THE ANYWHERE SCHOOL IS BACK
The Anywhere School 2022 is happening on June 7th. Be the first to learn about the latest products and features, and hear ideas for enhancing the learning experience in your own schools and communities.
There are two sessions to meet the needs of their global audience. The content is the same.
North America & EMEA:
June 7, 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 6pm BST, 7pm CET, 8pm EET)
Australia & New Zealand:
June 8, 10am AEST (12pm NZST)
Wakelet Community Week 2022
Here you'll be able to discover all of the awesome surprises that await you, as you step into a week filled with movie magic, wonderful PD opportunities, sensational sessions and keynotes, and much more!
Kahoot! EDU Summit 2022
Join us on June 14th and 15th at 9:00am PDT for our FREE virtual PD event where you will learn all about the latest interactive teaching tools and how other educational leaders and technology specialists are preparing for the upcoming school year!
Wrap Up School Year & SUMMER FUN
10 ONLINE SUMMER CAMPS FULL OF CREATIVITY AND FUN
HOW TO CELEBRATE EVERY DAY OF SUMMER
Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert Program Nominations Open Until July 7
Are you an educator striving to find new ways to engage your students? If you’d like to connect with a global, professional learning community of other educators just like yourself who are constantly pushing the boundaries of what a classroom looks and feels like, we would love to have you as a part of our Microsoft Innovative Expert community!
Get more information and apply here.
Apply or Nominate an Educator for TED-Ed Educator Talks by June 20
Announcing a new program, TED-Ed Educator Talks, where educators are asked to apply and submit their big idea in education.
See more information and the application is now open until Monday, June 20.
IDEAcon Call for Proposals Due August 29
IDEAcon 2023 Call for Proposals is now OPEN! We hope you will consider joining us either in-person or virtually for what promises to be another amazing IDEAcon.
Texas Library Association 2023 Call for Presentations Due June 20
FETC 2023 CALL FOR PRESENTERS DUE June 30 and REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Submit your proposal here by June 30!
FETC invites education technology professionals representing all levels, content areas and specialties, as well as industry leaders and technology experts, to submit an application to present at the 2023 Future of Education Technology Conference. Share your best edtech integration ideas, best practices, effective pedagogies and leadership methodologies at the classroom, school, district or state level!
Training to Becoming Microsoft Innovator Educator (MIE) Certified
Join IDEA for an 8-part webinar series to help prepare you for becoming MIE certified. Each webinar has its own registration. We welcome you to join all 8 webinars, but you are not required to attend all to attend one.
4 Sessions Left
June 1 | Session 5: Using Microsoft Teams with Staff
June 8 | Session 6: Why We Keep Choosing Surface
June 15 | Session 7: STEM and Future Ready Skills
June 22 | Session 8: Using Windows in Schools
SYNC Returns with 16 Weeks of Free YA Audiobooks
Zoom Update
When an attendee registers for an event, the join link will no longer be displayed on the confirmation page in their web browser. Attendees will find the join link in the email confirmation sent to them as usual. This change will help prevent attackers from obtaining a registration link using an email address they do not control personally and limit unwanted guests from joining meetings or webinars.
ISTE Certification Informational Webinars
Do you have some questions about ISTE Certification for Educators that you wish a human would answer? Here’s your solution … plus a couple of special deals from ISTE!
Attend one of the 30-minute info sessions with Certification Director Carmalita Seitz for real talk, and real answers to your certification questions.
Choose from these upcoming dates and times:
- Tuesday, June 7, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
- Thursday, July 21, 2022, 3:00 PM ET
- Monday, August 29, 2022, 10:00 AM EDT
- Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:00 PM ET
- Wednesday, October 19, 2022 9:30 AM ET
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022 3:00 PM ET
- Monday, December 12, 2022 4:30 PM ET
For more information and to sign up, click here!
TCEA TECH BLOG GOODIES
AP RESOURCES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING
HOW TO ENCOURAGE DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY
WHAT YOUR TECH DIRECTOR WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT CYBERSECURITY
28 FREE QR CODE READ ALOUD CARDS– IN SPANISH!
HOW TO SEARCH TWITTER FOR ANYTHING
RECHARGE YOUR POETRY UNIT WITH A FLIPHUNT
Educators Can Get Office 365 for FREE
A Couple More Google Updates
To Stay Updated, Watch ALL Here or EDU in 90: The Latest, May 2022
DRIVE FILES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WILL BE REPLACED WITH SHORTCUTS
Starting on June 27, 2022 and in the weeks thereafter, we will be replacing multiple-location Drive files with shortcuts. Any impacted users in your Google Workspace domain will start seeing an in-product notification banner about two weeks before the replacement starts. The banner will notify them about the change and will point them to a support article with more info.
SEARCH HISTORY CHANGES
Starting June 14, 2022 we’ll introduce a Google Workspace search history setting on the My Activity page. It will control search data storage from core Google services. At the same time, we’ll remove the Web & App Activity setting located in the Admin console.
Existing and new Google Workspace for Education users under 18 will have Google Workspace search history OFF by default. This is a change from our prior email. However, users can turn the setting ON if they choose to do so.
Separately, any user marked under the age of 18 by their admin will have Web & App Activity disabled from their account and will be unable to turn it on.
Dr. Desiree Alexander, Educator Alexander Consulting
Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC and the Deputy Director for the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences globally.
Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1. She is certified in Texas as a Principal, in English Language Arts and Reading for grades 4-8 and grades 8-12, as a Reading Specialist for grades EC-12, and as a School Librarian. She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Apple Teacher, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer and Expert.
She holds a Bachelor, a Master + 30, and an Education Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Louisiana State University, a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University and a Master of Educational Leadership with a concentration in Educational Technology Leadership from Nicholls State University. She also holds a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in Educational Leadership from Lamar University.
She is a 2022 & 2021 Texas Computer Education Association Featured Thought Leader, 2020 International Society for Technology in Education Featured Voice, 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference Featured Presenter, 2019 Customer Commitment Award Honoree from Better Business Bureau's Torch Awards for Ethics, a 2019 Shreveport National Pan-Hellenic Council Mover and Shaker, a 2017 Young Professional Initiative 40 Under 40 Awards Honoree, 2017 Center for Digital Education Top 30 Technologists, Transformers & Trailblazers, 2017 PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator for Louisiana, 2016 Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana Member of the Year, 2015 Librarian of the Year for Louisiana Librarian Association, 2015 Campus Teacher of the Year in the Zachary Community School District and 2014 Leader of the Year for Region 2 Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators.
Learn more at www.educatoralexander.com.
Email: educatoralexander@gmail.com
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Phone: 318-759-7591
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