Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
Seesaw Do K-2 BLS teachers need to archive their Seesaw classes?No. K-2 BLS teachers do not need to archive their Seesaw classes. Since K-2 uses Clever for Seesaw rostering, BLS K-2 teachers do not need to go through the archive process. Continue reading Seesaw & Google Classroom End of Year FAQs
This is the perfect time of year to clean up your Google Drive whether you’re staff or a student. I like to think of it as the equivalent of cleaning out your desk. As the year (or years) goes by Continue reading Cleaning up Google Drive
I was helping a fourth grader free up iPad storage when he deleted nearly 2,000 unwanted photos. He showed his buddies and they all took to purging the blurry, the duplicates, and the outdated screenshots. This is a skill our Continue reading Cleaning Up Photos
For Seniors, once they graduate, they will no longer be able to access their Bend-La Pine student accounts. If they want to keep any files, here’s how they can do that: Option 1 – Google Drive Method This method requires Continue reading Senior Tip – Taking Your Files With You
This Earth Day, let’s look at our Home Sweet Home with Google Earth. Learning about climate change? Check out these Timelapse Videos Explore America’s National Parks and introduce Every Kid Outdoors, the NPS program that offers free park admission to Continue reading Google Earth for Earth Day
Throughout the year students are researching, but it seems like this is often the time of year when culminating research projects are happening. We thought this would be a good time to focus on all the tools we have at Continue reading Tools for Researching
iPads can be used in creative and meaningful ways in Bend-La Pine classrooms. To help encourage best practices around technology use, let’s reflect on how iPads can best be used during the school day. Below are ideas to help prevent Continue reading Prevent Passive iPad Time
Screen Time allows users to set app limits, content restrictions, downtime, and a variety of other helpful tools for staying on track. One caution: Screen Time settings can affect what our students can access in class, which sometimes gets in Continue reading Making Screen Time Work For You