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#ETCoaches Blog Challenge Post #2 – Perspective Is My Key!
The #ETCoaches Blog Challenge is a lot of fun. I truly appreciate the encouragement from the community as we are growing. I am very sorry about being late for the second week in a role! I am going to try to be on time for the third one! I started a new job this fall…
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Transitional Music in the Classroom
Talking with a new colleague earlier this week, he asked if there was an easy way to place sounds into a Google Slide. Specifically, he was looking for transitions to move from one topic to the next in the class. While Google Slides does not (yet?) support adding sounds to the slides, you can easily…
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Starting Something New – Change, Mentoring, and Some Tips for Coaching
Starting something new is always difficult. Change is hard. Often times, doing both is a requirement. This fall, I am doing something that I never thought I would do. Something that I was sure was not going to happen when I entered my classroom for the first time (a book storage room with desks). And…
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Why is Technology in Education So Important? Why do this?
I wanted to stress the importance of technology in education. I think that as the global economy continues to grow forward, technology is going to continue to be the piece that shrinks the world into a single manageable economy. Our students will need the technology skills to be successful in the economy of the future.…
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Social Media – Family Fun Night
Social Media for Parents As part of a continual outreach to parents, we recently hosted a spaghetti dinner for our families. As part of the night, we shared various forms of information social media that students are using. It is important to continue the conversations with parents, as schools will only have the students in…
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Digital Learning Day: Part 3
This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part one of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: Part 3 Social media does not only impact students and teachers. Social media can have a large impact on the parents of students as…
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Digital Learning Day: Part Two
This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part two of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: Part 2 Social media’s impact is felt in the classroom in many different ways. The question for teachers, is what is social media and how…
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Digital Learning Day: Part One
This post was originally commissioned for the Career Academy Blog for the Digital Learning Day. This is part one of three. You can read the original post here. Digital Learning Day: A Series Social media has so much potential to do great things for our society. Social media is a game changer for education. In…