Future+November

=Now Registering For Technology Classes= =New Student Email Accounts Are Now Available For All GSD Students= =Educational Technology's Website Gem of the Month= =Educational Technology's Featured Apps of the Month= =Granite Book Awards: Vote Now For Your Favorite Books Of 2013= =Try Out MyOn Digital Books=

 = Now Registering For Technology Classes = = Get Centered (Integrating Technology In Student Centers) =

Click Here to Register for the Get Centered course. Space is limited.

 * CANVAS and Communication **

There is no charge for this class. 3 licensure points will be awarded upon successful completion of the class.
= Click Here to Register for the CANVAS and Communication Class =

= Safari Montage and Screencasting =

3 licensure points will be awarded upon successful completion of the class.
 = New Student Email Accounts Are Now Available For All GSD Students =

=== Note: Though the standard student email addresses include the first four letters of a student's first name and last name, a student who has a first or last name with only 2 or 3 letters will simply enter that instead.===

Student Email video tutorial available on Safari Montage
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 = Educational Technology's Website Gem Of The Month =

===Padlet, formerly Wallwisher, allows you to create a collaborative wall in a snap, grab the URL or embed code, share it and start collaborating! There are so many ways to use Padlet with students:===
 * ===Q & A forum===
 * ===Share background knowledge about a topic===
 * ===Discuss a book or novel===
 * ===Solve a problem together===
 * ===Share evidence to back up a hypothesis===

===Have you already used Padlet with your students? If so, please take a minute to share on our collaborative wall below. Tell how you have used Padlet in the classroom. If you haven't used Padlet before, double click on the Wall below and add a post sharing an idea of how you could use Padlet with your students.===

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 = Educational Technology's Featured Apps Of The Month =

The apps go along with special Augmented Reality cards that can be purchased on Amazon. The price of the cards with shipping generally ranges between $5 - $7 each set.

 * ===Wild Animal Cards===
 * ===Letters Cards===
 * ===Numbers Cards===

===Each card has a code on it. With your correlating Cypher kids app open, scan a code on a card and watch the magic begin. A 3D image comes to life teaching about an animal and its habitat, letters, or numbers depending on which app and cards you have. To see demonstrations of the different cards and apps in action watch the videos below.===
 * [[image:etnewsupdate/Screen Shot 2013-10-28 at 9.30.09 AM.png width="151" height="151" caption="Wild Animals" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cypher-kids-club-wild-animal/id536405947?mt=8"]] || [[image:etnewsupdate/Screen Shot 2013-10-28 at 10.25.04 AM.png width="162" height="157" caption="Letters" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cypher-kids-club-letters/id567326785?mt=8"]] || [[image:etnewsupdate/Screen Shot 2013-10-28 at 10.25.23 AM.png width="151" height="156" caption="Numbers" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cypher-kids-club-numbers/id551276577?mt=8"]] ||

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== = Granite Book Awards: Vote Now For Your Favorite Books Of 2013 =

**Quick Links:**
=== **2013 Voting Ballot: http://granitemedia.org/vote** === === **2013 Scoreboards: http://granitemedia.org/scoreboard** === === **General Information about the Granite Book Awards: http://granitemedia.org/gba** ===

===The **Granite Book Awards** are student-sourced awards sponsored by school libraries in Granite School District. Winning titles will be determined entirely by the nominations and votes of students and teachers. The GBAs currently include three categories: Picture Books, Middle Grade Fiction (roughly grades 4-8), and Young Adult Fiction (roughly grades 9-12).===

===Please visit the **voting form** often to vote for your favorite books published during the year, and encourage your students to do the same. Vote whenever you discover a new book you like. There is no limit on how many times a student can vote, even for the same book! We just want to learn and share any and every title that students are excited about reading.===

===Also be sure to check out the **scoreboards** showing all the votes received to date. As the year progresses these scoreboards will become a great place to find out about the latest books being discovered and becoming popular with students at schools throughout the district. Voting for 2013 books will close on January 31, 2014, and the titles with the most votes will become the winners of the 2013 awards. Questions? See your school librarian, and visit http://granitemedia.org/gba for more information and resources.===

 = Try Out MyOn Digital Books =

 **This new resource is being piloted in the Pioneer Library, and they would like your input. **

 **Utah is currently participating in a trial to explore the option of using myOn digital books in schools and homes. This trial will extend through January 31, 2014, and USOE and UEN will be evaluating usage records and survey results to determine interest and need. You can access the trial website at: ** =http://www.uen.org/trial/trial.html =

 **myON Offers Access to Thousands of Enhanced Digital Books **  Through the Utah Reads! initiative, students and their families across the state will have unlimited access to reading material on myON, giving families an opportunity to share rich literacy experiences together.

 **myOn includes ** :


 * **Thousands of digital books** ranging from illustrated and picture books to chapter books, graphic novels, literary non-fiction, photo and informational texts spanning multiple eras and cultures.
 *  The collection includes **70% nonfiction, 10% Spanish or dual language** and 20% Hi-Lo titles, and is continually growing.
 *  A wide range of titles and topics provides **varying levels of text complexity** and supports close reading in a range of genres and content areas, including history/social studies, science and technical works.
 *  Through a **secure environment**, students have unlimited access to the entire digital library, within the parameters set by the Utah State Office of Education.
 *  There's **no limit** to the number of students who can read the same book at the same time on myON.
 *  Books are available online anytime, anywhere students have access to an Internet connection, **24x7**.
 * <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> myON books feature **flexible reading scaffolds**: naturally recorded audio to model fluency, word and sentence highlighting, and an embedded dictionary to support vocabulary development, providing students the opportunity to grow and develop content specific vocabulary in context.