Hello from Silicon Valley!

[AidanGould]

Hi all,

My name is Aidan Gould, I'm the technology director for Las Lomitas Elementary School District and I use he/him pronouns.  LLESD is two schools just a few miles from the campuses of Facebook and Stanford. I'm looking forward to learning from and supporting all of you.  In my previous work at San Francisco Unified, I focused on Clever, Zoom, and application rostering, and I'm happy to answer any questions about those (or anything else)!

[Kim_Nilsson]

Welcome @AidanGould !

[icrew]

Greetings from the other side of the bay ( UC Berkeley)!

[chand]

Hi @AidanGould!

Thanks for sharing about your previous experiences with Clever and other apps. What are some of the most valuable integrations using Clever based on your experience? Our high school is just starting up with Clever and we're looking at a few apps (ex. TalkingPoints) and some textbooks. 

[AidanGould]

Hello!

IMHO, the power of Clever is not any one integration, but rather that it can do virtually everything. I would try to use it as a "one stop shop."  There are three areas to think about with that:

1. Apps, obviously, are great because Clever will do your rostering and SSO
2. As a Clever admin, you can also customize links that will be shown to every student
3. Teachers can also customize their Clever pages with links that are useful for their class

You'll have the best results when you use all three 🙂