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Thursday, March 30, 2017

#EMSISDITS Tech Talk | March 30

Greetings! This week’s #EMSISDITS Tech Talk Newsletter is hot off the presses! (Digital presses, of course!)

 In this edition ...
  • Check out some of our upcoming Summer Training opportunities.
  • Protect yourself from Phishing Scams
  • Digital Spring Cleaning Tip #1: Teacher Laptops
  • Bryson 1st Graders Land a Starring Role in WFAA Weather Commercial
  • Principal Connection: Whitney Wheeler (Bryson) talks about Technology Integration on her campus
  • Special Shout-Outs to some TECHtastic things happening around EMS ISD (We highlight Eagle Mountain Elementary, Parkview Elementary, and ELAR PLC meetings)
  • This week's Tips & Tricks include Animoto, PlayPosIt, and Seesaw.
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Monday, March 6, 2017

Our website is currently hosted by ESC 11. They are experiencing a network outage at this time, which means our district website is unavailable. We hope that most employees will already have these commonly used links saved on their computer (and not need to access them directly from the website), but please share them just in case.

Office 365 – https://portal.office.com

We will update website status or provide additional employee links on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to like or follow us for updates!

Thank you for your patience.


Thursday, March 2, 2017

#EMSISDITS Tech Talk | March 3

Guess what ... it's time for the new #EMSISDITS Tech Talk Newsletter!

In this edition ...

  • PHISHING Emails - get all the details on how to protect yourself and the district!
  • Real Video Library Contest - teachers can submit a video of real teaching in a real classroom and win some cool stuff for the campus.
  • Shout-Outs from the following campuses:
    • Northbrook Elementary
    • Saginaw High School
    • Bryson Elementary
    • Parkview Elementary
  • Hear from Jennifer Anders (NES), Sara Mullins (SHS), and Tamara Williams (EWMS) about how their students are using Office 365 tools and Docs.com in the classoom!
  • Don't miss a very special weather forecast from the Bobcat Brothers from Bryson Elementary
  • This week's Tips & Tricks include Quizlet, TouchCast, and Learning Tools for OneNote.
We want to highlight the great things happening on YOUR campus and in YOUR classroom. If you have requests for upcoming newsletter articles or would like to nominate someone to be included in the Shout-Outs section, please contact the Instructional Technologist for your campus!


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