When coaches catch-up… One of my former math teachers, Linda, is now a math coach for our middle schools. Her time is split between my building and our other middle school. I like to check in with her for three…
Category: Projects/Activities
Posts in this category describe projects I have assisted in and feel are good examples of technology integration.
Utilizing Technology to Scaffold Global Issues Problem Solving…
I share a space with my building’s Gifted and Talented Teacher Resource Specialist, Rebecca McLelland-Crawley. This enables us to have some great coaching conversations as well as moments where we can integrate technology into the PRISM (Performance Revealing Individual Student…
Keep Calm and Use Google Forms…
Scheduling 1600+ students? No problem! Allowing students to choose their schedule? We got this! Making sure grade levels don’t go rogue and sign up in another level? Don’t see an issue with that! Limiting sections within the schedule to ~30…
A Coaching Moment & How Edji Helped…
***Update*** I was selected to be an Edji Visionary! An authentic coaching moment. In my school, language arts is called IRLA (integrated reading and language arts). One of my 7th grade IRLA teachers was preparing for an observation by having…
A Seventh Grade Team’s ‘Research Day’…
Last year four team teachers, well let me first give you some back information. My school does teaming which means one teacher of each: math, social studies, science, and IRLA (integrated reading language arts) are a team and the students…
From PD Share to In Class Modeling… (part 2: InsertLearning)
Collaboration is fun x2! Last week I wrote about my October professional development share on ‘Making Content Interactive’ (you can give it a read here). I then followed up the post with part 1: ActivePrompt. Today I’m going to share…
From PD Share to In Class Modeling… (part 1: ActivePrompt)
Collaboration is fun! Last week I wrote about my October professional development share on ‘Making Content Interactive’ (you can give it a read here). One of the items shared is called ActivePrompt. I discovered this tech gem during a district…
Summer Recap…
Hello blog-o-sphere, I’mmmm Back! I wanted to do a quick post recapping some of my tech integration updates from over the summer. Summer Google Classroom – I had a total of 27 “students” participate in the 💡Integration Ideas💡 Classroom w/ 18 different ‘Assignments’…
Google Forms Quizzes… My Smashed Example
I love what Google Forms, Sheets, and some extras (Add-ons & Extensions) can provide in terms of assessment, immediate feedback, badging, sharing of resources, timely communication… the list goes on. ***NOTE: From Google Form submissions I’ve received, this Form utilizes…
FREE Learning Opportunity This Summer w/ Me
Over the last 3 years, I’ve been stationed in a middle school as their Teacher Resource Specialist for Technology (technology coach). One way I have offered learning opportunities is by creating ‘Assignments’ in our school’s Google Classroom. These activities are…