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.

Undo Send with Gmail

By Matt Lee | April 26, 2022

Have you ever accidentally hit send before you were ready? With Gmail on the Web, and in the Gmail app on iPad, you have the ability to quickly un-send a message that you accidentally hit send. Be quick though –…

Send it Later with Google Gmail

By Matt Lee | April 25, 2022

Working late but don’t want an email to go out until morning? Planning ahead and need to compose a reminder email that needs to go out next week? Google has you covered! With the ‘Schedule send’ feature, you can send…

iPad Logitech Crayon Guide

By Tony Mininni | April 22, 2022

iPad Logitech Crayon Guide April 22, 2022 Tony Mininni How To Turn The Crayon On How To Turn The Crayon Off The Logitech Crayon will also turn itself off automatically after…

Conducting an Audio-only Webex

By Matt Lee | March 8, 2022

Are you looking to hold a meeting with someone that doesn’t have internet access, or doesn’t have access to a device capable of video conferencing? You may want to take advantage of the capabilities of Webex to allow phone users…

Celebrate Black History Month with Creative Cloud Express

By Bridget Brown | February 8, 2022

Creative Cloud Express (formerly known as Adobe Spark) has developed an amazing collection of lesson plans and projects to honor achievements of Black Icons, retell historical events, and make an impact through social awareness. For Educators, Creative Cloud Express makes…

Laptop Frequently Asked Questions

By Matt Lee | February 3, 2022

In pursuit of higher levels of efficiency, performance and reliability, in the coming weeks we will be helping certified staff members transition from their current 4+ year-old laptops to new MacBook Air laptops with increased storage. DETAILS: GOAL: Provide up-to-date…

New Webex App

By Matt Lee | January 28, 2022

Starting on or around February 11, 2022 we’re simplifying things. Instead of having both a Webex Teams app and a Webex Meetings app installed on your Mac, you’ll find just one app – Webex. If you’ve been using Webex for…

3D Models in Explain Everything

By Bridget Brown | January 12, 2022

Explain Everything Whiteboard has now partnered with the market leading 3D platform, Sketchfab, making it possible to utilize 3D models on the digital whiteboard. Having the ability to use 3D models in a digital whiteboard environment provides a way to…