ASCA 2013 and My July Recap

ASCA 2013 and My July Recap

…d advocating for others at my site to do the same. Our #scchat tweetup and blogger meet and greet was a lot of fun and I look forward to meeting many of the new bloggers/twitterers that jumped on board at ASCA 2013 in Orlando next summer. I will leave off my ASCA re-cap at this point.  TCG – Where have you been?? Immediately following ASCA 13, my wife and I took a nice and needed vacation. We headed to Europe to travel and got back yesterday eveni…

ASCA 2013: Blogger Meet & Greet

…he chance to meet some of your favorite bloggers…myself included if you so choose to place me in that esteemed category! Please see the insert below for details and stay tuned for more info regarding ASCA 2013 in Philly coming very soon. I also promise to get a new blog post up soon…2 weeks before school is out and I gain a bit more time. Thanks for being patient! Sound off if you will be at #ASCA13 in the comments below. See you soon! The blog au…

What an honor: Named one of the top 25!

What an honor: Named one of the top 25!

…ame list as those like School Counseling By Heart, jyjoyner counselor, and School Counselor Blog is awesome. For the whole list, visit the site – which is also a great resource for finding new blogs to follow. Thank you! The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook….

The Counseling Geek Interview Series: @SchCslgByHeart

The Counseling Geek Interview Series: @SchCslgByHeart

…of School Counseling By Heart and a PSC for 17 years. Please check out her blog, follow her on Twitter, and send her some kudos for reaching out to help school counselors improve their tech skills. This interview was done using Skype and recorded with Camtasia. Please forgive us for a few technical glitches in the video as the connection became unstable a time or two during the video, but overall – the interview and technology was fairly successfu…

The Counseling Geek Interview Series: @SchCslgByHeart

The Counseling Geek Interview Series: @Prof_Polzin

…out their counseling program will be valuable to all counselors out in the blog world. I hope to make this a semi-regular series on The Counseling Geek, but that will take help from all you counselors. If you would like to help me by volunteering to let me interview you, please email me, send me a Tweet, or message on Facebook, letting me know you want to interview. You do not have to be a tech guru or even know a huge amount about using technolog…

Google’s Nexus7- the iPad killer?

Google’s Nexus7- the iPad killer?

…Android aficionado, so take that with a grain of salt. I will have a more blog posts upcoming about ways I am utilizing the N7 in my counseling program, articles about my favorite apps, and other featurettes about my new toy, so stay tuned. Below are some photos of my device, a video showing some of the features hands-on, and the exact specifications from Google.   Purchase a Nexus 7 in the Google Play Store More Info: https://www.google.com/nexu…

2014-2015 Counseling Geek Financial Year In Review

2014-2015 Counseling Geek Financial Year In Review

…ellow Geek. As promised last year when I started loosely “monetizing” this blog with affiliate ads from Amazon, I want to provide a brief yearly review of the ins and outs of The Counseling Geek. This analysis will be from July 1, 2014 to May 6th, 2015 (not because that is a year but this is when I have time to write it up). What’s going out? The table below will show you the operating expenses (minus any personal gifts to things like #SC|CS15) of…

School Counseling Techonlogy Series: Using Google Docs Form for Surveys

School Counseling Techonlogy Series: Using Google Docs Form for Surveys

…s tutorial (especially if you are unfamiliar with Google Docs). This video blog’s main focus is to teach you about using the “Go To” feature of the forms. A simple survey is easily created using the basic functions to add the different types of questions and spit out the results – but what if you want to differentiate the questions based on how a stakeholder answers? That is what I hope to cover in this video. Granted, I cannot cover every step an…

Professional Development: Coursera — Courses for Everyone

Professional Development: Coursera — Courses for Everyone

Power-Up your Pro-D This week’s entry will be a video blog help you learn how to utilize, navigate, and maximize your learning through Coursera.org. Coursera is an online learning community that collaborates with top Universities like Stanford and Princeton to bring high quality college level courses to users around the world — for FREE. You can access courses from Finance to Computer Science and Social Network Analysis all from the comfort of ho…