ECSD Technology Newsletter

Thursday October 29th at 3:30 - Is the Instructional Technology Swap Shop. We are super lucky to have some state Ed-Tech Leaders join with Elbert Co School District virtually to swap knowledge about any and everything about Instructional Technology. This should be a fun, engaging, and informative time to be able to ask and have questions answered about best using technology in the classroom. Please sign up HERE if you would like to get a link and join our Google Meet.

We are very fortunate to have some enhanced features with Google. With this there is no additional sign in feature. We are able to do things like record our Google Meets, have originality reports (Which I covered in a previous newsletter) and also enhanced. There have been lots of updates to Google Meets which have actually just rolled out this week. One of my favorite Edtech folks Eric Curts put together this great video about a new feature for Google Meets called Break Out Rooms. With Break Out rooms you can put students or participants in your Google Meet into smaller rooms (that you have control of). Check out the video below.

Clint will be offering the following Virtual PL classes after school during October and November . I had great feedback from some teachers who attended in September that it would be great if I recorded these classes. I will be recording and posting these PL classes for October and November! You still need to sign up to receive the recording. Use the following link to sign up

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3uTWcoz7ywJK2ISO7lPa84Hw6UGYOcN_LQ5HonU4f4Q9Qww/viewform?usp=sf_link

We are fortunate to be able to have the new tool "Pear Deck" in Elbert County. This is a tool to make google slides interactive for all students. Teachers who attended the 1:1 bootcamp before school started were able to hear about these features. Below are a couple of resources about Pear Deck. If you would like to learn more I will be leading a virtual training at 3:30 on August 24th. You can sign up HERE

Getting Started with Pear Deck

Cool Things you Can Do

Pear Deck Knowledge Base

Joe Dawson - Elbert County Elementary School

Matt Johnson - Elbert County Middle School

Sherri Rampey -Elbert County Primary School

Hector Santiago - Elbert County Comprehensive High School

Bruce Stewart - Technology Director Elbert County School District

Clint Winter - Instructional Technology Coordinator Elbert County School District

Website: elbert.k12.ga.us
Phone: 706.213.4000
Twitter: @elbertcoschools