techieMusings

I wanted to close the year with some inspiring projects that I was able to work on with my wonderful colleagues this year: Bullis Tech Blog

• Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Public Speaking Self-Critiques
• Here & Abroad: Technology to Promote Communication
• Using TodaysMeet to Enhance Socratic Seminars in English Assessment
• 9th Grade Human Geography Megacity Project
• Advice to the Next Generation: VideoScribe Monologue
• Holiday Tree Activity Using Desmos and Pear Deck
• Sound Design and Programming: MaKey MaKey + Scratch Project
• Existentialism Through Technology in Honors English IV
• Creative Uses of Tech Tools to Build and Maintain Relationships in Online and Blended Classes

I always appreciate the chance to collaborate and work with so many amazing teachers at my school; the above is only a small sampling of some highlights!

I also wanted to share a couple edtech related readings/PD for over the summer. These are just a few general recommendations:

• Google specific —
  • Google for Education: Training Center
    • free, online training courses designed by Google for Education
    • educator level 1 and educator level 2 available
  • Google Apps Learning Center
    • most of this is targeted to the beginner learner
    • the “tips library” is worth checking out if you want to take advantage of some cool shortcuts!
• Everything else —
  • Free Technology for Teachers | Richard Byrne
    • fantastic edtech blog for ideas and review
  • Teacher Tech | Alice Keeler
    • another excellent blog. Alice provides great tutorials, as well.
  • The Principal of Change – Stories of learning and leading
    • one of my favorite blogs for reading about pedagogue & the innovator’s mindset
  • EdSurge : The Best in Education Technology
    • personally, I Subscribe to EdSurge‘s weekly newsletter and take time to make sure I read it every week.

Finally, I wanted to highlight an archive of many of the quick tips and reference tutorials that I have created for teachers at my school this year: Stacey Roshan’s Tech Tips and Tutorials, by Stacey Roshan

I hope the above is helpful and provides some inspiration!