PPS Instructional Technology

Hey PPS Staff!  Only 18 days of school left!  Time to think about what professional development you would like to participate in this summer.  Here is the run down of what we will be offering through the PPS Tech Department.  Click on the KALPA course number to sign up for the June Trainings, or head to techcamp.site.portageps.org to register for the August Tech Camp. Courses Being Offered this Summer Google Classroom - Create, share, edit, and grade assignments...online! Instructor: Jessica Winstanley The latest addition to Google Apps for Education offers a simple, straight forward and - best of all - easy to use way to interact with students online.  Whether you have devices in your classroom everyday, or are just beginning to explore ways to use technology in your classroom or blend your class, Google Classroom allows you to create and distribute assignments, information, and resources to your students, as well as edit, grade and return homework, a...

Drum roll please............. PPS Tech Camp Registration is Finally Open for Portage Public Schools Staff! Yes, you read it right!  You can now register for Tech Camp 2014.  After our inaugural year last year, we took all your suggestions and feedback and have come back with a mini-conference that is bigger and better!  This year we are expanding the camp to two and a half days.  You can register for one day or two days, the choice is yours.  We have lengthened the session times from 50 minutes to an hour and 45 minutes to provide more time for exploration and hands on learning.  We are offering the option to buy lunch onsite, so you can stay and participate in great round table discussions.  Finally, we are opening up the labs Friday morning for those of you who want to come back and try out all your new skills and ideas in an environment where you have tech support available to help, coach and trouble shoot with you as you work.  So much f...

Portage Public Schools has a subscription to the online training site Atomic Learning.  This site offers great online training opportunities for those of you who enjoy learning at your own pace.  Here are some of the recent training opportunitites related to Google.  Enjoy! Recent Training Releases Atomic Learning regularly updates our training offerings to keep you up-to-date on the latest and greatest educational technology. Recent additions to the training library include: Gmail Training (update) Google Calendar Training (update) Google Documents - Creating & Organizing Training (update) Google Documents - Editing & Formatting Training (update) Google Documents - Sharing & Collaborating Training Google Forms Training Google Presentations - Collaborating & Sharing Training Google Presentations - Creating & Editing Training (update) Google Spreadsheets - Basics Training (update) Google Spreadsheets - Chart & Formulas Trainin...

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...

It’s that time again for……. The PPS TechnologyTimes!   The PPS Technology Department would love for you to check out our fall 2012 newsletter. Featured Articles include: One-to-One Computing: Google Chromebooks The TEC Experience: Success in Transition iTunes U: Delivering Lessons and Teaching from the Cloud Technology and Training Center is now the New Administration Building Meet the Tech Staff: Alyssa Medd Afterschool Tech Trainings Available 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...