TechBytes

• August 13 - District Wide Professional Development Day
• August 14 - Site Based Professional Development
• August 18 - First day for students

• Student Acceptable Use Agreement (English)
• Student Acceptable Use Agreement (Spanish)
• Tech Equity Form (English)
• Tech Equity Form (Spanish)
• Employee Acceptable Use Agreement

Lenovo 500e Yoga Chromebook Gen 4

Features:

• 12.2" screen, Corning® Gorilla® Glass, TÜV Low Blue Light, touchscreen

• Can "write" on the screen using a pencil as a stylus. It won't mark or damage the screen

• Laptop, tent, stand, and tablet modes supported by 360° hinge

• Top-load keyboard, 6-row, spill-resistant, Anti-pick proof keycaps

• Ports: 2 USB, 1 USB-C, 1 HDMI, 1 Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)

• Rugged Max Case

• TK: TK students will no longer have 1:1 devices. Instead, there will be a small cart in the classroom with 10 Chromebooks in it that can be used in small groups
• K-3: K-3 will have Chromebook carts in all classrooms. Chromebooks will still be 1:1 and will be checked out to the student. The student will still be able to take the Chromebook home by parent request.
• 4-12: 4th-12th grade students will continue to be 1:1 and will be responsible for taking their devices back and forth daily. Charging solutions (towers, cubes, etc.) will be available in classrooms.

ITS is working with sites to deploy and check out devices to students quickly and with as little disruption as possible.

• Grades TK-3: Carts are currently being installe in classrooms. Devices will be installed in the carts over the first couple weeks of the school year.
• Grades 4-5: ITS techs will support with checking out devices directly to students on campus at the beginning of the school year. 4th-5th grade students will be expected to take the devices back and forth between home and school. Charging cubes will be installed in the 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
• Grades 6-8: ITS techs will work with site Librarians to support with checking out devices directly to students on campus at the beginning of the school year.
• Grades 9-12: ITS techs will check out devices to students over the first week of the school year.

• without distractions, recommendations, or links back to YouTube.
  

• with viewers remaining anonymous to YouTube through a "signed-out" viewing state.

• with captioning from YouTube to maintain accessibility.

This means educators can now use Canvas Studio to safely and confidently incorporate YouTube content in their instruction without exposing students to commercial distractions or compromising institutional data privacy standards. Please note that this experience is exclusive to Canvas Studio.

To take full advantage of the Player for Education, YouTube videos must be added to Canvas Studio. To make it easier to migrate YouTube videos from Canvas to Canvas Studio, we’ve created a step-by-step guide and are maintaining FAQs.

Hāpara’s annual online learning event Hipi-Palooza is back!

From August 4 through mid-September, join them for a lineup of sessions for educators, school leaders and technology administrators.

Here’s what’s in store:

• Tips for Hāpara administrators to get set up for the school year
• Product updates, top features and hidden gems
• Accommodations made easy with Hāpara
• Digital transparency, executive function and citizenship strategies
• A session with special guest Gaggle on real-time web filtering

Register HERE and watch the replays!

Check out some virtual sessions from Aeries, including:

• Good Morning Aeries!: Gradebook Templates
• Good Morning Aeries!: Gradebook Tips & Tricks
• Good Morning Aeries!: Class Roster Report
• Good Morning Aeries!: SBG Report Card Options
• Good Morning Aeries!: SBG Progress Report Cards

Sign up HERE

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