Vol. 2, Issue 9 February 4, 2014
Tech News Tuesday online eNewsletter IN THIS ISSUE The month of February features Black History Month, Winter Olympics, Digital Learning Day, we have you covered with amazing resources: Focus On – Black History Month Cool Tool of the Week – NBCLearn.com Mobile App of the Week – How to find Educational Apps Website of the Week – Digital Learning Day Office Tip of the Week – Connecting to Wireless Network Trending Topic of the Week – Google in Education Training Fun Tech of the Week – Building Legos with Chrome
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Table of Contents
Ella Fitzgerald
Zora Neale Hurston
President Barack Obama
African American History Month
Focus On page 1
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Cool Tool of the Week page 2 Langston Hughes
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Miles Davis
Rosa Parks
ONLINE ENEWSLETTER PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY STAFF RESOURCES
Focus On
Black History Month
Click on the shapes below for Resources, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Websites for Teachers: Library of Congress Scholastic.com Resources Meet African American icons, leaders, activists, and inventors with these teaching resources.
National Education Association Black History Month Lessons & Resources
Ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids. Smithsonian Education Black History Teaching Resources Edutopia.com
Black History Month provides a great opportunity for students to explore the history of Civil Rights in America. But it's important that teachers "reinforce that 'black history' is American history," writes Pat Russo in Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Black History Month. Russo's article is a great place to start when determining how to best incorporate black history into your lesson plans. Really, it's a topic that should be incorporated throughout the year, Russo writes, but in February, teachers can dig deeper, provide students with more context, and connect the past to the present.
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Mobile App of the Week page 3
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Office Tip of the Week page 4
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Trending Topic of the Week page 5
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Fun Tech of the Week page 5
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Cool Tool of the Week
WWW.NBCLEARN.COM
For more than 80 years, NBC News has been documenting the people, places, and events that shape our world. NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, is dedicated to making these historic stories, images and primary source documents available ondemand to teachers, students, and parents.
This 10-part video series, produced by NBC Learn and NBC Sports, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, explores the science, technology, engineering and math of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. > click here to visit
NBC Learn, in partnership with the National Science Foundation and National Football League, unravels the science behind professional football. > click here to visit
Additional lessons on the NBCLearn.com website include: Sustainability Water; Science of Golf; Science of Innovation; Writers Speak to Kids; Science of NHL Hockey; Chemistry Now; Changing Planet; Finishing the Dream Civil Rights Era; Sinking of the Titanic; and Science Behind the News
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Mobile App of the Week
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There’s an app for that!
These sites make it easy to find Educational Apps with their reviews, search filters, and teacher recommendations
Graphite.org
TeachersWithApps.com
EducationalAppStore.com
Website of the Week
Digital Learning Day - in February & All Year Long
www.digitallearningday.org Lesson Plans > click here Ready-made activities that you can use with your students on Digital Learning Day and beyond. Each lesson includes full lesson plan, a short video introduction from the teacher who submitted the lesson.
Toolkits > click here Check out the website to find: Toolkits Lesson Plans Math English Language Arts Science Social Studies Afterschool Projected Based Learning Bring Your Own Device Guidance Civics
Designed to provide ideas about how technology can enhance the educational experience, recommended apps and website tools.
Edutopia.com – Digital Learning Day Resource Roundup > click here
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Office Tip of the week What a better way to continue learning then to update your skills in Microsoft Office! Sign up today for the free online training for MCS Employees to take self-paced lessons on courses you choose in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and more. Your account is good for the full calendar year. > Click here for a flyer and how to sign up
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Connecting to Wireless and Authenticating to the Network Many of our school sites and offices have wireless Internet throughout the District. These videos will show you how to connect to them on your mobile device: Apple iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod:
MCS IT Self-Help Desk Website Website focusing on the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS with technology that we thought would be helpful. Please let us know any topics you think should be added. www.mcs4kids.com/helpdesk
15 Office Etiquette Tips to Live By from Yahoo! Shine 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Don’t be too loud. Don’t interrupt your colleagues. Be mindful of office chatter. Don’t eat smelly food. > click here to see the rest
Android Mobile Device:
Office Space
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Trending Topic of the week
www.google.com/edu/training/tools
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Recently Google updated its Google for Education website with step by step tutorials, videos, and ideas how to use the apps in the classroom. Featured training for Google in: Docs & Drive Sites Calendar Chrome Search Maps YouTube Digital Literacy To request GAFE Accounts for Modesto City Schools Teachers, Staff, and Students > click here For MCS Google Apps Training > click here
Fun Tech of the week
www.buildwithchrome.com
Build something awesome with Google Chrome and Legos! The Google Chrome web browser will be required chrome.google.com
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