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Tech Coach Newsletter

Week of 5/15

Tech CoachNewsletter Week of 5/15

Some Things You Can Try Out...

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This Week

Flippity

Easily turn Google Spreadsheets into


  • flashcards
  • random name picker
  • crossword puzzle
  • spelling words
  • bingo
  • hangman
  • Madlibs
  • and so much more
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This Month

Sutori

Create digital timelines and visual stories with ease


  • the platform is simple and intuitive
  • has an auto-save feature like Google
  • upload images, videos, text, audio, quizzes...
  • multiple users can collaborate
  • Click here to check it out
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This Year

Google Takeout

Did you know that you can download your Google account to a zip file or transfer your email and drive to another Google account?


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Tech Challenge Update

Thanks for taking the risk and the time to explore exciting ways to infuse technology into any classroom. Throughout the challenge colleagues from around the district and school have shared some exciting resources, lessons, and links!


SHARED RESOURCES

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Congratulations to Kayla Brimlow and Pat Giarruso

Kayla and Pat earned the most points for the middle school challenge!

A Few Challenge Highlights Across the District A Few Challenge Highlights Across the District

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TedEd Style Talks

Students in Social Studies classes were challenged to tape and present Ted Ed Style Talks. Planning and co-teaching sessions were implemented and some great products came out of the process!
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Student Created Website to Showcase SK!

The Rhode Island History students put together a Weebly website with info, pictures, and virtual tours of the Village of South Kingstown! Check it out!


Village of South Kingtown

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Student and Teacher Screencast Creation

Music students use a screencast to learn how to record themselves with a music track in the background and submit digitally for feedback from the teacher!
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Students Are Using Interactive Notebooks

Students are introduced to the organization and digital resources in an interactive notebook.
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Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction

Students are given multiple formative assessments using tools like Google Forms, Quizlet, Formative, Kahoot, Socrative. Teachers are then using FA results to group students in focus areas!
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Mystery Skye Sessions

Students have been connecting with other schools to connect and guess where the location the schools using their geographical knowledge.
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Science and Math classes implementing Station Rotation Model!

In both Science and Math classes, teachers are implementing the station rotation model frequently, allowing for a more flexible use of class time!


Science Stations Example

Science Stations Example

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ELA Students Exploring Comics In The Classroom!

Students in ELA classes using comics and other PBL tools to show comprehension of texts, themes, and character analysis.
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Digital Collaborations In Every Department

No matter what tool was used (Docs, Padlet, EdPuzzle, Sites etc..) tech was seen giving additional and easy opportunities for students to collaborate and have a voice!

👩‍💻 Book An Appointment With Your Tech Coach

Book An Appointment With Corey Lennon

Book An Appointment With Michaela Pantaleo

Archived Newsletters

Week of 5/8 - Google's Team Drive, Google Auto Draw, Keyboarding Shortcuts

Week of 5/1 - Tech Challenge Padlet, Sketch Notes, My Simple Show

Week of 4/10- Tech Challenge Update, Common Lit

Week of 4/3- Interactive Notebooks, Allsides Website for Bias

Week of 3/20 - "I Wish My Teacher Knew"

Week of 3/13- Infographics

Week of 2/13- Screencasting

Week of 1/23- Awesome Chrome Extensions

Week of 1/9- Media Literacy and Flipgrid FREE update

Week of 1/2 - APPY New Year, Managing a Classroom with Tech,

Week of 12/19- Google Classroom Tips

Week of 12/11- HyperDocs, Twitter Challenge, G Suite Updates

Week of 12/5- #Booksnaps, #Mathsnaps & Twitter Challenge

Week of 11/28 -Hour of Code, Google Keep

Week of 11/14- Google Arts & Culture and QUIZIZZ

Week of 10/31- Quizlet Live and #DeviceFreeDinner

Week of 10/24- Formative and Socrative

Week of 10/17- Google Form As A Quiz and Formative

Week of 10/10- Google Guardian Summary and Buncee

Week of 10/3- Dig. Citizenship and FlipGrid

Week of 9/25- Google Classroom and Mentimeter

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