Welcome Back #GPPSS

Welcome back everyone! It is wonderful to be back in this great district ready to help our students achieve all of their goals and dreams.

My schedule has changed a bit from last year. I will be teaching 3 sections of English at South and the rest of the day will be dedicated to working with all of you to integrate technology into your curriculum.

My number one job is gong to be getting into your classroom, when invited, and work with you on integrating technology to best fit your needs. I'm currently working on the best way to reach out to all of you, so please be patient as we start the year.

I look forward to working with all of and your curriculum to find the best way to utilize the tools we have for the lesson you are creating. Just using any tool doesn't make the lesson better, the right tool for the right lesson is needed to get the most out of it.

The blog will be up and running and I will be sharing great resources as I stumble across them.

Here are some great tips from Greg Johnson of North and Scott Peltier of South. If you have great tips you would like to share, leave a comment on the post or shoot me an email.

From Greg: LCD Adjustment


The screen resolution on the teacher computer monitor was adjusted over the summer to 1280x1024. However at that resolution, the LCD projectors do not provide the correct image size on the Smartboard (left and right vertical sides are blank).

If you would like to lower your monitor’s resolution back to 1024x768 so that the image from the LCD projector will fit the Smartboard properly, please submit a helpdesk request so that it can be changed.


From Scott: Pinnacle Seating Charts

I found out that there are some who are not familiar with the seating chart in Pinnacle. Trust me, it is so much easier than Zangle’s version. Just drag the photos wherever you wish and print.



I hope everyone had a great summer and are ready to keep this the best district in the state.

- Nicholas Provenzano

@MrProvenzano

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back! I hope all of you had a great summer and are ready for a great school year. I would like to also say welcome to all of the new teachers in the district. We are happy to have you join the best teaching staff in the state of Michigan.

As you can see, I gave the site a face lift over vacation and did post some new things while you were away. Take a look at the archive and see if there is anything you might want to use in your classroom. I plan on having a busy blog schedule this year with tons of new sites to share and how to videos for you to watch.

It is very important that this blog is interactive as much as possible. I was flying blind much of last year as I posted random sites that I thought were helpful to different content areas. The more feedback I receive on the blog about things you are looking for, the more I can help you find the best site that fits your needs. Feel free to contact me by leaving a comment in a blog post so I can get back to you with your questions.

New South Teachers: I will try to organize something sooner to get you started with your website and any other tech questions you might have about the equipment you have in your room. Please introduce yourself so we can get started.

I'm really excited to get started this year! I have some great projects in the works. One involves a live Skype co-production of Rome and Juliet with a school from Iowa! Check out this post for more information. I'm also going to be experimenting with live class blogging and tweeting. If you are interested in jumping on board the tech train, please let me know. The more teachers we have using Web2.0 tools, the more prepared our students will be for college and the job market. 

- Give it a try!