…- is a simple, clear item that oddly fits a laptop perfectly. What’s even better? If you live near an Ikea, they sell this for about $3 in the store. Because I live about 2 hours from an Ikea, I parted ways with an extra $4. The stand is also for purchase on the Ikea website but they will want $10 to ship it to you (not flat pack!). I also purchased a wireless keyboard and mouse combo for the dual purpose of controlling my digital signage we are…
…inute drive Tip 3: Download the app! Each year, ASCA’s conference app gets better and better. The app this year, the app is already released so you can start reviewing sessions, add the ones that make the cut to your personal schedule, and follow the social happenings through Facebook and Twitter*! There is also a handy list of things to do or places you may need to find under the “Around Here” icon. This app is also available if you are going to…
…in professional development outside my work day for school hours (or even better – salary credit). I used to rely on webinars when available but found these a little surface level. The other options typically were sitting through the teacher-centric professional development programs about literacy or grading…having very little to do with our jobs as school counselors. I have completed two Specialist Programs so far – the College Admissions Spec…
…ery detailed information within each college page. My students have gotten better with the integration of the Common App this year and the process to link, request things like School Reports and recommendations, and keeping their college app lists up to date. With my younger kids, any time I have a ILP meeting, I make sure to get at least one or two prospective schools and add it to the student’s account. I do this so that it triggers me to ask th…
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…dar, it is still hugely beneficial. You have to start somewhere and now is better than later. My CAT is not perfect, but I now have a foundation to build on. I will add components next year and the year after… The Bad: A good advisory council or team takes a lot of pre-planning. You have to prep for meetings, produce handouts, notes, data, videos, etc. You have to coordinate the calendars of different people and manage to handle your own at the sa…
…panel when I get introduced. They may already have copies of it, but it is better to come prepared than leave them without. A simple paper-clip keeps it together. 2. The Media: Since I could not get the needed amount of flash drives prior to the interview (and the cost factor), I decided to go the CD route for my digital portfolio and ended up buying some labels and disc jackets for one district (with more people). I spent ~$12 on both the CD labe…
…on YouTube? So why would I, a school counselor or maybe a school counselor blogger, want to have a YouTube account and start uploading my own YouTube videos? There are a couple of good reasons. The first is that it produces high-quality videos that are accessible, on any device, anywhere. You can take videos recorded from a camcorder, your cell phone, a high-definition camera, or any other recording device and upload it to YouTube (Check out my Co…
…g through more video blogs, tech tools I have learned about in the last few months, tutorials for skills school counselors can use at school,and I hope to launch a new Udemy course for school counselors for summer 2014. Stay tuned for that. Thank you all for supporting the blog and reading some of the thoughts I have. I hope it is helpful to you because writing them down definitely helps me. Very Merry Christmas and Happy 2014 – may it be a good o…
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