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District tech director outlines ClassLink QR login, 1:1 Chromebooks and Gmail migration
Summary
Director of Instructional Technology Chris Cowder reviewed automation of accounts, ClassLink QR login for early grades, a 1:1 Chromebook program for grades 6—2, a planned Gmail migration and state approvals for instructional tools including Desmos and statewide access to First in Math.
"The last 9 months has been a lot of listening, collecting feedback, collecting information from teachers, from administrators, from our own department," Chris Cowder, the district's director of instructional technology, told the Sayville Union Free School District Board at the workshop presentation.
Cowder outlined a technology roadmap that the district says will reduce login friction, automate rostering and better secure accounts. He described an automation process that connects staffing data (Envision) and student/parent data (Infinite Campus) so accounts for applications such as Google and Microsoft are created or disabled automatically when staff or students join or leave the district.
Key technical updates Cowder detailed: - ClassLink/QR login: K'2 students now sign into Chromebooks by…
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