Paperless School -- come on. Pittsburgh Public Schools, are you serious?

Education is important. 

My dad was an Elementary School Teacher in Pittsburgh Public Schools for many years. 

I went to the school board meeting this week for public comment. A women spoke about how PPS is going "paperless." She thought, okay. No printed report cards. Fine. But that also meant no paper homework for 3rd and 4th grade math. It all has to be done on a computer. No paper and pencil.

I see these photos and think -- paperless???

There were so many that are so angry at PPS these days.

My talk came on the first hours of fall. But in reality, our city and our school district has been in a long, deep fall and tailspin for decades.

Fwd: Great News About Your Account, Mark!

Easier Student + Teacher Access + Amazon Gift Cards!

I'm excited to share that all of EVERFI's no-cost blended learning resources are now available via Clever, a single-sign-on and automatic rostering application!  

So What Does This Mean?

• You can now access EVERFI's over 20 digital activities/lessons through the PPS Student Resources page.

• Students can log into the program with a single click - no need for usernames/passwords

• You can add students to different programs with your rosters already linked!

Where and How Do I Find the Resources?

• Here are all of the program lesson descriptions linked!
• Reference this PPS Quick Start Guide FIRST
• Then check out this Quick Start Guide from EVERFI

Grab Your $30 Amazon Gift Card here!

Okay, that was a lot!  I hope you're doing a little dance of excitement - please reach out with how I can help!

Thank you!

Alyssa

Senior Technology Implementation Coach

Pennsylvania, West Virginia

T @mahramusalyssa

Job recruitment handout from 3 years ago still rings true.

Job descriptions for summer helpers

Photos about to appear in the community newspaper Stay tuned squared.

Andrew McKeon, Communications & Marketing Manager, Editor, The Bulletin for the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation,
www.bloomfield-garfield.org

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Reports that three of our photos from last summer are going to make it into the next edition of the community newspaper!

Meanwhile, other news brews too. NPR is going to insert one of stories into one of its shows, we expect. Stay tuned.

Working on the Masters Level for the Digital Badges for Goals

With the Digital Badges for Goals, there are six levels, #1 to #5 and then the Masters level. Goal setting is an important skill and those that take on these challenges get to learn about themselves. 

Kay Atman, Ph.D., retired professor at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Education has helped construct these badges. She has plenty of experiences working with kids, to say the least.



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Goals. Let's talk about them at my home office on Wednesday

Hi Staff and Friends,


All are invited for a friends and staff overview and video shoot to cover the pending Digital Badges that focus upon Goals at 10 am on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

Our special guest is Kay Atman, Ph.D., retired professor from Pitt's School of Education.

We'll ask her questions and get her insights into why goals are so freaking important to youngsters. She's devoted much of her career to this area of study and how it all ties together in a person's mind, personality, and general being.

We have made six goal specific badges. Steps for each of those will be put under examination and discussion.

Your presence and feedback is welcome.

Athletes and coaches are great goal setting individuals, usually. Sadly, these skills are not universal and there are few tools to lead people along the process, until now.

If you have a camera and video camera and tripod, please charge it, make some room for the data and bring it along. Come casual. You might want to read up on Kay and the GOI. Use Google and hit the wiki pages.

http://CLOH.wikia.com/Digital_Badges/Goals

No need to RSVP, but it would be nice. I'm at 108 South 12th Street, South Side, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.

Help with the Digital Badges covering Water Polo Knowledge. You can submit a test question using this form.

Staff members for our Summer Dreamers, past and present, should submit a question or three.

Be sure to scroll down on the right side to see and click on the blue submit button below the digital badge when completed. Then you'll be able to input another question as well.

Tiny link to above form: http://tinyurl.com/okg33j9. Feel free to copy-and-paste that URL and send it to your friends.