Before you dive into the heart of AISG’s technology and learning spaces, let’s take some time to get to know each other, and how we communicate at AISG! Making new acquaintances with people is one of the best parts of moving to a new place, and AISG has some pretty great folks. Before you are thrown into the whole-school environment, we can use this to get to know your cohort a bit and get to know how we communicate with tech at AISG. With this knowledge of our modes of communication, you'll be well equipped to reach out to anyone for help, support, or social connections!
MODULE 1 OBJECTIVES:
Understand the different ways we use technology to communicate at at AISG
Get to know some of your cohort
Prior Knowledge
Take THIS SURVEY to share a little bit about your prior “techommunication” experience.
Take THIS QUIZ to pre-test your knowledge of our communications.
New Knowledge
Every school communicates in different ways, and AISG has its own guidelies for internal and external communications. Watch the short instructional video for more information HERE.
For more indepth information, have a look at our Ramsnet Communications page. You can scroll down to Employee Communication Guidelines for your guide to everything communications!
Here's a quick run down of how we use each communication tool:
Outlook Email:
Communication with Parents
Formal communication
Forwarding (internally) external messages
AISG Calendars for events and assignments
Teams Chat:
Internal communication
Teacher to teacher
Student to teacher
Student to student
Group chats
File sharing
Teams Channel Posts:
Working groups - PLCs, Subject, Commitee, etc.
Large group communication
Announcements
Communication to save and refer back to
Ramsnet:
Internal portals (employee, parent, and student)
Central hub for information
Organized by important sategories (Policies, Handbooks) or Departments (HR, Communications)
All employees have access to employee and parent portal.
Seesaw (Elementary School):
Communication with Parents
Posting assignments for Students
Application
Let’s get to know each other!
In our Faculty Orientation Team, under the New Faculty Orientation channel, create a post that includes the following:
a photo of yourself
a bio to let us know who you are, your teaching past, where you’re from, what you do for fun etc... Share as much as you’re comfortable with!
Answer the following random questions:
Favorite 3 songs/bands of all time?
Which cartoon character do you relate with the most?
What is your favorite worst joke?
You are encouraged to reply to others and strike up conversations on the post or in a chat! Keep replies to the “reply” function.
You'll see Innovation Team's posts there as an examples!
Questions about China Life:
Go to the GZ Living Team
Choose the list of channels that fits your question
See if your question has been posted before. If not, post away!
Evaluation
Retake THIS QUIZ and see if you improved your score.
Going Further
Check out these articles and tutorials about the different types of communication.
Office365 - use your Microsoft apps on the web until you get your AISG laptop!
WeChat wikihow (2021)