Modesto City Schools Student Technology

12/12/2016

What's your learning style? Auditory, Visual, Tactile?

If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones. You often learn by reading out loud because you have to…

07/22/2016

A reminder about student email.
https://www.mcs4kids.com/students/resources/student-email

Modesto City Schools is located in the Central Valley, 75 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and 70 miles south of Sacramento. MCS District is the third largest employer in Stanislaus County.

05/18/2016

Watch out Google, Microsoft Forms is coming soon.
https://forms.office.com/

05/04/2016

Got big ideas for the future? Love to make films -- or ever secretly wished to give it a shot?
Well, this is your chance! The White House Student Film Festival is back with a new theme: "The World I Want to Live In."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfest

See the President's daily schedule, explore behind-the-scenes photos from inside the White House, and find out all the ways you can engage with the most interactive administration in our country's history.

10/08/2015

Is your teacher using the TurnItIn App in Schoology? Check out this video to see how you can access your Originality Report in Schoology.
https://vimeo.com/141799504

Slightly edited version of Diana Neebe's Schoology video. Her YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/user/mrsneebe/featured

09/29/2015

Please read this regarding the circulating FB privacy hoaxes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/09/29/why-its-so-hard-to-kill-facebook-privacy-hoaxes/

The hoaxes seem just plausible enough to some users to share.

09/23/2015

The deadline to complete the MCS Internet Safety Tutorial & Agreement has been extended until November 2. Details here https://www.mcs4kids.com/district/instructional-technology/internet-safety-tutorial/UPDATE

Modesto City Schools is located in the Central Valley, 75 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and 70 miles south of Sacramento. MCS District is the third largest employer in Stanislaus County.

08/26/2015

Microsoft has a new feature that can be activated through the Office 365 Outlook Web App called CLUTTER. Check it out
https://www.mcs4kids.com/district/instructional-technology/microsoft/outlook-clutter

Modesto City Schools is located in the Central Valley, 75 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and 70 miles south of Sacramento. MCS District is the third largest employer in Stanislaus County.

08/25/2015

Are you a Google Apps or Office 365 fan? Take a minute to answer this 6-question survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NYTXMF5

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08/25/2015

Check out the new Office 365 for Students webpage with details on how to login, how to use Office 365 and how to download Office 2013 at home. It can be found under the MCS Students Resources page.
https://www.mcs4kids.com/students/resources/office365-for-students

Modesto City Schools is located in the Central Valley, 75 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area and 70 miles south of Sacramento. MCS District is the third largest employer in Stanislaus County.

08/24/2015

How to Connect your Chromebook to the MCS-WiFi
https://youtu.be/pXb5pNkzT-I