ESC 18 - Taco Tech Tuesday

Here are all my favorite things you need to try as school starts around our region. Good luck and have a great 22-23 school year!

It's the first day of school or the beginning of a new unit and you have a syllabus, websites, forms, surveys, documents and more that you wish you could share easily with your class AND have it all in ONE place. If you haven't used Wakelet, it's time to try it out. Wakelet is like a one stop shop to house all sorts of documents. Save, organize and share content from across the web with Wakelet. Save articles, videos, images, Tweets and more, organize them into stunning collections, and share them with your class, parents, or staff. To learn more click here.

One of my favorite tools for new teachers or for introducing at the beginning of school is Classroomscreen. Easy to use, tons of features, and all made directly to classroom teachers to make their lives easier. Need a timer, need a random student generator, what about a 12-sided dice, conversation cue cards, a stoplight, a webcam display, play a video, or even a QR code generator all built into one application you can display with whatever beautiful background you want by using one of the premade ones in the program or uploading your own. Start using Classroomscreen today by clicking here. You'll wish you knew about it sooner.

I love Wheel of Names. What's more fun than watching our name or topics spin around a colorful wheel that you can completely edit the colors, fonts, and settings? Add music, add confetti, and add a message to the winning selection. You can even share your creation with others with a link and have them utilize it for class projects or assignments. Celebrate students, randomly question students, and pick the prize that week, or the assignment. The possibilities are endless. Start using Wheel of Names by clicking here.

What's better than starting your school year off with a clean slate? Computer wise that is. Click and clean is a simple and easy-to-use chrome extension that can clean up your URLs, Cache, Cookies, Download, and Browsing History Better yet it does it all instantly, with just 1-click of the Click&Clean button! Start the year off with a clean computer, with more free space and less clutter.

To learn more click here.

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.