Making Connections Monday: BISDwired Is Here For You!

{Photo: (Back, Left to Right: Martin Brown, Grant Currie, Trevor Fogle) (Front, Left to Right: Tom Spall, Brittni Branton, Julie Dismukes, Troy Kuhn, Kim Strauss, Brian Weeks) (Not in photo: Chandler Wagner)}

Hello,

Welcome to Brenham Tech Daily.  We, at BISDwired, hope that you had an amazing winter break.  Welcome to a new year, new goals, and a newly updated BISDwired team.  We have a new technician on our team.  His name is Chandler Wagner.  Chandler will be working at our 3 Elementary campuses in Brenham ISD.  Trevor Fogle will be moving up to BMS, and BJHS, and Martin Brown, our 3rd Technician, will be housed at BHS, CO, and Pride Academy.  

We are a team of 10 in our awesome, little, Technology Department.  The 10 of us make up the BISDwired Team.  Contact any of us at 979-277-3760.  Vist our website: www.bisdwired.net 

We are:
Administration:
Kim Strauss: Director of Information Technology
Julie Dismukes: Administrative Assistant

Instructional Services:
Tom Spall: Instructional Tech Specialist (AES, BES, KES)
Troy Kuhn: Instructional Tech Specialist (BMS, BJH)
Brittni Branton: Instructional Tech Specialist (BHS, CO, Pride/DAEP)

Network Services:
Brian Weeks: Network Engineer
Grant Currie: Network Specialist

Technician Services:
Chandler Wagner: Computer Technician (AES, BES, KES)
Trevor Fogle: Computer Technician (BMS, BJH)
Martin Brown: Computer Technician (BHS, CO, Pride/DAEP)

Our Daily blog is Brenham Tech Daily.  Every day during the work week we have a new post that involves teaching strategies, technology tutorials/tips, and/or something very educational and informative.  Find our blog here: http://brenhamtechdaily.blogspot.com/

Remind Account

Your Instructional Technology Specialist Team, #BISDwired, now have a Remind Account. Feel free to join! Get updates in regards to:

-Blog Updates/Posts

-Twitter Chat/Challenge Reminders

-New Technology Tips, Tools, and Strategies 

-Tech Dept Reminders

-Geek Week Date and Content reminders

-Upcoming Conferences or PD opportunities, etc…

-Plus More!

To start receiving updates from the #BISDwired team, text @bisdwired to the number 81010.  

You will receive a welcome text from Remind.

*If anyone has trouble with 81010, you can also text @bisdwired to (979)243-3108

Guest Blogger:

Want to be a Guest Blogger on our Brenham Tech Daily Blog?  Do you have a great idea, tip, tutorial, or teaching strategy?  Submit your blog post HERE:

bit.ly/bisdguestblogger

Twitter Chat:

We also host a monthly Twitter chat at the end of each month called #bisdconnect. Information can be found HERE.

EdCamp Grow in Brenham, TX:

Finally, we would like to announce that we are going to be hosting our 2nd annual EdCamp in BISD. More information will be coming out soon. But for now, the Edcamp will be from 8 until about noon on Saturday, February 25th, 2017.