EdTech-ology - PD Presentations/Sessions

I love sharing my passion for impactful technology integration with teachers from all over. As a technology coach, I believe it is important to build and expand one's Professional Learning Network. I enjoy sharing my stories, coaching others, and providing new learning experiences. I have been very fortunate to have had numerous opportunities to present and co-present at many educational technology conferences and school districts in South Carolina.

My Qualifications:

Masters in Education- Educational Technology
Google for Education Certified Innovator
Google for Education Certified Trainer
Google for Education Certified Coach
- Mentor Coach with EdTechTeam & TechKnow Coach, LLC
Google for Education Level 1 & Level 2 Certified
Certified Apple Teacher
Blended & Online Teacher Certified

Texarkana- Module 4 Workshop { Creation of Interactive Lessons for Student Engagement }

New Lenox- Creative Ways to Show What You Know

Equipping Students for Responsible Social Media Use & Digital Citizenship

Get Badged- Professional Growth with EdTech Badges

Show what you have learned with badges! EdTech companies are rewarding teachers with digital badges that can be added to email signatures, doors, websites, and more as a way to show that you took time to learn about how their product can impact teaching and learning in your classroom. In this session, we will explore how badging is a great motivator for adult learners along with students to learn new ways of integrating and creating with technology.

Audience- General

Are We There Yet? Engaging Students Through Virtual Field Trips

Field trips are fun, but can be cost prohibitive. Insert "Virtual Field Trips" that can take students anywhere in the world to learn, gather artifacts, and share their experiences. In this session, we are going to app smash Google Slides, Wakelet, Mote, and more to create immersive learning experiences without ever leaving the classroom. Your students won't be ask "Are we there yet?" because they will already be there.

Audience- General

UTC2019- Beyond Reality

Beyond Reality- Creating Your Own VR Tours

In this hands on session, we will learn how to use Google Street View app along with Google Tour Builder to create some amazing VR - Google Expedition type experiences!

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Extend and Energize Learning Through VR_HyperBoard

Energize and Extend Learning Through Virtual Reality

Are you looking to energize your students and extend learning beyond the confines of your school walls? Come join us to learn how Virtual Reality can transform learning in your classroom! In this session, we will explore Google Expeditions, Google Cardboard and Youtube VR apps, while focusing on a variety of learning strategies that will better ensure authentic engagement and content understanding through Virtual Reality.

Audience:

General (Elem-HS)

Hot Apps 2014.pdf

Red Hot Projects & Cool Apps

Some like it hot hot hot and some like it cool cool cool. Join us as we show you how to push your iPad to the max with some great project ideas and apps to do them with! Learn how to create digital stories with words and text through apps like StoryRobe, StoryKit, Splice, In A World, and Sock Puppets, just to name a few. You will also learn how to blow your students’ minds wide open with apps like 3D Augmentation and Word Lens. So bundle up or bring your swim wear cause its going to be hot hot hot then cool cool cool!

*Most apps will be free, however some are paid.

Audience:

All Grade Levels

Aurasma

It's ALIVE: Bringing Pictures to Life with Augmented Reality

Bring learning to life through Augmented Reality. Students can bring historical figures to life, book reports can be interactive, and students can share presentations and more. It works like a QR code. Scan a picture with the app and boom! It's alive.

Audience:

4th - 12th Grade.

Challenge Based Coaching- GoogleEDU Certified Coach

Challenged Based Google Coaching Menu

The Certified Coach program can help instructional coaches become better at working 1:1 with educators, navigate the new challenge of remote coaching, gain a community of supportive coaches, etc. Join us as we take you through our experience in the program and best practices when it comes to engage in conversations with teachers and administrators.

Audience: Instructional Coaches, Administrators

Level Up Google Slides

Level Up Learning with Google Slides

Move students from consuming content through teacher led presentations to student created activities like digital story telling, virtual fields trips, and more!

GOOGLE PD- Remix Your Classroom

Remix Your Classroom with Google Drawings!

Google Draws gives students the power to create, collaborate and share interactive posters, infographics, and diagrams to showcase their learning!

Google Classroom 101 (Aug 2018)

The New Google Classroom:

Google Classroom has some great new features that will increase your digital workflow!

HyperDoc_Resources

Hype Your Impact

In this workshop, teachers will use G-Suite applications to develop interactive documents (Hyperdocs), providing engaging and differentiated learning environments for their students. This session is designed for all teachers

Audience:

General- Elem-HS

Google Docs Presentation

Docs...Slides...Sheets..Drive...OH MY!

Forget all the colors of the rainbow. Your new favorite color is CHROME! Thanks to Google, you can now work in the "cloud!" No more need of flash drives. You can create and save all your files in Google Drive. All you need is a Gmail!

Google Apps

Google Can Do What? - Google Apps in Education (2012)

Google is much more than a search engine and email. You can create "Word" Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and Quizzes all from your web browser. No more saving to your computer! You can get everything online anytime you need it!

Audience:

General

Web 2.0 Tools