Technology Training Resources
Potty PD Archives
TCEA Conference Notes
2020 - Let’s share a vision for the future of education. - Let's Austin, Texas
2019 - Fully Charged - San Antonio, Texas
2018 - Innovate Learning. Transform the Future. - Austin, Texas
2017 - The Power of You - Austin, Texas
2016 - Connected - Austin, Texas
2015 - Learn Anywhere - Austin, Texas
2014 - Get Inspired - Austin, Texas
2019 - Fully Charged - San Antonio, Texas
2018 - Innovate Learning. Transform the Future. - Austin, Texas
2017 - The Power of You - Austin, Texas
2016 - Connected - Austin, Texas
2015 - Learn Anywhere - Austin, Texas
2014 - Get Inspired - Austin, Texas
Instructional Technology Tidbits
4/3/17: GoGuardian: Scenes, Adobe Spark, Safari Montage
3/30/17: Safari Montage, Google Keep, Screencastify Chrome Extension
8/22/17: Goo in the Loo, The NEW Kahoot, Google Classroom, Ask an iCoach
10/5/17: Quizizz, Pear Deck & Google Slides, Google Classroom & Skyward
3/30/17: Safari Montage, Google Keep, Screencastify Chrome Extension
8/22/17: Goo in the Loo, The NEW Kahoot, Google Classroom, Ask an iCoach
10/5/17: Quizizz, Pear Deck & Google Slides, Google Classroom & Skyward
Specific Tool Trainings
Google Expeditions - How to set up devices & download Expeditions
iMovie - How to Build a Basic iMovie
Read&Write for Windows: How to make PDFs "readable" with Read&Write OCR
Commerce ISD has unlimited licensing for Read&Write, and this includes the Chrome, Windows and Mac versions. We use the Chrome version with our students, but the Windows version can be used to scan PDFs to run an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process on them for readability. Once you scan the PDF, that should render the file so it will read better for the students.
This program is installed on all teacher laptops in the district. To navigate Read&Write for Windows on your laptop, please watch THIS VIDEO.
In the video, I show you how to login to the program, scan PDFs, and share it with your students via Google Classroom.
Things to note:
Commerce ISD has unlimited licensing for Read&Write, and this includes the Chrome, Windows and Mac versions. We use the Chrome version with our students, but the Windows version can be used to scan PDFs to run an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process on them for readability. Once you scan the PDF, that should render the file so it will read better for the students.
This program is installed on all teacher laptops in the district. To navigate Read&Write for Windows on your laptop, please watch THIS VIDEO.
In the video, I show you how to login to the program, scan PDFs, and share it with your students via Google Classroom.
Things to note:
- You must login to Read&Write for Windows using your cisdtigers.org email address
- Each teacher, instructional support staff, and administrator now has a cisdtigers.org Google account.
- first name.last name@cisdtigers.org / "cisdpassword" is the initial password. The system will prompt you to change it.
- Change the OCR scanned filename with a "R&W" at the beginning to differentiate the files.
- Students must be added to Google Classroom using their cisdtigers.org account. Personal accounts will not work.
GoGuardian User Manual: https://static.goguardian.com/pdfs/guides/gg4t/gg4t-guide.pdf
STEMscopes Tutorials: http://stemscopes.com/tutorials.php
Building Assignments in Google Classroom with Student Views: View Video
August 2019: Changing courses in Forethought & Setting the Lesson Plan Template
Click Sheet: Upload Outside Training Certificates into Eduphoria: Workshop
Click Sheet: Upload Outside Training Certificates into Eduphoria: Workshop