What I Learned at GaETC 2014

This Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I am attending the Georgia Educational Technology Conference.  I love meeting with colleagues and exchanging ideas about our profession.  I will be updating this post throughout the conference with quick points and nuggets for all educators.  I will try to link to the presenter (using his/her Twitter handle) when possible.  Also, early next week look for a post about the value of technology conferences for educators.




What I Learned


  1. Drop a student's writing into Tagxedo to see the words that the student overuses (@thenerdyteacher)
  2. Every child (even high schoolers) likes to write picture storybooks with Storybird (@thenerdyteacher)
  3. Coding with Code.org is fun!  I bet kids would like it too (Cindy Smith and Tanya Cheeves, Forsyth County Schools)
  4. Live life in Beta (@adambellow)
  5. Offer self-directed PD over the summer for teachers (Carrie Siegmund and Clint Winter Clarke County Schools)
  6. Even more effective Google searching (@tammyworcester) 

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