by Jeff Ream | Nov 13, 2013 | ASCA, ASCA14, Branding, Collaboration, counseling, jeffrey ream, learning, Marketing, Presentation, pro-d, professional development, Save The Date, school counselor, thecounselinggeek, tools
…Come and meet Jeremy Goldman and I at this year’s ASCA National Conference as we present about Branding and Marketing Your School Counseling Program on June 30th 2014 at 9am. We look forward to presenting a visually stimulating, professionally encouraging, and idea building session. Hope to see you there! The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook….
by Jeff Ream | Nov 4, 2013 | #scchat, ANFSCD, counseling, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…s to say it was devastating to our two school sites. The MS and HS share a building in our small town school so many teachers, students and siblings are feeling the pain of this loss. I have an older sibling at our high school, but they are a younger student and I have only met with the student once for a short minute meeting and never the parents prior to the incident. Self-Reflection: While I am a pretty confident counselor in many areas, althou…
by Jeff Ream | May 8, 2017 | Featured, counseling
…color coding! I love Sharpies and I love Tul pens! This is a tech-centric blog, what are the top 5 apps or digital tools you use on a regular basis (on a laptop or mobile device): Twitter, Excel, Naviance, Tyler & Tyler Pulse (our school data reporting system). I also love my scanner. It allows me to keep so much info that I do not have to file. I really try to minimize paper in my workspace. Describe your workspace: Bright office with purple wal…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 2, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, geek, learning software, Naviance, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek
…series here. Since my last post, I have had a few new things come up while building my case for bringing Naviance to my school. I met with my principal and registrar a few weeks ago and had a good discussion with them laying out the great features that Naviance offers. They were both supportive and provided some excellent questions that I had not thought to pose to the sales rep. While this was happening, I had also sent my thoughts and supporting…
by Jeff Ream | Jan 8, 2013 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, free, geek, jeffrey ream, school counselor, social networking, STEM, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tutorial, video blog
…The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook….
by Jeff Ream | Dec 20, 2014 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Featured, free, school counselor, technology, tools, video blog
…Check out the latest video blog from The Counseling Geek (www.thecounselinggeek.com) – Learn about how to use custom Google Maps to post things like college admissions, local community resources, and more! (Updated Nov. 2015)…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 23, 2014 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Featured, geek, jeffrey ream, research, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tools
…ny questions and I can attempt to assist. How to make this experience even better: This concept can be taken to (awesome) extremes! There are a few applications that further improve your experience with the dual monitor setup. Programs like UltraMon and DisplayFusion bring features like setting individual taskbars on each monitor, add the ability to have one large wallpaper spread the width of both screens (instead of mirroring the same image on b…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 30, 2020 | automation, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, Featured, learning, professional development, school counselor, technology, tips, tools, video blog
…ts Digitally Ep 6: Gmail Efficiency Hacks – Tricks for your Inbox I’ve got blog posts too! If you enjoyed the videos – several also have blog posts that are a great accompanyment to the video tutorial if you wish to check out the write up. Just click the button below to go to the approparite post. Ep 1: Further automating Google Forms with AutoCrat Ep 2: Using Canva in your School Counseling Programs Ep 3: Screencasting & YouTube Posts Ep 4: Usefu…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 19, 2014 | #scchat, 21st century skills, ASCA 2014, ASCA14, Branding, CASC, counseling, Counseling Tech, Marketing, Presentation, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…is now out (linked below). At our ASCA 2014 conference session, we will be building on these two articles and going further in depth with practical, hands on examples. We encourage anyone planning to attend our session to read the two articles prior as we may be referencing examples or glossing over several concepts covered in the article. We hope to see you on June 30th at 9am for Branding and Marketing Your School Counseling Program! Part two is…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 6, 2015 | box.com, Counseling Tech, dropbox, Featured, google docs, technology, tips, warnings
…s a stressful and busy/tedious 6 hours of work for all of the admin in the building. What do I do about securing my cloud? I have a few tips for helping secure documentation and data that you store or collaborate with in the cloud. [sociallocker id=1387] The first one, which I wrote about above with TrueCrypt, is encrypt your files you wouldn’t want anyone else accessing. This works well with Dropbox or Box.com, but doesn’t play very well with Dri…
