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Link at the Left

This is the link to our Zehnder Ranch Tech Site. It has a wealth of information that is helpful for distance learning. It is being updated often to reflect the needs of our school site. Most of the pertinent items on the parent resources doc (Shown second from right below) have been included in this website.

Link second from Left

Another Computer Resource Teacher created a document that put all the best parent resources found or created thus far for distance learning by all the EGUSD Computer Resource teachers in one “cheat sheet”. I have amended this document to meet our ZRES needs which condenses all the best parent tutorials and help in one location. Here is a link for that document. It may change over time, as I find more helpful links to add. Click on the Longhorns picture below to access the ZRES Parent Help Document.

Link second from Right

Click the center link to view a Chromebook tutorial for distance learning. Again another Computer Resource Teacher created this and I amended it to meet our needs at Zehnder Ranch.

Link a the Right

At the right is a link to the EGUSD Family Resources page. There is a link at that site for at home enrichment activities and virtual field trips for students under the Distance Learning heading.

Safe  – Zehnder Ranch Longhorns know how to be SAFE online.
Respectful  – Zehnder Ranch Longhorns are Respectful when working with each other and learning technology.
Responsible – Zehnder Ranch Longhorns are Responsible for work, decisions, and actions.

Zehnder Ranch Longhorns show Leadership by being critical thinkers, solving problems, and helping others to do their best.

Welcome to the Zehnder Ranch 2021-22 school year.

My name is Dr. Anderson, and I am the Computer Resource Teacher here at Zehnder Ranch Elementary. I am a product of the Elk Grove Unified School District. I attended Samuel Kennedy Elementary, James Rutter Middle School, Valley High School, and I was a member of the 1st graduating class of Florin High School. I graduated from CSU Sacramento with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy. My teaching credentials and Master’s Degree in Cross-Cultural Teaching with a Specialization in Educational Technologies was earned at National University, Sacramento. My Doctorate of Educational Leadership K-12 was completed at Argsosy University, San Francisco/Bay Area. 2021-22 is my 21st year of teaching in Elk Grove. I am very excited to be a member of the Zehnder Ranch community.

It is imperative that your child turn in the Technology Use Form. You should receive this from your child’s teacher. Please be sure to read and sign this form as soon as possible and turn it into your child’s teacher. Your child will not be able to access to the Internet at school until this form is signed by both parent and student and submitted.

About the computer lab…

Internet resources are used extensively.  We will use Google Classroom, an educational platform that integrates seamlessly with Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, etc. allowing teachers to easily assign, collect, and grade digital assignments.  I will use this resource extensively with grades 2-6. (I will start to bring 1st grade into it later in the year. Depending on readiness, Kindergarten will likely also be exposed to this resource later in the year).

Grading guidelines…
Students will earn a (+) for each trimester in which they meet grade level standards for typing (grades 3-6 only) and perform assigned tasks adequately (activities/mini-lessons/projects). A grade of (√) indicates that the student is approaching grade level but has not yet mastered all standards for that grade level.

Students are expected to listen, show effort, progress steadily, understand the concepts presented, and produce quality work in class.  Lack of effort or quality in their work, being disruptive, or a regular inability to complete assigned tasks may result in a minus instead of a (√) or a (+).

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have at jeaander@egusd.net  I’m looking forward to a great year in the computer lab with your child!