Compass Learning is a program that has many different activities designed to help students with reading and math. Generally students in our district will have a pathway specific to their … Read More
Skype in the Classroom – A Free Virtual Connection Community!
Skype in the Classroom is an online community from Microsoft that provides free virtual field trips, guest speakers and class collaborations with other educators and professionals. As staff this year … Read More
Using Skype Online to Get Connected!
There are many ways to connect with others virtually; some are more complicated than others but two of the easiest to use in the classroom may be either Skype or … Read More
Let’s Get Clever!
Clever is a portal that allows students to sign into their school Google accounts and view a set dashboard. Depending on the grade of the student they have two options … Read More
Uploading files to Office 365
The district has provided access for staff to Office 365. You can use this cloud-based product to create new Office files as well as upload and open files made from … Read More
SMART Notebook Activity Builder
Creating your own interactive activities in SMART Notebook can be useful in order to create personalized content in your classroom. To create content, you can follow the steps listed below. … Read More
Lightning Grader!
What is Lightning Grader? Uploading answer sheets using Lightning Grader Reviewing scanned answer sheets using Lightning Grader What is Lightning Grader? Mistar DNA (Illuminate Education) has upgraded their system by … Read More
{Updated} Compass Learning Odyssey Tutorial
Quick Index Getting Started Teachers Logging In Students Logging In Adding Students to Your Class Running Student Progress Reports Getting Started: What is Compass Learning Odyssey? Compass Learning (now known … Read More
Let’s Hangout! (An intro to video chatting with Google Hangouts)
Video calls can link your classroom to the world! Google Hangouts allows the user to “hangout” with other users by chat or video. (It’s already part of the WWCSD staff … Read More
Logging in and out of Google Chrome
When opening a Google App such as Drive or Docs, the user is prompted to login to their Google account. Changing applications may prompt the user to login again; this … Read More