Category Archives: General

PD: Deploying 1000 Chromebooks

Context: This is the one to attend. Tips of things learned the hard way. Dianna R Foley (Communications and Technology). Rocky River City School District. General Method: Completed a pilot. Gathered Data. The cool thing was that the piloted teachers created positive buzz with other teachers. A good decision (helped create buyin). Challenges Success Maker [...]

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PD: Gmail Safety and Security for Schools

Context: Hamilton uses Gmail. Always good to know more about gmail safety. Session led by Eric Curts who is awesome when it comes to Google Apps (and sharing with the community). Plug for http://appsusergroup.org (big time plug). Presentation is here. Excellent summary of how you can set up email protection for students and staff. Side [...]

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PD: Using a Chromebook

Presentation can be found here. Context: At Hamilton we’ve invested in Chromebooks for the upcoming school year. Big learning curve with this, so I’m leaning heavy on attending Chromebook presentations today. The question, when you’re mostly using the web for your instruction, do you need all the other stuff (resonates with my reasoning) on a [...]

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Random Notes on Ohio Goes Google Key Note

In no particular order…but random notes and asides from the Key Note. Google Form Asides Google Forms now uses images. Huge implications for testing. Use Google form for Mood Check Ins. Social emotional exit tickets. I love this idea. Building the trust online to feel more comfortable with face to face conversations. YouTube Asides Check [...]

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