In Summer 🌞 2022🌞 Episode 3:⛱ Easing into the 2022-2023 School Year: 🎙Alicia and Haley discuss some new ideas about how to get ready for the next school year.  Whether you'll be teaching in your first year or your 25th year, you'll be sure to get some refreshing inspiration to make this the best year yet! 🪞 👀 Reflecting and Setting Goals:  What do you want to do for the upcoming year? 👩‍💻 Reminders: ✅ There are a lot of great programs out there, however, you must make sure that your district approves of the application or programs you use with your students.  It’s important to maintain student data privacy from third parties.  Ask your district what is approved for student use.   🗣 Collaborate!  Your Grade Level Partners and or Department Members will be a big help with this especially when planning for productive vertical alignment.  What areas were students struggling (as a whole) in the year before and what do they typically need in the year after they will have you?     💻Take Google for Education Refresher Course/s  John Sowash- YouTube Tutorials, Tips and Tricks   💻 Check out the Google for Education Teacher Center   💻 Use Google’s Back to School 2022 to find new ideas   💻 Use Google’s Templates to introduce families to the applications you’ll be using in the classroom.  This is a great way to get parents involved early on.      💻 Use Tech to Blend the learning in your classroom.  Remember that Technology is  a great way to enhance learning, but should never take the focus away from learning the content. Learning First!   📧 Email Questions! 📧 📈Google Forms 📈 Gathering Student information Gathering Benchmark Student Data  Creating a Strategy for Tracking Student Learning ----more---- 💻Find us on the World Wide Web Contact the IT TEACHERS!  theitteachers@gmail.com 💙 Follow the IT TEACHERS on TWITTER! @TheITTeachers 📖 Follow the IT Teachers on Facebook! @TheITTeachers ----more---- 🎵 by Infraction: Uppbeat