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Each month, Technology & Media Services recognizes an East Lansing Public Schools teacher who utilizes technology in their classroom in thoughtful ways that enhance instruction.
Click here to nominate a teacher.
If you or a teacher in your building stands out to you in this area, please feel free to pass their name along with a brief explanation of what it is that makes their instruction so special. We would love to share it district wide.
Many teachers ask us if there are any free, easy tools out there for digital storytelling projects. Turn your ideas into impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos—in minutes—using Adobe Spark.
What can you create with Adobe Spark?
WEB STORIES: Turn words and images into beautiful, magazine style web stories that will impress readers on any device.
ANIMATED VIDEOS: Record your voice, add photos or icons, select from professional-quality soundtracks and cinematic motion – and voila!
Check out more at https://spark.adobe.com/
Technology & Media Services offers one-on-one and group support for teachers all throughout the school year as well as in the summer. Instructional technology activities qualify as professional development under section 1526 and section 1527 if the activity leads to new knowledge about using technology-enhanced methods and strategies to enhance student learning. This means you can schedule one on one technology professional development before school, after school and on your prep and have it count toward your voluntary district provided PD hours (professional development that is being counted as instructional time as allowed by Michigan Compiled Law (MCL) Section 388.1701 Section 101(10), may only occur when students are not already receiving instruction). You may use the list of technology related activities below as you assess your technology needs. This list is meant to act as a guide, not a requirement.
Request PD by (1) going to www.eastlansingPD.weebly.com, (2) going to www.elps.us > STAFF > Request Tech PD (3) filling out the form below or (4) contact Technology & Media Services directly.
It's that time of year again- time for the MSU College of Education Technology Conference! Join MSU for a day full of learning, exploring, creating, and sharing!
This year’s conference theme is EQUITY with a focus on S.T.E.M/Maker Ed, Computer Science, and UDL. With that, MSU is excited to announce their keynote speaker, Ruthe Farmer. Ruthe serves as Senior Policy Advisor for Tech Inclusion at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy focusing on President Obama's call to action for Computer Science for All.
Like always, this year’s conference will be FREE OF CHARGE to all attendees! Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think would be interested. Registration will be limited to 400 attendees, so sign up today!
More information can be found at www.coetc16.weebly.com.
A quick note about an issue we’ve been seeing with Pearson Realize lately. Some teachers are seeing a blank screen when they try to log into Pearson Realize through PowerSchool. This is usually resolved by switching to a different browser or refreshing your current browser.
If a blank screen pops up on the iPads, you can tap the refresh arrow to resolve.
Please contact Technology & Media Services if you have any further questions.
Steps for Placing a Library Hold
1. Open up the internet and go to www.elps.us - “Staff” - “Destiny Library Systems”
2. Click on the name of your school library and click on the “Login” link in the upper right corner
3. Login with the following information: username: firstname.lastname, password: trojans
4. Click on “Catalog” under the school name and click on “Basic” for search type (located above the “Find” search box)
5. Using the drop down menu next to “Location”, choose you school as the school catalog you would like to search
6. Type your search in the “Find” box and press enter to search within author, title, subject, series, and content notes or click on Title, Author, Subject, or Series to a more specific search.
7. When your search comes up, the left side of the screen shows the tiles that match your search and information about each title. The right side of the screen shows where the book is within the district.
8. Choose the title that you would like and click on the blue “Details” button.
9. Click on the blue “Hold It” button in the upper right corner.
10. On the “Requesting” page, choose “As Soon as Possible”. Click Save.
11. The librarian in your building will keep track of the Hold items and contact you when your item is ready.
For additional questions, please see your building librarian.
Steps for Accessing ELPS eBooks
Did you know that the libraries have many e-books that can be read by the students? The e-books are available both on the school laptops and iPads. Just follow these steps to access the e-books.
On the laptops:
1. Go to your school webpage
2. Click on the “About Us” tab at the top
3. Choose the “Our Library” option
4. Choose the “Catalog” tab at the top
5. On the left side, click on “Destiny Discover”
6. Enter the username (trojans) and password (trojans)
7. Start browsing through the list of e-books.
When you choose an e-book, simply hold the mouse over the picture until the word “Open” appears. Click on the book cover and the book will open on your screen.
On the iPads:
1. Find the app called “Discover”
2. Enter the following information:
Location: Michigan
School: Choose “East Lansing Public Schools – 48823, East
Lansing, MI”
Username: trojans
Password: trojans
3. Start browsing through the list of e-books.
When you choose an e-book, simply hold the mouse over the picture until the word “Open” appears. Click on the book cover and the book will open on your screen.
