Over the course of the last 2 months, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has slowly been switching teachers and students from Live@EDU to Office365. Office365 contains several tools that teachers and students will find beneficial.
Lync 2013 - All teachers and students will have access to Microsoft's webcast software, Lync 2013. This addition will break down the walls of the traditional classroom and allow the classrooms of Kentucky to connect with people all over the world.
SkyDrive Pro - All users will have access to the all new SkyDrive Pro, complete with 25 Gigabytes of storage space. Since SkyDrive Pro is an org-owned product (unlike the consumer SkyDrive in Live@EDU), it is subject to the inspection of schools, districts, and the state. Users are able to share and work collaboratively on documents. Included with SkyDrive Pro is Newsfeed, which allows users to follow other users, documents, or folders.
There is much more to Office365 that I haven't even learned yet, and can't wait to learn what other features we'll have access to. As I learn more, I'll be sure to share the great features contained within Office365.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Snow Day #3 - Time to Catch My Breath
It's Monday, December 16th and we're already on our 3rd Snow Day, and we haven't even made it to Winter Break yet! This is my 18th year in education, and I can't remember the last time we had 3 snow days before break.
As the district lead for CIITS (Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System) I'm responsible for all of the CIITS training in the district. For some background, CIITS (also adopted by North Carolina and New York) is our Education Commissioner's (Dr. Terry Holliday) vision for a "one-stop-shop for teachers." I'll go into more detail on CIITS in another post.
For the past 2 months, I've been doing almost nothing but training teachers how to upload lesson plans in CIITS and create formative assessments in CIITS. Needless to say, I've been so busy I've neglected this blog. This snow day gives me a chance to catch my breath, get the blog caught up, and even write some posts ahead of schedule.
With Winter Break starting Monday, December 23 and running through Friday, January 3, I'd like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season. My New Year's Resolution is to update this blog on a weekly basis. Anyone taking odds on how long it will take me to miss a week?
As the district lead for CIITS (Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System) I'm responsible for all of the CIITS training in the district. For some background, CIITS (also adopted by North Carolina and New York) is our Education Commissioner's (Dr. Terry Holliday) vision for a "one-stop-shop for teachers." I'll go into more detail on CIITS in another post.
For the past 2 months, I've been doing almost nothing but training teachers how to upload lesson plans in CIITS and create formative assessments in CIITS. Needless to say, I've been so busy I've neglected this blog. This snow day gives me a chance to catch my breath, get the blog caught up, and even write some posts ahead of schedule.
With Winter Break starting Monday, December 23 and running through Friday, January 3, I'd like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season. My New Year's Resolution is to update this blog on a weekly basis. Anyone taking odds on how long it will take me to miss a week?
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