Tech in the YO 2022 Conference
Spotlight

YCSD Teachers made all the difference at Tech in the YO 2022. On August 4, 2022, fifteen of our fantastic YCSD teachers presented one or more sessions at Tech in the YO 2022. Their sessions were extremely popular! For instance, when asked what attendees enjoyed most about the conference, they said: 

• "Having colleagues and teachers from our district present to staff"
• "Being able to see the strengths of our staff and their enthusiasm with sharing"
• "I enjoy the sessions where it is other teachers showing a skill or a piece of technology that they have found and use"

In case you missed seeing their awesome sessions, they are linked below.

Session Title	Presenter	Description	Recording	Materials	Info
How to get the most out of a Google Form!	Joshua Harris	In my session I would offer an away for the attendees to scaffold their exit slip data by using adaptive google forms. Where the exit slip will change based on how well the students are doing on the exit slip. This allows the exit slip data to not just show the teachers if the scholars have mastered a skill or not, but to what degree they have and what scaffolds a scholar will need to be successful.	RECORDING	Presentation	TEMPLATES
McGraw Hill Online Platform	Corissa Freeman	For this session we will dive into the online McGraw hill platform resources, power points, lesson plan materials and ready made assessments.	RECORDING	Materials
McGraw Hill Learn Smart	Corissa Freeman	During this session we will delve into the learn smart program for asynchronous learning, chapter correlation and reports.	RECORDING	Materials
McGraw Hill Digital Assessment Creator	Corissa Freeman	In this session we will delve into creating digital assessments for students using the McGraw Hill Platform.	NO RECORDING	Materials
Virtual Tours with Google Earth	Tina Felger	With Google Earth's Project tool you can make a 3D geographic tour of a story, historical event, interesting locations or any concept you are exploring in class, including text, images, videos, links and more. Learn how you and your students can create, collaborate and share virtual educational tours!	RECORDING	Agenda	RESOURCES
The PEARFECT Pair: Pairing PEAR DECK in Your Digital Instruction	Tracy Pinter	This session will show you how to use Pear Deck in your digital instruction to increase student engagement and gather useful formative data.	RECORDING	Presentation
Going (More) Paperless in the Math Classroom: Utilizing and Creating Digital Tools and Activities	Tracy Pinter	Learn how to go paperless in your Math class by using digital tools and creating digital activities.	RECORDING	Presentation
Creating an Activity Form to Track Your PD	Madonna Barwick & Tracy Pinter	The YCSD LPDC presents the newest and simplest format to maintain your participation in professional development courses, workshops, webinars and college/university courses.	RECORDING	RESOURCES
LPDC- "Do You have an IPDP? Are You Ready to Renew Your License?"	Madonna Barwick & Tracy Pinter	The YCSD LPDC- Local Professional Development Committee- will review the license renewal process with anyone whose Educational License will be expiring in June 2023, along with writing a new IPDP- Individual Professional Development Plan- using the District's PDExpress Program.	RECORDING	Presentation
Free Reading Resources	Kimberly Griffiths	Do you need some supplemental reading resources with comprehension that can also meet a variety of needs? In this session, you will learn about EPIC! and Readworks.org and how you can use their texts in your class.	RECORDING	Presentation
Interactive Lessons Using Google Slides	Kimberly Griffiths	Tired of printing and copying papers for classwork? Want to make interactive lessons and activities? In this session, you will learn how to take your paper activity and turn it into a digital activity using Google Slides.	NO RECORDING	Presentation
Extensions and Sites for an Easier Teaching Life	Kimberly Griffiths	In this session, you will learn about some extensions and sites that can help make teaching easier. Some include how to make your own poster, small pdf, Insert Learning, Classroomscreen, and more!	RECORDING	Presentation
EduProtocols: Thin Slides and Smart Frayers for Vocabulary Development	Mary Ramhoff	I will be demonstrating how to use the EduProtocol This Slides to introduce new vocabulary. Attendees will learn how to assign the vocabulary and slides and will practice creating a Thin Slide to introduce a vocabulary word including the word and image on the slide. Speaker's notes will be used to give more information during the class presentation. I will also present the Smart Frayer EduProtocol model for vocabulary development. Attendees will participate in creating a Smart Frayer to develop new vocabulary terms. Templates will be shared as well as the slide deck from the participants.	RECORDING	Thin Slides Smart Frayer Resources
Navigating SameGoal (formerly IEP Anywhere)	Delilah Williams & Nicole Cusick	Have you been informed that it's your responsibility to use SameGoal (formerly IEP Anywhere) to find important documents for students with an IEP but aren't sure how? Well, join this overview session where we will assist you with logging on, locating your students' information, deciphering which forms provide the information you seek, learning how to sign documents during a meeting, and much more.	RECORDING	Presentation
CK-12 Interactive Digital Notebooks	Traci Cain & Chris Paloski	CK-12 offers customizable, digital textbooks with interactive content for scholars and teachers (flexbooks). Master math & science concepts through regular, personalized practice questions (adaptive practice). Discover new ways of learning Physics and Chemistry with real-world lab simulations. Play, Learn, Interact & eXplore math & science concepts (PLIX). Quickly review concepts with key information (study guides). Organize your scholars in a digital classroom and access an intelligent gradebook that easily displays patterns (automatic grading & reporting). Easily integrates with Google Classroom and Clever.	RECORDING	Presentation
Video Collage: 21st Century Communication Skills	Anna Ragghanti- Crowe	The participants will learn how to create a video collage with students. Participants will be given an assignment format. The concept of the lesson will be explained because Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Multiple Intelligences as well as 21st Century communication skills are embedded in the assignment. Next, participants will learn how to create a video collage. This can be done on one's phone or an iPad. One of the issues with the assignment is that one needs access to video clips. I have found a way around this by downloading specific clips to Google classroom from Pexels (stock pictures and video clips). Finally, participants will share their results. The whole demonstration will be interactive.	RECORDING	Presentation
Simplify Your Life with Rubrics in Google Classroom	Rachael Ayers	Learn how to create and use rubrics to simplify grading in Google Classroom	RECORDING	Presentation
Choice Boards & HyperDocs	Kristen Jaros	What are Choice Boards? Why should you use them? How can you incorporate them into your lessons? What are some things that you can do using technology? Students getting a choice in their education is part of the OTES rubric. Choice Boards/HyperDocs give you some flexibility and help to give the students a choice as to what they want to do. We will explore what Choice Boards are. We will also go over how to incorporate them into your lessons as classwork or assessments. In addition, I will also give websites about premade Choice Boards/HyperDocs and show you how to make your own. Finally, I will then go over how they can be used for a student’s ownership of their education and choice.	RECORDING	Presentation
YCSD Esports for Middle and High Schools	Chuck Stark	In our session we will give intro info about Esports to staff that would like to learn more about it. Then we will discuss how our first season went and highlight many of the positive things that took place. Finally, we will talk about the plan moving forward and how others can get involved.	RECORDING	Presentation

FREE Summer PD

 Looking for free summer PD?

JUNE:

• June 9, 2022: The Ohio Academy of Science Educate, Innovate, Inspire Summer PD (in person, choose location) REGISTER HERE by June 6th
• June 2022: Really Great Reading Science of Reading Virtual Workshop for Emerging (PK-1) or Developing (1-12) Readers View Dates & REGISTER HERE
• June 2022: CodeHS- check registration link for dates/sessions (virtual or get the recording emailed to you) REGISTER HERE 
• June 27- July 1, 2022: Smithsonian Summer Sessions for Teachers: Inspiring Civic Engagement (virtual 11:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT daily) REGISTER HERE

JULY:

• July 2022: CodeHS- check the registration link for dates/sessions (virtual or get the recording emailed to you) REGISTER HERE 
• July 2022: Really Great Reading Science of Reading Virtual Workshop for Emerging (PK-1) or Developing (1-12) Readers View Dates & REGISTER HERE
• July 11, 2022: BrainPOP Certified Educator (virtual) REGISTER HERE by July 7th
• July 26-28, 2022: Nearpod Camp Engage (virtual or get the recordings emailed to you) REGISTER HERE

AUGUST:

• August 4, 2022: YCSD 5th Annual Tech in the YO Virtual Conference (virtual 8:00-4:00 p.m.) Participation in Tech in the YO will fulfill YCSD attendance requirement for NEOEA Day) REGISTER HERE (Limited to YCSD staff only)
• August 5, 2022: SPARCC EdTech Conference (Virtual 8:00-3:30 p.m.) REGISTER HERE

ANY TIME (On-Demand PD):

• Matt Miller, of Ditch that Textbook's, Free PD Courses:
• Remote Learning 101 is a FREE self-paced online course with lots of tips, ideas, resources, and downloadable content to help YOU think through remote learning. Get your certificate for 3 PD hours!  REGISTER HERE
• How to use Google Classroom is a FREE self-paced online course. This FREE course walks you through the basics PLUS gives you tips and tricks! Get your certificate for 1 PD hour! REGISTER HERE
• Creating a Playful Classroom is a FREE self-paced online course. Our classrooms must be meaningful, relevant, and fun. The Playful Classroom shows readers how to reconnect with students, parents, and your profession. In this mini-course, join The Playful Classroom co-author Jed Dearybury as he takes you through some of the best take-aways from the book. Get your certificate for 1 PD hour! REGISTER HERE
• Ditch that Textbook's Awesome Teacher Summer PD Choice Board
• Google Certification Level 1 (click on For New Learners) NOTE: Training is free, but the certification test costs $10
• Google Certification Level 2 (click on For Advanced Learners) NOTE: Training is free, but the certification test costs $25
• Apple Teacher Certification
• Smithsonian X: Free online courses from The Smithsonian Institution
• INFOhio Learning Pathways (virtual)
• Ohio Department of Education Learning Management System (online learning system)

Give yourself a digital makeover in Google!

Google digital makover!

1. Untitled Drive Items

How many Google items did you start to create and never finish? Maybe they were to help teach someone how to use the items or maybe it was just a quick tip for someone. It is time to either get rid of the items by deleting them or select them and drag them all into a folder. Either way, it will help to clean up your drive account.  Just make sure to not get frustrated with this task. You do not have to finish this all at once time. Come back anytime to work on it again.

2. Reinventing your email labels

If you are like me once I create an email label and I never go back and look at it again. One day I was searching for an email label and I realize I have so many labels I couldn't find anything. "Light bulb moment" when I knew that I needed to reorganize. I went in and deleted email labels that I no longer needed or nested them under a broader category, like ELA or Central office.  If I realized I was missing a category for something it was time to create a new one. Color coding a label is an amazing way to organize.  Check out Google's GIF. 

3. Unsubscribe to email 

The easiest way is to click the unsubscribe link at the top of the email, although it isn't the fastest. Some emails do not have the unsubscribe link, what the heck? You can scroll to the bottom and there should be an unsubscribe link.

 If there is not, make sure to report that email as SPAM by just clicking on the 3 dots in the top right of your email and selecting Report as SPAM. 

4. Creating filters 

If you are like me and have tons of emails in your inbox, it's time for a spring cleaning! You can create a filter to label your emails each time they arrive to keep these from collecting in your inbox.  Google has quick easy directions to help you. 

1. Open Gmail.
2. In the search box at the top, click Show search options  .
3. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search. 
4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.( I like to use FROM:  by placing the email address there and it labels every time it comes from that email address) 
   
   
   

5. Choose what you’d like the filter to do. 

6. Click Create filter.

5. Take out the trash! 

When was the last time you deleted a file off of your computer? Every year I back up my files onto an external drive or flash drive. Once I back up those files it is time to delete them off my computer. Once you delete them make sure to go into that trash can and delete it forever! Free up that space on your hard drive! Your computer speed will improve and your computer will thank you!

May is National Cybersecurity Month

May is National Cybersecurity Month. If you use the internet, email, and/or a cell phone you are a potential target for hackers/cybercriminals. Cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility. Keep reading for 5 tips that, along with staying vigilant, will help to make your digital life more secure. 

Tip #1: Practice Good Password Maintenance

We all have too many passwords to manage. It's human to want to reuse the same password for different accounts. Don't! Instead, a password manager can help you to maintain strong unique passwords for all of your accounts. Google Chrome has a password manager which can suggest strong passwords for you, enter credentials automatically, and remind you to update your passwords periodically. But this is only effective if you safeguard your device (see tip 4). There are also password management programs like LastPass, that have both free and paid tiers. 

• Have a different password for each account. This keeps you secure because if your password is hacked then cybercriminals won't be able to access ALL your accounts. 
• If you must write down your passwords, store them securely and away from your device. Please don't write passwords on a sticky note and put in on your desk or computer screen!
• When prompted to change your password change it to something new. Keeping the same password puts you and your device at risk.
• Use two-factor authentication on sensitive accounts. This gives a way of double-checking you really are who you are claiming to be.

Tip #2: Keep Software Up-to-date

Installing software updates for your operating systems and programs is critical. Always install the latest security updates for your devices.

If you see Update in the top right of your Google Chrome, click on Update then click on Update Google Chrome. It only takes a few seconds and it will relaunch Chrome with all of your tabs. The only difference is your Chrome browser will be up to date and secure.

If you see the above icon in your Windows taskbar it means that Windows needs to update. Please make sure to click on the update icon and follow directions to ensure your operating system remains secure. 

If you see an icon like this on a MacBook, iPad, or iPhone, please be sure to click on it and update your operating system. 

The best practice is actually to make sure that all your devices are set to automatically update to keep you and your devices safe. 

Tip #3: Be Careful About What You Click 

Avoid visiting unknown websites or downloading anything from untrusted sources. These sites often host malware that will automatically install and infect your device.

If attachments or links in any email are unexpected or suspicious, don't click on them.

Turn on Safe Browsing to prevent the automatic download of plug-ins and scripts that can contain malicious code. 

1. In Google Chrome, click on the three vertical dots in the top right corner. 
2. Click on Settings.
3. Click Privacy and Security on the left menu.
4. Click Security.
5. Click the circle next to Enhanced Protection to turn on Safe Browsing. 

Tip #4: Never Leave Devices Unattended

The physical security of your devices is just as important as their technical security. 

• If you need to leave your device (laptop, phone, or tablet) for any length of time - lock it up so no one else can use it. To safeguard your devices, make sure you are logged out of your laptop and make sure that your mobile device has a PIN or passcode. 
• If you keep protected data on a flash drive or external hard drive, make sure it is encrypted and locked up as well. 
• For Promethean Panels, make sure to use a PIN and log out of the Chromebox when not in use.
• For desktop computers, log out or shut down the system when not in use.  

Tip #5: Avoid Phishing- and Smishing- Scams

In phishing scams, cyber-criminals will attempt to trick you into divulging personal information such as your login ID and password, banking, or credit card information. Phishing is common via email, but can also happen on social networking sites. Smishing is phishing via text SMS. There has been a huge rise in smishing lately. Be vigilant and never share your personal information as a response to a request in an email, phone call, SMS text, or social media message. If you want to check on the validity of the message always go to the source- your bank, your Netflix account, etc. See examples of phishing and smishing below.