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Category Archives: Tools
A Great Document Camera for $70! Yes, $70!
Every now and then a technology comes along and blows your mind! The Ipevo Point 2 View camera is just such a device. At $70, it’s a cost effective replacement for the SMART Document Camera 330 we have purchased in … Continue reading
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Google Apps: A Cornerstone of the CCSD Digital Toolbox
Over the past four years, Google Apps has become a cornerstone of the district’s digital toolbox, with the specific goal of increasing student engagement and achievement through their purposeful use. Adopted for this purpose in 2009 by the District’s technology … Continue reading
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Google Adds Research Tool to Docs
Today Google introduced a research tool that is embedded into the Google Docs experience. Users can select a word or words in a document, right click and choose “Research” to learn more about a topic. As stated on its information … Continue reading
Opportunity for Secondary Teachers to Choose Between a Netbook and a Laptop!
In response to teacher feedback, the Department of Instructional Technology would like to offer any teacher at the secondary schools who prefers a laptop to his/her current Netbook the opportunity to switch devices. The netbook is small and extremely portable. The laptop … Continue reading
Bring Your Own Technology Debuts at Clarkstown’s High Schools
As part of our ongoing efforts to increase the use of technology as a learning tool, teachers and students in both of our high schools now have the opportunity to bring their own technology devices to school and have access to our … Continue reading
District Sponsored Student Gmail
Students in grades 6-12 will have access to gmail, provided in a secure environment via our district’s Google Apps domain. Student addresses are username@student.ccsd.edu (replace “username” with the student log in username). By default, students will be able to send … Continue reading
Wireless Access for “Bring Your Own Technology” (BYOT)
Wireless Access for “Bring Your Own Technology” (BYOT) Debuts Monday, March 5, 2012 – Student and staff will have the opportunity to bring their own technology devices (i.e. iPad, laptop) to school and connect to the Internet using our district’s … Continue reading
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Meeting with Google Sales Team to Share How Philanthropy Impacts Lives
On Thursday November 3, technology learning facilitator John Calvert and I had the opportunity to share our district’s Google Apps story with one of Google’s sales teams in their New York offices. At first I wasn’t sure of the connection between our … Continue reading
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Collaboration Opportunities
Teachers preparing for the 2011-12 school year can plan on providing strong collaboration opportunities for their students. Whether it’s student-to-student, teacher-student, teacher-class, or even collaborations with those outside of our district, the CCSD Google Apps Domain makes collaboration effortless. Considering the importance … Continue reading
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Google Apps: What a Difference “The Cloud” Makes!
Students and teachers in our district are fortunate to have Google Applications for Education available as a powerful learning tool. For the past several years, the district has taken advantage of cloud computing in a variety of ways, not only … Continue reading
