ESC 18 - Taco Tech Tuesday

Doozy is a great free and easy way to make your classroom more interactive. You can easily make games, quizzes, reviews and more and what is awesome is any user who accesses the quiz or game do not have to sign in, join or pay for access, or go through any hoops. Just enter a pin and go. Play a quiz, start some icebreakers or launch a drawing challenge. It's never been easier to connect with your team. We have a growing library of fun team building activities to get started with. To learn more about Doozy click here.

Looking for another way for your students to create and make presentations for projects or assignments? Infogram is a great resource to complement your classroom and utilize another application that is fresh and not a google app. Making google slides and docs is great but it gets redundant. Infogram allows you to create engaging infographics and reports in minutes. Infogram is an intuitive visualization tool that empowers people and teams to create beautiful content. To learn more click here.

OpenDyslexic is an open-source type font that was created to help alleviate some of the common issues most fonts have for dyslexic readers. Developed from users who suffer from Dyslexia and through research, OpenDyslexic letters have heavy weighted bottoms to indicate direction. You are able to quickly figure out which part of the letter is down which aids in recognizing the correct letter, and sometimes helps to keep your brain from rotating them around. Consistently weighted bottoms can also help reinforce the line of text. The unique shapes of each letter can help prevent confusion through flipping and swapping. To learn more and to download the font for use click here.

We all know the person at school or work who tries to show you something on their computer only to sift through what seems like hundreds of open tabs. Toomanytabs chrome extension was designed to alleviate the sea of tabs problem. People who live in a mountain of tabs keep them open for fear of losing the site or information they found and bookmarking them just makes a cluster of bookmarks. Toomany tabs allow the user to sort, group, and suspend, not close the tabs, and they can be reopened easily and quickly with a tap of a button. To learn more and see if Toomanytabs is for you click here.

The Future of Education Conference is being held in Orlando, Florida January 25-28, 2022. FETC is designed to discover new solutions to enhance the teaching and learning process, cool tools to improve student outcomes, ways to fit new technology into any role, and for people to share their aspirations for what education can be. Click here to learn more and to register.

The 2022 TCEA Convention & Exposition puts you up-close with the best practices in teaching and learning, as well as strategies for technology integration, implementation, and management that align with your learning goals. You’ll also uncover inventive ways to nurture student voice, develop social-emotional learning, and create good digital citizens.

February 7-10, 2022

Dallas, Texas

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Blended Learning is a hot topic, and most districts claim to be utilizing it since COVID, but did you know actual Blended Learning processes rarely get utilized in the COVID virtual or in-person classrooms!?! Learn what Blended Learning actually looks like in the classroom and how to utilize it in your school/district. Blended Learning Made Easy sessions are given throughout the year, please see our PD calendar for info or see our more intensive Blended Learning Package below. Please contact me if you are interested or want to learn more! cenriquez@esc18.net

Google Educator Certification Training or Google Suite training is available. Google Certification ensures teachers are well based and take full advantage of the wide-spread capabilities that the Google Suite offers to make teaching and learning more tech-friendly, accessible, and efficient.

We also offer training in Google Suite applications like Gmail, Drive, Slides, Calendar, and others to increase your staff/campus productivity. Feel free to contact me to learn more. cenriquez@esc18.net

Remember to submit a Technology Help Desk ticket for any technology needs or services. Email Technology at help@edlink18.net or call the Help Desk at (432)-561-4321.

Director of Instructional Technology and Analytics

Email: cenriquez@esc18.net
Location: 2811 La Force Blvd, Midland, TX 79706, USA
Phone: (432)- 567-3249

Chief Technology Officer

Email: critchie@esc18.net
Location: 2811 La Force Boulevard, Midland, TX, USA
Phone: (432)-567-3250

Click on the image below to learn more about becoming certified as a Google Educator Certification Level 1 and Level 2.