WWPS Technology

Week 3 & 4 - September 8 - September 19, 2014 I'd like to take the opportunity to update the WWPS community on what we've accomplished, and our plans for the next week. Week 3, is in the books. It's amazing that we're almost finished getting Chromebooks out to all of our students in grades 1-12.  Towards the end of the post I've taken the opportunity answer some of the frequently asked questions submitted by administrators, teachers, students and parents. Chromebook Distribution Chromebooks have been distributed to nearly all 1-12 graders across the district, and to all first through 4th graders at Wakefield Hills Elementary School. In essence we have rolled out over 3200 Chromebooks to students across the district in 12 days. We have completed Wakefield Hills (except for K), Deering Middle School, West Warwick High School, and most of Quinn School. That's quite remarkable, and it has taken a collaborative effort between administrators, teachers, custo...

gScholar & Google Drive gScholar is a fantastic tool for the 1:1 classroom. It provides teachers and students and easy, convenient mechanism to share Google docs. gScholar is connected directly to Google Drive, and it's important that teachers and students learn how to maneuver in Google Drive. I find the new look in Google Drive the easiest way to manage documents in Google Drive & gScholar. The short video below explains how to switch Google Drive to the "New Drive". Once teachers and students switch over to the "New Drive" they can begin to make changes to their gScholar folders to better suit their needs. First let's take a look at gScholar and Google Drive from the teacher's perspective. The video clip below illustrates where teachers can find their gScholar folders, and how to change each folder to meet their needs. Teachers can make changes to ensure that gScholar is easier for them to use, and accessible in their Google...

Week 2 - September 2 - September 5, 2014 I'd like to take the opportunity to update the WWPS community on what we've accomplished, and our plans for the next week. Week 2, is in the books. It's amazing that we've almost equalled the output of machines into classrooms as our first week's push.  Towards the end of the post I've taken the opportunity answer some of the frequently asked questions submitted by administrators, teachers, students and parents. Chromebook Distribution Chromebooks have been distributed to nearly all 3-12 graders across the district, and to all first through 4th graders at Wakefield Hills Elementary School. In essence we have rolled out 2600 Chromebooks to students across the district in 8 days. That's quite remarkable, and it has taken a collaborative effort between administrators, teachers, custodial staff & my department. On behalf of the students I would like to take the opportunity to thank them all for their efforts. ...