MCAS
Edtech Updates MCAS Infrastructure Trials Teacher and Student Resources Students will use the TestNav app on their Chromebooks to take MCAS 2.0. This is located under “APPS” at the bottom left of their Chromebook before they login to the device. They will NOT be logging into their device with their Google accounts for the MCAS. […]
The New EdTech Help Desk
Edtech district office at Weymouth High School 7-3pm We are excited to introduce the latest addition to our Edtech support team, Aaron Macaibay. Aaron will be our first helpdesk support specialist providing tier one support for the district to improve customer service. Aaron is also a 2021 Graduate of the Weymouth High School Career and […]
MCAS
Tech Tool for Empowerment and Engagement
GoGuardian is a classroom management tool that provides the training wheels to empower student ownership of learning. Benefits to teachers and students include: Increased student engagement, focus, and attention Additional ways to connect with students Use of 1:1 device with greater intention and purpose Increased instructional time and time on task Features include the ability […]
Screencastify Super Users Honored
While it didn’t make it past the “Elite 8” during Tech Tool March Madness, Screencastify has been the most used tech tool of the 2020-2021 school year with 661 individual video creators. Teachers, administrators, and students have used this Google Chrome extension to record their screens or create and edit video content. From asynchronous lectures, […]
More Prized Pears in May
Once again the tech integration team honored Weymouth educators who regularly used the Pear Deck platform to teach, assess, and support the needs of their students. Use was measured by “moments of student engagement” which is the number of times students participated in a Pear Deck activity or question. Prized Pears and certificates were given to 10 […]
Self-Paced Pear Deck Training
Wondering if Pear Deck really lives up to the hype? Take our self-paced tutorial and find out for yourself. The tutorial takes educators through a student paced Pear Deck session that implements the best educational practices to ensure engaging, accessible, and creative standards based learning experiences. Some of the highlighted practices particularly suited to Pear […]
Tech Tool March Madness
This week Pear Deck was voted Weymouth Public Schools’ favorite technology application, defeating Runner Up Google Forms in the championship round of Tech Tool Madness. The competition, modeled after the NCAA March Madness tournament, began with 32 popular apps and platforms used by Weymouth teachers from all schools and grade levels. Teachers, counselors, and support […]
Prized Pear Awards
Last week the tech integration team presented Prized Pear awards to the top Pear Deck users at each Weymouth school. Use of Pear Deck was measured in “moments of student engagement” which is the number of times students participated in a Pear Deck activity or question. The winning students were excited to take part in […]
Clear Cache & Cookies in Google Chrome
On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click More . Click More tools Clear browsing data. At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time. Next to “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files,” check the boxes. Click Clear data. What happens after you clear this info After you clear cache […]