TeachMeet at WKU 2015

(October 2015)

Volunteer, Registration, & Presenter of sessions:

How I Met My Other half on Twitter: A PD on Twitter PD

If you are new to Twitter or have been using Twitter for some time, this is a session on how two educators met through a Twitter chat and went on to support each other in teaching a blended summer school class (in two different districts), presented a session during a summer conference (via video Hangout), and continue to share resources ALL on Twitter! Will you meet your other half on Twitter? Learn about using Twitter for PD and why it’s important to use hashtags, which hashtags you should be using, and how ‘who’ you follow will help you. This is a BYOT session! Everyone will join in on a Twitter chat & grow their PLNs (personal learning networks). Take this back to your district & teach everyone how to use Twitter for professional development!

Using Google Tools As A Teacher

Is your district going Google? This is an advanced and quick paced session on how Google tools are used in my class & practice as a teacher. Topics include: 1)Why Chrome is important, 2)Google Calendar, 3)Drive for TPGES & more, 4)Slides is the new Word, 5)Google Voice & why you SHOULD give parents your phone number, 6)Google Classroom for bringing students together at anytime, 7)Blogspot for reflection & sharing, 8)Extensions every teacher should have, 9)Forms for polling, assessing, & collecting, 10)Hangouts.

Google Voice

Never be afraid to give parents your phone number again! Google Voice is a platform that allows users to create a phone/text number of their choice to give out. This system monitors the calls, text, and voicemails. Attendees activate a Voice account.

Google Slides

Browsing through Teachers Pay Teachers and wondering how their format looks so good? Wanting to create an online folder or interactive notebook? Like the use of Glogs, but dislike constantly going to ‘another’ site? Look no more! Google Slides is the new word processor, that does it all.