Techie ELA teacher making learning engaging and with a lasting impact. MIEE, Classcraft, Nearpod, Apple, Adobe, Prezi Certified Educator
Cartersville, GA
Joined March 2014
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I love hexagonal thinking days! @CMSCanes @cvilleschoolsys #CriticalThinking #creativity #collaboration
Reviewing goals, norms, opportunities for improvement, and even what personal resources are available and how to get to them is such an effective practice w/ students. I gamified this today and it was greatly needed. Positive communication builds community! We are ready 2023!
@TalkingMedicare I have received 14 PHONE CALLS today claiming to be you, and they're still coming. Yesterday, it was just as many. I am in my 30s, not your target, and teaching all day w/ my FitBit buzzing like crazy all day. Make them stop! What's wrong with these people? @FTC
@FTC @TalkingMedicare Guy on the phone just said, "This is the first time we've called you today." For real?
I love allowing students choice in demonstrating a standard to let creativities surface where they can. In this case, a student chose to demonstrate their constructed response in a cool @Powtoon cartoon.
CanesTime is a short period every few weeks used to explore careers, learn skills, remediate, etc. Today, my session focused on self-care+experimentation in creating pumpkin-spiced bath salts. We combined pink & epson salts, dried florals & essential oils. 🎃@cvilleschoolsys
We introduced Poe’s “The Bells” in a kinesthetic kind of way. 1) Predictions/collaboration on word connotations/meaning. 2) Reciting & tapping the heartbeat-style cadence to hear & FEEL the rhythmic tone shifts that build suspense—using similar background music! @cvilleschoolsys
Hot dog, I just received the message that I get to collab with this awesome beehive of ed tech gurus for a third year! Hopefully, I can do even more with this team this year. Learning, growing, and sharing the tech love with @cvilleschoolsys. #MIEExpert @MicrosoftEDU
Trying the link again…@JenkyJenks first ‘full’ week of school (last week), and I was applying your wisdom in class! I always skipped the lyric lab tool, but found it could be one of the best ways to introduce domain vocab! facebook.com/153533021383694…
Gearing up and hyping up for this school year! You can join me for a little tech PD at Nearpod’s Camp Engage for a number of awesome sessions! My first session tonight is ‘Lyric Lab’ with @nearpod @Flocabulary and the incredibly talented Dr. Jenkins!!!
@JenkyJenks #campengage
I received one of the most meaningful student gifts ever today. A red envelope is a Lunar New Year gift tradition I’m very familiar with. It brought tears to my eyes because I’m determined it will be the best new school year of my life. And it was just extra blessed. @CMSCanes
Look at this dream team! Let’s go purple team!! instagram.com/p/Cg24HEfpLvx/…
NOT ONLY did I get to hear from @ReadWithMalcolm Malcolm Mitchell, but he did the world’s biggest favor giving a previous student of mine from CHS a shout-out vid that I knew would mean EVERYTHING. An AP FaceTimed me to see Javon’s reaction in person!
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A huge thank you to Cindy Pierce who not only made and sent a ton of blank hexagons for our hexagonal thinking activities, but for surprising us with stamped bookmarks to give out to students! instagram.com/p/Cgw_bfBpWVQ/…
Open House kicks off in just four days, and I’m ready! I pray I can make a positive impact in the lives I’m about to meet. instagram.com/p/CgrvcOhuNqD/…
Teacher friends! This is my fav idea of the morning at #campengage with Nearpod to promote differentiation. I never thought to use @nearpod for a choice board for formative assessments. You can watch the recording and see other sessions to get ideas here events.nearpod.com/camp-enga…
ALT Students assigned a number of choice tasks to complete.
@austinscott71 thank you for your great ideas! I hope to share with my team in a few days. Have a great school year!