G Suite Training at Pingree Elementary School

G Suite Training at Pingree Elementary School

The Weymouth Public Schools Educational Technology Team continued their G Suite training series at Weymouth Public Schools with a stop at the

Lawrence W. Pingree Primary School

We are visiting all schools in Weymouth to provide training following our migration to Gmail at the start of the school year. Many of the staff at Pingree are seasoned pro's on G Suite at this point thanks to Principal Kathy Guilfoy's enthusiastic promotion of the platform to foster collaboration and paperless workflow in her school.

Integration Technology specialists Mike Miller and Paula Fuller were ready to dive in and help teachers get the most out of G Suite. Although our goal in this training series is to get staff comfortable using the Gmail platform, Pingree staff were eager to learn about sharing with Google Drive and Google Classroom. But every training session is different and there are always new recruits who need the basics to get up and running on G Suite. It is a distinct challenge to accommodate the diversity of technical skill levels in a school district this large. Many sessions need to be divided into beginner and novice to give the staff the individual attention needed to create the collaborative culture Weymouth Public School desires to improve teaching and learning. 

We conducted this training on our latest interactive LCD panels by InFocus. These amazing devices offer many advantages over a traditional interactive projector. They are brighter, higher resolution, and offer seamless finger touch with no calibration challenges. We are installing one at every school in an equity program to find the best and most cost effective display tool for teaching and learning.

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G Suite Training at Nash Elementary School

G Suite Training at Nash Elementary School

The Weymouth Public Schools Educational Technology Team kicked off their G Suite training tour last week by visiting our smallest primary school

Thomas V. Nash Jr. Primary School

Principal Rebecca Kelly was excited to invite us into their staff meeting for an engaging session of learning the G Suite platform. This is our first stop on a training rotation to help all 12 Weymouth Public Schools make the best use of the Google platform since we migrated to Gmail on the 28th. WPS Integration Technology specialist Paula Fuller made the staff feel comfortable addressing all their questions about Gmail and other G Suite tools.

Nash staff had all the basic Gmail questions like setting up Email signatures and toggling conversation view but the conversation always migrates to questions about the innovative storage and productivity platform Google Drive. Weymouth has been using the G Suite for several years but remained on the Exchange Email platform up until two weeks ago. Many teachers chose to use the many wonderful Google tools like Drive and Classroom to improve teaching and learning years ago while others continued to use traditional network drives and desktop applications. Education has rapidly expanded 21st century learning initiatives in recent years where mobile devices like Chromebooks and iPads have become increasingly popular. These devices offer enormous benefit with access to free resources and flexibility in classroom environments. Mobile devices require a cloud platform with G Suite the dominant platform being offered free to education.

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