Teachers.Technology

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Safeguarding Student Data: A Teacher’s Guide to Responsible Data Handling

By Bridget Brown | January 23, 2024

Digital Citizenship Week October 16-20!

By Bridget Brown | October 17, 2023

Schedule a Meeting with Webex

By Matt Lee | October 9, 2023

We publish our newsletter monthly with tips, tricks and technology updates. Click the link below to browse through the archive.

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Westside teachers earn Apple and Google certifications!

Apple Teachers are recognized for their understanding of how to use Apple products for teaching and learning. They have proven knowledge of using iPad, Mac, and built-in apps to enhance productivity and inspire creativity in their classrooms and beyond.

Google Certified Level 1 Educators are those that have learned the fundamentals of using Google tools in the classroom. Level 1 validates standard technology implementation skills.

Learn more here!

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Announcing Teachers in Technology! Westside’s technology professional learning program for teachers, by teachers.

Teachers in technology, or TNT for short, is a teacher facilitated program that works to improve how staff use technology in their classroom. Launching in the Spring of 2022, the first cohort of teachers will participate in the program in fall, 2022.

For more information, including how to apply to be a team member or in the cohort, click the link below.

TNT Information.

Class Dojo for Classroom Management

By Matt Lee | February 26, 2021

By Matt Kock What is being tech-savvy? Being tech-savvy is not always about having the newest technology. It doesn’t mean that you are constantly downloading every new App that comes to the store. Cambridge Dictionary describes it as, “knowing a…

November 2020 Webex Update

By Matt Lee | November 10, 2020

November introduces us to Webex Version 40.11. See what’s new! Animated In-Meeting Reactions You can now express yourself non-verbally through in-meeting reactions. This is a great way to engage in a meeting without having to come off of mute. All…

Social Emotional Learning Activities

By Bridget Brown | November 4, 2020

The transition from a traditional classroom to remote learning has been no easy feat. Yet, despite the challenges, teachers across the country, and within our very own district rose to the challenge and made what seemed an impossible feat, happen.…

Webex October 2020 Updates

By Matt Lee | October 23, 2020

The October release of Webex (40.10) includes many great features for educators. Make sure you have the most up to date app to take advantage of these! Introducing the Dark Theme You can now choose whether you want to view…

Digital Citizenship Week

By Bridget Brown | October 19, 2020

Happy Digital Citizenship Week! This week is an opportunity for Teachers and Parents/Guardians to help students learn how to use technology safely and responsibly. Over the past few months many schools and families have transitioned to online learning, and this…

Announcing: iPad Lunchtime Learning

By Matt Lee | October 8, 2020

iPad Use in Learning, Product Creation, and Life As Westside Community Schools prepares to transition to a K-12 deployment of iPads next year we will be hosting three interactive Lunchtime Learning sessions held via video conference on WebEx. These sessions…

Webex Meeting Security

By Matt Lee | October 2, 2020

Updated October 2, 2020 Cisco is constantly updating Webex to provide more options for teachers to better control their meetings. As a result, your toolkit and the ‘best practice’ recommendations are continually evolving! With the September 2020 release, staff now…

Using Webex Teams like a PRO

By Matt Lee | September 30, 2020

See how to configure Teams to maximize productivity and minimize notification overload! We’ll go through the difference between teams and spaces, how to share files, set up notifications, mentions and how to use advanced features like flag for review and…

Getting Started With iPad Productivity

By Matt Lee | September 25, 2020

Want to get more productive with your iPad? Looking to be more efficient? Multitask? We’ll cover how to have multiple apps up at the same time, how to drag and drop between apps, and see all the great things that…

What’s New With Webex in 2020 – Video Walk Through

By Matt Lee | September 25, 2020

Check out what’s new with the latest release of Webex! We’ll take a look at the new, streamlined interface, as well as new features like breakout rooms, meeting cohosts and more!