Accessing SPED Information in Aware

by | Sep 23, 2016 | Teacher Blog

Access to Sped Information in Aware

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Select “rcisd.org Bookmarks” from the bookmark bar.
  3. Select “Eduphoria”
  4. Type in your email and password.
  5. Select “Aware”.
  6. Click on the “Students” tab to the left of the screen.
  7. Type in the student’s name and click search.
  8. Click on the student’s name.
  9. Click on the Forms tab.
  10. Change the date in the right hand side to “2014-2015”.
  11. Scroll down and locate the current Sped information. (This may include an IEP, BIP, testing information, area of disability, and/or 2 pages of accommodations/modifications.)
  12. Click view to the right of the document you wish to view.
  13. When finished viewing the documents, complete the Verification and Receipt and Teacher Knowledge and Skills Survey.
  14. Email the completed form to the student’s case manager.

How to Correct Speaker Settings

by | Sep 23, 2016 | Teacher Blog

If you’re having problems with your speakers, with the volume cutting out and in constantly, here is how to change the settings allowing the audio to maintain consistent volume:

Step 1. Go to the START button on the bottom lefthand corner.

Step 2. Select control panel

Step 3. Once you are on the control panel select ‘sound’

Step 4. Once you have opened ‘sound’ a window should open up that gives you four different tab options, click on the ‘communications’ tab.

Step 5. At this point it will give you four different buttons regarding communication activity. Click on the ‘do nothing’ button and click apply.

Step 6. Finally click OK.
Now you shouldn’t have anymore trouble with volume control. Thank you for contacting The Chrome Squad.

Google Groups – A Way to Discuss and Work as a Unit

by | Sep 20, 2016 | How To, Student Blog, Teacher Blog

Step 1 – Creating a group

On the top left of the page there is a red button that says ‘create group’ on it. Click this.

First you will need to decide on a group name, once that is done you can put it in the box titled ‘Group Name’

Then you will need a group email that everyone in the group can access ex: rcbulldogs@googlegroups.com

Now you will need to provide a description for your group, maybe stating the purpose of the group.

Now you will need to select a group type. There are four options that range from Q&A to a simple Email list

There are also basic permissions that control who view, post, and join on the group forum

Depending on the preferences you have will determine your choices

And you can control who views the group by selecting the options in ‘View Topics’

You can control who posts by selecting the options in the ‘Post’ section

You can control who joins your group using the options shown in ‘Join the Group’

Step 2 – Starting up your group

Adding a Welcome message – Adding a welcome message is a nice touch to provide a friendly welcome for new members of your group. You can do this by clicking ‘add welcome message’ located at the top of the page.

Creating your first post – By clicking ‘New Topic’ on the top left of the page, you can create a new post that members of the group can discuss on, or you can just make a simple announcement.

Hopefully this post has helped you understand Google Groups a bit more

Prom-tastic Planning

Prom-tastic Planning

by | Sep 20, 2016 | How To, Student Blog, Teacher Blog

In Mrs. Jones’ classroom, ideas are flowing.  The Chromebooks have enabled easy access to helpful websites such as Pinterest, and Design Studio has utilized these new tools in more ways than one.  Organizing prom is no easy task, but the team always gets the job done and done right.  With the addition of technology, the team can pin ideas on Pinterest or place orders on materials.  Purchase orders and plans can be shared easily among everyone.  Any document can be accessed 24/7 on Google Classroom.  With the deadline for prom looming, the new technology has already been used to improve efficiency- and prom!

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Geogebra Review

by | Sep 20, 2016 | How To, Student Blog, Teacher Blog

GeoGebra is a dynamic mathematics program that combines Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, spreadsheets, graphics, and graphing – all in one convenient app! GeoGebra has become the leading provider of dynamic mathematics software, supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. This app has an easy-to-use interface and many amazing features.

 

Using GeoGebra, you can create one of these graphs/tables:

 

  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Spreadsheets
  • CAS
  • 3D Graphics
  • Probability

 

Algebra – this page has a coordinate plane to work with. Select any of the tools at the top right of the screen to interact with the graph. When hovering over a tool, or option within that tool, a help box will appear at the bottom and tell you how to use that specific tool. Some examples of things you can insert are points, line, and rays.

 

Geometry – In the geometry portion of Geogebra, you start out with a blank canvas. Here, you can draw shapes as well as create angles. To the right of the screen, there will be an icon that has a blue triangle and a green circle overlapping. Click it to pull up a toolbar where you can access advanced settings to get the most out of this app.

 

Spreadsheets –  On the spreadsheets page, there is a graph and spreadsheet side-by-side. Using these tools you can create tables of data and graph them. Some other features this part of the program offers is matrices and functions such as mean, sum, maximum, and minimum.  Another cool thing that you can do is perform single or multiple variable analysis.

 

CAS –  The Computer Algebra System allows you to perform advanced algebra functions. It even has an option to factor expressions. How awesome is that? This  page works like the Algebra one, but has different functions in it. You can substitute numbers into functions and solve numerically for x.

 

3D Graphics – One thing that separates Geogebra from other mathematics programs is its ability to create 3D shapes and diagrams. The page contains a 3D coordinate plane, which allows you to make lines and shapes that are three-dimensional. Some of the functions it can perform are intersections between planes and find area or volume of a shape.

 

Probability –  This section of Geogebra has a probability graph. There are two tabs that you can choose to perform actions in: the Statistics and Distribution tab. The Distribution tab has the graph where you can predict domain and range. The Statistics tab allows you to perform tests of mean from a null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.