Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/s924/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="924" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0ehgWYPhUg-i73VXFzNGbVJVnR6VGmM3c8sQiwWANWO4qmyr5R6DQCgFpJh4etFMLU8TlBzuAmNUYIqmPlMfbk_3-MYtqZyQtl7rFXGCkOTMj9XldcaatzhwdIUhSx_PsGqIOPTm1Lgf_V5zQNwCW0C8SRAp_hERQbeQ5IC031tZ1EIjryVC1A4XA/w269-h140/Screenshot%202022-09-15%20122136.png" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th), Flocabulary is inviting students to be researchers, lyricists, and rappers through their rap writing contest. This contest runs from September 15th - October 12th and you can see all of the details <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/HispanicHeritageMonthContest/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.  </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are new to Flocabulary, it is an engaging tool that covers content and lessons through hip-hop videos. Through these lessons, students build vocabulary and reading skills. One exciting update to Flocabulary is that <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037222052-Flocabulary-s-Integration-with-Microsoft-s-Immersive-Reader" target="_blank">Immersive Reader now available</a> on Vocab Cards and digital Lyrics (lyrics can be translated to over 50 languages)! Also, try Flocabulary <a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5474430121741-Create-a-Flocabulary-Mix-Lesson" target="_blank">"Mix and Break it Down"</a> where Flocabulary Mix takes new comprehension skill </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">videos mixed with topic videos to create a learning experience that supports reading comprehension, digital literacy skills and open ended, text evidence based responses! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><b>More Resources to Explore</b></u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Explore other resources </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">from the list of digital tools below that </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">our district subscribes to for premium features from the list below (all can be accessed via ClassLink):</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>BrainPOP's <a href="https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/hispanicheritage/" target="_blank">Hispanic Heritage Month Collection</a></b> - </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer a diverse collection of resources to help your class learn about and celebrate Latino culture and history during Hispanic Heritage month AND all year long! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Discovery Education</b> has many resources such as videos, - Just search "Hispanic Heritage Month" and filter through to get resources by subject, grade level, etc.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>

Tech Thursday (9/15/2022): Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Flocabulary!

  Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Rap Writing Contest in Flocabulary In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October ...

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Weekly Update

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><b> Check out these upcoming Training Opportunities</b></h3><p style="text-align: center;">Please mark your calendars!  These trainings are being offered by the company and will be customized to Johnston County Schools I hope you will try to attend any that are applicable to your grade level.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEfuXLMvzvVIHjNWg4mPJRqKZHgOSaKkrvcOprU3W4ZOfZ8x6sk5vUiKWx4xTLkjXNfYbg-ZgQORtefyhHidRhcbaXs-jRasN299CXHSXrYB2ekJaDv048S9QevxSav2MVe4m9QyygLw/s2048/Training+poser.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEfuXLMvzvVIHjNWg4mPJRqKZHgOSaKkrvcOprU3W4ZOfZ8x6sk5vUiKWx4xTLkjXNfYbg-ZgQORtefyhHidRhcbaXs-jRasN299CXHSXrYB2ekJaDv048S9QevxSav2MVe4m9QyygLw/w480-h640/Training+poser.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Attention: Tech and Media Leaders</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">RELAY classroom updated their training site and it no longer provided a quiz, we are providing a quiz to accompany the training.  Please continue to encourage teachers to participate in the training prior to using the tool: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8W6J06G39d_gQkNfFi1u-XQlh0XN5ppdLHfZzeX62UU-w6Q/viewform">Here is a link to the new quiz </a>(which links to the training).  I have also updated on the Troubleshooting Guide: <a href="http://bit.ly/troubleshoot101">bit.ly/troubleshoot101</a></p>

Weekly Update

 Check out these upcoming Training Opportunities Please mark your calendars!  These trainings are being offered by the company and will be c...

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Weekly Update

<p style="text-align: center;"><b> Additional Apps Updated</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMJdZ07CgPvuXu_fk-eb1MRJNSY1Y0J_0ZGuNtjcIJl4ehSkCud8-K9U3ctzEewyq_MfXowze2htvwZ4AkVN10A_abJljCmDnRL8PUnV_88cbB-0lRXVz6698v_mDVDwdGnfzxzh4YpQ/s132/Kami.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMJdZ07CgPvuXu_fk-eb1MRJNSY1Y0J_0ZGuNtjcIJl4ehSkCud8-K9U3ctzEewyq_MfXowze2htvwZ4AkVN10A_abJljCmDnRL8PUnV_88cbB-0lRXVz6698v_mDVDwdGnfzxzh4YpQ/s0/Kami.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kami has been enabled for all students and teachers in the district - it is best used through the extension (already sent to students, but teachers might need to load it)  Teachers may also launch from the Classlink icon shown above.<div>Here is the link to the training recording and training materials: <a href="https://sites.google.com/johnston.k12.nc.us/jcpslearninghome/kami" target="_blank">Kami Support Page</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DraQ24AOZcfe4YCeFub2FacwkIxKpAsP1QYW0-Y-plBFoy-7I9TFOAMJ_H9Afxsc6PgoweJD7a7NGIboj1TphFyilQCAvFWl2YUGkQ-CFxjermCfqI9WNLMaPPpRXHDOjTdbRiWtNlA/s131/flocabulary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DraQ24AOZcfe4YCeFub2FacwkIxKpAsP1QYW0-Y-plBFoy-7I9TFOAMJ_H9Afxsc6PgoweJD7a7NGIboj1TphFyilQCAvFWl2YUGkQ-CFxjermCfqI9WNLMaPPpRXHDOjTdbRiWtNlA/s0/flocabulary.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Flocabulary has been purchased for grades 3-8.  It should show up on their Classlink.  However, teachers might best use this tool by sending links to the students through Google Classroom or Canvas.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are links to come of the support documents from the company:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/how-to-use/" target="_blank">Quick video on how to use</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205362305-Getting-Started-Teacher-Guide" target="_blank">Teacher Start up Guide</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://flocabulary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205362345-Getting-Started-Student-Guide" target="_blank">Student Guide</a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/lesson-resources/" target="_blank">Lesson Guides for pre-made lessons</a><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>

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 Additional Apps Updated Kami has been enabled for all students and teachers in the district - it is best used through the extension (alread...

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Update on Flocabulary Trial

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xaSLAv_BQ5uSrwZnPuWGK9lgnCEkaYmLW0bUlhWwiTYe5QaiTY37MooGDBOw6BJ73KQ6BITJj5vb_m-Bbef2tY1Kieo6mqL8AmMC2TIsbnZ7-4DylsqJvpcSkbYeq1cFCymgxfwY4h0/s1600/flocabulary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="369" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xaSLAv_BQ5uSrwZnPuWGK9lgnCEkaYmLW0bUlhWwiTYe5QaiTY37MooGDBOw6BJ73KQ6BITJj5vb_m-Bbef2tY1Kieo6mqL8AmMC2TIsbnZ7-4DylsqJvpcSkbYeq1cFCymgxfwY4h0/s320/flocabulary.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from Brett Wilkins</b></span><br /> <div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to send you a reminder that the district trial is set to end <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_639516873" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. Overall, I think it was pretty successful. I've sent out 10 quotes, and I expect we'll get some more in the coming days, weeks, and months. Right now, the trial has 385 teachers and 3,182 students across the schools. Here are some other cool stats:</span></div> <div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your district viewed 10,317 videos on this trial</span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3,890 quizzes were submitted</span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3,557 Read and Responds were submitted</span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">463 Lyric Labs were submitted</span></li> <li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The teachers made 529 assignments</span></li> </ul> <div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">That's pretty amazing! I have tried to get the word out a little bit, but if you're willing to send out a reminder of the trial's expiration, and a reminder to get in touch with me for any quote requests or questions.  Please feel free to reach out to <a href="mailto:brett@flocabulary.com" target="_blank">Brett</a> directly.</span></div> </div>

Update on Flocabulary Trial

Update from Brett Wilkins I wanted to send you a reminder that the district trial is set to end  on Saturday . Overall, I think it was p...

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Flocabulary 60-Day Trial

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6Iyyi-MoRJf0N8VKMy4pQEGMB0DiS8WOJOW9FEt2DvbZVAWQLkhtrIXBDQ3J8ATFzyVhdh53P0zZWgMTj3xSna_9ngI6m2hIGdBsqJq3bZjApilIaL3Mih9Ut0vABlGPzYtZEpeINKY/s1600/flocabulary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="369" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6Iyyi-MoRJf0N8VKMy4pQEGMB0DiS8WOJOW9FEt2DvbZVAWQLkhtrIXBDQ3J8ATFzyVhdh53P0zZWgMTj3xSna_9ngI6m2hIGdBsqJq3bZjApilIaL3Mih9Ut0vABlGPzYtZEpeINKY/s320/flocabulary.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Flocabulary is offering Johnston County Public schools a free 60 day trial for any school interested please send amystanley@johnston.k12.nc.us a note with your interest so we can share the powerpoint and log in information. <br /> <br /> Each school participating in the trial has to have a point of contact for follow up with the representative at the completion of the trial period (March 10).  Trial started today so please let us know ASAP if your school wants to participate so you can take full advantage of the 60 days.

Flocabulary 60-Day Trial

Flocabulary is offering Johnston County Public schools a free 60 day trial for any school interested please send amystanley@johnston.k12.n...

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