- Plymouth Public Schools
- RESOURCES/SUPPORT: STAFF
- Staff: EdTech Support
EdTech is HERE for you!

EdTech Staff Support Form
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EdTech Support Form for Staff
If you need help with instructional technology or having problems with your laptop, please fill out the form and a Technology Integration Specialist or a technician will get back to you as soon as possible.
EdTech Professional Development Opportunities
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EdTech PD on Google Classroom End of Year
The week of June 8, 2020, the Educational Technology Department will be providing Google Meets focusing on how to clean up your Google Classroom for the end-of-year.
View the slide below with links for the Google Meets
View the "10 easy ways to clean up Google Classroom" information created by Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook
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EdTech PD on Remote Learning Tools
The weeks of March 23rd and March 30th, our Educational Technology Staff offered professional development for staff to prepare for Remote Learning. Below you will find a link to the professional development modules which can still be done at your leisure. Just click on the image below.
Week #1 Professional Development:
Google Meet, Google Classroom, Screencastify, FlipgridWeek #2 Professional Development:
Google Forms, Book Creator, Seesaw, EdPuzzle -
EdTech Blended Learning Map 1
Now might be the perfect time to participate in our Blended Learning.
Take the journey and EXPLORE ALL THE LEARNING TOOLS IN MAP 1
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EdTech Blended Learning Map 2
Now might be the perfect time to participate in our Blended Learning.
Take the journey and EXPLORE ALL THE LEARNING TOOLS IN MAP 2
EdTech Support Documents
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NEWS: EdTech TIPS
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NEWS: Teacher Spotlight
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LESSON PLANS - Copying, Renaming, Uploading
Teachers (at the secondary level) have been given a template for a Lesson Plan which will contain a summary of their lesson for the students. Teachers are to make a copy of this template into their own Google Drive, edit for Week 1, Week 2, etc. Once the Lesson Plan is done and ready to be published, Teachers need to upload it to the folders that are linked on the document at each schools's Remote Learning page in the category entitled "Weekly Lesson Plans."
Step 1:
- Copy the Template Lesson Plan into your Drive
- Make Copies for Yourself to Edit
- Rename your Documents
Click on document image above for Handout.
View VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS for more detailed instructions.
Step 2:
- After your Lesson Plan is final, upload to the folder linked to on the Remote Learning Website
Click on document image above for Handout.
View VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS for more detailed instructions.
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GOOGLE DOCUMENTS: How to Change Permissions/Make Public
If you shared a document and parents/students cannot access it and are requesting access, you MUST change the permission on the file.
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GOOGLE DOCUMENTS: How to Create a Link
Creating a link in an email, in a Google document, in a Google Presentastion is easy.
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STUDENTS GOOGLE INFO: How do I get my Students Google Info?
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STUDENTS GOOGLE INFO: Year of Graduation
Student's Google ID's begin with their Year of Graduation. Please see the list below for the Year of Graduation related to the Grade Level.
2020 Grade 12
2021 Grade 11
2022 Grade 10
2023 Grade 9
2024 Grade 8
2025 Grade 7
2026 Grade 6
2027 Grade 5
2028 Grade 4
2029 Grade 3
2030 Grade 2
2031 Grade 1
2032 Grade Kindergarten
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CLEVER: How do I get my Students Clever Badges (K-2)?
If your Kindergarten through Grade 2 students are struggling with logging into Google/Clever and they need their Clever badge, you can navigate in Clever to the Teacher Page and download a student badge and send to your student. Please remember that you should send ONLY the student's badge and not include a class set or multiple badges in an email.
View CLEVER Support for Teachers: How do I print Clever Badges?
If the student has a Clever badge (K-2) they can visit this Clever page to see how to log in using a badge.
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CLEVER: How do my Students Log in?
The easiest way for a student to log into Clever is at the following url:
https://www.clever.com/in/plymouth
By selecting the Plymouth Clever link, students will not have to select the State of Massachusetts and their School in Plymouth.
They can also go to our Plymouth Public Schools Remote Learning Website and choose Students & Families tab at the top and then select Clever.
Students can then log in with their Google ID.
If the student has a Clever badge (K-2) they can visit this Clever page to see how to log in using a badge.
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GOOGLE CLASSROOM Support
For excellent video tutorials on everything you need to do in Google Classroom, visit Google for Education Teacher Center on Google Classroom.
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GOOGLE CLASSROOM Support for PARENTS
For Google Classroom support for parents, there is a great overview as well as a video which you can share with parents.
If you wish to share with parents, just copy the information above and paste into an email.
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GOOGLE CLASSROOM Support for STUDENTS
For students who are new to Google Classroom, listed below are 2 excellent visuals on getting to know Google Classroom.
Google Classroom Quick Sheet for Students by Alice Keeler
Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Students by Kasey Bell of ShakeUp Learning