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Thursday, 09 March 2017 00:00

How to Solve a Rubik's Cube

This is one of those things you always wanted to know but never got around to learning. This handy infographic shows you techniques you can practice for solving the Rubik's Cube.
Wednesday, 08 March 2017 00:00

Kideos

Kideos features safe, funny, screened videos for kids with all their favorite characters. Videos are hosted on YouTube, but Kideos provides a clean, safe interface for children to browse for hand-picked, approved videos.
Tuesday, 07 March 2017 00:00

ZinePal

Use Zinepal to create printable PDF magazines and eBooks from online content. You can select stories from blogs, websites and Atom/RSS feeds. Zinepal creates printable PDFs, Kindle/Mobipocket and ePub versions of your zine. Print it, read it on your eBook reader or e-mail it to your friends.
Sunday, 05 March 2017 00:00

Lingro

Enter a web site URL into Lingro, and the page will open up and make each word clickable. Clicking on any word will show a dictionary definition. Translation options are included, and Lingro remembers all the words you look up, so you can easily review and study them. This is great as a language learning and vocabulary tool.
Monday, 06 March 2017 00:00

LetterPop

Use LetterPop to create eye-popping newsletters, actionable presentations, irresistible invitations, beautiful product features, sizzling event summaries, informative club updates, lovely picture collages, and a whole lot more.
Wednesday, 01 March 2017 16:00

Curiosity, Questions, and Relevance

A message from Assistant Superintendent Jane Ann Kammeyer:

As a grandparent, I love when my little ones ask all those why questions.  Every parent and teacher knows that young children ask a lot of questions.  Young children have more questions than answer and they have an amazing sense of wonder.  In the January 2016, ASCD Education Update, Kathy Checkley wrote about Oakland Elementary School in Inman, South Carolina.  In the first grade at Oakland Elementary, the students have many questions and they know where to go for the answers.  They could ask their teacher, but more often than not, students will write down their questions and post them on the “Wonder Wall” located in the main hallway of the school.  Fourth grade students are responsible for selecting a question, researching the topic, and then posting their answers for the entire school to see. 

This activity supports many learning goals: the younger students learn that asking questions is encouraged and they recognize that their teachers and other students can be reliable sources of information.  Fourth Grade students research answers to the questions and share what they have learned.  When we give students time and space to wonder and follow their curiosity, students extend their learning far beyond expectations. 

We can create classrooms that are not merely academic but also intellectual if we will explicitly invite students to ask probing questions.  “The desire to know something has to be protected at all costs,” states Wendy Ostroff, a cognitive science and developmental psychology professor.   “Preserving and cultivating curiosity in the classroom has to be our number one priority.” 

Asking subject-matter questions is important, but the process of encouraging kids to come up with the questions that matter to them is even better.  In the September 2015 issue of Educational Leadership, Alfie Kohn states, “Deep questions help kids stay curious and grow increasingly resourceful at figuring things out, and become active meaning makers.”  Subject-matter relevance comes, as students become active meaning makers through their questions.

With technology, we have answers to just about any question we can think of right at our fingertips.  In today’s world, again through technology, we find ourselves increasingly surrounded by new and unfamiliar information; we are experiencing something like being a young child, with our many questions, all over again.  Everywhere we look; there is something to wonder about and investigate.   

To help our students be successful in school and add relevance to their learning, as grandparents, parents and teachers, one of our most important jobs is to foster student’s curiosity and teach them to ask good questions.  

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 10:38

Public Comment Rules & Guidelines

The Board of Education welcomes input from the residents of Weber School District, students, parents/guardians, and current employees. The Board of Education shall allow time for public comment at the beginning of regularly scheduled Board business meetings (“Public Comment Period”) after recognition and awards of employees.  The Board desires to conduct its meetings in an orderly and efficient manner. Consequently, the Board adopts the following Public Comment Period Rules for its regularly scheduled board meetings:

  1. Those wishing to address the Board must sign up prior to the start of the Board Meeting either online as directed on the District website or on the sign-up sheet provided at the District Office. 
  2. Sign-up is handled on a first-come basis, with preference for those who sign up online. If additional time is available after online sign ups close, the Board will have a sign-up sheet available at the entrance to the Board room, for patrons to sign up for public comment. The sign-up sheet will be available until five (5) minutes prior to the start of the Board meeting.
  3. Patrons may sign up for only one Board Meeting at a time and may not sign up for a Board Meeting until the previous Board Meeting has concluded and the online sign-up process for the next Board Meeting has been enabled. 
  4. Patrons who sign up using the District website must do so no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the Meeting. Patrons shall list:
    1. their name,
    2. the schools their children attend,
    3. their city of residence, 
    4. the topic they wish to address, 
    5. and whether they are representing themselves or a group.
  5. Speakers will be given up to three minutes to address the Board. The District may time speakers either publicly or privately to ensure compliance with this provision. The public should be aware that the Board is unable, by law, to take action on items not on the agenda.
  6. A maximum of eight (8) speakers will be given an opportunity to present to the board. 
  7. Patron comment time is limited to residents of Weber School District, students, parents/guardians of current students, and current employees of the District. All others may address the Board with prior approval of the Board President.
  8. The Board President will take public comment in the order patrons signed up, by topic, or according to some other order as determined by the President.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 10:20

Transparency

Board Meeting Records

We have a variety of ways for you to participate in and view Board Meetings. Below are direct links to the sections on our web site.

Financial Records

We currently post financial records to our website dating back to 2008. 

View the Financial Records

Public Records Requests

GRAMA Request Policy
GRAMA Request Form

Leadership and Management

This section of our website details information concerning:

  • Bonds
  • Tax Rates
  • Energy Management
  • Administrative FTE Ratio

View Leadership and Management Section

Boundaries

Testing Information

 

 

 

Friday, 03 March 2017 00:00

RecordIt

A handy and easy-to-use screen recording tool for Windows and Mac. Save your screencasts and get a link to it.

Saturday, 04 March 2017 00:00

Pocket

This "save for later" app allows you to file away useful articles, interesting videos and any other content that you want to hang on to for future use. When you find something you want to view later, simply put it in your Pocket, and you'll be able to access it from your phone, tablet or computer, even without Internet access.

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