Things I Learned about Presenting while at TCEA

Despite my natural introverted-ness, I enjoy presenting.  Attending conferences like TCEA allows me to learn from some of the best presenters out there.  Here are some lessons I gleaned from TCEA 2018: Always show up.  This may seem to be a no-brainer, but both of my sessions happened to be timed at inopportune moments this … Read more

More News from TCEA 2018

I don’t want to overwhelm you with all of my take-aways from TCEA 2018 so far, so I thought I would give you a few new tools I’ve learned about with brief summaries and links to the presentations.   I am really cherry-picking from the plethora of resources I took notes on, so definitely click on … Read more

Pear Deck

Hello everyone – reporting to you from TCEA 2018 in Austin, Texas!  My partner in crime, Angelique Lackey, and I arrived yesterday just in time to attend a session on Pear Deck in the morning.  JP Hale was the presenter, and he did a great job showing us the multiple uses of this tool as … Read more

TCEA 2018

I am excited to attend TCEA 2018 next week in Austin.  I will be co-presenting with my partner in crime, Angelique Lackey, who is our awesome librarian.  The session is on Tuesday, February 6, at 2 PM.  It is called, “Design Thinking – 10 Supercharged TEKS Based Lessons.”  I will also be doing a presentation … Read more

Visit Me at TCEA 2017!

This week, I will be at TCEA in Austin with my fabulous colleague, Angelique Lackey.  We will be presenting together on Tuesday.  Our session is called, “10 Sure-Fire Ways to Light Up Your Curriculum.”  The hour-long session starts at 1:15 in Room 19B.  It is about using the Project Ignite website to introduce your students … Read more

#TCEA16

For the next few days I will be attending TCEA in Austin, one of my favorite annual conferences.  I may add some sporadic blog notes, but stay tuned next week for detailed highlights!