School Counselor Tech Tools: PDFmerge! & Compress PDF

School Counselor Tech Tools: PDFmerge! & Compress PDF

by | Apr 11, 2014 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, teachers, technology, tools, Uncategorized

Many times, when I am working with PDF (Portable Document Format) files, I run into a few common issues. First is that I have a few different pages from different files that I want to put into one PDF file. Whether this is because I am pulling together a lesson plan from a few different resources or because I am using CutePDF (<- an extra tool for you!) to print some Microsoft Word pages to PDF's - a simple, web-based tool is available to us to get the job done.

Feel like a computer genius/wizard: Mouse Without Borders

Feel like a computer genius/wizard: Mouse Without Borders

by | Mar 22, 2014 | #scchat, 21st century skills, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, free, teachers, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tools

Have you ever wanted to feel like you were the master of your technology? I thought so – now is the chance.

Lots of times, we counselors (and teachers or administrators) have an old desktop but also a laptop that we need to use for different purposes. What if you wanted or needed to use both? Did you know you can make a dual monitor setup at home or at work with out two monitors (but with two computers)? You can.

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

by | Feb 26, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA, ASCA 2014, ASCA14, contest, counseling, free, fundraising, jeffrey ream, pro-d, professional development, scholarship, school counselor, School Counselor Community Scholarship, support

I want to thank all the counselors, supervisors, and grad students who took the time to create a submission for this scholarship – the results were pretty great and made my job difficult. I really wish I could have given it to all of you, but I had to narrow it down and did my best to do so.

The most important thing is that you all have used something new and have created tools that many can use (including yourself!). I hope that this challenged you and that you gained some knowledge and confidence in yourself. Do not be afraid to strike out, start over, and struggle through something – that is called learning and that is what we ask students to do each and every day.

ANFSCD: ScheduleOnce: Take the work out of setting up meetings!

ANFSCD: ScheduleOnce: Take the work out of setting up meetings!

by | Feb 18, 2013 | 21st century skills, ANFSCD, automation, calendar, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, free, jeffrey ream, scheduling, technology, tips, tools

One of my favorite tools that I don’t have to think about!One of the nice things about starting a counseling program from scratch at a new school where there was little/nothing before you got there is that you have full input on what to bring in with you. It is...
Introducing School Counseling on Air

Introducing School Counseling on Air

by | Jan 13, 2013 | 21st century skills, ASCA, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, free, news, professional development, school counseling on air, school counselor, SCOA, social networking, support, technology, tips, tutorial, video blog

Get ready!A collaboration between many school counselor bloggers across the country is coming together to offer a new experience for many of us. During National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4th – 10th, there will be nightly presentations hosted on Google...