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…
Education, Extensions, Google, Green Screening, Tech Tools
Broadcast Club
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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…
Add-ons, Badging, Challenges, Education, Forms, Google, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
The 5C’s Club
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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…
Extensions, Google, HyperDoc, Professional Development, Tech Tools
Strategies for Organizing Chrome & Drive… PD
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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…
Assessing, Badging, Certifications, Challenges, Education, Google, HyperDoc, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
Tynker Certifications & My Tynker HyperDoc(s)
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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…
Green Screening, Nearpod, Professional Development, Tech Tools
How You or Your Students Could Be Anywhere… PD
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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…
Assessing, Professional Development, Tech Tools
Engaging with Our Content… PD
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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…
Add-ons, Assessing, Badging, Breakout EDU, Challenges, Conference, Extensions, Forms, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
Session at NJECC 2021
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I presented at my first virtual conference this year! The New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative (NJECC) 2021 Conference was held March 9th & 10th through the EventED platform. It was different, for me, since I couldn’t see or hear any…
Professional Development, Tech Tools
Interactive Boards for Both In-Person & Remote Students… PD
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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…
Add-ons, Challenges, Google, Projects/Activities, Tech Tools
One of My First Chances to Contribute…
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This school year (2020-2021, yes during a pandemic), I started in a new district as a Technology Facilitator (TF). We began the year remote and were supporting not only the teachers/staff & students but also parents. One of the ways…
Me, Soapbox/Rant
Have You Ever…
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Have you ever had a post that you’ve been meaning to write and it’s just taken forever to sit down and gather your thoughts? Here’s mine… it is taken me this long because there were a lot of emotions involved…
Education, HyperDoc
ISTE 2019…
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So back in December, I tweeted… So this just happened… pic.twitter.com/Z7X5CCddrp — Dan Gallagher (@Gallagher_Tech) December 18, 2018 Now there are just a couple of hours remaining till the start of #ISTE19! I thought I would share a little bit…
Education
Assignment for ISTE Certification… Edji, Must Add to Teacher Toolkit!
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I am currently going through ISTE Certification which broken down is three parts: Two-day, face-to-face workshop where we explored the ISTE Standards for Teachers & Students; SAMR, TPACK, & 3-E Model; the power of a digital PLN; participated in a…
Education, Me, Projects/Activities, Soapbox/Rant
Taking a ‘Pause’ from the Tech…
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Friday I had the opportunity to bring one of my passions into the school community. My school has a wellness center, called the ‘Panther Pause’, which offers monthly themes, April’s theme is ‘Crafts’ so I volunteered to come in and…
Education
How Can We See Superman Fly… 2019 Edition
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This year I was invited to a different elementary school’s STEAM Day. I unfortunately had a conflict with the date of the elementary school I’ve visited for three previous years (link to last year’s post). This year I made a…
Education, Podcasts, Professional Development, Projects/Activities, Soapbox/Rant, Tech Tools, Twitter
Ever Hear of the ‘Adjacent Possible’ Theory…
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At first, I didn’t either. Jake Miller‘s EduDuctTape Podcast introduced me to the concept, you can listen to a recent episode where he discussed the theory (starting at time marker 00:08:08): (referenced podcast episodes mentioned in Jake’s “soapbox” Google Teacher Tribe…
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I Wrote a Guest Post on The TeacherCast Blog…
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I’ve written about Edji before in a few posts on this blog and for full transparency, I’m an Edji Visionary. I was asked by Edji to write a follow-up post for the TeacherCast blog after a recent episode of the TeacherCast Podcast…