Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Skype with Jane Goodall, PSD Key, Spring Cleaning

1. Skype Experience with Dr. Jane Goodall


Dr. Jane Goodall will empower students to care about our planet and take action to make the world a better place for people, animals, and the environment. 
The 15-minute broadcast will air on

  •  - Tuesday April 2nd at 12:30 Eastern Time
  •  - Tuesday April 9th at 9:00 Eastern Time
and will be followed each time with a live Q&A chat for 30 minutes with Dr. Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots team. Dr. Goodall and the team will try to answer as many student questions as they can. Be sure to use the classroom preparation materials below to get your students ready for this once in a lifetime opportunity!  For more information and to register on the Microsoft Educator community for April 2 or 9th, click here!  If either one of us can help with this setup of this event please let us know!


2.  Building up the PSD Key Library

Now that PSD Key, the Single Sign On portal for Pennridge, is live and in the hands of students and teachers, we want to make it the best experience possible for you and your students. If there is a resource you use, please consider putting an app request to helpdesk@pennridge.org.  All that is needed is the name of the app and the web url for that resource, and we will have an app tile created for that resource.  Then, students can simply grab that tile from the app library - the QuickGuide for PSD Key discusses this process with images.  Please send Chris any questions you might have.


3.  Spring Cleaning

It's that time of the year!  We wanted to remind everyone of some ways to clean up your devices!

  • Devices - Please read here for the tips for cleaning iPads and laptops.
  • Computers - This is a great time to clean off your desktop.  No file is safe on your desktop, so please consider moving your files to the cloud- either OneDrive or Google Drive.  Please see these basic instructions for Google Drive or OneDrive for some assistance in managing your files.