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2017 LPS Bootcamp – July 10, 11, 12 at Southwest HS
The LPS Bootcamp is 3 days of staff development opportunities for LPS Teachers, Administrators, Librarians, and other Certificated staff who want to learn more about technology as used in device assisted learning implementations (student Chromebooks).
2017 Elementary Connect Conference
The Elementary Connect Conference will be a morning (8:30 am – 12:00 pm) of technology staff development sessions aimed at pK-5 teachers, organized by LPS Principals as building flex hours for the schools that choose to participate. It will be held (repeated) on three dates this summer at Lincoln Southwest High School. Click the date […]
Hapara: Teacher Created Classes
Teachers can create their own “ad-hoc” classes within Hapara, allowing for Hapara to be used outside of the regularly scheduled courses in Synergy. This feature will be especially useful for fluid grouping situations at elementary school, after school academic support sessions for secondary schools, or school sponsored clubs and groups. How to Create a Class […]
Malware / Spyware Awareness
Malware / Spyware Awareness Malware (malicious software) and Spyware (spying software) can find its way onto your computer without you knowing. These bits of software install themselves on your computer locally, or within your browser, and can disable computer settings and / or send personal information to unintended sources. This is obviously a problem we […]
Connected Classroom Equipment
Connected Classroom Equipment LPS supports the digital delivery of instruction through the deployment of equipment that transforms traditional classrooms into Connected Classrooms where learners can see, hear, and interact with curricular and instructional resources. Below you will find information on the tools a teacher would be likely to find in a completed LPS Connected Classroom. Every […]
Hapara Highlights: Focused Browsing URLs
About Focused Browsing If you have attended a Hapara Highlights training, you will likely recall one of the major features of the tool is called “Focused Browsing.” It allows you to open one or more tabs (URLs) on the Chromebooks of students in your class. At the same time, you can focus your students on […]
The LPS Portal
The LPS Portal Students and staff begin every day at a website we call “The Portal.” The Portal includes buttons for most of the web services (apps) used in LPS. Clicking a button takes users directly to a web service with no additional login (when possible.) The Portal verifies your LPS identity to the web […]
Audio Enhancement Microphones
Audio Enhancement – Classroom Microphones In 2016, the LPS Board of Education committed to install integrated audio systems in every LPS classroom across the district. The systems are designed to evenly distribute audio throughout the classroom enabling all students to hear the lesson from anywhere in the room. Research tells us that improving the ability […]
MFD – Entering Accounting Information
The MFDs in LPS are equipped with badge readers that log users in and pass accounting information along to the device. When you complete tasks on the device that incur a cost, such as make copies or scan to Print Center, the accounting information stored in your badge will be used. Refer to these instructions to […]
MFD – Badge Registration
All Xerox MFDs found in LPS buildings have a badge reader. (Printers do not.) Your LPS ID badge will authenticate you to the MFD, saving you time when authentication is needed. Note that: You do not HAVE to authenticate with your badge when releasing print jobs, but it does save time. You may need to enter […]
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