Newsletter August 5, 2014

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August 5, 2014

TIS AND THAT Everett Jeremy Rodriguez | Andrea Clark

Awesome Apps Remind for iPhone Are you looking for a quick and easy way to contact a group of students or parents?

Check out Remind for iPhone.

Remind is a safe way to send announcements through email or text message. Use it to remind your parents about an organizational meeting, your sports team about practice, or your students about homework.

Remote Are you tired of trying to keep up with that tiny little remote for your Apple TV? Get Remote for your iPad or iPhone.

Remote allows you to turn your mobile device into a remote control for your Apple TV. Best of all, Remote gives you a keyboard to fill in search fields so you won’t have to waste time using arrow keys to enter text.

TIS and That

A Meeting of the Minds During the days of June 23-25 2014, approximately 60 West Virginia Teachers gathered to begin their journey toward becoming a Technology Integration Specialist. The conference marks the beginning of 320 hours of work that will earn them the certification. Technology Integration Specialist, or TIS, assist PreK through 12 classroom teachers with staff development and instructional support through the use of technology. A TIS doesn’t fix broken computers. Instead they provide strategies and training to help teachers integrate technology into their lessons.# The conference instructed the TIS trainees on the technology they would be using to complete the course work and expectations to complete the program.#

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West Virginia Statewide Technology Conference 2014 Full STEAM Ahead!

Approximately 600 pre-K, elementary and secondary public school teachers, administrators, and technology specialists from all over WV gathered at the Waterfront Hotel in Morgantown July 14-18. #

iTunes U According to apple.com, “iTunes U courses let teachers give each class a customized learning experience. Teachers can create and manage their course and students can experience it all from the iTunes U app on iPad.” iTunes U is an amazing app that allows a teacher to search through volumes of courses and resources that they can integrate into their classrooms. These courses include videos, documents, and even books.

Search by grade level or subject.

Use iTunes U to help you flip your classroom. iTunes U allows teachers to create their own courses. Create a unit for your private classroom or share your lesson with other iTunes U users. Attach PDF documents, video links, and iBooks to your lessons. Your students can use the “notes” feature in iBooks to highlight selections and make notes for your class. Create your course using your iPad, a new feature to iTunes U.

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The conference kicked off with a keynote address from Margo Day, Microsoft Corporation's Vice President of US Education.

Speaking on the importance of career-ready students and the modern workforce, Day offered insight into what employers will be looking for in future employees (our current students).

According to Day, 90 percent of the digital information available has been created in the last 2 years, making it necessary for us to prepare students for jobs that have not been invented yet. During her presentation Day announced that the West Virginia Department of Education, in partnership with Microsoft, is implementing the Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) program in WV high schools this summer, with the program being available for use in the classroom starting in the fall of 2014. #

Margo Day, Vice President of Education for the Microsoft Corporation, delivers the keynote address at the West Virginia Statewide Technology Conference

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August 5, 2014

STAYING ALIVE! Health Science Educa/on in Career Tech Ed is Bringing Technology to Life Schoology is a learning management that transforms the way students and teachers use technology.

It is a 4me effec4ve solu4on that tracks, organizes, and transfers data automa4cally.

It is a free solu4on that is universally compa4ble with other programs and technologies. Schoology gives educators access to the high quality tools and content on the market.

Teachers can ensure curricular consistency throughout the classroom by aligning learning outcomes easily and effec4vely with just a few simple clicks.

Students can collaborate with peers and join academic groups. Educators can exchange resources with peers also and work together to make them beNer. There is tools to analyze student learning as well as give scores. Students can track submit assignment and track grades. It takes some of the guesswork out of the classroom. Check Schoology out! See if it is right for your classroom!

Schoology.com TIS and That

With the development of technology and integra4on into the Health Science classrooms, teachers are taking healthcare educa4on to a new level. Twenty-­‐first century equipment in a controlled classroom environment creates a simulated real-­‐life workplace through scenarios.

MAKE IT REAL! That is what we are doing.

Instructors create different scenarios, in which students can listen to heart rates, lung sounds, observe cardiac rhythms and vital signs using computer-­‐ connected Simulaid Manikins.

Students must observe and record the informa4on necessary to work through the scenario in order to iden4fy the health care issue, develop a plan of treatment, and save the manikin. The use of this equipment in the classroom allows the instructor to guide the student through the situa4on and ensure that the correct lifesaving decisions are made, giving the student experience and confidence for his or her future in healthcare. Making it real in the classroom is the first step to keeping it real in the workplace.

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