March Tech Tips

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Blogging About Bloggers


Debugging Digital w/ Dawn

I have followed Eric Curts for years now.  His blog, Control Alt Achieve, is full of top notch information and resources every month. Eric is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator.  He is always a high demand presenter at ISTE and CUE.  His blog has an extensive archive of past resources and has everything labeled for easy searching. Follow him on Twitter as well @ericcurts

Because I am such a fan of his work, I reached out to Eric and asked if he would be willing to present at our March Virtual Training event.  Lucky for us, he made the time!  One of the silver linings to our Virtual world is that getting top notch presenters like Eric has now become more accessible.  I hope you will all join us March 15th for Eric's presentation on using Google Tools for Struggling Students.  This presentation is full of resources and is applicable for all students.

  




  

Andrew's Analog Anthology

Larry Ferlazzo is a local educator in Sacramento who publishes his own very frequent blog posts and also writes for EdWeek on occasion. His blog is called Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day and you can find him on Twitter @Larryferlazzo. 



He teaches in the classroom with English Learners and some other courses. He shares resources and advice for teachers daily and is a great resource to check out and follow!

Bonus Link This month:
Untamed Learning Conference:
Saturday, March 13th 



Cheryl's Character Codex

Kasey Bell at Shake Up Learning is one of my favorite Ed Tech personalities and resources out there. Her Blog is full of so many great resources and connected to other great people in Ed Tech. She is all things Google, as well as author, innovator and always so engaging. I have had the pleasure of seeing her at conferences, both in person and virtually, and she never ceases to amaze me with her knowledge and talent as an Ed Tech entrepreneur. Shake up your learning and your teaching by visiting Kasey Bell's Blog and her Shake Up Learning website, chock-full of so many awesome resources. 



Aaron's Associate Album

The EdTech blogger I would like to highlight in this month's Digital Cafe is Monica Burns. 

Dr. Monica Burns is a former classroom teacher, Author, Speaker, and Curriculum & EdTech, Consultant. Visit her site ClassTechTips.com 
for more ideas on how to become a tech-savvy teacher.

One of the things I like about Monica's blog is the incorporation of a podcast along with the blog. Her podcasts are generally around 15 to 25 minutes long, during which she will engage other innovators in discussions about a particular EdTech tool in each podcast. I most recently listened to the episode about Wakelet and how you can use that free tool to organize your weblinks surrounding a particular teaching topic. When I think about my time as a Science teacher searching for online resources and interactive tools for my students, I just wish I had a tool like Wakelet at the time to better organize my online treasures. Bookmarking pages and copying and pasting links into a Word file simply feel primitive now in comparison to what you can do in Wakelet. But once again this is just one of the many tools 


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