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Your Early February Tech Update

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Hello, fellow educators! We hope that you have been enjoying watching the snowflakes falling today. We have a shortish update for you today on three items: interactive Promethean boards, an awesome update from Google Classroom, and then our thoughts on AI after the conference in Portland a few weeks ago. As always, if you'd like to connect with us feel free to drop us a message or make an appointment with us . First off, a brief follow up to the email I forwarded along regarding being blocked Padlet last fall. It is officially going to be blocked starting next Friday because they no longer agree to the student data privacy agreement we had with them. If you would like to explore other options, please make an appointment with us so that we can understand your needs as we guide you to an alternative. Last Call for Prometheans! Stephen and I have to finalize the list of where the Promethean boards need to go for grades 6-12. If you have a lackluster projector in your room (too small

Your first 2024 tech update!

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Happy New Year, Blog Followers! It has been quite a while since you heard from us. Alas, the end of 2023 seemed to go out with a roar and suddenly we're half way through the school year (almost). Insanity! In a continued effort to keep our emails brief, here are three things you should know as we hit our stride in 2024: How we sign in to Canva has changed . We now connect through Clever which means that everyone has an account and won't need to wait for our approval to get in. Plus it has created "classes" for students to match their schedule should you want to use Canva Classrooms instead of the Google Classroom integration . As always, feel free to book time with us if you'd like a co-pilot introducing Canva to your students! You can now convert Google Forms into Practice Sets for Google Classroom . Why would you be interested in that? Well, if you have a collection of Google Forms you use with students, you can now leverage the awesome set of tools offered Pra

🍁 1... 2... 3... TIPS!

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Hi, Blog Followers. You have officially survived fall testing. Phew! We wanted to drop out our update today as there are two especially important updates to share with you after our last message. As always, you can make an appointment with us right on our website  if you'd like to chat further. Want to check out our past messages and catch up on anything you've missed? Click here! 1 Awesome Tip FIFTY TIME-SAVING CHATGPT PROMPTS FOR TEACHERS : Since ChatGPT became a hot topic about a year ago, we've been digging into and experimenting with ChatGPT and a plethora of other AI tools. But, for some of you, the mere mention of ChatGPT may make your skin crawl. We would highly recommend dipping your toe in the AI waters because there are so many ways that it can help save you time, which we know you have very little of. If you'd like to learn more about how AI can help you work more efficiently and give you back time to do what you love, just book a time and we'd be happy

Three Squared Instructional Technology Tips - October 6, 2023

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Hi, Blog Followers. We thought that sending out anything in the first month of school would be too overwhelming. So we saved our updates for you until now! Rather than sharing everything in a slide deck like in years past, we're keeping it all in the email to make it easier for you to access. As always, you can make an appointment with us right on our website if you'd like to learn more about any of these nine items or anything else in the world of instructional technology. 3 Awesome Tips: CANVA FOR EDUCATION - TEACH WITH CANVA TUTORIALS : Did you know that Canva is an amazing graphic design platform? You can create all sorts of cool stuff like posters, slide decks, and even podcasts. The best part is, we have free access to Canva for all teachers and students at Bonny Eagle! We've been working with a bunch of teachers this semester and their students have been making some seriously awesome assignments with it. If you're interested, we can set up a time to chat and sh

ChatGPT wrote this email for me.

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The following email was written using ChatGPT with guidance from your curious instructional technology coaches... Dear Teachers, We hope this email finds you well. We are excited to announce that ChatGPT will be the theme of our upcoming tech tip emails from the Instructional Technology Coaches. ChatGPT is a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, trained on a diverse range of texts to provide answers and information on a wide range of topics. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing tips and tricks on how to utilize ChatGPT in the classroom , as well as highlighting its various capabilities and how it can make your daily tasks easier. We hope you find these tips and information valuable and we look forward to sharing more with you in the coming weeks. Best, Stephen & Susie Instructional Technology Coaches Instructional Tech Coach for  Bonny Eagle Middle School & High School ★    Make an appointment with us!   ★ Ed.S. Instructional Technology, M.Ed. Technology in Educat

*Tap, Tap* Can you hear us now?

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Hi, Blog Followers. Apparently we decided to give you guys a break from the four of us as we wrapped up T1 and started T2. But we're back! Tell me you are excited... I know you are! I know that the halfway mark of the year is right around here somewhere. If you need a thought partner or just a place to focus, we are here for you! We love it when folks visit our corner of chaos. Feel free to stop by, find a spot, and do what you need to do. We're always here to support you! Click here to check out this week's tips. End of the email bonus: We have fun prizes, coffee, candy... and you can even get your stylus (or your class pack) engraved with the Glowforge. Have a great afternoon, friends! Sincerely,  Susie Simmons Instructional Tech Coach for  Bonny Eagle Middle School & High School ★    Make an appointment with us!   ★ Ed.S. Instructional Technology, M.Ed. Technology in Education, B.S. Technology Education Pathfinders - Spring Girls Trip Leader (Grades 7