Chromebooks 1:1 - Presentation to Students & SMAR for staff

It's finally happening!  Our high school will be a 1:1 Chromebook school starting with the distribution of Chromebooks on Friday.  Last year we had grades 9 and 10 with chromebooks but grades 11 and 12 required the teacher to signout carts.  This could be a very time-consuming process to book the cart, bring the cart to the classroom, powerup, try to determine if any of the devices had issues, teach, power down and deliver the cart back to the media center or to the next teacher.  Not to mention it was a nightmare if you had a sub.  Well, I believe all that is about to change!

I will deliver the following presentation to all students tomorrow as part of an overall larger presentation. I know there will be a shift and learning process with classroom management and some issues that we may not be able to avoid, but I do know that we are on the right path.



Hopefully, the distribution of Chromebooks will go smoothly!

The Chromebooks connected to using the SMAR model (video) which teachers have been using to help guide their lessons design using technology.

Below is a Hyperdoc  or https://goo.gl/UcH7oD for teachers to evaluate the SAMR model that I presented to staff leadership at the high school last year. 

Previous post and reflection for teachers using SAMR. 

Back to School Newsletter with Tech highlights - Fall 2018

I am always looking to model technology in a way that is helpful for teachers and admin to communicate with colleagues, parents and students.  Below is a newsletter created with Smores, the program used to be free for as many newsletters or communications you needed to create, however it is now limited to three.

I plan to share with staff during the first week of school and follow-up with some sessions to review the new features.  It may seem a little overwhelming but students having their own devices (no more signing out carts) and with the new features of Google Classroom this should help streamline delivering of content and allow for more collaboration.

Link - https://www.smore.com/bh9ce  or see below!

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