#EMSISDITS Tech Talk
Techy Talk for Teachers
- Tech Fest 2023
- Microsoft Reading Coach
- Microsoft Word Researcher
- Canvas: Schedule page publication
- Canvas: Multiple files turned in as a single submission
- Nearpod: Science lesson guide K-8
- Nearpod: Help students evaluate media sources effectively.
- Microsoft: Quick Notes for quick notes
- Microsoft: Sidebar search in Edge
- iPads: Company Portal
- iPads: Create a notification summary
- Shout Outs!
Tech Fest 2023
EMSISD is hosting its first annual Tech Fest on July 24th, 2023. Join us for a one-day technology conference featuring your EMS Instructional Technologists, Librarians, CTIs, and Teacher TECHsperts. Come for the breakout sessions over tech tools, tips and tricks, and other #EdTech topics you love! Leave inspired and ready for a Techtastic 2023-2024 school year!
Meet Microsoft Reading Coach
Last year we introduced you to Reading Progress in TEAMS. Reading Progress is a tool designed to support and track the reading fluency of the students in your class. It helps you create marked records easily so you can spend more time with students and less time analyzing and collecting data. This year, TEAMS is introducing Reading Coach. Using data from Reading Progress activities, Reading Coach identifies the five words each student struggled with the most and presents them again using tools to support understanding such as text to speech, syllable breaking and picture dictionary. All tools and settings in Reading Coach can be adjusted and customized by the teacher. Check it out in action below.
Microsoft Word Researcher for the win!
The Researcher feature in Microsoft Word helps students find and cite reliable sources for research papers in just a few steps. Using the desktop client, students click on the references tab and select researcher. In the side window, type in people, events, concepts, or places to research. Word will provide relevant topics and top verified sources to use. Any sources used in the document are automatically cited and inserted into the document. How cool is that? Click the link below to learn more.
Schedule page publication
Canvas now allows you to schedule the date and time at which Canvas Pages will be published. This gives you more control over how quickly students move through the course, and when resources become available.
Multiple files displayed as single submission
If you give your students a Canvas assignment through the External Tool option and they submit multiple files, Canvas will now treat these files as a single submission and make them available to you together in SpeedGrader. This feature makes grading student submissions quicker and easier for you.
Attention Science Teachers- Nearpod is your friend!
Evaluating news and media sources
Help students understand where their news and media come from and how to evaluate sources to use for research and class activities.
Diversifying your Media Diet(3-5)
Quick notes for quick notes
When you need to jot something down for later, consider using Quick Notes. Quick Notes lives in OneNote, but it is separated from your other OneNote notebooks. Whenever you want to jot down a note, simply press windows+Alt+N. A Quick Note window will appear on your screen. Type your note and then close the window. Your note can be found in Quick Notes in your OneNote program. Note: This feature can be found in the desktop version of OneNote only.
Win+Alt+N
type your note in the window
Open OneNote desktop
Find your QuickNotes
Each note will appear as a page
Sidebar search in Edge
The Microsoft Edge browser has a handy feature called sidebar search. While reading a web page, you might come across an item you would like to know more about. Simply highlight the item and right click on it. In the menu, you can find "Search in sidebar for...." or you can just use the short cut Ctrl+shift+E. A sidebar window will appear with search results for that item. Now you can quickly learn more about the item while also viewing your original web page. How cool is that?
Make sure you are logged into the Company Portal
Make sure that your iPad is logged into the district's Company Portal so that you receive all the features and apps that your iPad has to offer. You will know you are signed into the portal when the background changes to black with an EMS logo. The following apps will be added to your home screen:
- Classlink (SSO)
- Secure Test Browser
- Relay Smart Agent
- OneDrive
- Nearpod
- EasyCast (app to mirror to your computer)
You will also be able to add the following apps to your iPad from the Company Portal app:
- Beginner Word Work Mat
- Google Chrome
- Intermediate Word Work Mat
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Whiteboard
- Teach Monster Number Skills
- Canvas Teacher
- iMovie
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Nearpod
- Teach Monster Reading for Fun
The video below demonstrates how to log into the Company Portal.
Create a notification summary on your iPad and/or personal IOS device
Tired of those constant notification dings throughout your day? Setup notification summary on your iPad or other IOS device and receive all your notification at once at a time of your choosing.
- Go to Settings.
- Tap Notifications.
- Tap Scheduled Summary and toggle it on.
- Tap Continue and customize exactly what you want to add to your summary of notifications, along with the time you want them to be delivered.
High Country Cougars Tech Day
The staff at HCE are learning about new tech tools they can use in the classroom AND all about our first annual EMSISD Tech Fest! We will see you there!
Library breakout at GFES
PES Tech Day was awesome!
These 3rd grade teachers at PES are learning about new Nearpod features as well as fun activities in Breakout EDU and Discover Education.
We can help!
Need help planning a blended lesson? Do you need an extra hand while tackling a technified lesson with your students? Are you ready to add some technology to your classroom but don't know where to start? The #EMSTechsperts are here to support you! Contact your Campus IT today!
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