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Education Technology Trends 2019 – ISTE Creative Constructor Lab Conference

In this post, I outline what I perceive to be the major themes and trends in education technology in 2019 based on what I experienced at ISTE’s Creative Constructor Lab conference in New Orleans in October. Jump to video summary. Major Themes: The overarching theme of the conference was, like its name suggests, to promote […]

How to Use Technology in Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent teacher conferences are an important time to build relationships with families, communicate current progress, and set goals for the future. In practice, though, they can be hard to execute. Without a clear plan, it’s pretty much guaranteed the conference will mostly involve adults discussing how a student should approach their education. It took me […]

Create Digital Portfolios for Students with Seesaw

Creating digital portfolios for students with Seesaw promotes student metacognition and improves communication with families. Watch the tutorial below to learn how to do it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81_3WzxQbE Why Use Digital Portfolios? 1. Organization/Convenience Whether you’re assigning all digital work or just have some digital assignments, students need a place to house everything they’ve created. Google Drive […]

How to Start a Student Podcast with Soundtrap

Starting a student podcast is an excellent way to use education technology to promote different voices in the classroom. See the video tutorial below to learn how to do it, and read below for more detailed information, as well as resources and a lesson plan.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb4b1yg-QPw Why Podcast with Students? Shortly after deciding to start […]

How to Make Video Tutorials for Students with Screencastify

Learn how to make video tutorials for students using Screencastify in order to build autonomy, differentiate instruction, and increase the reach and impact of your lessons.  Why Create Video Tutorials for Students? Creating video tutorials relieves almost all of the stress that can come from introducing new tech programs to your students . I’ve tried […]

How to Use Google Classroom in 2019

Learn everything you need to know for how to set up and optimize Google Classroom as a digital classroom hub for organizing resources, creating and grading assignments, and pushing out links to all the other education technology programs you use.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fkADrNhCPg Why Google Classroom? It’s hard to believe Google Classroom was only launched in 2014. […]