Alisal EdTech News v1.4

Alisal EdTech News v1.4
1:1 Device Expansion: Helping bring our District into future ready status	Last Call to 1:1 Expansion Teachers!!! Your first PD is coming up!!! Who: Teachers New to the 1:1 Expansion When: Saturday, September 26 K-2: 8:30-11:30 3-6: 12:30-3:30 Where: TVE Room 37 Teachers will be reimbursed at the other hourly rate***updated 9/23 Remember to bring your New Teacher Device charged and ready to go Thanks much to the 19 Teachers who have RSVPed so far. Please email  william.cogswell@alisal.org to RSVP if you still plan on attending. Like Raffles? Fill out the Pre-Assessment to win a prize: http://tinyurl.com/alisalbootcampNA
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Click Picture Above for the Original	With our District’s GAFE implementation forthcoming, here is Sylvia Duckworth’s (a top education influencer of Twitter) top ten reasons to use GAFE: Unlimited Storage Documents are saved automatically Live-time collaborating and sharing on documents Chrome Apps & Extensions tool to create with Access to Drive and Chrome bookmarks for anywhere in the world, on any device Google Drive Add-ons to automate your workload Easy data collection with Google Forms Immediate feedback on documents with chat, comments, & suggested edits No software required It’s Free
Alisal  Technology  Council	Our first meeting had a great turn out with reps from almost every school!! Here is a copy of the Slide Deck and the Minutes from the previous council meeting. Your Tech Rep may have time to review them in a staff meeting!!! Our next meeting will be October 21st from 3:30-5:00 at Tiburcio Vasquez Room 37 Kudos to Mr. Urquizo for volunteering to be a principal representative Digital Suggestion Box ← Click Here!!!
Upcoming EdTech Professional Development	Monterey County’s Edtech Academy is now open for registration.  Registration will close October 16th. Space is limited!!! For more info: Video & Website Last Call!!! Want to get a head start on Google Apps for Education? Check out the Monterey Bay Summit at Pajaro Valley High on October 2 & 3 http://california.appsevents.com/registration MCOE Yearlong Edtech PD Series Flyer is now out. Click here!!!
More info to come!!	Feedback, comments, concerns, or quagmire?? Click Below http://tinyurl.com/alisal-tech-news-feedback

Alisal EdTech News v1.3

Alisal EdTech News v1.3
1:1 Device Expansion: Save the Date!!	Attention New 1:1 Expansion Teachers!!! Your first PD has been scheduled!! Who: Teachers New to the 1:1 Expansion When: Saturday, September 26 K-2: 8:30-11:30 3-6: 12:30-3:30 Where: TVE Room 37 Teachers will be reimbursed Per Diem The I.T. department will distribute 1:1 teacher devices soon Please RSVP to william.cogswell@alisal.org Fill out Pre-Assessment and win a Prize: http://tinyurl.com/alisalbootcampNA
Digital Citizenship Resources	Interested in starting your own Computers & Coffee Klatch Read more and find resources at Coach Ben's Blog (not viewable on SkyNetV2) Check out more resources at Common Sense Media For Teachers For Parent Meetings Another great free curriculum in English and Spanish is OnGuard Online
I.T. Update	Wifi is currently being updated at the following sites: Loya, Chavez, Steinbeck, Bardin, Creekside, Sanchez, MLK Techs are currently working hard formating devices for our New 1:1 Expansion The link shortener goo.gl is now avaliable for use when sharing websites Twitter is now completely available for educational use on our network
Alisal Technology Council: Reps Needed	The Alisal Technology Council is scheduled to begin on September 16 from 3:30-5:00 at Vaquez in Room 37. Thanks VRB, Sanchez, and Vasquez for emailing me your representatives!!! I look forward to hearing from the remaining schools. The agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting and will be viewable online.
Upcoming EdTech Professional Development	Monterey County’s Edtech Academy is now open for registration. For more info Video Website Want to get a head start on Google Apps for Education? Check out the Monterey Bay Summit at Pajaro Valley High on October 2 & 3 http://california.appsevents.com/registration MCOE Yearlong Edtech PD Series Flyer is now out. Click here!!!
More info to come!!	Feedback, comments, concerns, or quagmire?? Click Below http://tinyurl.com/alisal-tech-news-feedback

Parent Computers & Coffee Klatch: Digital Citizenship

This post was previously written after my first Computers and Coffee Klatch. Hopefully, it will give you some tools and resources to plan your own digital coffee klatch. I updated a few sections.

On Friday, April 24, 2015 at Tiburcio Vásquez, we had our first Coffee and Computers Klatch. Our topic was digital citizenship, and what conversations we need to start having with our children. Our introduction was a Powtoon in English/Spanish posted on Youtube. This gave parents a bit of background on what digital citizenship is, and why it is important. we then followed the video with a conversation guided by a Prezi. This helped facilitate the dialogue between parents in English and Spanish. We discussed the questions in small groups, and shard out as a whole.

Overall, our Vasquez parents were engaged and had wonderful comments and dialogues. They were able to connect with other parents and share ideas and beliefs around digital citizenship. We had a small group, but something we could build on.

To keep the communication going, we also set up a Remind to keep parents updated on topics and to connect the school. The instructions to signing up are attached; however, this remind account is no longer active, we have created a new one. I wanted to keep this in here as an example. With Remind, we were able to send texts to parents' phones with information on digital citizenship and reminders about future meetings.

Lastly, we concluded our session with a link to the feedback form. That way we could plan future meetings based on the parents need and interests. 

If you have questions with regards to this presentation, you can contact me on twitter @cogswell_ben.