A few of you know the crazy and wild journey that I have been on over the last year. It’s an interesting story but that is a story for another day. 🙂 Currently, my journey has led me to teach Math in high school – ironically, the high school in which all of my former middle… Read More Immediate Feedback with Conditional Formatting
Google has continued to release a TON of great, new updates for GSuite! Below, I have created a short presentation to share with the staff members – which I am also sharing with you, too! If you are interested in learning about these updates, feel free to go through the slides below. Or, if you… Read More Google Updates: August – October 2018
Every person, whether an educator or not, experiences a form of pressure throughout their life. Pressure, as defined, can be: The burden of physical or mental distress. The constraint of circumstance: the weight of social or economic imposition. The stress or urgency of matters demanding attention. While all of these definitions play a part in our… Read More The Pressure Is On – But It’s My Fault
In 1948, Robert Merton developed the term “self-fulfilling prophecy” to describe “a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true.” In simple terms, a self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that direct (or indirectly) causes itself to become true based upon positive or negative feedback. Recently, I have… Read More The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Communication and collaboration are important for students but we often forget that it is important for teachers, too! As teachers, it can be so easy to become an island. Often times, you will spend 6+ hours a day teaching students and rarely interacting with other adults. However, it is critical that teachers effectively communicate and… Read More Communication & Collaboration with Slack
Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to share my Google Innovator Project, BoostEDU, with many educators. BoostEDU offers support to teachers for transforming their current lessons into 21st-century lessons through an inquiry-based process. One of the most important steps of this program is the SAMR self-assessment and the support that it provides… Read More Finding the Balance in Technology Integration
I live by my Google Calendar. Seriously. If it wasn’t for Google Calendar, I wouldn’t remember the many important things in life. For instance, I probably wouldn’t remember when I have important meetings, or my dentist appointments, or to clean the Baby Brezza…on and on. Okay, I am sure I would remember some of these things… Read More Booking Appointments with YouCanBook·Me
Graphic design has been a hobby of mine since I was a teenager. I’ve always loved the creativity of editing photos, designing graphics or creating GIFs. When I was a teen, I combined my love of graphic design and TV shows on my first website where I designed computer backgrounds. At that time, I believe… Read More 10 Graphic Design Tools for Students
Effective communication between teachers and parents is one of the greatest factors of student success. The more teachers communicate with parents, the more parents will understand about the classroom, procedures, and their child’s progress in class. While we all know that teacher/parent communication is important, it can often be difficult to put systems into place… Read More Creating a Class Newsletter with Google Slides and Remind
Effective communication between teachers and parents is one of the greatest factors of student success. The more teachers communicate with parents, the more parents will understand about the classroom, procedures, and their child’s progress in class. While we all know that teacher/parent communication is important, it can often be difficult to put systems into place… Read More Creating a Class Newsletter with MailChimp
