EdTech Team

(November 2015)

Presenter of sessions:

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) Google Voice & why you SHOULD give parents/students your phone number, 2)Using Drive for TPGES & more, 3)How Slides is the new Word.

*Will need a basic understanding of how to log on your Google account.

**Attendees will: Establish a VOICE number, set up a TPGES folder in DRIVE & Collaborate on a shared SLIDE document.

Strands: #beginner, #futureready

Type of Session: General Session

How I Met My Other Half On Twitter: PD Story between a teacher & librarian

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! What better way to get future ready!

Strands: #beginner, #futureready

Type of Session: General Session