Dearborn Public Schools
Dear Parents,
If you are an AOL email user, please be aware that you may not receive email notifications due to AOL policies. We are working to resolve this issue with AOL.
Thank you for your patience while we work with AOL to make sure you get classroom notifications from your teacher.
Sincerely,
Technology Department
In order to make signing out easier for students, we’ve added a red “Sign out” button along the bottom of our Chromebooks. Students should use this to sign out when they are done.
HiveSchool is a connected learning application that lets teachers provide an engaging, collaborative and effective learning experience for their students.
The application enables teachers to present digital content to the class, monitor student activity, keep students on task and assign a variety of learning resources. Designed for ease of use, it requires only a very short learning curve for teachers and students.
I’ve written up a HelpSheet, but I need feedback to improve it before sending it out to all teachers.
Check it out here.
Some students have complained that a headset (headphones) won’t work with a Chromebook. Usually, there is a very easy fix:
When using a headset with a Chromebook, the user may need to specifically choose the headset. In other words, by default the Chromebook will play sounds through the internal speaker, even when a headset is plugged in.
If a headset is plugged in, but the user is not hearing sounds:
All set. Now the sound will go to the Headphones.
More PD opportunities from the 22i grant.
All courses below are 3 weeks in length and contain two live, 1-hour webinars. After registering, you will receive course instructions; webinars will begin the week of August 8, 2016 (first week of August is rolling enrollment and pre-course readings).
There is a new Phishing attempt (attempts to steal your password) going around. Please be aware of this and DO NOT click on the link and enter your password. It looks like this:
You have 1 new Message from GOOGLE USER
[Message clipped] View entire message
The hyperlink takes you to a google log on page.
Again, this is an attempt to steal your credentials. Do not enter anything in the link.
One way to protect yourself from this is to turn on 2-step authentication. 2-step authentication means that you’ll receive a text message whenever your credentials are entered on a new device (or every 30 days).
Be safe.
All courses below are 3 weeks in length and contain two live, 1-hour webinars. After registering, you will receive course instructions; webinars will begin the week of August 8, 2016 (first week of August is rolling enrollment and pre-course readings).
All courses are eligible for 6 SCECH credits per course.
Click below for a detailed course description.
*Please note, our registration partner has changed for the upcoming Professional Learning courses. If you are registering for one (or more!) of these courses, please go to https://www.solutionwhere.com/ww/remcam/.
If you have not registered for professional learning through REMC.org before, you will need to create an account.
We look forward to bringing you more courses with this partnership throughout the year!
For additional TRIG Professional Learning Opportunities, visit EduPaths.org.
FREE Virtual Professional Development by signing up for courses over the 4th of July!
2 Step Authentication in Google is a way to increase the security of your data. Basically, 2 step authentication means that you have to provide your password and something else. Normally, that is a code from a device that you have (usually your phone). A code is sent to your phone each time that you log into a new computer. Google has just made a change so that instead of entering a code, you can now just confirm that new computer using your phone.
This makes using 2 step authentication even easier. 2 step authentication makes it much harder for hackers to access your data.