My Favorite Twitter Hashtags

Twitter is a great way to connect with other educators and to build up your PLN. I have so many people that I love following on Twitter because they share the greatest educational resources! I will share some of my favorite accounts to follow in another post soon, but for today I want to share some of my favorite hashtags to use and follow on Twitter. 

Hashtags help to find Tweets on specifics areas of interest. If you are looking for a certain subject or are wanting to make sure that others view an important Tweet of your own, be sure to utilize those hashtags! 

Below I am sharing a few of my favorite hashtags to follow as well a link to a list of many, many more!! Enjoy!

#education

#teaching

#edtech

#edchat

#edcampkc

#elearning

#STEM

#children

#classrooms

#elemchat

The 2012 A-Z List Of Educational Twitter Hashtags

Teachers vs. Summer

I know that like many of you I hate it when non-educators make it sound like teachers do not deserve to have the summer months off. As we all know, we put in more than a year's worth of work into 10 months' time! Many of us use the summer to plan, create new resources, work a side job, take classes, etc. 

Below are links to tips and ways to use your summer to its fullest!! While it's nice to have the time to begin preparing for the new school year, it's also important to take a break! 

I hope these links are helpful to many of you! Enjoy your Summer!!!

Top 10 To Do's for Teachers During Summer

10 Ways Teachers Can Be Productive During Summer Break

Summer Planning

Make the Most of Your Summer

Lesson Planning Fun

What Teachers Do During the Summer

Learn & Search

With today's vast resources online, it's become easier for teachers and educators to learn about the latest in education. Teachers learn best from each other and we always seem so willing to share our resources and expertise with one another. 

With that said, I am including links below to sites that will allow educators to search for great PD resources or education technology tools and resources. If you know of any others, please feel free to share. 

Thanks! 

Tioki: Connect with other Educators

EduStruct: Digital Learning Environment

EdShelf: Reviews and Recommendations of Ed Tools

Quixey: The Search Engine for Apps

Bundlenut: Create Bundles of Links

KC Tech Net Conference: Part 2

So, now on to Part 2 of the list of new sites I learned about via the KC Tech Net conference back in February. Below I am including many multimedia and student resource tools. So far, the only site that I've actually been able to use with my students, is Wonderopolis. I used it today with 2nd grade and they loved it! Please check out that site if you are unfamiliar with it. It's great! I will post more soon about how I used it with my students. 

 

In case you missed it, you can click HERE for Part 1 of the KC Tech Net links.

For now, please enjoy these 6 sites below. If you have used any of these before, I'd love to hear your feedback and ideas!

Happy April, everyone! 

StoryJumper: Publish your Own Children's Book

Tween Tribune: News for Kids & Tweens

Wonderopolis: Where Wonders of Learning Never Cease

Popcorn Box: Enhance, Remix, and Share Video

Record mp3: Record & Share Audio

Image Optimizer: Change Image File Sizes for Free

KC Tech Net Conference: Part 1

On February 28th, I attended the annual KC Tech Net Conference. This is the 2nd year in a row that I've attended, and just like last year I came with away with so much information and resources!! 

I am grateful to live in a city with so many talented, educational professionals who are so willing to share their knowledge and expertise with the rest of us. We had some wonderful presenters again this year, a few of which I had the privilege of also hearing speak last year. 

Today's post will include links to the presenters' pages and resources that were shared during their presentations. Their expertise in education and educational technology was astounding! 

I hope you will find something new through their sites as well! Stay Tuned for even more resources that I acquired from the conference! 

-Jenifer

John Kuglin: Keynote Speaker

Anibal Pacheco

Kyle Pace

Lisa Lund

KC TechNet Symbaloo

Other presentations from that day: 

QR Codes

Technology for ELL's

Super Sunday Sale...and a Giveaway!

With Super Bowl Sunday approaching this weekend, I am definitely participating in the Teacher's Pay Teachers Super Sunday Sale!! That'll mean up to 28% off 1000s of products, including everything in my TpT Store. The Promo Code will be SUPER.

 

Teacher's Notebook is also holding a Super 2 Day Sale!! Check out the many products on sale by clicking below:

 

 

I am holding a Giveaway on my Teacher's Notebook site from Feb. 1-3.

Two people can win a copy of my Professional Development PowerPoint: Free Tech Tools for the Classroom! Please check out my shop below Feb. 1-3 to enter!

 

Good Luck, Have Fun, and Happy Shopping, everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

My First PD Presentation

On October 26th, I was honored (and nervous) to give a Professional Development presentation for the first time ever in my career! I have never liked public speaking, but I am definitely okay speaking in front of kids.

 

Me: Presenting in front of my colleagues, 10.26.12

 

I was asked by an administrator to present a session on Educational Technology. I chose to title my session, "Free Tech Tools & Tips for the Classroom". I was speaking to a group of K-8 teachers and administrators.

All of my teaching experience is at the elementary level, so I had to make sure I incorporated tools and tips that the secondary teachers could use as well.

I will be presenting a follow up session in January, so I plan to find even more tools that can be integrated across all subjects, grades K-8. If you have any ideas, feel free to share your favorites here!

Below I am including a few links from my presentation, as well as a Rafflecopter link! Please enter to win a copy of my presentation!

 

Thanks everyone!

 

Free Tech Tools for the Classroom: Live Binder

Free Tech Tools & Tips for the Classroom: Powerpoint on TpT

100 Images for Visual Brainstorming

Useful Charts

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway