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How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live ‘em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give ‘em.– “HOW MANY, HOW MUCH” by Shel Silverstein
How many network cables in a new middle school?
Depends on how many you install.
Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 15]”
This week in technology, we’re starting the spring state testing around the district using Chromebooks. We’re doing things a bit differently this year, and we think it’s an improvement for all. Here’s what we do… Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 14]”
When things go wrong,
Go wrong with you,
It hurts me, too.– When Things Go Wrong, by Eric Clapton
This week, it happened again. Another fiber connection was severed by a 3rd party contractor during an install for something else, and we lost a whole building as a result. Luckily, we’re on spring break, so staff and students are not here, but fiber’s expensive to fix, and not something we can do in-house.
The lesson? How to stay resilient in today’s turbulent world, and work with people in productive ways… Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 13]”
One foot in front of the other babe
One breath leads to another yeah
Just keep moving, oh
Look within for the strength today
Listen out for the voice to say
Just keep moving, oh– Flames by David Guetta, featuring Sia
We embrace the PBIS process at Streetsboro City Schools, but collecting data can be a bit of a chore sometimes, and often involves double data entry (once on paper, another in a spreadsheet), and people involved in the process often miss out on feedback or status updates. So, naturally, we’re working to fix that… Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 12]”
Over the past months we’ve worked at improving the way we record and disseminate the Board meetings at Streetsboro. While we have a ways to go, we’ve decreased the time it takes to post the recording for the public to review, and limited the amount of time needed in post-production. Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 11]”
This week in technology, we developed a new online, paperless, workflow for behavior referrals from the Transportation Department. We call them TBRs, or Transportation Behavior Referrals. Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 10]”
This week in technology, we’re [still] researching and resolving an issue with our chromebooks, where users experience a black or blank screen when students attempt to sign in. Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 9]”
This week in technology – lots of things to be excited about!
We’ll post all the resources from last week’s amazing PD Day at Streetsboro High School, with slides, handouts, and links to resources from each presenter. Continue reading “This Week in Technology [WK 8]”