Following is the outline Chris Clark will be working from on Tuesday afternoon. We'll add more how-to notes if needed later in the week.
Overview of HTS website - www.htsdc.org
- frequently used links
- calendars
- student directory (has not been updated for 2012-2013 school year yet though)
- faculty page --> password: stignatius
- schedules, class lists, how-to's, forms, etc. etc. can be found here, but is a little under construction at the moment
Network Drives
- H drive for personal stuff (only you and a few admins have access)
- N drive for NetDocs (all faculty/staff has access)
- shared documents
- report cards
- T drive for SAT files (all faculty/staff has access)
- documents regarding students with special needs
- generally NOT a good idea to share things on the C drive or "My Documents" folder
- webmail version
- sync with Microsoft office (requires an admin to set up for you)
- add to iOS (iPhone/iPad) or Android or home email program (Mail) like a regular Gmail account (willing to help if needed)
- you may email a group of people:
Cornerstone - our online database/ online gradebook (used by upper school only)
- entering grades
- household viewable setting --> YES for everybody now, may change to NO for Lower School pending administrative approva
- printing class lists
Wordpress - for teacher webpages
- where students can find your page
- updating current page
- changing color of text
- making a link to a webpage
- uploading & making a link to a file
- weekly task of archiving****
- saving current week to new draft
- renaming the newly created copy
- going back to the current week's page and editing that page (should be page with just your name in the web address)
- linking newly created last week's page to HW archive page
SMART Notebook -
- not too much detail here because of other workshops
- posting PDFs of SMART Notebook files to website
Google Calendar
- adding a test date, long-term project due date, special event
- can add more special events to "Grade Level Public Events" or "HTS Main" and it will automatically display on the HTS homepage
- excellent way to communicate to students, parents, colleagues, and principal
Use the technology!
- it's transparent (website, Cornerstone, Google calendar) - for your students and their parents
- more questions, confusion, and misunderstandings if you are not transparent
- less questions, confusion, and misunderstandings if you are transparent
- allows students and parents to know how well they are doing (Cornerstone)
- eliminates many (but not all) student errors of doing the wrong page, wrong problems, etc. (website)
- allows students to review material on their own time if needed (SMART Notebook, website)
- keeps a record in case you ever needed to look back (website, Cornerstone)
- communicates much easier than email
- more questions, confusion, and misunderstandings if you are not transparent
- less questions, confusion, and misunderstandings if you are transparent
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