One of our coaches is working with a group of Chemistry teachers. The coach was able to create a quick 4 question quiz in iLearn. The students then took the quiz on their phones. The teachers used the results of the quiz to divide the students into 3 groups. One group...
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Our class has become at least a half digital or technology based class. Thanks so much. The chrome books are amazing. Our 12th graders are enjoying the fact that our class is similar to college courses. This email was received today. It highlights the experience of...
iBlog Step Sheets and Video Tutorials
Join the many other teachers using iBlog and create your website using the simple step sheet and video tutorials. View the Step Sheets and Video Tutorials to help you get up and running with iBlog. Creating a classroom website in Dearborn Schools is easier than ever....
Required Yearly Staff Training
Each and every year, staff members need to complete training in three areas: Response to Bullying Behavior OCR Bloodborne Pathogens In order to facilitate flexibility, these courses are available for staff online. Every staff member should've received badges last...
Phone Voice Mail
With our change to Google Apps, Voice mail from phones also changed. Currently, any time a voice mail is left, a copy of that voice mail is sent via email to the end user. This means that there are two copies of the voicemail. Thus, deleting the voicemail from email...
MACUL Grants
MACUL is offering up to $1,500 for technology implementation in classrooms via a grant. Purpose To encourage and support members interested in promoting effective instructional uses of the computer or related-equipment. Grant Goal Each project should focus on an...
Chromebook Raffle Results
Recently, the TAC announced a Chromebook Raffle. The raffle was to award a cart of 30 Chromebooks to classrooms. The idea behind the raffle was to seed great teachers with Chromebooks so that they can blaze the trail to develop great lessons and procedures to share...
Teacher Computer Shutdown
Beginning April 2, 2015, we will be returning to shutting down teacher computers every night. We strongly encourage all users to shut down computers at the end of the day. This saves electricity and wear and tear on the computers. However, not all users shut down...
Chromebook Cart Raffle
The Chromebook Cart Raffle was met with lots of applications. The committee is now at work reading and rating all of the applications. Since all of the evaluators are working teachers, they will be working through as quickly as possible. Once the awardees are...
Filter
We are currently working on transitioning to our new filter. The new filter will give us much more flexibility and security for the network. However, there are also literally hundreds of settings and check boxes to "get right". Thus, we are hard at work "getting...