Month: March 2020

NCPA #virtualschool Daily #edtech Briefing: Thursday, March 26th

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Get the latest #virtualschool tips, FAQs, and demo slams from #pulaoproud Tech Ambs @newtonsscience @alannamounsey @trishmerewether @hanghesperwang @mbkkelsey live every Thursday at 8:30 am CST. Join link & recordings at http://go.ncpachina.org/vsdeb #issedu #acamistech [advanced_iframe src=”https://1252700138.vod2.myqcloud.com/vod-player/1252700138/5285890800519168472/tcplayer/console/vod-player.html?autoplay=false&width=1280&height=720″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” width=”1280″ height=”720″ width=”640px” height=”360px” allowfullscreen=”true”] This day’s topics were: Quarantine Excercises Workout Plans Link Up

Virtual School Tech Briefing: Student Edition: March 25th

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Want to check out ebooks from our virtual library (Destiny)? Then you must keep reading … This news is brought to you from Ms. Rebecca ( rbattistoni@ncpachina.org ) in the Library.: We reset all the passwords for Destiny last week.  It’s now really easy to get into Destiny/your own account. Use your barcode ID # on your school ID.  If […]

Virtual School Tech Briefing: Student Edition : February 7th

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Thank you to those who have submitted feedback via the survey from yesterday’s Student Bulletin. If you haven’t … go do it NOW! We will use the information from the survey for future bulletins and to help teachers understand what is working well for you in Virtual School and what isn’t.   感谢昨天从Student Bulletin 中提交反馈调查表的同学们。如果你还没完成，现在还可以提交！它在帮助我们老师们了解网络教学上哪些做得好与不好的地方起到很大的作用。 As you’ve notice, the Teams application is a big part of the Virtual School […]

Virtual School Tech Briefing: Student Edition : February 28th

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One of the biggest tech challenges of online school has been finding a way for students to download or watch a video from class relatively quickly. As teachers we’ve used resources such as: watching from Canvas, downloading from Canvas, downloading from teams, sending Sharepoint links, uploading to Stream and some teachers have even found their […]

NCPA #virtualschool Daily #edtech Briefing: Thursday, March 19th

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Get the latest #virtualschool tips, FAQs, and demo slams from #pulaoproud Tech Ambs @newtonsscience @alannamounsey @trishmerewether @hanghesperwang @mbkkelsey live every Thursday at 8:30 am CST. Join link & recordings at http://go.ncpachina.org/vsdeb #issedu #acamistech [advanced_iframe src=”https://1252700138.vod2.myqcloud.com/vod-player/1252700138/5285890800168601345/tcplayer/console/vod-player.html?autoplay=false&width=1280&height=720″ width=”640px” height=”360px”] This day’s topics were: All about Online Discussions ( Jigsaw in Teams, Groups in Canvas Discussions, Small Group […]

The Definitive Guide to Slow Internet

Posted on by Matthew Kelsey

Since the beginning of virtual school, students have submitted at least 188 tickets to the IT helpdesk. Of those tickets, the largest single source of problems (56 tickets; 31%) is students’ slow home internet connections. China’s limited overseas connectivity causes slow home internet connections – essentially, there is an internet traffic jam between China and […]