Post #2 - Safe YouTube, TAs, K-2 Students Accessing Zoom, Classlink Update, Online Subscriptions, WIT - Update on Remote Learning For Families & Teachers

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Updates on lots of topics. As always, please reach out if you have any questions or would like me to join a grade level meeting.

Thank you for your continued patience as we get the technology up and running.


Safe YouTube: We learned today that Safe YouTube has been hacked. If you have links on your blog, website, or in assignments to Safe YouTube links, you need to check them. You don't want any surprises later on when you are sharing a video or having students watch a video at home. If you are looking for other options, try Quietube, Purify, and Viewpure.

TAs: The tech department is working on getting your devices as well as accounts in Zoom. Stay tuned for more details later in the week!!



K-2 Students Accessing Zoom: In the iPad letter to families, we included instructions on how students will access Zoom meetings. Teachers need to email families the meeting ID and passcode in order to enter the Zoom meeting from the student iPad. 

Here are two videos to assist in this process.
2. Video demonstration - how students join their classroom Zoom meeting using the Zoom app on their iPad.


Classlink is being updated daily with apps so do not worry if all of the apps do not appear or work. They are coming. The ClassLink app has been loaded on all iPads and will be on the Chromebook shelf (which is like the dock).

1. Seesaw is ready for K-2 classroom teachers by signing in with Classlink. Click on this link then sign-in with Google. On your launchpad, you will see the Seesaw icon. Click on it and you are in! PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR CLASS LIST IS ACCURATE AND LET ME KNOW IF THE LIST IS NOT. Seesaw IS NOT ready for specialists. Stay tuned for more details on that later this week.

DO NOT LOG IN TO SEESAW BY GOING TO THE SEESAW WEBSITE. YOU MUST LOG IN VIA CLASSLINK TO ACCESS YOUR CLASSROOM!

2. 3rd-5th: If you'd like to explore what the launchpad looks like in Classlink, then click on this link then sign-in with Google. Lots of the Google apps are there for easy access - Google Classroom, Drive, Docs, Slides...

**Teachers bookmark the site for easy access to Classlink!


Online Subscriptions: Quick update on a few tools we've used in the past and many NEW subscriptions the district purchased over the summer. For further details explore the ES -Online Tools for Digital Learning slide deck, which has been updated since the spring.
  • Edpuzzle - create an interactive video lesson (click to upgrade)
  • Kami - allow teachers and students to annotate documents, comment with text, audio, or video, and integrates with Google Classroom.
  • Kahoot - Its back! Teachers can now create accounts and ask students to join live game sessions with a code. Students can NOT create accounts.
  • Peardeck - a Google Slide add-on to add interactive elements. Teachers can activate the student-paced mode to allow for asynchronous movement through the slides.
  • Screencastify Submit - Send students a recording link and it saves directly into your Drive folder. No need to launch or use the extension.
  • Padlet - working on a district license


WIT - Remote Learning For Families - This page is being updated with device distribution information as well as tips and tricks for navigating devices and tools. Please refer families to this page for assistance. 

An important new item for K-5 families:  

Chromebook and iPad Registration - This is where families will go to read the AUP, Device Care Agreement, and pay the maintenance fee. (Leisha sent out an email to families earlier in the week

**iPads are coming with cases. Chromebooks are not. We are recommending that families purchase a case. Details are on the registration page for families.**

WIT - Digital Resources For Remote Learning - this page consists of updated and/or new training on using software tools

Check out the WPS Playlists - Make a copy of these playlists so you can fill-out the checklist of steps to familiarize yourself with all of the features of these tools for success. You can watch the short videos at your own pace.