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Month: January 2023

SPS Digital Learning Hour featuring David Steinberg

SPS Digital Learning Hour featuring David Steinberg

At the SPS Digital Learning Hour, we take great pride in highlighting the diverse experiences of teachers at various stages of their careers. This week, we had the pleasure of interviewing David Steinberg from German Gerena Community School. David, who previously worked as a consultant in the private sector, made the decision to switch to a career in education after substitute teaching in his free time. He shared with us how he leverages the extensive professional development opportunities offered by…

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(Team)Work Makes the Dream Work!

(Team)Work Makes the Dream Work!

We are continuing our series of tool updates.  If you missed our previous post, click here and here. As a Microsoft district, I am focusing on Microsoft tools and Teams is up next. Teams, as a tool, was integral during our Remote learning time but it had some growing pains. I think sometimes Microsoft rushes tools out there for Education (EDU). Teams were originally created pre-remote learning for businesses to have a place to collaborate. While we had access to…

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Are You Ready To Flip Out!

Are You Ready To Flip Out!

The first thing that you might not realize is that Flipgrid is no longer called Flipgrid, it’s been shortened to Flip! This was announced during the Flipgrid’s yearly celebration. With the announcement of the name change, Flip has a fresh look and a new mascot called Smubble. At the celebration, the Flip team focused on how over the last decade, users of Flipgrid pushed the product to become better. To them, it made the most sense to refresh the product…

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