Friendly Reminder: You and your Students can access Istation in apple devices with the new free App Download it NOW

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• In this handout you will find FREE available Apps geared for teaching and learning in the classroom. You will discover apps and tools that are available to help enrich your classroom toolbox.

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Implementing Project-Based Learning with Technology

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December 2014 Newsletter Vol. 2

High FIVE to… • RHS Teachers for sharing classroom project Pictures to be published on website and Fb page • PITTMAN ELEMENTARY teachers for their participation in smart board training and implementation of it. • LC SMITH Elementary teachers for implementing

Istation and having the highest good usage percentage in all the district

• MGMS teachers for participating in smart board training

• ROAA Teachers for requesting 1:1 Technology training to implement technology

What’s new in RISD Website? Your campus Online Library

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Announcement

Because our objective is to provide Educators with 21st century skills to develop a generation of successful innovators. We are facilitating 1:1 instructional technology training to all teachers and staff. You can submit an electronic requisition to be trained on any Instructional Technology tool, for example: • program/software PowerPoint, Microsoft word, Publisher, Excel, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Keynote,

Pages, F2B, Istation, Discovery Education

• Website/district program Istation, Discovery Education, Edivation, Skyward, DMAC, STAAR One Item bank

etc.

• Web 2.0 Tool Edmodo, Glogster, Weebly, Google Chrome, Voice Thread, iRubric, etc

• Hardware smart board, mobi, mac, Ipad, Chromebook

• Apps any educational apps

When and where are these 1:1 trainings going to take place? • 1:1 training can be done during your conference period or after school, which ever is more

convenient for you • at your classroom, at your campus library, online through a live webinar, or at central

office