Parent Technology Breakfast "Technology alone will not improve education, but it can be a powerful part of the solution." Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google Parent Technology Breakfast Before beginning presentation- take a brief moment to welcome the parents and introduce myself (and my role @ NES and in the district)

Desired Outcomes Gain an understanding of how Chromebooks and Google Suite are being utilized in classrooms Gain an understanding of parent access options and resources for Google Classroom and PowerSchool Gain an understanding of resources available to support social studies instruction at home Explore with Google (optional)

What is a ChromeBook? Android device Extremely limited storage on the device No Microsoft Office Suite (need to use Google Suite) No programs - use APPs Google Drive (cloud storage) One-to-one ratio in the classroom Not a take home device Bring a Chromebook to model- can be shown/passed around for parents to see the actual device -Small laptop- major difference being the storage capabilities and structure -Students log-in to one of these devices using their Google username and password -Automatically syncs all of their materials in Google Suite for Education -Roll out dates- 3rd grade - this semester, 4th grade- last spring, 5th grade - 2017-18 SY

What is Google Suite? GOOGLE MICROSOFT Drive My Documents Docs Word Spreadsheets Excel Slides PowerPoint Drawings Paint Forms ----- It is Google’s answer to Microsoft Office. It is cloud/app based as opposed to program based. Google does have Gmail (as most of us are familiar) however students do not receive access to email. Their username and password will resemble that of an email, but gmail is disabled. The major apps that students will interact with are listed here. The main platform they utilize to access these resources is called Google Classroom- a virtual classroom setup and maintained by teachers

Google Classroom Use Laptop, Desktop phone, or Chromebook to access Learning Management System Assignments Announcements Question (Multiple Choice/ Short Answer) Calendar Introduce to various aspects of classroom -Tour a classroom from the perspective of a student account (asked Jessica T. to add me as a student) -Let’s explore!

How to Access Google Account at Home Model for parents by Logging out and signing back in to show what would happen -Have handouts prepared for helping them to Log in -Remind that access at home should not include altering or changing any student work- but it is a great opportunity to stay abreast with what kids are doing to increase support at home

How to Access PowerSchool at Home Remind parents that Google Classroom will not necessarily contain accurate grade information for students. Most teachers in 3-5 use it as a place to house work/assignments and not a place to actually score items. All official grades are still located in PowerSchool which can also be accessed by parents. Model accessing powershool- handout? Remind that if they have never utilized this service before that they will need to go to the office to obtain usernames and password infromation (ID required)

End of the technology based portion of the presentation- what questions do you have at this time?

Social Studies Vision Shift 1 – Use sources to learn content Shift 2 – Make connections among people, events and ideas across time and place. Shift 3 – Express informed opinions supported by evidence from sources and outside knowledge

What is Inquiry Based Instruction? A form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios - rather than only presenting established facts.

Key Themes Documents Grade-level specific Help understand the big ideas of each grade level Concrete examples of how social studies assessments have changed over time The seven key themes are the same across all grade levels, but they are explored differently at each grade Provide printed copies and an opportunity for parents to review the copy for their grade level

Assessment Example (Old)

Assessment Example (New) Provide printed copy of example? Discuss how new assessment format requires understanding and analysis of sources- but not as much regurgitation of facts

What questions do you have at this time?