ESC 18 - Taco Tech Tuesday

We are always looking for new ways to help students learn, study, transfer ideas, and thoughts, or just ways to stimulate learning. GoConqr is a great new resource that can help students and teachers with a multitude of different resources. Teachers can create a location for mind maps, quizzes, flashcards, flow charts, notes, and even slides. Or students can navigate the already available 25 million resources housed in GoConqr to have a better digital learning experience. To learn more or to start using GoConqr click here.

I've shared Canva before but it is such an awesome tool I felt I needed to share it again. What's great about Canva is the multitude of things you can create from flyers, to designs to now even Presentations! If you are tired of the same old Google Slides and Powerpoints you have to try Canva, clean images, clean transitions, and animations and now you can even present which shares a URL with your students or even cooler, record yourself as you present which places you as a small bubble in the lower corner as you navigate your presentation. All in a one stop shop for just about anything you want to create. And what's best is it's free for Educators as they have Canva built for Teachers with all the premium content available! To learn more or to start using Canva click here.

This nifty extension in Chrome utilizes your classes that are already set up in Google Classroom. Great way to easily and quickly choose random students for questions, prizes, and more. Student images can be disabled and if no image is present a robot stands in its place. To learn more or to start using the Random Student Generator click here.

Please visit and look at all the great professional development opportunities we are hosting in the summer. Please visit our catalog of sessions here.

This year, ISTELive 22 will be a hybrid event featuring powerful voices and offering a treasure trove of content and resources for attendees in New Orleans and those attending virtually around the world. It’s where educators and education leaders gather to engage in hands-on learning, share best practices and hear from the brightest minds from the world of education and beyond. Learn more about the conference or register 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.