Start the new year off on the right foot by learning time saving tips and tricks to maximize your time spent using Gmail, Google Calendar and Chrome. Join us in The Loft January 12-15 during the following times: Tuesday: 3:15-4:00 Wednesday Session 1: 8:00-8:40 Wednesday Session 2: 11:20-12:00 Wednesday Session 3: 12:20-1:00 Thursday: 9:40-10:20 Friday Session 1: 9:40-10:20 Friday Session 2: 11:20-12:00 Friday...

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Inspiring teachers and students to be curious, innovative, and reflective learners. Loft sessions will continue after the Winter Break, beginning on January 12th. ...

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Session Goal:  Guide teachers in generating a Comment Bank, using Smart Text and Autofill function to speedily expedite the grading and comment process for Semester 2.  #justintime #SAStheLOFT #sasedu ...

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The Hour of Code is coming! Join us in the Loft the week of November 30th at 1 of the 11 times offered to learn more about computer programming, how it can be integrated into a common core standards curriculum, and participate in some hands-on practice. KG-G2 coding apps we will explore are: Bee-Bot  Kodable Daisy the Dinosaur Scratch Jr. G3-G5 coding apps...

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It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. As humans we take copious amounts of photos, yet are we using these photos to say what we desire? This session covers the following: How to take photos Holding the camera Light - exposure lock Composition Rule of 1/3s,  Point of View - Birds eye, worm, child Framing Get in close...

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Search... We are all vast users of search engines, and at Singapore American School, the ubiquity of Google and Google Chrome is a central feature regarding our use of technology. We are 'a Google school'.  This is a guide to do more advanced searching using the Google search engine, we do not dive into all features, but have selected out some especially useful...

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Rationale Today, our students are using the immense power of digital media to explore, connect, create, and learn in ways never before imagined. With this power, young people have extraordinary opportunities, and yet they face potential pitfalls, too. At SAS we discuss and focus attention on issues that concern us all, like digital resilience, online safety, and online security. These issues underscore the...

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K-2 WL teachers attended a Seesaw session in The Loft last Wednesday and began implementing this tool for students to share their learning straight away.  After testing it out with G1 and G2 students, I was so pleased to read their positive feedback.  See their comments below: "On Thursday I did a Seesaw trial with Grade 1 kids, then checked Friday to see...

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Description: This is a session about using QR codes in the classroom. QR perform tasks that greatly exceed just taking you to a specific website. They can also trigger tasks. Indeed: of the 'barcode family', the QR is the high achiever! Bring:  Your iPad or smartphone. 3. photosforclass.com 4. Code Examples ...

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Grade 1 teachers and students have begun exploring the Creation Stations at #SAStheLoft.  The level of enthusiasm from both teachers and students has been contagious.  See a few comments from teachers below. "I love it!!  We all loved it and it has sparkled some ideas for what I can do in the classroom.  We need more painting time, but we also need more coding, more legos, more...

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The Seesaw app was shared with K-2 WL teachers as an excellent option for students to be able to share their learning with teachers. The mandarin and spanish teachers loved how easy it was to setup a class and then share a QR code with your students so they could start creating straight away. ...

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What is Autocrat? Autocrat is a mail merge 'Add-on' available in Google Sheets. Using Autocrat individual rows of data can be merged into a individual Google Doc. Which can then be filed into a designated folder of your choice.  Goal of this session in TheLoft Guide SAS teachers through the specific procedures relating to preparing Strengths and Goals documents for each individual student...

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On Friday, Ms. Analu's first grade class tested out a new idea, Creation Stations @The LOFT. Students chose one station to explore from five different station options prior to the session: Bee-Bots, Stop Motion, Lego, Art, Green Screen.  They had to choose a topic that interested them as the entire 40-45 minutes at The Loft would be spent at that one station, no...

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