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Create a Parent Contact Group in Gmail

Google Contact Groups are a convenient way to quickly send messages to multiple email recipients, especially groups you frequently communicate with, such as parents. You can easily export parent email addresses from PowerSchool into a Google Contact Group with just…

Changing the Display Text Size in PowerSchool

PowerTeacher Pro is designed so that you can see multiple students or assignments in a compact view by default. However, you can zoom in by changing the text size.

Technology Update #89

Welcome to Issue #89 of the Technology Update! This week’s newsletter highlights the use of Freeform for historical figures’ profiles, introduces a new Safari feature in iPadOS 18, and provides an update on the recent AirPlay issues. Lastly, we have…

Printing a Pane in PowerSchool

Have you ever wanted to print out a student’s Quick Lookup pane, but when you go to File>Print, you end up printing only the top portion of the PowerSchool page and/or just the Navigation menu on the left? This is…

Copy Assignments in PowerSchool

As a lead teacher or co-teacher, you have the ability to copy one, some, or all of the PowerTeacher Pro Assignments in a selected term and class to other terms and classes using the Copy Assignments feature. Note: If a…

Updating Cell Phone in EAC

Having an accurate cell phone number listed in EAC is essential for staff. This allows you to receive important text messages from the district, including notice of snow days! To update or to verify that your number is correct:

Seesaw Tips & Tricks

Seesaw is a fantastic tool for capturing learning in the classroom. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. It’s simple to get student work…

New for ’23: Good Notes

A great new addition to Westside is Good Notes! We already have access to several powerful note taking apps (i.e., Apple Notes, Notability) and Good Notes is a great alternative if you find those apps aren’t meeting your need –…

Tech Tools for Communication and Creation

Learning can be deepened when students are asked to create products that express what they know or think. In particular, it’s the combination of communication and creation that can make these activities more instructionally meaningful. Deeper levels of Communication and…

2022-23 Technology Professional Learning

Check out the below for our formal professional learning schedule for the 2022-23 school year. In addition to the formal sessions and drop-in ‘office hours’, we have a wide variety of asynchronous and on-demand resources. Teachers.technology: This is our home…