Epsilen Project Share Accounts Created!

http://projectsharetexas.org

Earlier today, some ECISD instructional staff may have received an email to the one quoted below welcoming them to the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) Project Share. In case you're not familiar with Project Share, here's a brief overview (or watch this video on YouTube):

Project Share is the portal through which teachers and students can communicate, collaborate, and access 21st century digital content. Project Share leverages several technology platforms to provide multiple levels of access and flexibility for educators and students across the state. Project Share is  a partnership between the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Epsilen, The New York Times Knowledge Network, PBS, and Apple Computer.  TEA is working with the 20  Regional Education Service Centers (ESCs) to implement Project Share.

In case you would like more information about Project Share, you can find it online at the ECISD Project Share Support Area online at  http://goo.gl/DekOr

Some Guides/Tutorials available for your use--and we hope to add videos soon--are shown below:

1.  Getting Started

2.  Frequently Asked Questions

3.  Passwords - Retrieve it or Change it

4.  My Portal Guide

5.  Course Guide for Faculty

HOW IS THE ECISD GOING TO USE PROJECT SHARE?
The current plan is to create accounts for all district staff, as well as students in grades 6-12. The District hopes to take advantage of OnTrack and Technology Applications:TEKS courses available for use with students. More will be shared about this later.

WELCOME EMAIL
If you did not already enjoy a Project Share account, an account may have been recently created for you, resulting in an email similar to the one below:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Welcome to Epsilen <mail@epsilen.net>
Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:43 PM
Subject: Welcome to Project Share

Dear Jill, Your Epsilen account has been registered and activated. To Log in you will need your Username (username) and Password (password). Your new Epsilen Account information: Username: [your username] Login Password: [Your Project Share Password] ePortfolio Web Address: http://www.epsilen.com/username Registration Email Address: your.email@ecisd.net Welcome to Project Share! To get started, you will need to log in to the Epsilen platform using the username and default password provided. PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE. You will need the information above to log in to Epsilen and to change your password. You may change your password at any time you are logged in to your Epsilen account. PLEASE NOTE: You will need the default password (above) to log in until you change your password. When you return to Epsilen, you can log in to your Epsilen account fromwww.epsilen.com or from www.projectsharetexas.org. Welcome to Project Share, powered by . Click here to log in.

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