Yarmouth Tech Team

Fix the time zone problem with your Google Calendars embedded in Sites.

"Because Google Apps for Education accounts are tied to your school district, when a staff member or student leaves, they are not able to take their school issued Google account with them."

Google links

"Welcome to the PLP Pregame Festivities! Your success this year is built upon how well we mesh as a community of learners who understand how to leverage networks in the co-constructing of knowledge. The following activities are designed to get you in top physical shape for understanding many of the concepts we'll be covering in our professional development experience this year. We encourage you to work through the ten plays in order to have the winning advantage. Don't worry if you can't get to all of them. Any you do will help you get up to speed as we get started."

"iPads. Interactive Whiteboards. Netbooks. Video games. Although educational technologies are being implemented more and more in classrooms across the country, we don't often stop and ask students - or their parents - what they think their technology needs are. But the newly-released Speak Up 2010 survey has done just that. "

Jane Hart's 2011 Reading List These are Jane's recommended reads month-by-month (in reverse chronological order) Not got much time - the MUST-reads are marked ►

The COETAIL program (Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy) is based on best practice student-centered online learning theories and techniques. Harnecing the newest and latest in Web 2.0 technologies the program leads educators through a process not only demonstrates how to use technologes but allows educators to apply their learning in their own school and classroom.

"Information and communications technologies (ICT) policies in schools have two dimensions. One is to ensure that students are protected from pernicious materials on the Internet. The other is to enable student access to the extensive resources on the Internet for learning and teaching. While these two dimensions are not intrinsically in conflict, in actuality, such can become the case."

Teaching Screenagers

"Introducing online social media into your educational mission brings you right into a hacker's bull's-eye. Can you ensure your learning environment stays uninfected?"

Nice tutorial for administrators to do aan evaluation