Tech Divas Blog Again!

Every few weeks, we hope to share some of the amazing ways the York staff is using technology to educate, challenge and enrich our students. Here's a quick run-through of some of the great learning happening so far:

• Students in Invite to Teach & Food and Restaurant Management are creating portfolios showcasing skills and evidence they are developing through these classes. 

• Advanced Sewing students are creating instructional tutorials using WeVideo

• American Government students are creating visual representations of the Path to the Presidency using Google Slides and Screencastify 

• Criminology students are creating PSAs to bring awareness to factors that contribute to crime using WeVideo 

• Research Methods students are creating PSAs using WeVideo about digital citizenship topics such as cyberbullying and identity theft. 

• Math students are using Snagit to capture images from Desmos and embedding them in Google Documents. 

• Biology students are researching threats to biodiversity and creating collaborative reports using Google Slides. 

• Spanish III and IV students are blogging about their perspective on different ideas and reviewing the writing of their peers. 

• Band students are using Screencastify to record videos of themselves playing, and receiving video feedback from their teachers. 

• Counselors and teachers are digitizing their feedback for 504s, Blue Forms, and failures/incompletes to enable them to deliver more targeted and timely support.

• Individual Relationships and Parenting class is creating infographics on how dating progresses.

In addition, teachers are using Google Classroom, Sites, Blogger, and Hapara in powerful ways to manage the daily workflow in their classes.

Keep up the good work, and as always, remember that it’s not about how much you use the Chromebooks …. it’s about improving the quality of learning your students are able to demonstrate as a result of having access to technology!