As we head into the holidays, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to find a way to give way to the seasonal stress and spend a moment to de-stress with a little humor in our profession. When Sam Frenzel, a writer for Teach.com, asked me if
Here is my presentation and links to the different tech tools that will help you to be a tech-savvy school counselor. For Notetaking/ Inspiration and Ideas/Lesson Planning: • Evernote– • PollEverywhere • Livebinders • Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ • Dropbox For Presentations and Newsletter: • Emaze– • Prezi • HaikuDeck – • Powtoon– • YouTube YouTube Downloader–
Smart Guidance is an interactive computer/smart board program for school counseling. It can be used with individual students, with small groups, and with classrooms and larger groups. There are sound effects and animations that help to engage students and topics included from study skills, self-regulation, anger management, peer pressure,
It has officially started! Today I met with our 8th grade social studies classes and talked to them about what to expect in high school. I have done this for years, a process I started when I worked at the high school, and I have continued doing this since my
Natalie Mecaughey is our newest Lesson Leader. Natalie has a great blog, The Urban Educator, and has a great lesson, not for your kiddos, but for you. . .about Google Drive. I use Google Drive and appreciate it’s ease and awesome ability to gather data. Natalie has summed it up
Saturday I presented at the New York State School Counselor Association Conference on How to Be A Tech Savvy School Counselor. I had a full room and had a great time presenting. Here is my presentation: And here are the handouts:
I still have a mission to keep learning and trying out new tech tools. I just tried the PowToon website and it is a new favorite. It’s a great way to take a boring PowerPoint presentation up a notch. PowToon turns your presentation into an animated video. As part of
Coursera is a website that offers free courses. I stumbled upon this by looking at Pinterest. I was intrigued so I thought I would take a look and low and behold I found a few classes I was interested in. Like this one about Digital Storytelling. In Digital Storytelling participants
I’m honored to have been named one of the top school counseling websites on the web by MastersinSchoolCounseling.org. There are a ton of great sites on this list, so make sure to take a look. What are your go to sources of information? Leave me a message below or join
I believe it is important as a school counselor to help students find their voice. I like to listen to what they have to say. Middle Schoolers are very insightful young people. They still have a sense of fairness and responsibility, yet they still are full of innocence and youth.
This question comes up time and time again. Counselors have emailed me, posted on my Facebook page, and asked in each one the Facebook groups, asking about what are the “must have” iPad apps. Althought there are a lot more out there, here are my favorites and ones I have
I was thinking of having students use technology more this coming school year. I have 3 laptops in my office along with my ipad. I know that’s not a lot of computers, but it’s more than I had last year. The idea of having them create an app was appealing
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