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!

January Updates

Our Transform Session for January is designed to be flexible and self-paced. All of the resources are located in Google Classroom, and you may complete the assignment on your own or during one of the live sessions. Based on the results from the survey last month, the resources focus on using recording tools to move toward Modification and Redefinition as described by the SAMR model.

Please see the Thinglink below for upcoming PD dates and other great resources!

December Updates

Our Transform Session for December is based on the results from the survey last month and focuses on presentation tools for students and teachers. Teachers will be given an opportunity to explore Keynote, Prezi, FlowVella, Haiku Deck, Google Slides, Nearpod, ClassFlow, Pear Deck, Canva and/or Buncee with the goal of choosing one to create a quick sample. Please see below for upcoming PD dates and other great resources!




Don't forget about our 2nd Annual Tech the Halls Contest this month. You'll earn an adorable tech badge just for participating, and last year's winners took home some great prizes! Let those creative juices start flowing and get inspired by watching the video linked above.