9 WDMCS staff presenting at state technology conference

Congratulations to the following staff who have been selected to present at the state technology conference, scheduled for Oct 14th and 15th, 2013.

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Jeff Ver Helst
Jordan Creek Elementary

Title: Technology in the Upper Elementary Classroom
Classroom teacher Jeff VerHelst, along with some of his students, will demonstrate some of their favorite technology tools used in daily instruction including GoogleDocs, Edmodo and different iPad APS.  See how they use it in their day to day learning.

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Julie Martinez
Jordan Creek Elementary

Title: Ipad Videos for Instruction and Evaluation
Teacher created demonstration videos and the ipad for better whole-class viewing, addresses absenteeism, teaching at the student’s pace and re-teaching.  Evaluation uses and management issues like windows video on a mac platform, and transfer of files for grading addressed.

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Kevin Neal and Dan Kelly
Valley High School

Title: Interacting with Online Sources and Students in High School Social Studies
Presenters will demonstrate strategies to utilize online sources, as part of class, that increase student engagement and improve student performance.  These include, but are not limited to Quizlet, Symbaloo, and Poll Everywhere.  Stimulus based learning sources will also be provided and discussed.

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Adam Nidey, Brooke Von Stein, Annie Orsini
Crestview Elementary

Title: 2 Apps 2 Many?
In this ”Throwdown” session, we will be pairing apps with similar purposes.  We’ll share and discuss how we use the apps with students in the classroom, and, with audience participation, determine winning apps in a variety of categories.

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 Carrie Jacobs
Walnut Creek Campus

Title: Making Connections in an Online Learning Environment
Teaching in a hybrid online learning environment for two years, Carrie will discuss the teaching strategies she uses to create the online classes, focusing on building relationships in an online learning environment.

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Brian Abeling & Tim Geyer (Norwalk Schools)

Title: Tips for new Infinite Campus districts
Is your district new to Infinite Campus? Join this session to hear from multiple districts who have been using Infinite Campus over the years as they share their tips and ideas for new Campus users.

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Adam Nidey
Crestview Elementary

Adam is also conducting multiple sessions of a workshop titled “iPads – Getting BIG Results! on Sunday before the conference.

Infinite Campus Password Reset Enhancement

If you haven’t encountered it yet, you will the next time you log into Infinite Campus . . .

In order to protect your privacy and security, Infinite Campus has been updated with a new security feature that will require you to update your security preferences.  This Password Reset functionality allows you, as a user, to recover and modify your Campus account password without the need for district intervention.

Infinite Campus users are allowed to defer setting those preferences TWICE, but on the third login attempt, the system will force the process.  So be ready!

Below are the two preference choices that are required:

Set User Account Recovery Email
Enter your email address. This must be a valid email address and we suggest using your district email address. Password recovery is done through a unique URL sent to this email address. Failure to provide a legitimate email address means an inability to recover your password.

Set User Preferences
Set up your Likes and Dislikes selections.  You’ll need to make sure that a total of 8 Likes and 8 Dislikes images populate the Your Selection area prior to saving.

So . . . in the screenshot example shown below, in the left window, you will need to click on eight pictures that represent things you like or prefer. In the window on the right, click on eight pictures that represent things you dislike or do not prefer. In either window, you may choose pictures from one or multiple tabs. Your selections will appear in the Your Selection window and they will be used to help you reset your password should the need arise.

To change one of your selections, click on the picture to remove it and add a different one. You must have eight likes and eight dislikes selected in order to save. You can return and edit your selections at any time from the Account Preferences menu option inside Campus.

**To process your preferences, you’ll need to type your current password, then click on the Save Changes button.**

If you do happen to forget your password, all you have to do is click on the Forgot your password? link at the bottom of the login screen for Infinite Campus.