February+2017

=February 2017=

=Getting Started With Granite School District's Overdrive Digital Library of eBooks and Audiobooks= =Highlights From the Granite School District First Lego League Competition 2017= =Now Registering For: Using SMART Notebook 16 With Class Devices= =Educational Technology's Website Gems= =Google's New Team Drives Make It Easier Than Ever to Collaborate With Others= =Now Registering For: Code.org For Elementary=

= Getting Started With Granite School District's Overdrive Digital Library of eBooks and Audiobooks = Granite’s OverDrive provides free access to ebooks and digital audiobooks for all students and staff in Granite School District.

 Granite’s OverDrive can be accessed on the web at http://granite.lib.overdrive.com or via OverDrive apps designed for various mobile devices. There is a quick link in the granitesd.org bookmarks folder when staff or students are using district Chromebooks with their granitesd account.
 * ==Staff users will login with their Active Directory account (which is the account used to log into any district computer)==
 * ==Students will use their Active Directory account (which is the account used to log into any district computer)==

For more information or help getting started with OverDrive, visit @http://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/overdrive .)

The images below highlight a few of the young adult fiction titles that have recently been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library. You can print them out and display them in your library or classroom, or display them on a school or class website.

Article Contribution: Josh Whiting, Media/Technology Specialist
= Highlights From the Granite School District First Lego League Competition 2017 =


 * Plymouth: Core Values 1st Place
 * Lakeridge: Core Values 2nd Place
 * Arcadia : Robot Design 1st Place
 * Westlake Jr.: Robot Design 2nd Place
 * Moss: Project 1st Place
 * Stansbury: Project 2nd Place
 * Cottonwood: Robot Games 1st Place
 * Valley Jr: Robot Games 2nd Place
 * Cottonwood: Championship Team 1st Place
 * Valley Jr. Championship Team 2nd Place
 * Hartvigson: Team Spirit
 * Monroe : Gracious Professionalism

===Eight teams will be going forward to the state tournament on February 11th at Weber State. They are Cottonwood, Stansbury, Farnsworth, Arcadia, Monroe, Armstrong Academy, and Valley and Westlake Junior High Schools. ===

===Congratulations to all the Granite District teams who competed in the First Lego League tourney at Granger High School as well as Salt Lake Community College. You make us proud!! ===


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 * Article Contribution: Cherie Anderson**
 * Thank you to Cherie Anderson for all her work in organizing the FLL events.**
 * Thank you to all the coaches, judges and other volunteers who help make these FLL events possible.**

= Now Registering For: Using SMART Notebook 16 With Class Devices =

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR: Using SMART Notebook 16 With Class Devices
= Educational Technology's Website Gems =

For Our Younger Learners, Gale Offers Kids InfoBits




== For Students in Grades 6-8, Gale Offers the Research In Context Website==



GALE Biography in Context


=GALE Science in Context=

= Google's New Team Drives Make It Easier Than Ever to Collaborate With Others =

The video below will explain how to get started using Team Drives. The instructions are also listed below.

 * === Login to your granitesd.org Google Account on any computer or device with an internet connection ===
 * === Navigate to the Google Drive App, or go to drive.google.com (and make sure you are logged in with your granitesd.org Google account) ===
 * === Look for the Team Drives Link below the My Drive link on the left of the screen ===
 * === Either click on the blue button at the top that says, New Team Drive or click on the gray button in the center of the screen that says Create Team Drive ===
 * === Name the Team Drive ===
 * === When your new Team Drive loads up, click on the drop down arrow by the Team Drive Name and choose, Change Theme to select a theme for your Team Drive ===
 * === Click on the Add Members Icon below your Team Drive Name ===
 * === Add email addresses for the people you want to add to your Team Drive, add a message if you want to, and then click on Manage Members to decide on access level, click send ===
 * === Click the New button to upload files, create folders or create new content within the Team Drive ===

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= Now Registering For: Code.org For Elementary =