Wow, over two months of Learn From Home! It has been exciting to witness how the teachers, staff, administrators and leadership have responded to this challenging time. Teachers, we have seen and heard about the amazing things happening in your virtual classrooms. We would be proud to shine a spotlight on some of the fabulousness […]

By now, we have provided Learn From Home for students in HCPS for almost two months. In many ways, it seems like just yesterday, but the hard work and effort being shown by teachers is inspiring beyond measure. Teachers, students and families have displayed grit and have come together to try to make this experience […]

The Learn From Home model is new to everyone – teachers, staff, students, and parents/guardians. It has thrown us all into a time that none of us has ever experienced. So there is no instruction book or how-to guide for teaching in these times.  We have to rely on our experience in other situations to […]

We are very excited about the new Google Classroom and Google Meet integration that is now available in our domain. Now teachers have greater control when using Meet with students.  Additionally, Meets created within Google Classroom provide the ability to open and close Meets, as well as prevent students from removing teachers and returning unsupervised […]

We wanted to offer a hodgepodge of tips to use when working in the Learn From Home model. Here you will find a variety of ideas and topics, from teaching strategies and tools to self-care information. Enjoy! Common Sense Education – A comprehensive list of resources for working with your students and helping them learn […]

There are many vendors and companies offering free or expanded services for users during this time of remote learning.  We are continuously adding to a list of Free Resources and Others for Use During School Closures.  These tools and resources have not been vetted by or tested on HCPS devices, but you can certainly try […]

In order to support the HCPS Learn from Home model, we have developed and curated resources for supporting staff, students and parents/guardians. In a time where remote learning may be completely new for most, we want to ensure that HCPS provides the necessary instructional technology support.  You can find these resources on our About Learn […]

You may have heard the term “app smashing” and wondered what that meant. Well, we’re here to clear things up! App smashing is when you create something using one app, then go to another app or apps to create something else. Lastly, you merge the content together and create a final product. Why smash app […]

Are you looking for ways to use Google Slides as an educator, or ideas for using this tool with students to help support instruction? Check out a few ideas below: Make “Hyperslides”: Instead of making a Hyperdoc, try using Google Slides instead. You can link to outside websites, but you are also able to link […]

With so many Chromebooks in Henderson County Public Schools, teachers want ideas for how to manage these devices with students. Since 2015 we have collected ideas from teachers involved in Project Empower. These teachers have provided some very creative ways for organizing, checking out, cleaning and distributing Chromebooks. We have curated the list of ideas […]