AACPS OIT Byte

by Tracey Brown, Instructional Technology Academic Specialist If you've been following our blog for some time, you might be thinking, "this topic looks familiar..." You would be correct! We have written about this before, but that was in 2021, and a lot has changed since then including the make-up of our teachers and substitutes in AACPS. So we thought it was time to dust off this topic, update it where necessary and offer our best practices for leaving technology resources for subs in 2024. Sub plans. A necessary evil in the world of teachers. How many of us have gone to work sick simply because we dreaded having to write up sub plans for the day? And when you find a good sub, you cross your fingers and hope they never leave your school! Adding to the stress of writing sub plans is the ever growing number of digital resources that they need to access in order to fill in for the day. What can they access? What can’t they access? How can they get all the links and videos n...

By Kerri Lambert, Instructional Technology Teacher Specialist Sub plans. A necessary evil in the world of teachers. How many of us have gone to work sick simply because we dreaded having to write up lessons for the day? And when you find a good sub, you cross your fingers they never stop subbing! Adding to the stress of writing sub plans is the ever growing number of digital resources that substitutes need to access in order to fill in for the day. What can they access? What can’t they access something? How can they get all the links and videos needed? To help plan for those inevitable absences, here are some FAQs about substitute teachers and technology: Do I need to leave my log in for the sub? NO!!! Please don’t give your AACPS login information to ANYONE. This is a major security risk both for your personal information and that of your students.   Then how do subs login? All AACPS substitutes have their own AACPS username and password to get them into the system. This is what t...