Join me on edCommunities!

What is edCommunities? It is a professional practice community free and open to ALL who care about improving education and student success! Which means YOU! edCommunities is an online platform from the NEA that allows teachers to connect, collaborate and engage in meaningful discussions and groups.

Similar to other social media platforms, however edCommunities allows in depth topic conversations, file sharing and connections with dedicated and talented educators you don't always find consistently on social media.  As edCommunities grows you will also have the opportunity to take online courses for re-licensure requirements. Many groups are available to you on just about any content or professional topic you can imagine. And if you can't find the group you want, you can create it!

Once you sign up for edCommuites (see the flyer below) I encourage you to join my group, Technology Integration K-12. This summer my group is sponsoring a fun and interactive edtech contest for the summer with a chance to win gift cards and other prizes! The challenge is filled with many of the fun things you are already doing on social media and elsewhere to get ready for the next year, so check it out!

If you already joined edCommunities last fall, consider checking it out again. The summer is the perfect time to connect, collaborate and engage with fellow teachers!

If you have any questions about edCommunities, let me know!
Jodi Burling




Innovation @477 Tidy Up Technology

In my classroom, I always had a theme week for the last week of school. Things like Lego My Monday, Wrap it Up Wednesday and Tidy Up Thursday. Fun activities that kept myself and the class focused on all the end of the year things that needed to get done, while also celebrating the community we have built over the year. 

As you start your own end of the year routines, please don't forget about your technology! Here are a few helpful ways to Tidy Up your Technology for the end of the school year. 

iPads - for 1:1 and ALL Classrooms
Have students help, or take over this project entirely!
  • Clear all pictures and videos off your iPads. 
  • Clean iPad screens with an electronics wipe or wrung out Clorox wipe. 
  • In Chrome and Safari, close out all tabs. 
  • For apps requiring a login - go into each app and logout IN THE APP. 
  • Swipe apps off the screen once all apps have been logged out. 
Follow  these iPad collection directions for packing up iPads. 




Staff Desktop or Laptop
These are not required, just helpful suggestions to help keep your work organized, keep you sane and your device running efficiently. 



From the great and powerful Luke: Write down your computer login information for the fall. Recovering passwords is not a pretty picture!



Delete your downloads, they are taking up too much space. 
Rumor has it a certain tech integrationist had a ridiculous amount of downloads slowing down her computer ðŸ˜³  so you're not alone!
Go to your finder and select downloads
               


Use shift and click to select multiple downloads

Go to the settings icon and select move to trash
Empty your trash

Move files into Google Drive
Your computer should be doing this already if you went through the Google Drive migration. Having your files in Google Drive makes the accessible from anywhere and safe from getting deleted or lost! Click here for Directions on Google Drive Migration or contact a building tech coach. 

Delete files, pictures and videos you no longer need.

Important information for deleting shared files in Google Drive. 

Empty your trash.

Innovation @477 Summer Tech PD

Summer is here and for many teachers that means looking for opportunities to grow and refine teaching practice. Here's a list of summer technology PD offered in MN! Opportunities are separated by month and dates, and at the top of the list links are provided to the informational fliers and websites.

Take note that EdCamp MidMN is coming up fast in early June! Princeton's attendance at this fantastic EdCamp has grown every year as educators appreciate learning from true experts, their fellow, local educators.
Princeton is also hosting it's first Code.org workshop with tech integrationist extraordinaire Angie Kaltoff. This is a class for EVERYONE, teachers and parents, techy and non techy. The skills and knowledge you take away will greatly impact any students in your life.

Summer Tech PD 2017
Free photo Person Apple Hand Lake Touchscreen Iphone Dock - Max Pixel
Click on each opportunity for more information and to register (if applicable)
Many opportunities listed are free or at a low cost.

Informational Fliers/Websites

📱 June 🌼

Tuesday, June 13
Braham HS

Marshall, MN

Wednesday, June 14
Dr. SG Knight Elementary in Randall, MN

Tuesday, June 20
Braham HS

Tuesday, June 27th
Braham HS

💻  July 🌸

Tuesday, July 11
Braham HS

Tuesday, July 18
Braham HS

July 19 - 21 - 4th, 8th and 10th grade teachers
Princeton MS

Tuesday, July 25th
Mountain Iron, MN

Wednesday, July 26th
Bemidji, MN

Friday, July 28th
College of St. Benedict

💾 August 🌻

Tuesday, August 1st
Austin HS

Tuesday, August 8th
Code.org CS Fundamentals in Burnsville, MN

Wednesday, August 9th
Lake ECMECC - Expedition Unknown -  Cambridge-Isanti HS

August 15-17 for 4th, 8th and 10th grade teachers

Tuesday, August 15th
Code.org CS Fundamentals in Shakopee, MN

Friday, August 18thCode.org Workshop @ Princeton Middle School with Angie Kalthoff

Princeton MS





Now We Go - PHS Podcast Release


PHS principal Barb Muckenhirn has taken on her passion project of creating a podcast with students. It's been a privilege to work on this project with her. This podcast could not have happened without the amazing work of two of our high school students, Damon who was Barb's first sidekick and Josh who took care of all the editing. 

We now have the first three episodes uploaded onto the Now We Go YouTube channel. Plans are in the works, to get these and future episodes loaded into iTunes. Please subscribe to the channel to get the latest updates. And most importantly, take time to check out the first three episodes. This is a podcast unlike others.  As Barb best describes it this is a podcast with a purpose of making lives go better, not just as students or staff, but as human beings!

Click and enjoy!

http://bit.ly/NowWeGo