Virtual School EdTech Briefing – June 16, 2021

Last VS EdTech Briefing of the Year!   In this episode, we share tech tools for you!  Liz Shuler directs us to the NCPA Virtual Wellness Room – a resource-rich site that has everything from relaxing music, links to yoga videos, mindfulness exercises and much much more. Pat Hughes recommends apps related to fitness and lifehacking. […]

NCPA #edtech Briefing: October 29, 2020

   Today Rebecca shares another resource you can find on the Library Canvas Page. Also, I will review how you can communicate with parents, students, and teachers using groups in Outlook. NewsBank – Rebecca​ Email Groups – Lisa Information about Email Groups comes from a prior post on the EdTech Blog: Original Post: Teachers […]

NCPA #edtech Briefing: October 20, 2020

  Today Nate Cooper and Steven Groene were the guests!  Here is what they shared:  Nate Cooper – Student Engagement:  Nate shared several strategies that he uses for student engagement on the macro and micro level. You can access his slides with additional resources like discussion protocols,  HERE. Steven Groene – Rewordify.com:  A completely FREE tool […]

NCPA #edtech Briefing: October 15, 2020

  Todays Topics:  Ben Detweiler shares how he is building a strong co-teaching relationship by providing detailed instructions, WeChat messages, using verbal cues, and daily morning and afternoon debriefings. Pat Hughes shares how Twitter has been a valuable resource in growing his #PLN and refining his practice. If you are new to Twitter here are […]

NCPA #edtech Briefing: Thursday, October 8th

Special Edition for Remote Teachers In todays #edtech Briefing I will walk you through the steps to create a screencast/video for Open House.   How to Sign-up for Screencast-O-Matic If you are planning to use this tool one time for your Open House video, you can use the free version.  It allows you to create […]