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Students and Parents, We have begun to roll out devices to students. As of 9/14/2023 all students, Kindergarten through 5th grade, will have had the Responsible Use Policy lesson. By 9/13/2023 all of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades will have had an initial iPad Chromebook login lesson (Seesaw, Google, etc). The Responsible Use…
Every technology project at Heathcote begins on paper. Technology is used in a very purposeful way and very rarely in isolation. Student projects often begin with post-it notes and pencils even if they end up as a studetn review website, or a documentary movie on YouTube or an Ignite presentation in front of a room…
On March 14, 2024 we had the first technology Parent Coffee of the 2023-20224 school year. The event was an overview of “Technology @HeathcoteSchool” which essential means I covered the Scarsdale School’s technology vision and then how it manifests itself here at Heathcote. As a district we follow the national ISTE standards for technology education…
October 16-20 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
October 16-20 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
On October 28, 2022 we had the first Parent Coffee of the 2022-20223 school year, it was also the first such event back in-person since the start of Covid. The event was an overview of “Technology @HeathcoteSchool” which essential means I covered the Scarsdale School’s technology vision and then how it manifests itself here at…
October 24-28 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
October 24-28 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
I often get asked about headphones for students. It’s a difficult question to answer on many fronts. Price is one concern, but so is durability. A microphone is an important consideration since students use apps like Seesaw to record their learning and record voice overs for movies using apps like WeVideo and Adobe Creative cloud.…
When creating a movie, video, PSA, or any visual project using a non-linear editor like WeVideo you need to keep a few standard rules in mind: Start with 2 seconds of black End with 2 seconds of black Images should be between 4-6 seconds, no longer Titles – you need to be able to…