Earlier this summer, a unique opportunity was offered through our weekly state conference call with Canvas. The Virginia Department of Education was sponsoring seats in the upcoming round of Canvas Certified Educator certification...for FREE. This certification involves 6, 6-week classes at $180 per class. When the certification was first announced, I wondered, with 7 years… Continue reading A New Journey Begins with Canvas Certified Educator
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August 6 Weekly Finds
1. The Value of a Weekly Wrap Up This article on the importance of providing a weekly wrap up to students may come from the collegiate level, but after the last year and half of virtual and hybrid learning in systems like Canvas and Schoology, its value shouldn't be wasted on K-12. Just as including… Continue reading August 6 Weekly Finds
July 30 Weekly Finds
As an Instructional Tech Coach, part of my job is to find resources for teachers in my building. These resources vary from strategies, or new technology tools, or websites focusing on the content area. I also often look for new professional development ideas for myself, so I utilize the web and social media a lot.… Continue reading July 30 Weekly Finds
Templates for Face-to-Face or Virtual Presentations
Readers Note: I do not have a paid affiliation with any site mentioned in this blog post. I love a good theme during a presentation, be it face-to-face or virtual. It's one of the things that catches my eye and keys me into what kind of presentation I will be viewing; informative or fun. I… Continue reading Templates for Face-to-Face or Virtual Presentations
New Features Revealed in Flipgrid
Flipgrid held their annual Flipgrid Live event this week to announce new features coming to the popular app. First up, was the new Camera features that include: Adding Backdrops to Videos, where you can remove your background and choose from a library of images or upload your own, OR choose content from your screen or… Continue reading New Features Revealed in Flipgrid
New Google for Education Features Revealed
Google for Education hosted their premiere event, "The Anywhere School" this week to share new updates, changes and integrations within its suite of products. They announced over 40 updates to Classroom, Meet, Workspace, Chrome and Chromebooks. Here's a brief summary of the biggest updates: First up, were lots of new updates for Google Classroom and… Continue reading New Google for Education Features Revealed
Google Workspace Clean Up Procedures
With the end of the year quickly approaching, it's a good time to clean up your Google Workspace account including Google Drive and Gmail, and your bookmarks in Chrome. If you're looking for procedures on how to clean up Google Classroom, I recommend checking out Eric Curts' blog post on this. Save Student Work I… Continue reading Google Workspace Clean Up Procedures
FREE 2021 Summer Professional Development Opportunities
Some of you are always looking for PD opportunities, so I wanted make sure you were aware of these FREE opportunities this summer. I will update this list as I learn of new events. Shake Up Learning Summer Webinar Series, June – August I am a big Kasey Bell and Shake Up Learning fan! I… Continue reading FREE 2021 Summer Professional Development Opportunities
Tech Tuesday Season 5 Episode 16
This is the last episode of season 5, which brings us to 66 episodes overall! It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of the year already. I think I started out with 28 subscribers in August and there’s now 104 of you, so thank you for continuing to come back to my… Continue reading Tech Tuesday Season 5 Episode 16
Helping New Teachers Prepare for End of the Year Learning
For the last several years now, I've been conducting coaching cycles with teachers in my building. I offer them four times a year, twice a semester and while I usually don't offer them during this point in the school year because we have AP testing and standardizing testing with SOLs, it just happened that this… Continue reading Helping New Teachers Prepare for End of the Year Learning
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