December 2016 Updates

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Students and teachers are filled with the excitement and gratitude of the holiday season, and busy days seem to make the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks fly by. Relevant and authentic reading, writing, and math opportunities are abundant during these couple of weeks. Please let me know if I can help you in your classroom or during your planning in the weeks ahead!

Resources for This Month

Technology Integration Check Up Form

I will be meeting with many of you over the next few weeks, but please don't hesitate to click on the link to my Book Me Calendar if you need to make an appointment. If you'd like to earn a tech credit for the innovative strategies and tools you are trying this month, please click HERE to complete the Self-Reflection Form for December!

Tech the Halls

One of my favorite things about this month is getting to see all of the wonderful displays of student work for our annual Tech the Halls competition! Please check out the Thinglink below for more information.

• Make your own editable copy of the Display Tag.
• Check out the 2016 Tech the Halls Rubric.
• Complete the FORM to let me know you are participating!

November 2016 Updates

Do you Bitmoji?

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween! If you need any festive ideas for today, check out these 7 Halloween Themed Lesson Activities from Free Technology for Teachers or 13 Halloween Tricks and Treats from Yummy Math.

Though I know some have been struggling with random student devices dropping wifi (especially at the high schools), it is amazing to see what our students are researching and creating as I pop into your classrooms. Please know that our iPad technicians and staff at TSS are working together to find the fix for our wifi woes. So many wonderful things are happening in our classrooms every day, and I continue to be amazed at how far we have come in the past two years!

Fall is a great time for me to get out into classrooms for instruction and/or co-teaching! I also enjoy coming in to serve as an extra pair of hands for our youngest students or an extra pair of eyes and ears during group projects or station work. Please visit my BOOK ME CALENDAR to reserve a slot (or two) for me to come into your classroom!

The Thinglink below contains some important links and resources for the upcoming month. You'll notice I've included both an App of the Month and a Google Tip of the Month, along with the Tech Tip Calendar, PD Schedule, and Tech Check Up Form.