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Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything   Mrs. Schrock provides many resources on how to evaluate information on the web.  Website Credibility Checklist Check it out!

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Learn Zillion is an awesome Math resource! It includes FREE lesson plans and videos to show students along with guided practice based on grade level AND Common Core level!

This week we are excited to share news of access to three great research tools across our district!  A  BIG thank you  to Doug Pawlak at Riverwood Middle for securing access for our district. The first new tool is access to  Ancestry Classroom : Ancestry Classroom  has all the features of Ancestry personal accounts except that you cannot save information to a personal account. You can save information to your Google Drive or print it. Ancestry Classroom also features some great printables for your students such as family trees and a research journal. Besides searching for your own family linage, a great idea is to have students research a historically important or famous person. Next, our district now has access to  Fold3 , a massive online database of military records. Fold3  is an amazing resource not only for social studies subjects but for any military research topic. Please note that our access is limited to topics and free articles. The personal military

Google for Education   originally shared : A mobile Classroom plus new teacher features Beginning today you can download the  #GoogleClassroom  app for Android and iOS. It makes it easier to do work on the go, with mobile-specific features like adding photos, sharing from other apps, and offline caching. http://goo.gl/9EvsR7 We're also launching  new and improved teacher features in Classroom  as of today. You can now archive classes from past semesters, giving students in the class read-only access to the content. The teacher assignment page allows you to see all of your assignments across all of your classes in one place. Get started today!

The best ways to prevent spam: 1. Log out of your account when you leave any computer that is shared 2. Be sure not to connect your school account to other personal accounts. (This is a new one for me!) 3. Do not open any message from anyone that seems unusual or strange, especially if you don't know the sender.  Be particularly cautious if the message has an attachment or link.   4. Know that JCS ISD/Technology Services will never ask you for information via email about your account so never respond to those types of messages.   5. If you are unsure about something feel free to forward to anyone in the Technology team and we will help you determine if it is spam 6. Be careful about what you click on from your social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, etc) - sometime videos and other linked sites will gather information from your account. 7. If you get a suspcious message - delete it and empty your trash. How do you know you have a Spam Virus? Your friends/m

How to logout of your Google account remotely from anywhere! Have you ever logged into Google on a computer or  device and then left, forgetting to log out first  but remembered when you went to log in somewhere else? I have and if you have.... Here's a super easy way to log out remotely from any device! Log into your Gmail    2. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on "Details"     3. Click on "Sign out all other sessions" That's it! No more wondering or second guessing... You can also set up alerts from this page if you think someone may have your account information.

The JCS Digital Learning Team is going on the road to reach you and to promote digital communication. The team will be offering sessions for teachers and staff on blogging and website design using Sharpschool. The sessions will be repeated so register for the session that best meets your needs! Details: South Johnston High School February 10, 2015 Session I:  3:00-4:00pm Session II:  3:15-4:15pm Session Topics: Blogging and Website Design (Sharpschool) Register online on My Learning Plan!