2018 Summer Projects

The technology department has the following planned projects this summer:

• Clerical Computer Refresh: Clerical staff will be receiving new computers over the summer with a Windows update. Staff who do not work summer hours will need to backup before the end of the school year.
• Desktop Reimaging: All district desktops will be reimaged over the summer. Please make sure that you backup computers before leaving for the summer.
• Student Chromebooks: We will be going through all elementary chromebook carts over the summer to check for damage, update chrome, and wipe user profiles to start off the new school year. We will also be reviewing all MS/HS chromebooks to assess damage and make sure they are ready to go back to students in the fall.
• Fiber Construction: We will be finishing up our CINC fiber construction project and switching over to their network this summer. The majority of the construction has already been completed. Our construction crew will terminate the fiber at each site in the next few weeks and then we'll be able to setup the new lines.

Brightbytes: Use Digital Assessments Strategically

Based on our Brightbytes data all of our schools are in a good place to consider how to use digital assessments strategically. Many district teachers are already using digital assessments regularly with students.

Formative assessment is a great tool to support the learning process and provide students with timely, personalized feedback. Technology tools, such as discussion boards (Padlet) and polls (Kahoot/Forms),  give us a greater range of options and efficiency in assessing students throughout the learning process.

It is important to select tools strategically—whether they’re technology-based or not. The following questions can be a simple metric for assessing the appropriateness of a strategy:

• What am I looking to assess?
• How can this tool save me time and provide reliable data?
• What can I learn about student knowledge and needs by using this tool that I can't learn using other techniques?

Please share your favorite digital assessment tools and how you use them to support your instructional practice and provide feedback to students.