Parental Controls - Mobile Devices

Mobile Device Restrictions 

Did You Know that Parent Controls are built into iPhone devices (iPhone/iPod/iPad)? 
Be Informed, Learn More Here 

Android Phones are a bit trickier depending on the operating system. 
Get started here or contact your cell service provider 

Reading Resources for English Language Learners

Ideas for English Language Learners that include resources with multiple levels of text complexity, added images/videos...


NY Times Finding Reliable Sources in a World of Fake News


• Multiple Levels of text complexity News in Levels and the Smithsonian’s Tween Tribune


• Learning English from the Voice of America has text and videos about current events


• Youngzine and the Newsround from the BBC both provide regularly updated news articles designed to be specifically more accessible to young readers.


• Newser has short news summaries and a more visual format


• Picture Prompt each piece uses an image, summarizes it quickly, and poses questions about the original story.


• For the Teachers Leveled Articles

Flexible Seating - Kelly Almer (Centennial Elementary)

Kelly Almer a 5th grade teacher at Centennial shared with us this past fall her journey with Flexible Seating. She was recently highlighted on the blog Ideas and Inspiration DEMCO. 

Read her Tips about getting started with Flexible Seating.

Google Fun Facts

Google Search now has Fun Facts. Type Fun Facts after a topic and have fun learning.

Where are you in the world? Try GeoGuesser

Have fun with Geography. Geoguesser "Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world." Look at your surrounding and see if you can guess where you are.

Student Email Update

Student email update .org accounts will now have the following footer attached to emails 


"This message was sent from a Littleton Public Schools email account. If you are not the intended addressee, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message are prohibited. If this message contains inappropriate, offensive, or illegal content, please contact Littleton Public Schools at 303-347-3410."

Bookshare: Accessible Online Library

An Accessible Online Library for people with print disabilities. Read, listen, and learn with ebooks in audio, braille, large font, and more. 

Is Bookshare for Me?

Technology Club - Peabody Elementary

From creating 3D models with TinkerCAD to programming with Lego Mindstorm robotics, a group of young technologists at Peabody elementary are learning the ins and outs of using technology to create real life technology applications and devices. 

The Technology Club is comprised of half boys and half girls showing that girls and boys both have as much interest and skill with technology devices and concepts.  

Building robots are just part of the learning. Troubleshooting and problem solving are a large part of the creation process.  Today’s task was to build a sonar sensor to detect other robots as they approach each other.  Key to the learning was a discussion of the speed of sound and how that could be used to judge distances between objects.  Using laptop computers the kids learned how to interface programming with physical devices and sensors. 

Michael and Amy Shimniok, are parents of a 2nd grade student. They volunteer their time to work with the 5th grade students. The club is being sponsored by Tammy Falcone.

Family Tip Sheets from Common Sense Media

Common Sense Family Tip Sheets 

Not sure how to talk about some topics with your students? Included are Family Tip Sheets on multiple digital topics to help guide your conversation. 

• Managing Screen Time 
• Social Media and Body Image 
• Video Games & Violent Content 
• Digital Drama

Support for rotated text, and more in Google Sheets

Support for rotated text, accounting number formats, and more in Google Sheets

We’re working hard to ensure that Google Sheets meets your business needs. As part of that effort, today we’re introducing several enterprise-friendly features that you’ve been asking for in Sheets on the web, Android, and iOS:
Rotated text
You can now rotate the text in a cell in Sheets (Format > Text rotation). This is especially useful when you need to fit long header names into thin columns, or when you simply want to fit more text on a single screen.

Accounting number formats
We’re making it easier to read your budgets, expense reports, and other spreadsheets containing monetary amounts by aligning the currency symbols within them (Format > Number > Accounting). We’re also making improvements to the way numbers, decimal points, and repeated characters line up to make them simpler to scan and analyze.

More border styles
You can now choose from several new border styles in Sheets, including various thicknesses and double borders, which are commonly used in financial statements like balance sheets (Toolbar > Borders > Border styles).

Additional improvements on mobileIn addition to the features described above, we’re also launching the following improvements to our mobile apps:

• Support for using a mouse with the Sheets Android app
• Ability to view and select existing custom colors in the Sheets Android app
• Ability to drag and drop rows and columns in the Sheets Android and iOS apps
• Formatting suggestions in Explore in the Sheets iOS app

For more details, check out the Help Center articles below.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release - All mobile features

Launching to Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming on March 6, 2017 - All web features