One of my main goals many months ago was to become an “expert” on Google Tools and maybe even apply to go to the Google Teacher Academy (GTA)……however, I have not been as good on that goal as I would like to have been. My realization was the workshop Rick Weinberg put on today for [...]
Sometimes I don’t truly realize how fortunate I am with this job. We here at CA BOCES had the opportunity to have Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach out here to lead our administrators on Monday and then our teachers for next four days! I will unfortunately miss Friday’s session because of a wedding, but I would [...]
What an incredible collaboration at High Schools New Face from JMT of the Western New York BOCES. Held at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville, NY. There are way too many people to thank and acknowledge here, but I will talk about our cohort and some of the national presenters.
First of all if you’ve neve been to [...]
I was going to start off the day at the Hyatt about integrating technology into the curriculum, but the presenter never showed (they didn’t show for Rick Weinberg’s either). I then headed over to HGCC 103A to hear David Jakes and Dean Shareski’s presentation for 11:00 on using PowerPoint. It gave me a chance to [...]
From the very beginning when I was shown Twitter at the NYSCATE conference out in Rochester, NY this past November, I had this problem, of “Who do I decide to follow?”. I had never seen Twitter and had a hard time wrapping my mind around it. I just thought I’d get all these [...]
Rick Weinberg let me stay and work with some 4th graders from GVCS today. The students have been working on this project the majority of the year, and Rick has been in from time to time to help them work with some of their information. These students came today with photos, video and audio about the Seneca Indians and [...]
Having been new to this job (still under a year anyways) and having to learn a TON of stuff, the one thing that caught my eye was at my first conference in November (NYSCATE). One of the presenters there (Carol LaRow) was a Google Certified Teacher. I remember asking her afterwards how you obtain that [...]
Sitting in my office after the long weekend and a morning meeting that helped me get refocused on our Tech offerings for next year. At CA BOCES (Professional Development), we offer Tech Connect trainings to area schools in Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties in Western New York. Schools who did not participate in [...]
Helped (very slightly) with the Technology Integrators Forum out at STW in Salamanca today for a collaborative effort between WNYRIC and our CABOCES. Mansell Wells initiated the idea and set up the wiki here. It was very enlightening and I thought went well. There were a few administrators in and out throughout the day, and [...]
