NWOET is offering free webinars over the next couple of weeks. The topics for these webinars include (but not limited to): Organizing online content Using free resources Teaching “Live” with students Team Teaching Online And more. For information, visit the NWOET Live website.
Youtube access at school is filtered, but teachers can approve videos for students. The problem arises when students are using a brand account instead of their Kenton City Schools’ account. Google is phasing out brand accounts which will fix this issue, but until then, the student will need to switch Youtube back to their KCS…
UPDATE (2019-08-02): There is a simpler way of fixing this. Go to Apple Menu -> System Preferences Click on Printers. Click on Default Printer Select another printer as your default. Ignore these following directions These were my original directions on fixing the issue. There is an issue with the new copiers, Google Cloudprint, and Google Chrome where…
Check that the student exists in SAM First, check that the student has been added to Student Achievement Manager (SAM). Sign in to SAM. On the left, click on your building and then your name. Look for the student’s name. Students are automatically added to SAM a day or two after they receive a schedule…
Technology Professional Development classes have been scheduled. A majority of the classes take place on Wednesdays after school from 3:45pm-4:45pm. There will also be several classes scheduled for a three hour block on Saturdays. These classes will be more indepth than the Wednesday classes. For a list of classes and to sign up to attend, visit…
I’ve been asked about a warning showing up in Gmail that looks like this: It is part of Google’s anti-phishing campaign to warn Gmail users when an email may not be what it claims. In this case, Public Schoolworks sends out informational emails with Mrs. Penczarski’s name attached to it. Since Gmail hasn’t seen an…
There has been some issues with text overflowing on web sites into areas they shouldn’t be, like this: This is a per user setting, so it will follow the student from Chromebook to Chromebook. To fix the issue you’ll need to check two things as the student logged in to a Chromebook. 1. Chrome magnification…
The last update in Google Chrome has caused some issues with the desktops and print preview. When you go to print in chrome the preview will look like this. If you click print it will go thorough as normal. This is a flaw in chrome and they will hopefully issue a fix in the next few…
As we become more and more reliant on Google and Google Drive, we start to run the risk of losing documents when staff leave the district or change grade levels/departments. The person who owns the document doesn’t realize that if they trash the document, then they trash it for everyone with whom the document is…
Screencast of presentation: Coming soon!! The Google Slides presentation: Resources: Twitter for Teachers – Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything The Teacher’s Guide To Twitter | Edudemic Twitter for educators | Learn and Teach Statistics and Operations Research TweetDeck Education Chats Educational Hash Tags A list of educators on Twitter by subject (add your handle!) List of…