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The district has identified several dates for Remote Learning Days (learn from home) for all students (while all campus-based staff will report to school) to address the need for additional time.

Your DLS will continue to have office hours and be available to attend PLCs and available for 1:1 appointments on the Remote Learning Days.

Check your Google Calendar for your DLSs office hours or contact your DLS to attend your PLC or for 1:1 assistance!

The Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit is a FREE online conference for teachers. It brings together some of the brightest minds in education to discuss technology, pedagogy and more.

Author Matt Miller from Ditch that Textbook will be hosting his FREE 4 week professional development conference Ditch that Textbook Digital Summit from December 14th, 2020 to January 8th, 2021. You can access these presentations during these times at your leisure. Make sure you go to the website, ditchsummit.com to register so you can get access to this year's presentations as well as presentations from past year’s events. Once you register you will have access to over 50 presentations for the month. You will receive more information once you register.

We’ve received your feedback and enacted it into Part 2 of the Digital Onboarding. You will now have the option to “test out” of the sections. You can skip to the quizzes or assignments for each topic and if you achieve the minimum score you may proceed to the following section. Completion of Part 2 will be due January 8, 2021. Part 2 is focused on streamlining hybrid learning and taking some of the district resources to the next level. NOTE: you can find part 2 in the Digital Onboarding course you joined in August.

FRIENDLY REMINDER: Only the highest score from all your QUIZ attempts will be displayed after submitting...the grade will change when you answer the questions correctly.

We are back! Aspiring film and photography creators are invited to submit their best videos and photographs to the annual festival. We will be holding it virtually this year to accommodate the uncertain nature of the year. The winners will be announced on the Aldine Broadcast Network YouTube channel on May 7th at 6:00PM Central. Click the following link for all of the details!

Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries during Computer Science Education Week December 7-13, 2020.

In Aldine ISD, we will celebrate Computer Science Education Week December 7th-13th with various events and activities across the district. Please check out the resources for activities, live sessions and more with your students in the classroom and at home!

Look for your campus DLS's Office Hours on your Google Calendar. Pop in if you have any questions or issues, or just to say hi! If the office hours don't work with your schedule, email your DLS and set up a one-on-one. These hours will not be set for a specific day or time. Each DLS will add office hours to their Google calendar and invite their perspective campus.

Shut Down: closes all apps and turns off the PC. Your computer and Promethean Board should be Shut Down at least every Friday.

Restart: closes all apps, turns off the PC, and then turns it on again. Your computer and Promethean Board should be Restarted at least once a week in order to pull updates from the district.

You may need to restart your desktop computer and Promethean multiple times to get completely updated!

If you need assistance with your staff password reset Or questions or issues with DISTRICT HARDWARE: computers, printers, scanners, document cameras, Promethean Board, iPad, Chromebook, laptop, etc. (They can not help you with personal hardware devices).

281-985-6263, helpdesk@aldineisd.org or Help Desk Support Form

If you have questions, issues, or training requests with DISTRICT SUPPORTED INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE: eSchool, eportal, Employee Self Service (ESS), Eduphoria, Frontline, Service Console, Google Suite, SchoolMessenger, Schoology, ActivInspire, Battelle for Kids, Kurzweil, NearPod, BrainPOP, MyON, Flipgrid, Clever, Screencastify, Google Meet, Schoology Conferences, CK12, Learn360, etc.

Make sure to go to eportal if you need a one on one or small group training. Choose the topic or select Other and enter what you need help/training on.

As you navigate this new role as a virtual teacher please know we are here to support you! If you have a question about a digital resource, reach out to your designated DLS.

Don't forget to join our Primary Resource Group!

Click Here to join the Primary DLS Resource Group for Virtual Learning