February+2015

== =February 2015= =Now Registering For: Shift Your Reading Into OverDrive= =Now Registering For: CANVAS Feedback, Scoring, Rubrics and More = =Now Registering For: Google Your CANVAS Parts II, III and IV= =Educational Technology's Website Gem of the Month= =Citations Made Easy For Teachers and Students= = KidSmartz School Safety Dance Video Contest = =OverDrive in Granite School District= = Highlights From The First Lego League Event Hosted by Granite District =

== = Now Registering For: Shift Your Reading Into OverDrive =

Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and more from your Granite's //OverDrive// library – anywhere, anytime.
=== Join us to learn how you and your students can use Apple, Android and Microsoft devices to access our growing library collection and how you can use //OverDrive// to improve learning and access in your own classrooms. ===

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (MDT)
=CLICK HERE to register for: Shift Your Reading Into OverDrive=

 = Now Registering For CANVAS Feedback, Scoring, Rubrics and More =

Class Description:
=== This class is open to all GSD secondary teachers. Make your courses paperless, interactive and correlated to the Utah Core by learning how to give quality feedback to students, by scoring your assignments, quizzes and discussions online, and for those interested in standards-based learning how to create rubrics and outcomes in //Canvas.// Come prepared to work in your existing courses with ideas, plans and materials you intend to use in your classes. ===

CLICK HERE to register for: CANVAS Feedback, Scoring, Rubrics and More
 = Now Registering For: Google Your CANVAS Parts II, III and IV = = Google Your CANVAS Part II =

Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (MST)
=CLICK HERE to register for: Google Your CANVAS Part II=


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= Google Your CANVAS Part III =

This course is designed to help teachers use the Google tools to save time in course creation in //Canvas// and to make their courses more interesting,
=== interactive and easy to use. Learn how to embed Google charts and update them live, how to use the Google Draw with your courses and how to help student collaborate asynchronously and synchronously for your Canvas courses. ===

Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (MST)
=CLICK HERE to register for: Google Your CANVAS Part III=

**and**
= = = Google Your CANVAS Part IV =

** Granite Education Center, #D-228 **
= 2500 South State =

Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (MDT)
=CLICK HERE to register for: Google Your CANVAS Part IV=



= Educational Technology's Website Gem of the Month =



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== = KidSmartz School Safety Dance Video Contest = =Click Here or on the image below for contest details.=



== = Citations Made Easy For Teachers and Students =

The Easybib web tool allows you and your students to generate citations in MLA format free of charge for:

 * ===Websites===
 * ===Books===
 * ===Newspapers===
 * ===Journals===
 * ===Databases===
 * ===...and many more options===

Save time by making a Works Cited page automatically.
= Easybib Add-On and Google Docs =

Click Here for more information on District Google Accounts.
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 = Highlights From The First Lego League Event Hosted by Granite District =

===First Lego League is an international program where 4th - 8th graders learn to design and program a Mindstorms robot, as well as research a themed social challenge, in order to design an innovative solution. While doing all this, they learn to collaborate, problem solve, and persevere. ===

Granite School District Ed Tech Department sponsors 30 teams which are coached by teachers and school technology specialists. Watch the video below to see how our teams did in this year's competition.
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 = OverDrive In Granite School District =

=OverDrive= =What is OverDrive?=

===Granite School District’s OverDrive provides students and teachers with access to a library of eBooks and audiobooks for independent, recreational, or teacher-assigned reading. These books can be read on a computer or checked out and downloaded to mobile devices via the OverDrive Media Console apps.===

=Who can access OverDrive?=

===Since 2011, all students and staff members in secondary schools have had access to the digital collection. At the beginning of this school year, we extended access to all staff members in the district and began piloting OverDrive in 13 elementary schools, with the goal to have 100% access district-wide by 2016.===



=Where/how can we access OverDrive?=

===The OverDrive collection is accessible anywhere in the world, just as long as you have an internet connection! If you are on a mobile device, you will only need an internet connection for browsing the collection and checking out materials.===

If you are on computer, using a web browser, go to http://granite.lib.overdrive.com. If you are on a mobile device, follow these steps first:

 * 1) ===Download the OverDrive app from your mobile device’s app store.===
 * 2) ===Create an OverDrive account (different from your school account), or click the option that states “I am under 13 years old.”===
 * 3) ===Choose “Add a library” from the menu and search for “Granite School District” or your school name.===
 * 4) ===Visit Granite’s library page in the app and enter your district username and password (a.k.a. “AD Credentials.”)===


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===If you have any questions about OverDrive, please contact the library media specialist or media assistant at your school. You can also contact media specialists at the district level with additional questions: Nikki Gregerson (Elementary), Cindy Moyle (Secondary), or Josh Whiting.===