Ride The Wakelet Wave!

Ride The Wakelet Wave!

Do you like to organize your students? Do you wish that there was a better way to create a Pinterest board that you could share with your students and not worry about all the other stuff that comes along with Pinterest? Do you wish you could organize materials for your classroom in a more elegant way? Have no fear, Wakelet is here! Wakelet’s mission is one of helping people find, organize and share information in a clean, elegant way. They…

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SPS Digital Learning Hour Episode 76: Paul Foster

SPS Digital Learning Hour Episode 76: Paul Foster

This week I sat down with Springfield CIO Paul Foster and we discussed all the exciting things happening in Springfield. If you want to know what the future of Springfield Public Schools holds, this is a can’t miss interview! If you are thinking about wanting to be a teacher, consider Springfield as a destination after listening to this!

SPS Digital Learning Hour Podcast is back!

SPS Digital Learning Hour Podcast is back!

Welcome back podcast listeners! I hope you had a great summer. This week we just touch upon many upcoming podcast and blog topics. We’ll catch you up on the latest news in the district and the directions we’ll be taking this year!

The New School Year!

The New School Year!

What a summer it has been! While you were out recuperating, taking classes, teaching summer school, traveling, planning for this year, we have been working on improving Unified Classroom training with some great documentation, going to conferences and preparing these blogs and upcoming podcasts. It’s great to be back working with teachers and I hope that PD this week was great for you! For me, I took part in two online PD summit called #DitchSummit and CUESummit and you’ll learn…

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Wednesday Learning @ISTE 2019

Wednesday Learning @ISTE 2019

The final day of ISTE and I ran out of steam. What a whirlwind of a conference! Wednesday was a bit lighter with content because I was exhausted and did need to spend some time in the expo hall! Free Carmen Sandiego book! As a Microsoft district I found a lot of great tools that Shake Up Learning’s Kasey Bell was presenting on can be applied to our Office 365 district and I can’t wait to share all of it…

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Monday Learning @ISTE 2019

Monday Learning @ISTE 2019

Just like last week, I am adding more content that I learned at ISTE using this awesome tool Wakelet. Wakelet is something that you can use in your classroom, as it is a way to organize materials for students to use. Check out my highlights below! We’ll post Tuesday’s Learning Next Week!

Episode 74: Girls Who Code!

Episode 74: Girls Who Code!

That‘s it for the 2018-2019 School Year and we go out with a bang! Come and listen to our interview with a group of girls at Boland Elementary School who were a part of the first Girls Who Code group at Boland Elementary. You will not be disappointed hearing from these girls, who were the trailblazers at their school.  Follow Me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @beardedteched Links https://youtu.be/fC9da6eqaqg https://girlswhocode.com/about-us/ https://girlswhocode.com/our-team/#our-founder