Friday, October 18, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Digital Citizenship Week October 14th-18th
Digital Citizenship week
is next week October 14th to the 18th. It would be awesome if QUEST had
100% participation in this important topic. I challenge everyone to do at
least one thing with students next week that teaches students about Digital
Citizenship. Remember Digital Citizenship starts with basic safety tips
and spirals up to teaching kids what to do with social media and how to
be digital leaders.
For some ideas to use in
your classroom check out this recent Cadet Tech Blog post written by Jason or
have a conversation with him. The post has quick 5-10 minute ideas all
the way up to hour long lessons for every grade level.
I'd be happy to run any
one of these lessons in the lab with your students or in your
classroom.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Cadet Connect
It is that time of the year again to start thinking about
Cadet Connect. Cadet Connect is a day where high school students and Merton
students come into the elementary schools and build connections with our
students. PBIS is going to plan a friendship week which will culminate in Cadet
Connect Day. Each day will be a theme related to friendship with a dress up
day, and an easy pre-planned activity for your classroom. This year our Merton
and HS students want to build connections earlier. You will be paired with a
class in the winter. You and your buddy class will each send two flip grid
videos to each other. This will be the class that comes into your room on 2/14.
If you would like to participate, please sign up with the link below. Cadet
Connect Day is normally in the morning( around 9:00am) for about 45 minutes.
Special Areas can sign up too!
If you have any questions related to the flip grid or the
day – ask!
It is a fun day that the kids enjoy and PBIS is trying to
create more connections this year through the flip grid J
Please sign up by Tuesday, October 15! This will give us
time at our district PBIS meeting to pair the classes and start the
connections.
Friday, October 4, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Reminders
- Next week I will be starting unannounced walk-through observations. Later in the year, I will be doing announced. If you have a preference in what you want me to see because you'd like feedback, please feel free to suggest a time of day for me to come. Looking forward to it!
- Next Thursday we will have our first announced lockdown. Please be sure to review this with your students. In addition, just a reminder that we use Navigate to take attendance and communicate needs during the lockdown. If you are not using your phone for this, please be sure to log-in to a computer to ensure our kids are accounted for.
- No school for kids next Friday. Please check out Karen's email for specific information about the Superintendent's Conference Day.
- If you have not done your SLO worksheet yet(see earlier post), please stop by the main office to complete that.
NYS K-12 Kids Safe Online Poster Contest
The New York State Office of
Information Technology Services’ is once again hosting the “NYS K-12 Kids Safe
Online Poster Contest.” The contest is open to all students in New York
State public, private and home-schools.
This is a great opportunity for teachers
to talk to students about being safe while on the Internet and while using
computers and mobile devices. The contest has five entry categories:
Kindergarten–Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12 and Special
Education. New York State winners will be displayed in the 2021 NYS Kids
Safe Online Calendar and entered into the MS-ISAC National Computer Security
Poster Contest.
More information on the “NYS K-12
Kids Safe Online Poster Contest” can be found on the contest web page at https://its.ny.gov/2019-2020-kids-safe-online-poster-contest.
Questions regarding the contest may be submitted to cyber.outreach@its.ny.gov.
Don’t miss out!
The contest entry deadline is December 9,
2019.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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