K-12 Email
You are all members of:
GarretsonAllStaff@k12.sd.us
K-5 Staff GarretsonElementary@k12.sd.us
Middle School Staff GarretsonMiddleSchool@k12.sd.us
High School Staff GarretsonHighSchool@k12.sd.us
Coaching Staff GarretsonCoaches@k12.sd.us
Student groups: Students 6-12 GarretsonClassof2015@k12.sd.us etc.
Learn 360
You can set up an account to use this resource and save the data you find for your classroom. Click on the attachment to see how to set this up.
Learn360_PassCodeTemplate_GarretsonSD.pdf
Lab and Resource Scheduler
You all have an account at this site. Your login is FirstNameLastName and your password is password. Please go here to schedule your Computer Lab use time.
Uniform Website for Staff
We use Sharepoint for an intro page for each staff. You can link to other websites from here, but we want all staff to have the same look for the intro. Instructions below:
All staff have a link on the school website, but you can see my sample below:
My Garretson Teacher Sample
My Site
Instructions for Setting up a Sharepoint Site
Sample Teacher site--everything is libraries and lists
Videos on Creating Sharepoint Sites (I made this for the seniors, but it may help you to understand sharepoint)
Google Docs
You all have an account set up with the K-12 data center for Google Docs. Your login is your k-12 email login and email password.
Link for School Google Docs
Office 365
You all have an account set up with the K-12 data center for Office 365, which is web based Office 2013. Your login is your K-12 email login and email password. The school has purchased a mobile Office365 for your iPad. Pick sign in on the top left corner. Login is your k-12 email and email password.
Link for School Office 365
Information about Cloud Based Storage and your Options
Great options for you! Check out the link above.
Symbaloo--web based links
Click on the link above. I love this web based book mark site. Make one for your class for links you want to use with them. You can also use shared google docs, shared office 365 files, etc. Other options: Porta Portal, I Keep Bookmarks, Google Bookmarks, Delicious, Diigo, etc. Symbaloo is my favorite and easiest for kids to easily see what they are going to!
Apple ID setup
Check to see if you have one or reset password:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5646
If you don¹t have one, below is how to create one with no credit card
https://blogspot.garretson.k12.sd.us/wiki/pages/D5u5_3m/iTunes_Account_from_Computer.html
Be sure that you have been in your apple account recently. Go to itunes on your computer and log in.
Dropbox Account--please set one up with your K-12 email address. Click below for the link
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTExNzczMTI2NDk?src=global9
Edmodo Account--Please set up an account with your K-12 email address
https://www.edmodo.com/
Atomic Learning--This is professional Development Anytime Anywhere on Any topic! Your login is your complete email address and your password when I set it was your network login password. but some have changed. If you don¹t know, you can do a password reset.
https://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/home
Click on my profile, and change to your login.
HS and Elementary Staff only--You have a Reflector App on your Computer which will allow you to project from your iPad. Middle School has an apple TV and will not get this app for their desktop. With it you can airplay from your ipad to your computer, hooked to your smart board!!!!
Information on the ipad resources, how to do stuff, etc. can be found here:
https://blogspot.garretson.k12.sd.us/wiki/projects/ipadresources/iPad_Resources.html
Click on documents in the top right and there are a lot of topics there.
Information on Technology resources, how to do stuff, etc. can be found here:
https://blogspot.garretson.k12.sd.us/wiki/projects/inservice/Technology_Tidbits.html
Click on documents in the top right and there are a lot of topics there.
You will need to your account login and password for the above when we do our ipad checkout.We will go through setting up these items on your iPad:
Your email login
Your apple ID--recently logged in to
Your dropbox login
Your atomiclearning login to watch tutorials
Control Center so you can use Reflector on your Computer to Airplay
iBooks (download a tutorial on ios 7)
iTunes U connect to a class (search for Garretson, pick iPad initiative)
Organize your Productivity folder
Apps for the iPads--this is a shared google doc for you to add researched apps you would like added