Education

My Path to Google Certified Trainer, Part 2

In this second part, I'll describe how I become a Google Certified Trainer. ACHIEVING GOOGLE CERTIFIED TRAINER After a dramatic Level 2 exam, I took a little time off before working on achieving Certified Trainer. I passed the Level 2 exam in September and started working on my application around February. My application needed to… Continue reading My Path to Google Certified Trainer, Part 2

Education

Ideas for Second Semester Relationship Building

In my school district, we're preparing for the short turnaround between one semester and the next, where similar to a college campus, new schedules, classes and students are arriving. What's so different about this second semester from the first is that all of us, students and teachers alike, are a little more worn and stressed… Continue reading Ideas for Second Semester Relationship Building

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Shake Up Learning Show!

If you couldn't tell by now, I am a huge fan of both Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning and Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook. Together they have a podcast called The Google Teacher Tribe that I am addicted to. It has all of the Google news I could possibly need besides great ideas… Continue reading Shake Up Learning Show!

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Tech Tuesday – Season 3, Episode 11, Adobe Spark

Welcome back to another episode of Tech Tuesday!  This week I’m sharing how you can use Adobe Spark with your classes.  I’ve previously done some PD on this, but I have two reasons I want to share it again now.  One, as most of our classes are new again with the start of a new… Continue reading Tech Tuesday – Season 3, Episode 11, Adobe Spark

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Tech Tuesday, Episode 3.10 – A rerun of Idea Round Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPBrl1rpddc&t=2s This is a rerun episode from the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Most of the classes at the middle and high school I work at will be starting new again next week as we run on a semester schedule. This seemed like a good time to have a rerun and share some ideas… Continue reading Tech Tuesday, Episode 3.10 – A rerun of Idea Round Up