February+2016

=February 2016=

=Google Apps For Education Summit Coming To Utah in June! : Now Registering= =Techy Teacher Spotlight: Kirsten Carroll, Redwood Elementary= =Techy Teacher Spotlight: Laverna Benally, Lincoln Elementary= =Techy Teacher Spotlight: Katie Ricks, Howard Driggs Elementary= =Educational Technology's Website Gem of the Month= =Highlights From Granite School District's First Lego League Robot Event= =Attendee Registration is Now Open For UCET 2016=

 = Google Apps For Education Summit Coming To Utah in June! : Now Registering =



Space is limited to 350 participants. Early bird and group rate discounts for registration are available.
=Click here for more information about the Utah Google Summit, pricing and to register.=

== = Techy Teacher Spotlight: Kirsten Carroll, Redwood Elementary = media type="youtube" key="JfZAqrAG6eA" width="560" height="315"

 Kirsten Carroll is a 3rd grade teacher at Redwood Elementary. She makes excellent use of the technology in her classroom, creating fun and meaningful learning opportunities for her students. She finds online resources that help her students better understand the concepts they are learning in class. With several of the online tools, she is able to monitor their progress in real time. At a glance she can see who is struggling and needs help. She is able to provide reteaching and individual instruction in a timely manner. Kirsten’s class recently gained access to a set of Chromebooks for their classroom, and she didn’t waste time putting them to good use. She uses [|Google Classroom] to manage and send out assignments. The students are then able to submit their assignments digitally, creating more efficiency and saving paper at the same time. Some of the other excellent online resources they are using are: goformative.com, xtramath.org or the XtraMath Chrome App , the Prodigy Chrome App , Google Docs , Google Drawings , and so much more. Thanks Kirsten Carroll for being such an awesome teacher! //Spotlight Creator: Teresa Bruin, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist//     = Techy Teacher Spotlight: Laverna Benally, Lincoln Elementary = media type="youtube" key="kO4PWt4V1s4" width="560" height="315"

  Laverna Benally teaches 5th Grade at Lincoln Elementary in South Salt Lake, Utah. This spotlight begins with her students expressing a few of the reasons they enjoy having Mrs. Benally as their teacher. We see students working on research projects and creating collaborative Google Slides presentations using classroom Chromebooks. One student states that he enjoys using Chromebooks because they help him become more engaged with research. Meanwhile, we see Mrs. Benally roaming the classroom consulting with students individually to meet their needs. Special thanks go to Mrs. Benally, an excellent teacher who engages and supports students in her classroom each day. //Spotlight Author: Patrick Flanagan, Director of Educational Technology, Granite School District//     =Techy Teacher Spotlight: Katie Ricks, Howard Driggs Elementary =  Katie Ricks teaches 3rd Grade at Howard R. Driggs Elementary in Holladay, Utah, where she and her students utilize technology daily in the classroom. 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font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> = Educational Technology's Website Gem of the Month = <span style="color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="color: #444444; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> ==<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Formative is free for teachers and students. Formative is for any grade, any subject and any device! ==
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">See how goformative.com works in these video tutorials.

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 = Attendee Registration is Now Open For UCET 2016 = ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif;">Get excited for the biggest and best UCET conference ever! Tech Madness! ==

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif;">Registration for attendees is now open.
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 = Highlights From Granite School District's First Lego League Robot Event = <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.5;">**The Granite School District Lego League qualifying tournament was held on January 16th at Granger High School.**
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had a tremendous amount of fun, and learned a lot this year!

 * = Over 280 student participants attended =
 * = supported by over 35 coaches and assistant coaches... =
 * = and 50 volunteers! =

===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The teams also explained their robot designs, and presented an innovative product to address the issue of Trash, as well as solving a problem as a team in their judging sessions. ===

Teams that will be attending the State Qualifier on January 30th at UVU include:

 * === Cottonwood Elementary Garbage Gurus ===
 * === Stansbury Elementary Trashformers ===
 * === Valley JHS Ligerbots ===
 * === Moss Elementary Lego Hackers ===

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Also winning awards were:

 * ** The Farnsworth Elementary "Eye of the Tiger" team for Best Project **
 * ** The Whittier Fantasy Reckoners for Robot Design **
 * ** The Lake Ridge Cougar Clean-Up Crew won an award for Core Values **
 * ** The Moss Elementary Lego Hackers won the Gracious Professionalism award for their team's fantastic cooperation **
 * ** The Garbage Gurus of Cottonwood El also won trophies for Robot Performance and the Champion's Award **