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August/September 2012
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Internet Safety
The Virginia Department of Education requires that every teacher incorporate Internet Safety into their curriculum. For younger children, this can be as simple as reminding them to never use their last name on a website, what to do if a bad word or picture pops on the screen, and so forth. For more information, ideas, and activities check out the DOEs book Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools.
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Instructional Technology
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Discovery Education
Discovery Education offers a breadth and depth of digital media content that is immersive, engaging and brings the world into the classroom to give every student a chance to experience fascinating people, places, and events. All content is aligned to state standards, can be aligned to custom curriculum, and supports classroom instruction regardless of the technology platform. (Discovery Education, 2012) Once again, we have a subscription to Discovery Education, or as some remember it, United Streaming. Not just videos, DE offers lesson plans, worksheets, assessments and more, all aligned to VA SOLs. If you dont have an account, it only takes a few minutes to register. Visit http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ and use your school passcode to activate your account. Enderly Kling Parry McCluer Middle Parry McCluer High 79A4-A6AF 47EE-C974 947F-71A2 240B-8333
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eMediaVA
eMediaVA is Virginia's premier statewide digital media distribution system featuring the best "purposebuilt" educational content available. Brought to you by the Virginia Public Media Stations* and PBS, eMediaVA is constantly evolving to better meet the needs of Virginias teachers and students. Whats even better, eMediaVA is free for Virginias teachers and students!
* Blue Ridge PBS, Roanoke; Community Idea Stations, Richmond; WETA, Arlington; WHRO, Norfolk; and WVPT, Harrisonburg. (eMediaVA, 2012)
able to offer this subscription free to teachers and schools in Virginia. Use this in place of or to supplement Discovery Education. As eMediaVA increases their library, this service should actually replace Discovery Education and make it easier to find resources since all resources match VA SOLs instead of SOLs for other states which might not be useful for us. http://www.emediava.org/
You will receive an email from eMediaVA with your log-in information. This service is being given to us free of charge for the next two years. eMediaVAs hope is that, with grants and other funding, they will always be
Technology Services
BVCPS underwent a lot of technology updates and changes this summer. I know that there have many instances where things didnt work quite the way we wanted them to as we began our school year, but our technology staff worked hard over the summer, and is continuing to work hard, to provide you with updated laptops, better Internet connections, and more. Please be patientthey have many demands on their servicesand use the proper method to request assistancethe Technology Support Ticket. A link to this service may also be found on BVs home page.
Contact Information District ITRT: Sue Way sue.way@bvcps.net 540.817.8632 Office located at Parry McCluer Middle Schoo l
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BVCPS
http://bvcpsedtech.wikispaces.
First Grade
Monkey Match: Match upper and lower case letters, beginning letter sounds and rhyming words. The Quiet Machine: Beginning letter sounds in words. Sky Riding: Letter recognition and mouse skills. Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching Rainbow: Upper and Lower