Tech Tip: Creating a Student Contact Group for Sharing Docs

It is possible to set all the students in your class up as a group in your Contacts and then you can share a document with the whole class at a time. If you want to do this you add your students to your Contacts (you need to put in both their name and their full google login), make them a group and then you can share with that contact group. Most likely you want to give them "View" access so they don't edit the original document. If students are going to edit the document, ask them to go to File>Make a Copy and then change the title of the document to include their name.

PowerSchool Web Gradebook for Teachers

If you are starting to think about visiting the PowerSchool Web Gradebook, or if you are using it for the first time, here is the link to the slideshow I used at last year's introductory meeting:
https://sites.google.com/a/yarmouthschools.org/yes-technology-for-teachers/web-gradebook

Everyday Math Online Login

During a meeting about Everyday math resources yesterday I learned that we can setup student logins. I have sent all the K-4 student names to McGraw Hill and they have imported them into our school account. The next step is to move students to your own classes. Then we can distribute login and password cards to the students. Students can then login and select a unit and a lesson window which would like like this example:

Another option is that we can set up the "EM Facts Workshop Game" to track your students' progress as a class as well as individually.