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.

Jam out with Google Jamboard!

By Matt Lee | September 25, 2020

Jamboard is an easy, collaborative whiteboard workspace that can be used by teachers and students. We will explore the annotation and collaboration features that can be used to deliver content, make learning connections, engage students, and provide feedback. Download the…

YouTube Kids Blocking Access?

By Matt Lee | September 21, 2020

By Daniel Glazer Sometimes, students log in to their personal Gmail accounts on their iPads. If they have done this, and their parents have configured their child’s personal accounts as a kid’s account, then this may cause issues when trying…

What’s New with Flipgrid?

By Bridget Brown | September 17, 2020

How do you get input from your students, or check for understanding? In the classroom do you use a “Fist to Five”? Or in your remote delivery classrooms do you use “Discussion Boards,” or digital Exit tickets? Enter Flipgrid, you…

September Webex Updates

By Matt Lee | September 15, 2020

The September update of Webex has introduced some major changes and feature improvements! Westside students and staff now have access to updated meeting controls, video breakout sessions, waiting rooms for scheduled meetings and the in-meeting co-host role. Take a look…

Seesaw Teacher Guides

By Bridget Brown | September 11, 2020

So you’ve setup your Seesaw class, assigned work and your students are moving right along. But what about all those notifications that are now showing up in your email? How do you manage these effectively? Or did you decide you’d…

Apple Classroom 2020

By Matt Lee | August 17, 2020

Changes to Apple Classroom This year, Apple has updated how they handled classes on Apple Classroom. They are in the middle of a transition which unfortunately puts us in a awkward spot as we start the 2020-2021 school year. End…

Meeting Changes with Webex

By Matt Lee | August 17, 2020

8/17/20 We’ve been hard at work configuring our Webex set up to be as friendly as possible to teachers and put our learners in the best possible position to be successful. To that end, we’ve updated the default permissions of…

Webex: Best Practices on Running Student Meetings

By Matt Lee | August 14, 2020

In class, you’ll want to take a couple steps to ensure a safe environment for your students to learn. These include setting permissions on who can share their screens, and regulating the built-in chat room. Also: Don’t forget that all…

The Webex ‘Lobby’

By Matt Lee | August 12, 2020

In Webex, there is the concept of the ‘Lobby’. This is a virtual waiting area for students that is NOT part of your meeting and they do NOT have chat/video/audio capabilities. Personal Meeting Room You can enable the lobby or…