A big congrats for the hard work and commitment of these educators from Elbert County School District who took part in the Google Level 1 Teacher Academy. These teachers met from August to December and took the Google for Education Certification Exam. These dedicated teachers learned about best practices using Google for Education in the classroom, global collaboration, creating students who are digital citizens, and how to design innovative lessons in their classroom. It was great having representation from the Elementary, Middle, and High School as these schools are now 1:1. Congrats to the following teachers!

Vickie Cutts - ECCHS

Brooke Dickerson - ECMS

Renee Dove - ECES

Dainele Franklin - ECCHS

Tammy Hall - ECMS

Christy Hart - ECES

Jillian Hernandez - ECCHS

Denise Huff - ECES

Tracy Lunsford - ECES

Nikki Mack - ECMS

Andrea Marlow - ECMS

Kathleen Newman - ECMS

Jennifer Partain - ECMS

Rebecca Ray - ECES

Alton Smith - ECCHS

Lydia Smith - ECMS

Brenda Steele - ECMS

The District Instructional Technology Site has been updated! There are many resources for teachers, students, and families on the new site! A big thanks to the ECCHS DigiDevils for making a fun Chromebook care video for our students. Some highlights on the site are information about the 1:1 program for staff, students, and families, a bank of technology tools for students and teachers, information about our hotspot checkout, Illuminate Education support, and GoGuardian support. If you have questions or suggestions for the site, please reach out to Clint Winter! clint.winter@elbert.k12.ga.us

On January 6th and 7th, Hector and the Technology Team replaced all the student computers and tables at ECCHS in room F4. The new computers are Dell WorkStations with Solid State Hard Drives and i7 processors. These computers were donated to our district from SEPA (South Eastern Power Administration). The team also cleaned up and managed the cabling in the room. Hector truly went above and beyond by working on the night of January 7th until 10:00 PM. Hector is truly dedicated to our students. He works diligently to keep up with the latest in hardware and software advancements. We appreciate what all the Elbert County Technology Staff does and we send out a special thanks to Hector Santiago for his work in the High School.

One of the great things about Chromebooks is that the tech staff does not have to install updates. They update automatically by trying to update every time a Chromebook is powered on. Our Chromebooks are used so much during the day that often they are not powered off. We would like to start #Shutdownfridays. Please have students completely turn off their devices on Friday and turn them back on. The process should only take a minute. Please talk to your technician in your building if you have questions!

HERE (click HERE) is a great resource on how to read and analyze reports after an assessment is given.

Faculty and staff will be prompted twice a year to change their password for their Windows device. Passwords must be 8 characters, at least one capitol letter, lower case letters, one number, and one special character such as ! or $. This is an effort to tighten up our computer security.

Matt Johnson - Elbert County Middle School

Sherri Rampey -Elbert County Primary School

Q. Robinson - Elbert County Elementary 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