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PPS Technology Times - Winter 2013

By Jessica Winstanley
It’s that time again for…….

The PPS TechnologyTimes!

The PPS Technology Department would love for you to check out our winter 2013 newsletter.
Featured Articles include:
  • One-to-One Computing: Google Chromebooks 
  • Web Filtering at PPS 
  • Students’ Email Accounts 
  • Google Chrome to Become our Default Browser 
  • Meet the Tech Staff: Our New Building Techs 
  • February/March After School Technology Training Schedule 
It is one of our goals to help keep the PPS staff informed on what is going on in the technology department along with sharing wonderful and exciting ways technology is being used right here in PPS.

If you have a project/event you would like featured in our next newsletter, or know someone who is doing a great job teaching with technology, we would love to hear about it!

Email Jessica Winstanley (jwinstanley@portageps.org) or Paul Murray (pmurray@portageps.org) to share your ideas.

For more information about what is going on in PPS Technology and to access the Common Core app, go to our new PPS Tech Integration Blog at http://ppstechtraining.blogspot.com/. You can also sign up for trainings and access how to guides at the PPS Tech Integration Website http://techtraining.site.portageps.org.
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