Wausau School District Technology Department

Ss at John Muir Middle use collaborative google docs to host book discussions with others outside their class.

6th grade students at John Muir Middle practice math skills with dry erase tables as their teacher displays student work for the class to analyze.

Colleagues presenting using Keynote Live and Kahoot this morning at Maine - showcasing new tools while presenting on valuable content!

First graders at GD Jones using to draw and record to match their writing.

5th Graders at Riverview Elementary learn about the features in to transform their state projects!

Lots of fun actively engaging students in edtech trends at the career fair. https://t.co/X75s2JCmAz

Lots of fun actively engaging students in edtech trends at the career fair. pic.twitter.com/X75s2JCmAz

— TechnologyDepartment () November 10, 2017

Huge win today with the and using it in Grant Elementary

Check out how Jeanne Behrens at Stettin Elementary School is using Mindnode with her 4th graders!

https://www.smore.com/41fr6

Mindnode In Action! Jeanne Behrens is a 4th-grade teacher at Stettin Elementary School. Jeanne's class has recently started using the iPad app...

Deb Albee is a Kindergarten Teacher at Rib Mountain Elementary School in Wausau Wisconsin with the Wausau School District! She is super-charging Superkids (Kindergarten reading curriculum)! Her learners are using BookCreator to practice their expression and fluency while reading! https://www.smore.com/88xgr

Book Creator In Action! Deb Albee is a Kindergarten Teacher at Rib Mountain Elementary School in Wausau Wisconsin with the Wausau School District! She...

Casey Helke is a 5th grade teacher at Riverview Elementary School. He and his 5th grade teacher team have been finding many different ways to incorporate iPads into their instruction. They have been utilizing iMovie to allow their students to have some creativity and choice in the outcome of different projects.

https://www.smore.com/nz57h

iMovie In Action! Casey Helke is a 5th grade teacher at Riverview Elementary School. He and his 5th grade teacher team have been finding many...

In Action! Sheri Fochs is a 5th grade teacher at Grant Elementary School! She has been using Garageband as tool to transform the classroom experience for her learners. Check out the details in the Smore Flyer!

https://www.smore.com/gjz4b

GarageBand In Action! Sheri Fochs is a 5th grade teacher at Grant Elementary School. She has been utilizing the iPads with her learners in a wide...

Join us tonight for "Developing Your Family Media Plan" at 6:00 in our Community Education Center!

Laura Morris and Melissa Schreiner Piette will be leading tonights session!

Maine Elementary students participated in the mannequin challenge! Really well done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUZhUJN9D-0&feature=youtu.be

Maine Elementary Mannequin Challenge Maine Elementary Mannequin Challenge

The is THIS WEEK! Make sure you come prepared by watching the Top 10 Things to Know before you join us!

https://goo.gl/sNGldA

Can't believe how fast summer is flying by! Only 41 days until the ! Check out the offerings here: https://goo.gl/otjmhd

WSD Tech Summit Schedule Check out the schedule for WSD Tech Summit

We are down to 68 days until the ! More information to come shortly (sessions, trainers, locations, etc...) - RS

Thinking about using multi-media timelines in your class? Check out this article about History in Motion.

http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/04/09/its-about-time-a-round-up-of-time-lining-tools/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=flipboard

Hanging out at NTC today for the 8th Grade Career Fair! Spreading the word about what we are doing here in the Wausau School District with technology and instruction. -RS

Check out this flexible elementary classroom at Thomas Jefferson! Thanks Jill and Carrie!

It's important to have a tool belt ready for anything, especially for a flipped classroom! -RS

Flipped-Learning Toolkit: Let's Talk Tech Four content-creation tool categories -- screencasting, tablets, document cameras, and video cameras -- will help your students take flipped learning outside of the classroom.

Thanks EVERYONE who has followed our account. You can expect to see more updates in the coming future! -RS

Integrating technologies into instruction allows students to develop the necessary skills to enter a workforce that will utilize technologies not yet developed in careers not yet defined... -RS

Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance Edutopia blogger Andrew Marcinek provides a thoughtful course correction for teachers facing full-on technology integration, offering three suggestions for focusing on media and balancing it with what students should be learning.

Keeping creativity at the heart of our instruction! -RS

Building blocks that blink, beep and teach Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.

Excited to share our social media accounts https://youtu.be/PpE3MsQTHdo -CH

Wausau School District: Social Media This short video highlights the different social media accounts you can follow to stay in touch with the Wausau School District Technology Department.