My building’s Instructional Supervisor came to me recently with a challenge. They are using a Google Form to submit necessary information, when the nurse is notified a student needs to quarantine. The information is placed in a Sheet for all…
Author: Mr. G.
Mr. G. started out as a fourth grade teacher. His love for integrating technology led him to a Master’s in Instructional Technology. He became the Technology Specialist in a K-4 building prior to its reconfiguration into a K-1 building. The following year he was the Instructional Technology Coach, assisting K-1 teachers on how to best use technology for student success. He also started as an adjunct professor for Instructional Technology at Arcadia University. In May 2012, he was accepted into the SMART Exemplary Educators program. Currently he is a teacher resource specialist for technology focusing on iPad & SMART Board integration in NJ. In addition to being a SMART Exemplary Educator he is a Nearpod Author, appoLearning Expert, ThingLink Expert Educator & Symbaloo PD Pro.
G-Tech Summit (Summer PD)
This past summer, I had the opportunity to facilitate two sessions at the G-Tech Summit. My sessions were: How You or Your Students Could Be Anywhere Make Google Forms Work For You Both sessions were delivered virtually and I presented…
Guest Speaker @ Constellations Summit (Summer PD)
After earning my Tynker Certified Educator levels 1 & 2 and then finalizing my Tynker Distinguished Educator status, I was asked to join Leandra McGriff, Tynker’s Educator Community Specialist, to co-present at a virtual conference. The session description: Driving The…
International Association of Woodcarvers
Back when the pandemic first hit a group of woodcarvers decided to have virtual meetings. Whether it was weekly, bi-weekly, or now monthly; each meeting has had a presenter share tips, tricks, methods, techniques, etc. I took a turn to…
Whole School Meeting
Covid 19 has impacted education in many different ways; one way I’ve assisted my building admin is adapting our elementary whole school meeting. My school has a monthly meeting where they introduce the theme for the month which correlates to…
Broadcast Club
For the first time in my career, I’ve been co-facilitating a school club. Now of course this is after school, but also virtually! My school offers a Broadcast Club for fourth graders. With how the school year started, we took…
The 5C’s Club
I started something at my school… Wyoming’s 5C – Club. Now in education you probably have heard of the 4C’s: Creation, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Thinking. My school’s theme this year is Community, hence the fifth “C”. In the past, teachers…
Strategies for Organizing Chrome & Drive… PD
I’ve had a few teachers ask me questions lately on how to stay organized. I figured if a couple are asking, then there are probably more thinking about it. I recently facilitated a PD session in my building around the…
Tynker Certifications & My Tynker HyperDoc(s)
For the past couple of months, I have been working on earning my Tynker Certifications. I would highly recommend working on these! First, they are free till Sept. 2021! Secondly, they give you a full picture of everything which Tynker…
How You or Your Students Could Be Anywhere… PD
As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, I have changed school districts and I’m back into a role as a tech coach (this district uses the title, Technology Facilitator). With the ongoing pandemic, our schedule affords me the opportunity to…