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District continues to transfer previous years’ data from old SIS to set up new SIS.
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Complete renewal of GIZMOS by Explore Learning (paid science virtual lab activity site) and make sure licenses are purchased and registration keys are distributed to all site leads and administrators.
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Administration, teachers, and staff are aware of the direction of tech for the school site and district. They are guided by the site and district technology visions.
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Courses are set up in LMS and ready for teachers to customize. Courses will not have students or be live until the first day of school.
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Provide training on GIZMOS for all new teachers. Operations cost includes paying for substitutes for those teachers during training.
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During the week prior to school starting, teachers are given at least one full day, including pay, of time to create curriculum for their LMS courses.
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Conduct a “Share-a-Thon” where teachers from different content areas sign up to present an app or a tech tip in 5 minutes or less to their fellow teachers.
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Site curriculum specialists determine a common digital literacy or digital citizenship task that the entire school community can work together on accomplishing.
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Training is provided for counselors and registrars on new SIS.
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New SIS is rolled out to the counselors and registrars for implementation for FALL 2016.
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Teacher iPads will be updated for those with iPads older than 3 years.
