TCEA 2018

We are here! Sunny warm Austin Texas.....no...pretty chilly but the people we have met are super warm and friendly. Tuesday is in the books and it was a successful day. We had a poster session "Create and Collaborate on the Clock" that went very well. And then in the afternoon we had "Enhancing Vocabulary Strategies with Technology"- also went well. If you found this blog but want to see our presentations we have a new site called Tech Dogs Run. Be sure to check it out!

Tots and Tech Galveston and Frisco

Did I mention I was presenting at TCEA Tots and Tech Galveston? And in Frisco too! #tceatots
Well I did. It was awesome once again but this time no sea weed or tropical storms so we actually had a "vacation" of sorts and stuck around for a few extra days and explored Galveston. But I digress....

Presentations in Galveston included:

Edmodo in the Classroom
Edmodo, My Personal Learning Network and More
Fun Web Projects and Resources
iPad Projects that Wow
Quiet on the Set: Making Movies with Your iPad- Green Screening
Let's Do the Paper Slide and Mime

If you would like to see any of the presentation material, you can go to my co-presenter's site. You can download everything from Hold the Mayo (nothing to do with sandwiches- her last name is Mayo!)

http://www.tceatots.org/

TCEA Tots Frisco sessions will include the following:

Edmodo in the Classroom- Beginner
Engaging Your Students with Interactive Lessons using Nearpod
Fun Web Projects and Resources
Formative Assessment using Technology

Again- any presentation material will be available at Hold the Mayo
If you are local to Texas/Dallas-Fort Worth, you should definitely check out this mini conference in Frisco -> TCEA TOTS
I highly recommend attending. Very well done and not as intimidating as the regular TCEA conference that is held in Austin in February.

TCEA 2016

The Texas Computer Educator Association conference took place in February in Austin, Texas. And this was the first year in a few that I was not part of a team to present. Which was kind of nice since I was able to actually participate and see what others are doing. It also gave me the time to devote some brain power to really delve into OneNote. I spent far too much time at it but I did manage to get my OneNote Certification! woo hoo! And while I was at it, I passed the Microsoft Word certification also. The tests were free at TCEA so why not? A pretty good deal. I will admit though that they were harder than I expected.

So what did I do besides One Note? Actually not much! I was determined to really understand what can be done with the program and especially with the new OneNote Classroom. Our school is a Office365 school and our 6th graders have their own Microsoft Surface so it only made sense that I invest my learning time in OneNote.

I attended a Green Screen session for iPads that was nothing I didn't already know. But even if it is a session that I am well versed on it seems there is always something you can walk away with. Not so in this one. Same for one on using Google sites for eportfolios. Good info but not for my use.

One new product that looks cool but again- gotta have Microsoft- and that is Sway which is a new presentation tool. Potentially very cool. Not sure about the ease of the learning curve. We shall see. If you have a Microsoft account you should check it out.

Tots and Technology

Do you live in Texas? Live near Texas? Just wish you were in Texas?

Well you should consider attending Tots and Technology presented by the Texas Computer Educators Association. Awesome little conference geared toward PK-5th grade teachers but middle school teachers (6-7-8) could benefit also. You get a lot of bang for your buck so you really need to check it out! And it's in Galveston...on a beach...