Category Archives: staff development
Elementary Technology Conference
Today we had our annual Elementary Technology Conference at Glen Allen High School. Our theme was “Dining in with Tech Takeout.” We had over 25 sessions, free Krispy Kreme donuts and coffee for breakfast, four delicious food trucks for lunch, and amazing door prizes (like gift cards and an iPad). You can learn more about […] Continue reading
End the Mapathy at EdTech 2015
Today I presented at the EdTech 2015 conference at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. My presentation was called “End the Mapathy,” and it was all about the amazing things you can do with maps. First I focused on Google Maps. I showed how you can create your own maps which are automatically saved to […] Continue reading
HCPS Elementary Technology Conference 2014
New laptops, new year, why not come and learn new strategies and techniques for connecting content, technology and 21st Century Skills with your new Dell? This year only, full day participants will receive a stipend for attendance! Sign up is now available on ERO. Conference attendance is limited to 300 participants. (http://ero.henrico.k12.va.us and search the […] Continue reading
Reduce Your Presentation Anxiety!
13+1 tips to reduce presentation anxiety by @orsnemes from Orsolya Nemes
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Pinning Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) Galore on Pinterest!
While searching for online TEI web sites for my teachers, I found a wealth of boards on the popular web site, Pinterest. It is worth creating a free account to follow my Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) board. I have repinned 25 sites so far from ITRTs from other divisions in Virginia as well as added […] Continue reading
What’s New This Year?
Today we had New Teacher Academy at Hermitage High School. We shared a quick summary of the technology resources available in Henrico and gave the new teachers some ideas for using technology in their classrooms. You can see our slideshow presentation here. Besides hiring many new teachers, there are several other changes in Henrico this […] Continue reading
Animation Funkification
Today the Elementary ITRTs (technology trainers) hosted a technology conference at Twin Hickory Elementary. Alfonso and I presented a session called “Animation Funkification” where we talked about ways to funkify your classroom with animations. And by “funky” we mean that fun is key to learning. We wore our waders because so often as teachers we […] Continue reading
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Dropbox – Pictures from iPad to Computer
(If you haven’t yet installed Dropbox on your laptop, you will need to do so at this link: http://db.tt/zRNN5wV.) If you need a reminder as to how to transfer pictures from your iPads to your computers so you can print them, etc., you can download the directions again here. Continue reading
Be Heard with VoiceThread!
I created a web site containing all you need to know about VoiceThread after giving a presentation about it at EdTech 2011. The site contains: a .pdf download of VoiceThread instructions, a YouTube video tutorial I created about how to set up identities, examples of VoiceThread integration into instruction, and how to acquire VoiceThread educator […] Continue reading
