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Santa is finalizing his naughty and nice list.  Santa and his reindeer are celebrating all the children on the nice list this year! Upload OR Create your own GIF at GIPHY !

HipHughes History Channel on Youtube have upbeat flipped history lessons. Check it out:

Thinking ahead for next semester? Check out some favorite digital learning tools to use for communication with students & parents, video creation, audio recording & publishing, informal assessment, and digital portfolios from Richard Byrne! Check it out below or download your own copy by clicking HERE . 

Please note, your Google Chrome may not be pinned to your TASKBAR. In the event it is not, please take the following action to repin the icon once you have verified that Chrome has reinstalled successfully. Go to your START MENU (found in the lower left corner of your screen) > ALL PROGRAMS > Google Chrome > Google Chrome browser. Once Google Chrome opens, complete the action below:

Chrome Update Starting first thing Friday  morning (12/4/15), we will be updating Chrome on  ALL desktops and laptops .  Chrome will attempt install on start up.  However, you could see the following message please read the message: The box will disappear and the install will begin after 5 minutes. Unless you click OK and then it will begin immediately.

Tech The Halls! We found a way to recycle the old discarded laptops.

Rally for Doodle 4 Google!  $30,000 in college scholarship and a $50,000 Google for Education grant for your school! It's as simple as drawing a sketch with the word "Google" in it and a 50 word doodle description! Check out the entry form by clicking HERE . Get your entries in before December 7, 2015 ! Check out the GoAnimate video Mrs. Rous and I directed to advertise for students featured on the October 30th Pirate TV episode , Corinth Holders High School-JCS Facebook page , The Hungry Bookshelf Blog , and the "Contests Wall" in the CHHS Media Center!  If you have trouble viewing the video, please click HERE . Share Events on The Cube

When students logon Chromebooks there is a JCS iBoss one time authentication prompt. All students should "Accept" this request,  otherwise the Chromebooks functionality may be limited.   Students can and do cancel the authentication and the request prompt will come up at the next logon.  We advise all teachers to request that their students "Accept" the JCS iBoss SSO message when they see it to eliminate possible issues with the Chromebook and Internet access.  If you have Chromebook issues such as  limited and problematic internet access, pages unable to load properly, "spinning," etc., you may want to have the student logon to another Chromebook and verify they have accepted the request.  Likewise, you may want to logon to the device with your logon to see if the issues continue.   Note: this is a one time authentication for students, they will not see it again.  Keep this acceptance process in mind with new students first logging on to a JCS Ch

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Are your students running out of disk space? Just a friendly reminder that students are limited to 100MB of space on their home directory when they login. If your students are unable to save to their directory, please encourage them to remove old files and use Google Drive when possible.

(Shared with the permission from the editors of the JCS DL Blog ) This week we are sharing a wonderful web tool that provides teachers with engaging lessons tied to Common Core Standards that are based on National Public Radio media stories. Teachers can filter lessons by subject area or current events. To get started, go to:  https://listencurrent.com Click on the join button in the top right corner to create your free teacher account. Once you create your account, select lessons to view all lessons by subject area: I'm going to look at the science lessons available: You can click on any lesson to open it. I'm going to look at the lesson titled "An Imminent Thaw": The lesson has a brief introduction and then an embedded audio story from National Public Radio. Each lesson has questions for student understanding. Additionally, most lessons have graphic organizers or activities linked to the story (red box in the image above)

Teachers, I have posted these instructions on our CHHS Homepage under Announcements, but please share this information with your students!  Student accounts for PowerSchool/Schoolnet are now managed by Rapid Identity which means that logins from last year and last year's method of accessing student logins may not work. According to DPI, students in grades 6-12 MUST claim their NCEdCloud account in order to access PowerSchool/Schoolnet. We have prepared documentation for how 6-12 students can claim their accounts as well as how K-5 teachers can access their student's account information. Please click here for 6-12 student claiming information. Thank you for your patience!

I have opened up a Staff Resource Page for the faculty at CHHS. If you attended Mr. Bass's session during our last Professional Development Day, you are aware of the Staff page. This page is ONLY accessible for CHHS Staff members only. I will also house the "Good News to Share" questionnaire and the CHHS Directory under this page for easy access. Let me know if you would like anything else under this page. 

Did you know that there are over 75,000 assessment items and 120,000 instructional materials available in Schoolnet? Most RCD unit assessments are also available in Schoolnet so students can complete the assessment electronically and their grades will appear instantly in your gradebook. Register today for one of our fall Schoolnet sessions to learn how to access and use these instructional resources with your students. JCS Digital Learning Team is offering two sessions this fall: Getting Started with Schoolnet: Learn how to create assessments in Schoolnet and access over 100,000 vetted instructional materials aligned to North Carolina Essential and Common Core Standards. This session is intended for novice users and will cover the basics of designing and sharing assessments. This session is specifically for core content area teachers in grades 3-12. Dig Deeper with Schoolnet: Have you given an assessment in Schoolnet and wondered...ok what now? Join us in t

Syncing Google Files to the Sharp School Teacher Webpage Sign-in to your Google Drive Open the File you wish to sync to your teacher webpage. Click on File > Share 4.  Make sure you select “Anyone with the link can view” and COPY link. 5. Sign-in to your Sharp School Webpage 6. Staff Directory 7. Your teacher webpage 8. Go to your Document Container Page (or however you named it) 9. Click on Advanced > Switch to Design Mode 10. Under “Add New Item” drop down box, Select “link” 11. Type in the Name that you want to appear in the Document Container. 12. Paste the File Link 13. Click Add Link Viola: Note: If you do not have a Document Container page, Go to your teacher Homepage> Page Properties> Add New Page> Document Container. Also, you can organize your document container page by adding class folders by selecting in the “Add New Item” drop down and select “Folder”. Any questions, please email me at megancox@johnsto

You can use the SMART Ink Document Viewer to view and write or draw over your PDF files. You can navigate your files and magnify pages. You can also save and print your files, including your ink notes. To start the SMART Ink Document Viewer Select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART Ink Document Viewer. * To open a file: 1. Press Open File (It will The Open dialog box appears. 2. Browse to and select the file you want to open. 3. Press Open. To write with pen tools: 1. Pick up a pen from your interactive product’s pen tray or press an ink color button on your interactive pen display. 2. Write over your open file.

This week JCS Digital Learning Team is sharing a handy free online voice recorder that works on any device with an internet connection and has no account registration required.  SpeakPipe  is very simple to use and student friendly with minimal advertising and large buttons.  To get started, go to:  https://www.speakpipe.com/ voice-recorder Click on start recording. Depending on your device, you will need to give  SpeakPipe  permission to use your device microphone and also for your browser. I had to allow the following two permissions (students should be able to allow access on their device).  Here are the two permission screens that I had to allow: Permission Screen 1 Permission Screen 2 When you see the microphone, you are ready to record (recording starts automatically)! Once you are finished, click stop.  You will then be able to preview your recording. If you do not like it, click reset to record again. Give your recording a nam

Unless you are paying $25/month fee, staff cannot play Pandora through speakers for students. It is against copyright policy to play unless paying for licensing. However, stations that are streamed live such as iHeart Radio, QDR.com, etc. is allowed.

For the first time using Chromebooks, students must "allow" iBoss. If students do not click "allow" the student will have problems and it won’t show up again for awhile.

Play DVDs on the JCS Desktops Click Here if the video below does not play automatically. 

Digital Citizenship by Megan Cox on GoAnimate

Captures real time formative assessment without students needing an electronic device! The teacher prints off cards (one time) for students to hold up while he/she scans the room with an iPad or Smart device. Students hold the card one way for A, B, C, and D. Check out this video!

It's worth a try..... To help with the issue of having to close all tabs and the browser when kicked out of or signing out from PowerSchool, it is suggested that 2 separate Chrome browsers be opened so that you do not need to close active tabs you may be using for teaching. Below, you will find step be step instructions on how to complete this task. Open Google Chrome however you normally would.  Through task bar Through Start Menu (Start>All Programs>Teachers Menu>Google Chrome) After you have one Chrome open, you will have to open the next one by going through the start menu Start>All Programs>Teachers Menu>Google Chrome  Use one browser for teaching and one for Power School.

GREAT NEWS! Have you ever wondered how you can display your icebreaker on the Smartboard and still do your attendance at your desktop without using a remote? Extending the desktop on your computer will allow you to display one window on the computer while at the same time displaying another on the Smartboard. In order to extend your desktop hold the Window key and the P key at the same time. Windows Key This will bring up the following display. Click on the choice that says Extend. This will allow you to drag Smart Notebook or any other window to the right of your screen, which will then display on your Smart Board but not your computer desktop screen. Note: If the Smartboard is set as the primary display, you may change the setting to make the monitor the primary display. The following instructions are based on which type of graphics card is installed. Click here for Intel Graphics cards (It does NOT say HD). Click here for Intel HD graphics cards.

Google released new updates yesterday for Google Docs and Classroom. Google developers have been hard at work over the summer making Google even more useful for education. Please see the post below from the  Google blog  for all the details. Schoolwork, minus the work Writing papers is now a lot easier with the  Research  tool in  Docs for Android . You can search Google without leaving Docs, and once you find the quotes, facts or images you’re looking for, you can add them to your document with just a couple taps. That means less time switching between apps, and more time perfecting your thesis statement. With  Voice typing , you can record ideas or even compose an entire essay without touching your keyboard. To get started, activate Voice typing in the Tools menu when you're using  Docs  in Chrome. Then, when you’re on the go, just tap the microphone button on your phone’s keyboard and speak your mind. Voice typing is available in more than 40 languages, so we can help wit

We now have Time Keeper / Employee Check Stub up and running.    This site is temporarily only available inside the school network. ( Note:  We are working diligently to make it available outside our network soon and will keep you updated.)  Here is the link to ​Time Keeper / Employee Check Stub: http://employeeportal.jcs.loca l/Default.aspx These links are also on the JCOC page and there is a link to detailed instructions there as well.  Employees must be signed into their school account to see these directions. The links to Time Keeper & Employee Check Stub (one in the same) are located under Online Connections for Staff on our JCS webpage.   Steps to access Time Keeper / Employee Check Stub: *On the Login Screen, the employee enters their employee ID # and clicks ENTER (See your bookkeeper, Mrs. Price, if you do not know your employee ID#) *On the next screen, the employee enters their PIN # and clicks ENTER (their PIN number is the last 4 digits of their