Mrs. Cordelle invited me to come speak to her class last Friday about digital safety. As I was researching and designing a lesson I came across some great sources from Common Sense Education. Common Sense Education has meaningful lessons and discussions for every grade level around the theme of digital safety. I chose a 10th grade lesson that has to do with evaluating what is put on social media. Common Sense Education has lesson plans and videos for students K-12. I encourage you to check out some of their resources. Below are two resources to get started. A video for 1st grade and a lesson plan resource for 10th Grade. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Happy 2021! It couldn't get here soon enough. I hope that you all had a restful holiday break. I will be again offering Level 1 and Level 2 Google Cohorts throughout the Spring Semester. This is a semester long requirement that meets twice a month for an hour. At the end of the process you should have the training you need to take the Google Level 1 or Google Level 2 examination. HERE is a presentation about the course and HERE is the link to the projected course dates. As of now, all trainings will be virtual. Please let me know if you have any questions. Please sign up HERE if you are interested

Take Care,

Clint

I will continue to offer weekly virtual PL sessions at 3:30 during the week. You can sign up HERE. Upcoming Opportunities.

January 21st - New Semester Google Classroom Support

Feb 4th - Digital Creation Tools for Students and Teachers

I often field questions about tables and borders not copying over in Google Docs from Microsoft word Docs. Maybe, just maybe, this is going to be easier. Google Docs is rolling out more support for tables and borders from Microsoft Word. Hopefully this will make transferring documents more easier.

Another new feature that is available is the citation tool in Google Docs. This is a fantastic tool where students can more easily cite their sources, easily added citations and create bibliographies. For those of you who may be working on an advanced degree this might also be a good resource for you in your college courses! More information HERE

The Elbert County Instructional Technology Site was designed with Virtual Online Learning in mind! Here you can find tutorials and links for many of the tools and strategies that are being promoted in our district. To access this site please bookmark the link below:

https://www.elbert.k12.ga.us/domain/1039. You can also go to the main district site www.elbert.k12.ga.us and hover over departments and click on instructional technology.

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