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Ever wonder what apps your children are using on their phones or personal devices?
Want to learn about the top apps that parents must know about to protect their children from online dangers and bullying?
Hear from EdTechCTO (Kyle Berger) as he provides insights into this changing world of technology. Learn about helpful ways to monitor your child's usage and tools that can help you at home.
There are thousands of mobile apps; let us help you understand some of the dangers!
More than 5 million kids may be addicted to video games. 31% of males and 12 % of females report that have felt addicted to gaming. Come to hear and discusses the signs and symptoms of this growing addiction. Learn some tips and be a part of the discussion around online gaming and internet addiction.
Come and bring your 7-12 grade student to hear real-life stories about how students lost scholarships and other opportunities due to social media mistakes. How can just one tweet or Facebook post cost you 12 years of hard work? Then sit back and take notes as Microsoft experts share with you how to build the perfect student profile on Linkedin. Get tips for on how to engage with colleges and scholarship organizations with this powerful networking tool.
Many have asked some come and experience Fortnite for parents. Hear about details of the game and dive into parental settings for the various gaming systems students use to play online.
Learn about tips for online safety. How do you know if your child is being cyberbullied or is a cyber bully? Find out what tools you can use to protect your family against various threats online? Learn about OpenDNS and other free tools to help you at home monitor and protect the internet.
Helping Parents and the Community learn Tech too - Every month this 1-to-1 district hosts parents in a "technology academy" to help them understand the digital world their students inhabit. For the past two years, has hosted meetings averaging over 150 parents a month. The topics touch on apps that parents need to know kids are using( dangerous), Internet safety at home, Minecraft for parents, Coding for Parents and even classes on Fortnite for parents. Sessions tackles topics of internet addiction, screen time and more to educate the community on the technology world their kids are growing in. Featured on all news networks in the DFW area a few links for additional information.
Esports athletes rely on cutting edge technology for their competitive edge. Technology considerations extend well beyond high-performance gaming systems, though. They include the network, storage, redundancy, security and so much more. Join this session to explore all aspects of the infrastructure required to support esports programs in K12.
Hear about lessons learned on starting an esports team from the points of view of a K12 educator, student esports athletes, esports coach, and professionals. Through Q&A, we’ll explore the components a successful program needs to consider such as hardware, curriculum, staff, partnerships, space, and processes.
Supporting a 24/7 1:1 student initiative can be a challenge. Come and hear how ISD 9 year 1:1 program through k-12 helps address this with student devices needs in a 24/7/365 deployment of 14,000 devices. From day to day break-fix to summertime curbside tech support. With systems designed for students of all grades within an integrated help desk and more. Empower your students to help transform your district.
Learn how a student voice initiative has open the path to communication and collaboration for a CTO and students across the districts. With Student tech advisory boards and product test teams, students help shape the future for this K-12 1:1 district. Go beyond the tech office and dive into the classroom with the students and staff. Hear how a rotation of central office technology staff classroom visits transforms support and thinking around true technology impact.
We have all reviewed usage data to enable us to make budgetary decisions among the numerous apps our schools use to enhance, supplement or deliver mainstream curriculum. These decisions are all too often driven by anecdotal information whether we are diving into each tool's usage data, soliciting feedback or walking the halls. How do we align these tools with the learners that need them? How do we realize the actual impact of the many great digital resources we use every day? Come and see how we are turbocharging our analytics with One Roster as we mash up our usage data with student performance data and jump-start the personalizing of our learner's experience in our schools.
Every learning technology resource should be ready to use on the first day of learning, whether that is the first day of school at the beginning of the year or the day a student transfers into the school district. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is able to achieve this by using the IMS Global Learning Consortium's OneRoster standard. Experience robust conversation surrounding digital day-one readiness and practical examples of how to get there.