BCPS Instructional Technology Help Desk
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Application (Software) Help
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Expert Space Informational Video
Today's Meet How-To
How to Have a PDF File Read to You
How to use Open Office Productivity Suite
Google
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Google Definitions
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Google and Bloom's
Google Drive
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How to get started with Google Docs
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How to Upload Documents into Google Drive
How to use Google Docs Templates with your students
Add a reuse image to your Google Doc without ever leaving your document
How to get email notifications from your Google Calendar
How to create a Google Doc
How to create a Google Spreadsheet
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How to create a hyperlink in a Google Spreadsheet
How to Create a new Google Presentation
How to Embed Video into a Google Site
Use the Research Tool in Google Drive
How to create a Google Form
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Google Forms: Building, Sharing, and Self-Grading Assessments (Video Tutorials)
Google Forms: How to create a quiz or a test that automatically grades itself in Google Docs
How to Embed a Google Form into an Email
How to Share a Collection in Google
Using Google Drawing
Overview of Google Moon
Google Earth
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How to get started creating a Google Lit Trip
Google Sketch Up Live Binder
Using Google Advanced Search Features
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Using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" Search Feature
Using Scribble Maps - a Web 2.0 tool that allows you too mark on Google Maps
Using Google Sky
Keyboarding
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How to get started in Paws, Paws Jr., or Type to Learn
Kidspiration & Inspiration
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How to use Kidspiration
Microsoft Office 2010 Product Guides
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Word 2010
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Migrating from Word 2003 to Word 2010
Microsoft Word
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Create Quick Links on Your Student’s X Drive with Microsoft Office Word
How to copy part or whole screen and paste to a Word Document
Bibliography Creation in Word
How to find the mathematical symbols in Word
How to save a Word document as a free pdf file
How to add borders or outlines to pictures, charts, and other objects
How to edit Word Art
How to create sticky notes in Word
Default Font and Spacing in Word
Translate Feature in Word
PowerPoint 2010
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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How to Present Your PowerPoint While Viewing Your Notes Privately
How to create an Avatar and save it in a PowerPoint
Customizing the Ribbon in PowerPoint 2010
Migrating to PowerPoint 2010 from 2003
How to convert a PowerPoint slide to a digital picture
How to create a photo album in PowerPoint 2003
How to Remove the Background of a Picture
Setting up Microsoft Office PowerPoint to Run Music and Animation Together
Using PowerPoint to enhance reading
Excel 2010
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How to Consolidate Data in Excel from Different Worksheets
Moving 2 Columns of Information to 1 Column Using Excel
How to create and use simple formulas in Microsoft Office Excel
Split Names in Excel by Using the Convert Text to Columns Wizard in Excel
Access 2010
Publisher 2010
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Basic Tips for Publisher 2010
Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 Help
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How to save or print in Microsoft Office 2007
How to convert from Office 2007 to Office 2003
Using the Thinking Maps Software
BCPS-Specific
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How to Save to Your V-Drive
What is Dropbox?
BCPS Email Help
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Create Folders in Web Mail Pro to organize Your Email
How to Set Up Private Email Groups
How to Add an Automatic Message Response to Your WebMail Pro Account
How to create an attachment in email
How to Find an Email Recipient Quickly in Web Mail Pro
How to Personlize your Signature in Webmail Pro
How to Search for Email in Web Mail Pro
How to reduce the size of a picture so it will email
How to View the Status of Sent Email
Setting Up Email Groups
Change Your Password at Work
ERO
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How to print an ERO certificate
PowerSchool
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PowerSchool 101
PowerSchool Quick Reference Card
Adding New Students to PowerSchool
Adding New Users to PowerSchool
Discipline Incident Entry in PwerSchool
Enrolling Elementary Students Into Classes
Entering Historical Grades
Manually Schedule Students
Printing Elementary Report Cards From PowerSchool
Setup and Daily Use of School Bulletin
Stored Searches-Stored Selections
Transferring Students Between Schools After School Has Ended Before EOY
Various Student Search Commands
Verifying Grades
Withdrawing or Transferring Students From PowerSchool
Power Teacher
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How to Get PowerTeacher to run on a Mac
Setting Up the PowerTeacher iPad App
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Using the PowerTeacher App
How to Create Groups in Your PowerTeacher Gradebook
How to set up grades in Power Teacher
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End of Term for Middle and High School
End of Term Gradebook for Elementary School
Verifying Grades
Changing Current Class Names in PowerTeacher
Pinting Elementary Report Cards
How to run Summary Progress Interim Reports
Import class lists from PowerTeacher into SMART Response or CPS
Teacher Search for Dropped Students
SharpSchool Help
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Hiding, Archiving, and Deleting Web Pages in SharpSchool
Teacher Pages Tips
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Best Practices for Teacher Pages
Creating Your Staff Page
How to Upload Photos to Your Teacher Webpages
Teacher Pages Pitfalls
Teacher Video Tutorials from SharpSchool
Help Cards
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Site Documents Help Card
Site Hyperlinks Help Card
Site Images Help Card
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Photo Galleries Help Card
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Image Resizing Guide
Site Publishing Help Card
Event Publishing Help Card
How to Embed a Google Calendar into Your SharpSchool Webpage
Equipment Help
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How To Use Your School Office Copier As A Scanner
eInstruction & CPS
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ExamView Testing Step-By-Step Guide
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How to combine Multiple ExamView Tests into One
How to Export Class Lists from PowerTeacher and Import Them into ExamView
How to Publish and Assign BCPS Created Benchmarks
ExamView: Using a Scanner and Bubble Sheets
I want ExamView to Stop Grouping All Question Types Together!
How to Create a Read Aloud Assessment in ExamView
ExamView: Quick Start Lan Assessment Guide
How to Export An Assessment from ExamView into PowerTeacher Grade Book
Export ExamView Test Scores to an Excel Spreadsheet
Getting started with Mobi
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The Basics of Mobi (an eInstruction white page)
Mobi Troubleshooting Guide
Mobi Pen Stopped Working
How to Use CPS on a Daily Basis
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Using CPS Clickers in the ExamView Test Manager
How to Use CPS Clickers for a Lesson
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How to Export your ExamView Classes into CPS
Reprogramming All CPS RF Pads
Import Student Rosters from PowerSchoool into CPS
How to export a test created in Word to CPS
Add ExamView Files to CPS
Export CPS Results to PowerTeacher
How to Use the InterWrite Clickers (older version) with the New CPS Software
How to use CPS with PowerPoint in your classroom
LCD Projectors
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How to turn the projector image right-side up
How to toggle between your laptop and the LCD projector
How to fix the tilt of your LCD projector to make the projected image square
How to use your LCD Projector: Tips & Tricks Part 1
How to use your LCD projector: Tips & Tricks Part II
Mac Book Info
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How to right-click on a Mac
How to creat a Springboard (boookmark) on a Mac
Taking a screen picture with Grab
How to save a document in Pages and open it on your PC
How to save your iWeb project to your school server
Keynote Assistance
Shortcuts
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How to add a website shortcut to my desktop
How to Add a Website Shortcut to a Folder
How to use your Windows Start Menu Key
PortaPortal: Access all your favorite web sites from one location
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How to add links to the BCPS PortaPortal
PC Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows & Mac Alt Codes for Foreign Language Accent Marks
Mac Book Keyboard Shortcuts
Skype & Web Cams
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How to get started with Skype
How to set up your Skype account to be "private"
Adjusting your Logitech Web Cam
SMART Products
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SMART Board: Video Tutorial Links
SMART Sites
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How Can I Get to the SMART Notebook Pages at pearsonsuccessnet.com?
SMART Notebook 11 Guide
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Adding Content to My Content in SMART Notebook
Convert any Document to a SMART Notebook Document
SMART Notebook 11 ToolBar Video Tutorial
Reference Guide for the Lesson Activity Toolkit
How to Change Default Font Settings
Download a File and Add to My Content in Smart Notebook 11
Document Cameras Interact with SMARTboard
How to setup your SMART Board
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SMARTBoard Orientation
How to restore SMART Board Tools and Galleries
What do the tools on the Smart Board Floating Tool Bar do?
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Where Oh Where Did My Floating Tools GO?
How to "fix" your SMARTBoard if the icons are missing from the Toolbar
How to use Notebook 10 Print Capture
SMART Notebook and digital ink layers
SMART Board Inkaware
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SMART Ink in 2011
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Using SMART Ink with PowerPoint
Using Ink Aware and Microsoft Office Word
Getting Started with Mixed Reality and SMART
Creating a teacher file in Smart Response
How to Run an Anonymous Question Set Using Smart Response
Pairing your SMART LE Clickers with Your Students
How to use Senteo Clickers (now called SMART Response)
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Creating an assessment in SMART Response
Delivering an assessment in SMART Reponse
Evaluating assessment results in SMART Response
Importing into Senteo from Microsoft Word
How to set up and maintain SMART Airliners (Tips and Tricks)
Ideas for Integrating
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Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Live Binder
Countdown Timer
Padlet How-to
Ideas for Using a Document Camera in the Classroom
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AverMedia Document Camera: How to Record Videos to AVI in AVer+
K-6 Ideas
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Inspire and Be Inspired at sharemylesson.com
Recommended Pinners to Follow on Pinterest
K-6 Technology Skills Checklist
Teacher's Guide for Use of QR Codes in the Classroom
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QR Codes in Education Live Binder
Create a Dropbox QR Code
Adding Images to QR Codes
Geocaching 101
Glogster.edu
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Glogster Educator Resource Library
Using Jing to Create a Screencast
How to install GPS Coordinates using Garmin Map Source
How to use Museum Box
Learn to Use a Computer (for very young children)
Pictures/Video
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How to use Discovery Education Streaming Video (United Streaming)
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How to set up Teacher Accounts and Writing Prompts for your class using Discovery Education
How to save your Discovery Education videos so they are easy to access
How to use the closed captioning feature in Discovery Ed. videos
How to take a picture of what you see on your computer screen (a screenshot)
How to capture part of the screen using the Snipping Tool in Windows 7 or Vista
How to create a Photostory
Ideas for Using Digital Cameras in Your Elementary Classroom
How to use the Mino Flip Cam
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How to use the Mino Flip Cam and iMovie together
Transfer Video from Flip Cam to iMovie
How Embed a Video from Clean Video Search (YouTube) into a PowerPoint
Using Jing to Create a Screencast
Using Windows Movie Maker Live
Wikis & Blogs
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BCPS Blog and Wiki Guidelines
How to use wikis to enhance instruction
How to upload a document to a wiki
How to add web site links to your wiki
How to schedule a Blogger post on a specific date
How to blog using Blogmeister
Using Blogmeister as a student
Troubleshooting 101
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Adding Students
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How to print out Parent Letters that List User Names and Passwords for Pearson Math Program
Add student names in Paws & Paws, Jr.
How to Enroll Your Students in Your Course in Schoology
STAR Directions
Add student names in Harcourt Math Center
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How to navigate in Harcourt Math Center
Importing class lists from PowerTeacher to Senteo or CPS
Set up your class roster in IXL
How to maintain TriFit
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How to copy part or whole screen and paste to a Word Document
Cookies
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How to clear cookies from your computer
Help! My Computer is Slow!
Help! My Icons and/or Desktop Programs "Disappeared!"
Help! My Laptop Cursor Keeps Moving While I Type!
How to Clear Your Browser Cache
How Can I Brighten the Screen on My Computer?
How to Transfer My Files From My Old Windows XP Computer
Save & Backup Files
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How to save files to an external hard drive
How to backup or save files to a CD
How to save or backup to a flash drive
Windows 7 Help
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How to post Sticky Notes on your desktop with Windows 7
Windows 7 Setting to Allow Dragging Objects on Websites on the SMART Board
Windows 7 Snippet Tool
Windows 7 Step By Step
iPods, iPads & Apps
4 and 5 Star Apps
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Looking for free apps? Try Appshopper.com
How to Search for Apps in iTunes
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Turn Off the "Delete" Feature for Apps on the iPod and iPad
How to load Apps onto your iPod
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Check Out These App Video Tutorials!
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Video Tutorials for Various Apps
Tellagami app tutorial
There's an APP for That! (Apps for Administrators)
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Built in Notes App
iMotion and iMovie
Educreations App
Evernote and Evernote Peek apps
GFlash App
Great Directions for the Moxier Collage App!
Lifecards App
Sonic Pics
Stellarium App
Using the NearPod app
WorkSpace Connect App by eInstruction
Apps that Reinforce Writing for Young Students
Apps that focus on Spelling
How to use a Word Document with the DropBox App and PDF Notes App on an iPad
Educational Apps: Blogs & Reviews
What do I do if I want to put an app on the school iPads?
How to get started with the iPod touch kit
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How to create folders on the iPod touch or iPad
Reset a frozen iPod
Using the iPod touch as a PRS (clicker)
Add a United Streaming video to an iPod
iPad: Getting Started in the Classroom
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Eight Useful iPad Tips Every User Should Know
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Special Features of the iPad
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How to take a screen shot on an iPad
Safari Pages are Not Loading on the iPad
How to Sync Your Google Calendar with the iPad Calendar
Help! My Camera App Icon is Missing from My iPad!
How to maximize the battery life of your iPod, iPhone, or iPad
How to print a picture from your iPod touch or iPad
Using the New ios 7 Spotlight Search
How to Lock an iPad to One App
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How to Alphabetize Apps on Your iPad
Inverting the colors on your iPad or iPhone
Splitting and Merging the Keyboard on an iPad
Bloom's Taxonomy for iPads
AirServer How To
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Air Server Changes on iPads Running ios 7
Using Dropbox with your iPad
How to Transfer iMovie from the iPad to Your Computer
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How to transfer video from iPads to iMovie on the Mac Laptops
iMovie: How to Reduce Background Music
Using the blue / green screen with iMovie
Podcasts
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How to get podcast ready (using Audacity)
Exporting a podcast to iTunes
How to podcast using Garage Band
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Garage Band: Customizing the Voice Tracks in a Podcast
Podcasting Slideshow in Keynote
Copyright & Research
Live Binder: All About Creative Commons and Copyright
How to use Creative Commons Licensing
Determine if a web site is credible: Lesson and Rubrics
Internet Safety
Links for Parents
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Cyber Awareness Live Binder!
"Cyberbullying is a Real Problem" Elementary Video
Net Cetera from Onguard Online
Links for Elementary School
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BCPS Elementary Curriculum as created and distributed by Common Sense Media, www.commonsensemedia.org/educators
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Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Cyber Awareness Live Binder!
Family Media Agreement for Elementary Students
Links for Middle School
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Netiquette... A Lesson for Middle School Students
BCPS Middle School Curriculum as created and distributed by Common Sense Media, www.commonsensemedia.org/educators
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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Cyber Awareness Live Binder!
Stop. Think. Click
Links for High School
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BCPS High School Curriculum as created & distributed by Common Sense Media, www.commonsensemedia.org/educators
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Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Cyber Awareness Live Binder!
Stop. Think. Click
Curriculum
Character Education: Infinite Learning Lab's Professor Garfiled
Grades K - 8 Mathmatics Vocabulary Word Wall Cards from the VDOE
Elementary Curriculum
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Elementary School Math
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Pearson Math Assessments
Elementary School Science
Elementary School Social Studies
Elementary School Language Arts
Elementay School Fine & Related Arts
Middle School Curriculum
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Middle School Math
Middle School Science
Middle School History
Middle School English
Middle School Fine & Related Arts
High School Curriculum
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High School Math
High School Science
High School History
High School English
High School Foreign Language
High School Fine Arts
High School Related Arts
Practice SOL Assessment Sites
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Interactive Assessments (TEI practice)
Resources To Help Teachers Avoid "Reinventing the Wheel"
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Grade 10
1st Nine Weeks:
Self Expression and Identity Unit:
Who Are You Online? Lesson Plan
Parent Tip Sheet
2nd Nine Weeks:
Digital Life Unit:
My Online Code Lesson Plan
3rd Nine Weeks:
Respecting Creative Work Unit:
Copyrights and Wrongs Lesson Plan
Parent Tip Sheet
4th Nine Weeks:
Connected Culture Unit:
Building Community Online Lesson Plan
Parent Tip Sheet