Aeries: A Quick Guide to the New Interface

Does the new Aeries have you wondering how to find the information you need?

Have you figured out how to create shortcuts to the pages you use the most?

Take a minute to review this slide deck and find a few time savers. Email me directly with questions or post comment below.

All District technology resources are archived at the District website under technology support. https://sites.google.com/a/smuhsd.org/tsg/

Thanks,
Dominic Bigue
SMUHSD Edtech Coordinator

Graphite- Filter Common Core Resources by Content Area or Standards

STEM Lecture Series- Foothill College March 14th

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Silicon Valley CUE- Teach Through Tech

SVCUE Technology Event

T3 Teach Through Technology

The Harker School 

500 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129

Saturday March 8, 2014

8:00am - 3:00pm

The 2014 "Teach Through Technology" event will again be held at The Harker School in San Jose. It's the best value in educational technology training - you will not be disappointed!

This annual educational event is for school and university personnel, parents, and other individuals who work with students in the area of technology.

Online and group registration is closed for the upcoming Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators professional development training on March 8th. You may register on-site at the event for $60.

You'll receive a day of training on interesting topics from well-versed education leaders, a hall of industry and non-profit exhibitors, breakfast and a sit-down lunch. Plus, there are door prizes at the end of the day. It's a great day, and a great deal.

Session Schedule and Resources

Spring ED-Tech PD Opportunities: Common Core, Edtech & Napa and Teach Through Tech

Interested in an opportunity to be inspired by fellow teachers and reflect on your work? Take a look at these 2 PD opportunities...

Feb 14th-16th Common Core, Ed tech and Napa

This CUE Rock Star event specializes in purposely designed, focused, small group everts that have three items in common:

•Hands-On Learning
All three days consist of two, two-hour sessions allowing attendees to "dig in deep" and really get to know their topic and build resources to use next year.  Morning sessions are repeated in the afternoon so that attendees have two different opportunities to attend a workshop.

•Small Presenter to Attendee Ratios

CUE Rock Star events are built so that there is one presenter for every ten attendees and the events sell out at 60-70 attendees.  This allows participants to get hands-on support and learn directly from knowledgeable educators.

•Time for Collaboration and Networking

We purposely start late, end early, and take extended lunches so that all attendees have ample opportunities to collaborate and network as part of learning community.  

This event will focus on CCSS integration of technology.
To learn about the sessions or register: https://sites.google.com/site/cuenorthbay/

March 8th- Silicon Valley Cue Presents: Teach Through Technology

Register now for the upcoming Silicon Valley Computer Using Educators professional development training on March 8th! The 2014 "Teach Through Technology" event will again be held at The Harker School in San Jose. It's the best value in educational technology training - you will not be disappointed! The day starts at 8 AM, and concludes at 3 PM.  Early bird rates are effective 'til February 1st! Only $35 for SVCUE members!!! This is a steal! You'll receive a day of training on interesting topics from well-versed education leaders, a hall of industry and non-profit exhibitors, breakfast and a sit-down lunch. Plus, there are door prizes at the end of the day. It's a great day, and a great deal. Act now to get the early bird rate!

Modeling Smarter Balanced Assessments

In following up with teachers since our practice with Smarter Balanced Assessments, many have shared interest in modeling digital assessments. Here are 3 options that might get you started:

1. Google Forms are an easy way to create multiple choice or short answer quizzes or even collect digital responses from students. Interested? Take a look at this short video created by Sarah Press to walk you through setting up and sending a google form to students:

2. Socrative is a free student response system teachers can use to create a series of educational exercises and games.  Socrative runs on tablets, smartphones, and laptops and their apps are super simple and take seconds to login. Students can respond digitally to verbal or written questions on the board.



3. Blendspace.com is an easy to way to take a variety of media sources like video, images or websites and scaffold them with questions, forms or other collaborative communication sites like padlet or todaysmeet. Browse their teacher library for some samples that might lend themselves to your curriculum before jumping in. You can send a link to the "spaces" you create.



If you have questions or would like to add a resource to the conversation, feel free to add a comment or let me or your ITC know how we can support you.
Thanks,
Dominic

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