Digital Learning Family Newsletter

January

Resources We Love

El Portal- New Mexico State Library

El Portal can be accessed for free from any computer. It provides online access to newspapers, magazines, journal articles and encyclopedias on various topics.

9 Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and Celebrate MLK With Your Kids

Digital Citizenship

New Teen Instagram

The new teen accounts, automatically assigned to any new users under the age of 18, place limits on what users can see, who can message and interact with them, and enable parents to exercise more control over their teens' social media use.

Common Sense Media

Media recommendations and advice for families. Original research reports provide reliable, independent data on the impact of media and tech use on kids' physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development.

Technology Tips

Powerschool for Parents/Guardians

El portal para padres/guardianes de PowerSchool

Basic Tools for Google Meet

Innovation Update

CS Career Paths

Interested in opportunities your child can pursue with their computer science skills? Click the pic for more info.

Digital Learning Spotlight

Alba Pages-Fortuny and Jovana Gonzalez

These educators from Cesar Chavez Elementary have been gamifying their classrooms! They use a program called Genially to create engaging and fun learning experiences for their students (and yes they are aligned to their priority standards). They recently presented at La Cosecha, a national bilingual education conference. Click here to see their amazing work.

Upcoming Technology PD/Events

Parent Academy

Parent Academy strives to equip families with additional skills, knowledge and resources to help our students along the path to college and career success. Parent Academy also develops a strong professional learning community among parents and families to increase student achievement.

English and Spanish classes, computer classes, family circles and more. Click here