Carter's Adventures in Educational Technology

3 Days of Learning Know Your Impact is a 3-day conference my school district holds in June. Each day has a different focus, classroom culture, innovative teaching practices, and social/emotional well being. I was thoroughly exhausted after the conference this year! Last year I only informed the teachers about registration then helped set up since I was a member of the information committee and once it started I was able to attend the sessions. This year my new position was part of the team that was running the whole shebang.  Early in October, we started contacting vendors for the expo, (it's a good thing they were all still calling me after ISTE!) I was to find 4 commercial and 4 local vendors. Next came finding teachers to present. Some were highly encouraged to present since they participated in our Google training for the Level 1 Certified Educator. Others I had to convince that they had something awesome to share with other teachers. (I think they kn...

It's 8:45 on a Thursday night and once again I'm sitting at the ball field wrapped in a sleeping bag splitting my attention between my Chromebook and the game. This is a regular occurrence for me, Monday a week ago I was in this same sleeping bag at another game with my earbuds in attending my online class and watching the game. Saturday the weather was warmer so I earned a sunburn as I worked on my discussion post responses at an all day baseball tournament (we came in second place).  Two nights ago I was in a band booster meeting that was during my class time as well, so I had one earbud in participating in class and voting in the meeting. This Saturday you will find me back at the ball field for another all day tournament as long as we keep winning. It's a good thing we have a mobile hot-spot! (Update - it was only one game and we won!) Its been a challenge to ensure that I give my classes the time they deserve while also spending time with the family. So far I've ...