BPS BlendED Professional Learning
It time to go big! Sixty-seven teachers joined us on January 18-19 for the first two days of their six-day BPS BlendED Professional Learning training. It was so fun to feel their excitement as they began this incredible learning journey. They are thrilled to be the next 1:1 iPad classrooms in the district and eager to transform their classrooms. They will return in March for days 3-4 of the training and again in early April for days 5-6. At the end of the training, the new Apple Teachers will receive their class sets of iPads, a 55” TV/DVD cart, and an Apple TV! As they return to their classrooms, they begin their on-the-job training with their blended learning coach as they continue to learn and implement new workflows.
The following week, we wrapped up our final two day refresher training for our last group of teachers who have been patiently waiting to be 1:1 classrooms. Twenty-four teachers were raring to go as they began their 1:1 iPad Blended Learning classroom adventure January 29th. By providing teachers with the BPS BlendED Professional Learning, followed by on-the-job training, and continued collaboration, we are setting up both our teachers and students for success! It has been a tremendous joy to watch first hand as this new culture of learning emerges full of choice, engagement, and creation in our iPad Academy classrooms.
Schoology: Managing Schoology Classroom Calendars
Calendar Overview
Schoology creates a calendar for every course and group. Your Schoology account also has a personal calendar. This personal calendar allows you to see every class and group in which you are a member. You can create events in your personal calendar and the classes and groups in which you are an administrator.
Where Are the Calendars?
When you log into Schoology you see your home screen, showing either your Recent Activity or the Course Dashboard (based upon your account settings). From your home screen, click on Calendar in the left menu bar. The default setting is to view ‘All Calendars’ which includes all courses and groups. You can select which calendars you prefer to use by selecting them from the ‘All Calendar’ pull down menu.
Within a course or group, the calendar is the small icon at the top right side of the screen. Click it to open the calendar. Creating events is done the same way as above. Upcoming events are listed beneath the icon link. Note: If you are not an administrator within a course/group, you may not create an event in a course or group.
Creating Events
To create an event simply click on the date, fill in the information in pop-up window, and selecting ‘Create.’ In the next window select the classes or groups for the event. Click the ‘Create’ button after making your selections and you are finished!
These links are Schoology’s tutorials for creating events in the different calendars;
https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/201001693-How-Do-I-Use-the-Calendar-
https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/201002973-Video-How-to-use-the-Schoology-Calendar
Hashtags Telling Our Story
One of the most powerful parts of Twitter is the hashtag! It connects people, ideas, and creates communities within Twitter. It is a unique way for our teachers and administrators to share the amazing things happening in our schools, classrooms, clubs, teams and organizations. Our district hashtag, #bpsne, continues to grow and is becoming a powerful tool that we can leverage as a district to connect all of our teachers, students, parents, and community members. We encourage you to continue sharing the great things happening in your classrooms. Here is a list of all of the Bellevue Public School educators on Twitter. Let's create the 2016-2017 Bellevue Public Schools story together!
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