Category Archives: Software

4/7 PD Opportunities for DHS Staff

Friday, April 7th is bursting with awesome Professional Development Opportunities!!!

Digital Learning Day: 9 – 12 in 30 min. online sessions. Register https://digitallearningday2017.sched.com/ Instructions https://www.lcpsdld.com/attendees

Q3 Grade Training: 10, 11 and 1 in room L610 (30 min. sessions)

Faculty Town Hall: 10 – 11 in Library: Addressing Student Behaviors in Common Areas

#LCPSedChat: 1:30 – 2:30 Twitter chat. Topic this month is Citizens of the World. Great opportunity for LIYLS participants to share your story with other LCPS educators. Learn more http://reynoldsrambles.blogspot.com/2017/03/april-2017-lcpsedchat-topic.html

Please let me know if you have any questions on how to participate.

Read & Write for Windows Course

Want to learn how to use Read & Write to help vulnerable students while earning 10 re-certification points?

Enroll in this self-paced VISION course http://vision.lcps.org/course/view.php?id=10136 and get started today!

Read&Write literacy software makes the web, documents and files more accessible. It is a friendly, intuitive toolbar that assists learners at all levels with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work. It is a big confidence booster for anyone who needs a little extra help with their reading and writing, at school or in the workplace. Great for people with dyslexia and other learning difficulties, or anyone whose first language is not English.     Enablemart. Text to Speech Software – Blindness – Vision. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2017.

Read&Write is available on all instructional computers and a take home version is also available for students.

Dominion Blog Pilot

Dominion High School started a small blogging pilot today. A handful of Dominion staff have volunteered to start instructional and professional blogs. These blogs support the LCPS OTTW initiative to use real-world tools to create real-world products that solve authentic challenging problems.