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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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