You are invited to Aldine ISD's Film Festival!

Aldine ISD set to host 2nd Annual Film and Photography Festival

On May 5th, at 6:00 PM, the Aldine Broadcast Network will be providing full coverage for the 2nd Annual Film and Photography Festival to be held at the MOC Multipurpose Center, located at 1865 Aldine Bender Rd, Houston, TX 77032.  Everyone is invited to attend.  If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch on Youtube right here from the What's Hootin' Blog or at this link: https://goo.gl/afMQpS.  

Remember we have two groups of students that directed and produced films for the Film Festival this year as well as a number of students who submitted photographs. Let's go to support their work. Mrs. Glass will be there--will you?

Science Workshops/ Staff Development

Are you ready for TCCA?????

@GreensptElem 2016 TCCA Challenge!

Thanks for attending Aldine’s Annual Technology and Curriculum Conference of Aldine (aka TCCA)! Your iTech truly appreciates your decision to learn, explore and grow in the world of technology.

Things to help you prepare for TCCA:

• comfy shoes              - Business cards/ a sheet of pre-printed labels with your
• Fully charged digital device or two                  info for Vendors

(ipads/tablets, your chromebook and smartphones preferred)  - enthusiasm!!!!!

• A portable battery (there will be some charging stations)                                                                               
• Preload the following apps:         
• TCCA App
• (Google Drive (all apps),
• Twitter, Google Hangouts, Instagram, and VOXER.
• Click here for the TCCA Schedule

Note: WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT, PLEASE make sure you get Google Docs App to access from your phone/mobile device.

In order for you to get credit for each challenge, you must include the following:

• in your Twitter postings #TCCA16 or #buildingtheTECHfuture and @GreensptElem and/or @SVicGlass
• in your Google+ postings #TCCA16 or #buildingtheTECHfuture and post to Greenspoint’s GPE Innovate  Google+ Community (look for the Tab titled TCCA)

Your challenge, if you decide to accept it, is to complete the following activities during your experience at TCCA:

Points	Title of Challenge/Task
15 points	Download the TCCA App and Friend a Greenspoint Educator! Take a screenshot of the connection and email to Mrs. Glass
35 points	Have you USED your Twitter account yet?  Find any iTech to assist you or ask a neighbor how to start if you aren’t sure!   Request to friend Mrs. Glass (@SVicGlass) and throughout the day send at least 2 tweets from sessions you have attended.
25 points	Learn about what PLN stands for and send it to Mrs. Glass. (via Voxer, Twitter or in a direct message in Google+) BONUS: tweet 3 people you have added to your pln with their Twitter handles to Mrs. Glass (ie… @_______, @__________and @_________are now in my PLN @SVicGlass!)
20 points	Need to ask your iTech a question? Use REMIND, Google hangouts or Twitter to communicate with one other GP educator!
25 points	Take a picture with a vendor or their product that you would like to use in your classroom or at Greenspoint (in general). Post it on the GPE Innovate Google+ page or tweet it to Mrs. Glass (@SVicGlass), @GreensptElem and to Ms. Schuler (@whiteconstance1)
30 points	Take a selfie with one of the presenters at TCCA from one of the sessions you attend. Post it in the  Google+ GPE Innovate Community or via twitter to @GreensptElem.
40 points	Share one thing you learned from TCCA and post it on Twitter or Google+! (remember to tag #TCCA16 and @GreensptElem
40 points	Stop by the Connected Lounge for ways to connect with other educators. Take an usie ( a selfie with at least 2 people) you connected with at the Lounge!
50 points	Take a selfie with your iTech! tweet and share via Google+ or Twitter.
10 points	Take a photo with a Greenspoint Elementary educator. For every GP educator in the photo, add 5 points. Photo must be posted via Google+ and/or Twitter. Points are doubled if you include a GP Admin. (ie, Ms. Schuler photographs are 20 points)
30 points	Did you enjoy the keynote! Let her know just how must...Tweet out the keynote! If you catch a photo with her--you earn 100 pts.
30 points	Take a photo with District Administrators--make sure you include their name and Twitter handle! (superintendents, program directors, etc.) Tweet it out or share via Google+

This must be completed before Monday! Have fun! Everyone will get a prize BUT The person who collects the most points gets the GRAND PRIZE!  HINT: It’s a form of Technology!!!!

You can help others and get others to help you!  It will be a VERY busy event but if you need Mrs. Glass, VOX me!

What’s VOXER? It’s a handy walkie talkie app that allows you to speak and text with anyone. It’s great in crowded loud spaces. You get points for downloading and using the app as well!

See you all Saturday! Shaina Glass, ITS (SVicGlass on Voxer, too!)

Did you know?

Did you know that Greenspoint has a Facebook page? Yep! We do!!! If you would, please "LIKE" Greenspoint on Facebook just so you can get campus updates that are sent out to the community.

Click HERE to Follow Greenspoint on Facebook!

Also, if you have anything you would like to share with the school or community--please feel free to send it my way so we can post it to our school social media communities!

This Week's TECH News: Week 4 (Sept. 15th)

Here's this week's TECH News Update. Please review in it's entirety. If you have any questions or concerns, please see Mrs. Glass.

USING the CHROMEBOOKS in your Classroom

• Did you know you could request your Teacher Chromebook? Please CLICK here to fill out a request. If you have not completed Level Up, you can still get your teacher Chromebook.
• BEFORE your students can access the Chromebooks, ALL HR Teachers MUST Reset the students Passwords in the Aldine Cloud (see Level Up for more details)

• All student passwords must be change to First Initial + Last Initial + ID#, example: SG123456 (note, this will be the same as their username)
• Also, my schedule is ready for you request a co-teach session for Digital Citizenship for KIDS lesson and/or the Chromebook Crash course (which includes student initial sign in) Click here to sign up for a time. Note: if you don't sign up, I'll just stop by to check on you. 

ONLINE COURSES 

Have you completed the following District Schoology Courses? Not sure of the Due Dates, but they should be completed. Remember you do get INVEST Hours for all of these courses!

• Level Up Schoology Course: Join the course in Schoology using the Access Code: BWSPK-D7BVM
• eSchool for Educators. (Required for all teachers who take attendance and/or give grades) Course Code: VNP28-FRND5. Please send an electronic copy of your certificate to Mrs. Glass via Google Drive.
• Special Education course (Required for all Greenspoint Staff) Please print or send an electronic copy of your certificate to Ms. Grimage, our school diagnostician. Course Code: Q4GGW-2BJXW
• Counseling courses: Everyone needs to take the Sexual Abuse  and Suicide Prevention Training, but only professional staff new to the district need to take the Mental Health Training.
  
  
  All Staff must submit a copy of their certificates to the counselor. If you took the Mental Health Training last year, the counselor need a copy of your certificates.

  
  

                    - Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Schoology Course Code: CDTZF-5FX38

                              - Mental Health Schoology Course Code: WR45W-HZ58P

                              - Texas Youth Suicide Prevention Course: Click Here for Directions. 

SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE 

Have you starting Tweeting yet? Still trying to figure what that is? As we dive deeper into this "Innovation Thing", as a campus we will share our happenings with the world using Social Media.  If you want to venture out and share what's happening in your classroom or even around campus, please using the following hashtags and twitter handles (names). 

• Greenspoint's Twitter Handle: @GreensptElem
• Our Campus hashtag: #GPeInspires
• **New: Grade level Hashtags (Courtesy of 3rd grade teachers: Morris and Washington)

                          - #GPe1stgrade

                          - #GPe2ndgrade

                          - #GPe3rdgrade

                          - #GPe4thgrade

Share your grade level successes with our campus hashtag(s)! 

WHAT'S THIS BLOG?

  

So...I know you have seen it. But have you read it? What am I talking about????? The campus BLOG(s) of course! Since your arrival at Greenspoint Elementary, there has been various forms of communication--coming from EVERYONE and literally everywhere! 

We all understand that there's not enough time in the day to read all the emails AND there's not enough hours at night to catch up on them...which is where blogging comes in. 

There's two of them. One SPECIFICALLY for staff. 

The other is for what's happening on campus that we would like to share with our parents, the community and ultimately the world! whew!--yes, that's a mouthful!

Check this daily. You may not get an email--or truthfully you might miss one or two. The skills are using this as their way of communicating. Have you heard this statement yet: "Did you see my blog post?" If you have, that's because ALL the happenings on the campus is HERE! 

Shout outs to Ms. Dettwiler, Mrs. Benitez, and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bobb for posting to the blog. Give it a try. Communication is key right. We are just trying to place it all in one location!

NOTE: Soon, very soon-- I will start asking if you wouldn't mind sharing what's happening in your classroom. This will develop as a request to become a contributor to the blog (remember the conversation at the beginning of the year???) Don't panic. Just remember: We are the settlers of this school, the beginning, the contributors to its CULTURE. It takes a village and WE are it!

Special note: If you have a blog, have started a blog, or even follow a great blog that you think might benefit the staff, please comment to this post or share on our campus Google+ community! We learn and grow from each other!  

USING GOOGLE CALENDAR as a CAMPUS

Please check the campus Google Calendar for dates from following: 

• General Campus
• Technology
• Math
• Upcoming Events and/or holidays

Don't forget to sign up for the following ONLINE Programs:

OTHER TECH REMINDERS:

• Don’t forget to submit tech requests (this can also be found in my signature via email)
• no longer accepting email issues/concerns.
• Shout out to all the Educators that completed Level Up and eSchool Courses!
• Please shut off your projectors and Lumens when not in Use!
• You can NOW submit your Lamination/Posters and More...
• Don’t forget to sign your Ethics and AUP Agreements in ePortal
• check the EduBlog Daily!