Student Devices - home care
Please take time this week to talk with your students about being responsible with their devices while at home. Students can keep their devices safe by doing the following:
- closing device while moving it from one place to another.
- carrying device with two hands.
- setting device down on a flat service where it cannot easily fall (ie. not near the edge.)
- storing device and charger in a safe place away from pets, younger siblings, etc.
- being careful about placing device in a book bag. (Device is easily broken when bag is dropped.)
We are fortunate to have replacement devices, but our supply is quickly diminishing as devices are being broken. Thanks for your help!
Student Devices - when back at school
As students come back into the building, let me know if a student needs a device to use daily at school. (This would be students who have a device at home, but cannot bring it to school.)
If students are borrowing an Underwood device to use only at school, the device is labeled with blue tape. These devices are to stay in the classroom. If a student is no longer using a device, please turn it in to the media center.
Destiny Collections
Elizabeth has put together some AMAZING resource collections that can be found on Destiny Discover. To locate, go to Follett (Destiny) on Rapid Identity. On Destiny Discover, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click here for a tutorial.
Recent collections include Black-focused literature and award winners. Check it out and share with your students!
Book Checkout
Continue to encourage your students to check out library books....let's keep improving our circulation numbers! For instructions -
Underwood Book/eBook Checkout. Consider sharing this document in your Morning Meeting, during ELA, or on your Classroom. Elizabeth and Andrea are always willing to join you class to share the book checkout process. Email us to schedule a time.
Lunch and Learn - Wednesdays 11:30 - 12:30
Lunch & Learn sessions include a mini lesson, work time with DLC assistance, and time for questions and discussion. Participate live or watch a recorded session. All session recordings and materials are posted here -
https://bit.ly/3i4bcJx
This week's topic is Student Engagement through Station Rotation. It is facilitated by Tanya Churchill, Jennifer Underhill, and Kurt Hurelbrink.
Known Screen sharing issue in Meets
When presenter clicks on "Share this tab instead", he is being kicked out of the share screen feature completely. There are also instances where students only see the letter of the presenter's name and not the screen being shared.
WCPSS and Google are aware of this issue, which is being caused by the latest Chrome OS update. They are working on a fix.
