology in a safe and responsible manner http: //goo.gl/LlL14t.
10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have From the Educational Technology Guy’s Blog (David Andrade) you can read the post where he curates the skills needed based on several articles on internet search, office suite skills, self learning, typing skills, social media, netiquette, safety, basic troubleshooting, backing up data, and finding software/apps. Each topic includes resources to get more information. While this is not a new blog post it is a nice frame of reference when thinking about what it is we want students to know and be able to do with technology.
September 17th - Constitution Day & HEC-TV.org HEC-TV Live!, in partnership with the Missouri Bar, celebrates Constitution Day by taking an in depth look into what it took to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its on-going impacts. Join us on September 17 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Central Daylight Time by emailing your enrollment information to live@hectv.org. To obtain more details about the program including related curriculum standards, program objectives and agenda, pre and post program learning activities, and additional video and web resources related to the program, click on the Program Materials link on the right side of the page. http://goo.gl/owSSZ6 In addition to this planned event they have an entire section on their website devoted to teachers and curricular materials in the areas of Communication ARts, Fine ARts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies http://goo.gl/lKMgSx. If programming on the go is what you need they also have downloads available at the iTunes U Channel. Contact information at HEC-TV: Helen Headrick - Educational Opportunities Coordinator - utilization@hectv.org or 314.531.4455
Discovery Education We now have a new way to access Discovery Education in and out of the district. Both students and staff will use your Novell account username and password to access DE at http://pkwy.discoveryeducation.com.
It Makes You Think
Google Migrating your Google Drive On the Parkway Google Apps for Education website there are several resources available to support your Google learning. We will highlight how to move files from your own Google drive account to your Parkway Google App account. The best way to do this is to share the document then change the ownership to the new parkwayschhols.net account. The documentation on how to do this is at http://goo.gl/lyZhzw
@your Library St Louis County Library Card Campaign! The St. Louis County Library is currently running a library card campaign. This year SLCL has implemented an online registration module to streamline the process. They encourage schools to direct students and staff that do not already have a SLC Library card to http: //webpac.slcl. org/screens/schoolregistration. html to submit the online library card application. The staff will create library cards for those students and staff and deliver the library cards to your school to be distributed.
Google Classroom At the end of last week, Google released a new tool for districts using Google Apps for Education called Google Classroom. Google Classroom is basically a document management tool that allows you to create classes for your students to join and gives you the opportunity to assign documents to students all at once without having to use elaborate scripts and add-ons. A folder structure will be created in both you and your student's Drive accounts for quick access to documents. Additionally, students will be able to submit documents to you to be graded and returned to them all digitally and through Drive. Finally, Google Classroom will allow you to email all of your students with their Parkway Google accounts directly from Classroom eliminating the need to make elaborate lists. This tool is available to you immediately and can be accessed at http://classroom. google.com where you will sign in with your Parkway Google account. Be sure to signify that your role is that of a teacher to get you started in the right way. Once you are in you will go into queue to be given the permissions of a teacher (that should take about 24 hours). You'll be able to get in, you just won't be able to create a class until permissions are granted. You should receive an email confirmation that you've been added to the Classroom Teachers group. When students go in, they will be prompted to login to their Parkway Google account and then they will have to choose student. This is where the teacher verification comes in and why it takes a day to verify you. There will be more specific how-to information coming soon. Here are two resources that are available for you to get started. â—? Intro to Google Classrom presentation - (Thanks to Kira Landolt NEM) http://goo.gl/Uo7TfC â—? Google Classroom YouTube playlist - This resource is not specific to Parkway but it will get you started. Start with the second video as the first one doesn't pertain to us. http://goo.gl/XWFCzn As this is a new product, changes will be coming and more features will be added as time goes on.
Personalized Learning MOREnet Are you working with teachers to help them find items that compliment Common Core curriculum for all grade levels? MOREnet is kicking off their new Online Resources webinar schedule with Common Core resources available through EBSCO. Register for this session through the Webinar schedule at http://search.more.net/content/training.
Introducing the ISTE-Verizon Mobile Learning The academy is a wonderful free professional learning opportunity for K-12 public, private and charter schools in the United States that will help school teams of teachers, tech coaches and administrators prepare for successfully integrating mobile technology into learning and teaching. Teams of educators will work together to make the pedagogical and cultural change necessary to leverage mobile technology to improve and accelerate student learning.
About Books 36 Books Becoming Movies The Monuments Men Winter’s Tale Therese Raquin All You Need is Kill The Hundred-Foot Journey the Giver Dark Places This is Where I Leave You The Maze Runner Here Be Monsters! Gone Girl Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day The Best of Me Mockingjay The Hobbit Unbroken A Long Way Down Far From the Madding Crowd Alan Turing:The Enigma If I Stay Devil’s Knot Wild One Fat Summer And many more...check out http://goo.gl/1ihy5C
This program is funded by the Verizon Foundation and is limited to United States' schools only, as per their commitment to the White House's Connected Program<http: //m.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/k-12/connected#resources>. ISTE is inviting school teams from across the continental United States to apply to participate in the first phase of the program.
Google Apps Development Opps Missouri Summit featuring Google for Education Saturday, October 4th - Maplewood-Richmond Heights SD 60 Breakout sessions Registration is $80 More info: www.gafemo.com
Google Educator Group Eastern Missouri Online community hosted in Google+ Interested go to : http://tinyurl.com/gegmo