Posts in this category deal with general education musings of mine.
I’m proud to announce I have successfully completed the requirements to become a Certified BrainPOP Educator. When I say proud, I mean PROUD! It was an intense 4-week program. I found out through Twitter that BrainPOP was accepting applications for…
First I must apologize, it’s been a rough couple of weeks, family wise, and I haven’t posted. No, I did not disappear or fall off the face of the planet. I will try to get back into a groove again.
A question was posted in one of the Google Plus Communities of which I’m a member.
I answered with a couple of links, but it had me thinking… What are some of my favorite videos to kick off a topic, talk, presentation, address, assembly, etc.
So, in no particular order here are seven which I think can bring some laughs as well as connect to various topics. A brief connection point will precede each.
I’ll start with one from a previous post, in this video we see a lesson on perspective. We all believe what we want to believe, no matter how ridiculous it may appear. When talking about technology integration, we need to get past our preconceived notions and focus on the reality.
This next one is always good for laughs and highlights how constant technology is changing. Great for when I need to start off demonstrating an update to a tool/program.
Have you ever needed the Help Desk or submitted a Technology Ticket? Here is how it was in 1060 ADE:
Sometimes, we aren’t on the same page or speaking the same language.
These next two are great for intro to iPads. Technology doesn’t replace everything…
Finally, my favorite for a keynote (I’ve never given one, but would like to one day). The world cannot function with just leaders; followers are just as crucial when making changes.
This past week, Camp Tri-Mount announced their 2016 Program Director. Why is that important? Well Tri-Mount was the first Boy Scout Camp I ran as a program director back in 2005. As a program director, it is my responsibility to ensure…
If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, how many words is a LEGO & ThingLink worth? LEGOs can be a great story starter for students, for instance ‘A day in the life of a Digital Learning Classroom’. This is…
One of the elementary (K-3) schools in my district has a Math & Science day coming up. This is a ‘community building’ day where guests are invited in to present lessons for the students showing how math and science are…
One of my goals this year is to get into sketchnoting. This is the concept of recording notes in a visual way to make them engaging as well as connecting key concepts with easy to understand images. I consider myself a visual…
My district has a Wellness Fair coming up, with the focus on how to reduce stress. I was asked to write a post about “ways to be productive and beat procrastination using technology.” Take a look at it posted on…
My office space is shared with our Media Specialist, so that places me in the school library. During the lunch recesses, students have the option to come into the library to do work. On one particular day, I noticed two…
I’ve written two posts in the past on this topic (3/18/15 The Animation Chefs… & 1/28/16 A Proposed Challenge…) this past February my district had a PD Day where I was able to submit a session proposal on Green Screening…
I read a post from Alice Keeler, Google Drive Level Up Challenge, where she created an individualized, badge-awarding professional development tool using Google Sheets. I thought this was fantastic, though, I had one hesitation; I thought the concept of typing…