📹 Screencastify: Account Request 📹
Are you a screencastify user? Would you be interested in a licensed account through GCPS?
If so, click here and complete the form to request a licensed account for Screencastify!
Screencastify is a simple video platform for creating visual communications. Click here for a short tutorial.
💻 LanSchool: 1:1 Monitoring System 💻
GCPS is excited to announce that all teachers now have access to LanSchool Air. This program is a cloud based classroom management solution that empowers teachers to guide classroom learning and keep students safe with easy to use, easy to monitor device protection features. Teachers are able to help students focus on their work by limiting online access to approved websites and disabling access to the sites during times when they are not needed. With the touch of a button, teachers can shift classroom attention to them by blanking student screens and locking their devices. When additional support or guided learning is needed, Teachers can quickly view every student monitor or switch to view individual screens from the teacher computer.
Here is a one page document that provides information on how to login and use LanSchool Air.
There is a NEW professional learning online module available for staff to learn about LanSchool Air. Use the link below to register for the learning opportunity.
Register HERE: WisdomWhere Link
🎮 Gimkit Account Request 🎮
All 30 of the user licenses are being utilized by our staff.
At this time we are investigating the need to further our subscription and increase the number of seats.
If you are familiar with Gimkit and would like to request a possible user license, please complete this form.
🎟 GCPS Staff & Student Ticketing System 🎟
Please submit a ticket here with our new 1:1 Plus ticketing system. Staff & Students are able to access this tool using GCPS Google credentials. Email notifications about the submitted ticket are automatically sent to the appropriate technician and user. A nice feature is that a staff member can submit a ticket on behalf of a student if necessary.
View this video for additional information and know we are always here to help.
Direct Link: https://1to1plus.com/login/Granville_NC
📰 Smore Account Request 📰
If you are interested in a paid version of Smore, please complete this form. Users will be added according to the date/time of submission.
If you want to learn about Smore, watch this video here.
📚 Google Training Series 📚
Google tools work better together. Check out our 12-part product training series that covers a range of topics across Google Workspace for Education (free & paid editions) and Chrome / Chromebooks, including: how to deliver impactful instruction, keep users safe online, prevent cybersecurity threats, and create more engaging lessons.
Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, or an IT leader, all of the sessions are designed to help you get the most out of Google tools and devices to have more impact in your classroom / school environment.
Can’t watch live? All sessions are posted right after the livestream finishes each day – just register to watch them on demand.
Check out the full schedule on our series website.
📙 GCPS: NearPod & Flocabulary 📙
Granville County Public Schools offers premium plus accounts for NearPod and Flocabulary! They provide real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamification, and activities — all in a single platform. It is a way to plan and deliver lessons.
NearPod is accessible for teachers and students by going to www.nearpod.com. Flocabulary is accessible for teachers and students by going to www.flocabulary.com. Staff will log into NearPod using their Google Accounts.
🏫 Digital Learning Competencies & Professional Development 🏫
As a reminder, effective July 1, 2017 all teachers, administrators, and support staff who need to maintain licensure , will need 2.0 Technology/Digital Learning Competencies (DLC) CEU’s as part of the licensure renewal process.
The competencies are organized into four focus areas: Leadership in Digital Learning, Digital Citizenship, Digital Content and Instruction, and Data and Assessment. Professional learning that is aligned with a Digital Learning Competency Focus Areas may be considered eligible for educators to earn a CEU in this area.
All Technology training sessions CEU’s earned, online or face-to-face, are eligible to fulfill this licensure requirement.
Fall 2023: Classroom Management with LanSchool Air
(0.3 Tech/DLC CEUs)
Register HERE
After registration through WisdomWhere, you will receive a welcome email along with an invitation to the online module housed in Canvas from the course facilitator Leah Powell.
Fall Session: August 1, 2023 - January 12, 2024
Fall 2023: Chromebook 101
(0.3 Tech/DLC CEUs)
Register HERE
After registration through WisdomWhere, you will receive a welcome email along with an invitation to the online module housed in Canvas from the course facilitator Leah Powell.
Fall Session: August 1, 2023 - January 12, 2024
Chromebooks 101 will provide participants information about the newest device to enter the hands of our students within Granville County Public Schools. In this online environment, you will learn about: What is a Chromebook, What is Google drive, and How to Manage a Chromebook Offline, along with Instructional Strategies to help support management in a 1:1 environment. After completing the virtual portions of this module, you will complete an online scavenger hunt using what you have previously learned, giving you a hands on experience with the device. After this module, you will have a better understanding of how to use a Chromebook. You will also have experience in a blended professional development session!
Fall 2023: Growing with Canvas Part 1
(0.6 Tech/DLC CEUs)
Register HERE
After registration through WisdomWhere, you will receive a welcome email along with an invitation to the online module housed in Canvas from the course facilitator Leah Powell.
Fall Session: August 1, 2023 - January 12, 2024
This course is a great way to learn how to use Canvas with your students. As you progress through this course, you will complete several modules that you can access directly from the following links or the buttons below:
- Introduction
- Planting: Getting around Canvas & Communication Tools
- Nurturing: Customizing your Course, Course Design
- Sprouting: Pages, Discussions, Assignments, & Quizzes
Instructions: Log into Canvas
Fall 2023: Ways to Use QR Codes
(0.3 Tech/DLC CEUs)
Register HERE
After registration through WisdomWhere, you will receive a welcome email along with an invitation to the online module housed in Canvas from the course facilitator Leah Powell.
Fall Session: August 1, 2023 - January 12, 2024
The purpose of this online module is to provide the opportunity to learn about QR Codes. A Quick Response (QR) code is a digital image that can be scanned using one of the many free QR scanner apps available to any device. In this course you will learn the benefit of using QR codes in the school setting and see how they eliminate the frustration of long web addresses, take students directly to a designated website, and save time. QR codes are very easy to make and help to change up your normal routine, thus increasing student engagement. This course will equip you to use QR codes and give authentic practice using them. Participants in this professional development course will find freedom in time and location because it is totally online.
Fall 2023: Google Classroom
(0.2 Tech/DLC CEUs)
Register HERE
After registration through WisdomWhere, you will receive a welcome email along with an invitation to the online module housed in Canvas from the course facilitator Leah Powell
Fall Session: August 1, 2023 - January 12, 2024
About Us
Email: powelllr@gcs.k12.nc.us
Website: http://www.gcs.k12.nc.us/technology-0a7f540b
Location: Granville County, NC, USA
Phone: 919-693-4613
Facebook: facebook.com/gcstechconnect
Twitter: @GranvilleTechPD