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Weekly Tech Tips 31 January 2021

 Dear Friends!


I hope everyone is doing well.


Weekly Tech Tips


It's too bad no one was able to try out parlay ideas at parlayideas.com, 

https://go.parlayideas.com?invite_code=hFpd%24fjWM.  They have an extensive section on professional development that makes it fun and easy for staff to participate either synchronously or asynchronously.


Speaking of professional development I see there's been a lot of sharing going on and that's great. I myself am taking some edX courses and I believe I've already mentioned that I took a great course earlier last year at Coursera called Learning How to Think. 


Speaking of edX and online courses, the class that I'm taking looks a lot like videos followed by questions. Which is a lot like Edpuzzle. I got good news. I was able to get our school a pro license via the Google teacher trainer network. So if you already have an account and you've listed your school as GSIS you should notice that your account's been upgraded to Pro. If you don't have an account and you sign up for one and you type in GSIS as your school you should see that you have a pro account. 

This is one of the many perks that you get when you become a Google Teacher Trainer. In order to become a teacher trainer you have to first get Google Certified Educator level 1 and level 2.


Speaking of Google Certified Educator Level 1 and level 2, I promised that I would start doing workshops in the first month of the new year. I have been a little bit confused about how many people are allowed to be in a single room though. I'm not sure if it's 4 or 10 or what so I've kind of been waiting. I will probably continue to wait until after the new lunar year when I will definitely start planning the sessions more concretely. Thank you for your patience. I promise I'll get to that in February. 


That's it for this week. Tech Tips will be back in a couple of weeks after the break. Enjoy your holidays and Happy New Year again. 


Scott

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