Recently, I shared a resource about coaching frameworks with my new supervisor. She asked where I had found it, and I casually replied, "LinkedIn." She gave me a curious look, took a beat, and said, "Great!" That momentary pause made me wonder - was she thinking, "Isn't LinkedIn just for job hunting? Why is my… Continue reading Staying Updated on Educational Trends
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First-Week Lesson Ideas 2024
When I was a full-time teacher in the classroom, and not a tech coach, the first week of school meant rules and expectations. Here's the syllabus, what you can and can't do in class, and starting content on the very first day. Thankfully, in the past 10 years, there's been a shift towards building relationships… Continue reading First-Week Lesson Ideas 2024
Tips for New Teachers
I was hired for my very first teaching job one week before school started. In fact, on the very day my district's New Teacher Academy started. I missed the first couple of hours. Four months earlier, I had left my writer/editor position with the federal government and boy, was I nervous! I was about to… Continue reading Tips for New Teachers
Implementing New Classroom Ideas: How to Get Over the Hump
With the start of every new school year is the promise of a new strategy or idea that formed over the summer months. If you're like me, you probably feel like you have 101 ideas swirling around in your head. It can be difficult choosing which ideas to implement that will make the most effective… Continue reading Implementing New Classroom Ideas: How to Get Over the Hump
A New Journey Begins with Canvas Certified Educator
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
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
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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