LRC Weekly Update
August 24th 2025
🕷️Spider in the Well Survives the First Round!
Swish! Week One of March Book Madness is officially in the books, and the competition was fierce. Fans rallied, votes were cast, and when the buzzer sounded, Spider in the Well emerged victorious to secure its spot in the next round.
Did your bracket survive the first week? Dust off your reading lists and get ready to vote again soon as we tip off Week Two of our literary tournament!
🎉 OSOB Assembly Update
Mark your calendars! We will be having an all-school One School, One Book (OSOB) assembly on Thursday, March 5th at 2:45 p.m. in the gym. Join us for an interactive book reveal and a special reading of the first chapter. The assembly will be short and sweet, lasting about 20 minutes.
🎬 Production Update
Just a heads-up that I have started the editing process and it's going really well! Here's a sneak peek of the website that will house all the recordings!
🙋♀️ Extra, Extra!
We have lots of chapters that need to be read and it's never too late to help! If you have time, please consider signing up and reading a couple extras!
Thank you for all your participation thusfar!
Thanks all for a great PD session on Feb. 27th! For your convenience, I've put together a slideshow to highlight the features we discussed. It's available through this How-To Guide Slideshow.
Need prep time to feel comfortable using this with students? We are happy to provide additional chromebook(s) upon request so you can simulate the student experience and test-drive these features in a sandbox. We also can support this new tool in your classroom and co-teach this to your students!
If you'd like to try these new tools out with your class, please reach out!
Tech Tidbits and Information
Chromebook Troubleshooting Tips
Here's a how-to slideshow with some basic troubleshooting tips for chromebooks. It includes information on how to fix a sideways screen, clearing your cache and turning off accessibility mode.
Vivi Updates - Extended Screen
For those who wanted to extend their desktops instead of mirror your screen you now can! Using the desktop vivi app you can set up multiple screens. Here's a quick how-to from microsoft or please reach out to Kristine to help!
YouTube Update
Elementary students cannot access YouTube as of June 2025. While this has its good points it may create a wrinkle in your teaching if you want students to utilize secondary video sources. If you have any questions or need support finding other options please reach out to Kristine. :)
Daily Sub Tech Capabilities
New this year, daily subs will use a chromebook issued from the LRC. These devices can connect to Vivi using classlink, however, daily subs do not have the ability to print.
They also do not have access to many Classlink and instructional apps. Please keep this in mind when you are planning an absence.
Below is a snapshot of what you're daily substitute will see in classlink.
