06 September 2017Christine Pinto, Kindergarten Teacher, Arcadia Unified
Today we have a guest blog post from Christine Pinto, a Kindergarten teacher for Arcadia Unified in Southern California and the founder of the hashtag #GAfE4Littles. As an advocate for the CAN mindset and believer in empowering students to be creative critical thinkers, we've partnered with Christine to share how Google tools can be used to support little learners.
If you enjoy her blog, be sure to join us and Christine for her webinar on September 21: Google tools for Little Learners. We hope to see you there!
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29 August 2017Randy Lyseng, Assistant Principal & Certified Google Education Trainer
This week we have a guest blog post from Randy Lyseng, an assistant principal and Certified Google Education Trainer responsible for a wide variety of technology PD and tools.
As a seasoned educator with over 25 years public school experience as a teacher, university facilitator, and educational technology consultant for a district of approximately 5,000 teachers, we turned to Randy to get his expertise on rolling out assistive technology school-wide.
If you are planning on using assistive technology or other education technology across your school or district this school year, you won't want to miss Randy's best practices.
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25 August 2017Katie Spear, Educator, San Francisco Bay Area
This week we have a guest blog post from Katie Spear, an upper elementary school teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are thinking about differentiating your classroom as part of your #BackToSchool plan, you won't want to miss Katie's 4 strategies that you can implement on the first day of school!
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24 August 2017Ed Doughtery, Innovation Technology Specialist, Charleston County School District
Originally posted on the EdTechTeam blog.
“Where do I find the time?” I’m sure you say this almost every day as a teacher. New initiatives, parent-teacher conferences, and dare I say, the dreaded fire drill. Each day comes with different challenges for which we may or may not be prepared. Sometimes we have a plan and sometimes we scramble but, either way, we are able to show off our superpowers and make something out of nothing.
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17 August 2017Andrea Ferrero, Co-Founder, Pockets Change
This week we have a guest blog post from Andrea Ferrero, the co-founder of Pockets Change, an organization that works with students, families, and teachers across the country to change the way finance is taught.
With over a decade of experience teaching Pre-K-12th grade, coaching educators, and designing award winning educational programs and products, we turned to Andrea to get her expertise on putting personalized learning into action.
If you're considering implementing personalized learning as part of your #BackToSchool plan, you won't want to miss Andrea's 5 tips for designing a personalized learning environment in your classroom.
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17 July 2017Jennifer Lotze, Instructional Technology Coordinator
This week we have a guest blog post from Jennifer Lotze, the Instructional Technology Coordinator for the Hudson School District in Wisconsin, who shares her biggest takeaways from the 2017 ISTE Conference & Expo. Jennifer had the unique perspective of being both an attendee and a presenter at this year's event, which is recognized globally as the most comprehensive educational technology conference in the world.
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