ESC 18 - Taco Tech Tuesday

What better time of year to make read-alouds immersive by bringing in interactive music and sound effects? Novel Effects works through an app that follows along as the grandparent/parent/teacher reads a book and synchronizes interactive music and sound effects to make reading a truly immersive experience. Make stories scarier, funnier, and more entertaining by bringing in outside sounds synced to your reading. Here is an example of an immersive experience. To learn more about Novel Effect click here.

What better time of year than to capitalize on the popularity of Halloween and Stranger Things? This text generator created by Nelson Cash, is completely focused on taking your text entry and making it into a shareable image depicting the Stranger Things motif. Type in your text and generate your own customized logo/picture. To utilize this text generator click here.

Looking for a fun and easy way to bring tech and Halloween together? Generated by Eric Curts, this fun, and educational Google Slides activity is a great way for students to be creative and to work on writing skills by describing the Jack-O-Lantern they build with shapes and/or drawings of their own. To learn more and to download the google slide template click here.

Here is a great resource provided by TCEA for fall classroom activities, which if you haven't signed up is having its yearly conference from January 30th thru February 2nd in San Antonio. See more below! This resource has tons of activities, breakout rooms, sound mixers, and ideas to use during this spooky time. To learn more click here.

As the largest nonprofit ed tech association in the United States, we’ve been working with educators and legislators for over 40 years to eliminate the barriers in education.

We’re dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the use of technology, because we want to make learning possible for every student. How? Through a combination of advocacy, professional learning, and community offered through TCEA membership.

Everyone who attends a TCEA event gets a TCEA membership with their registration. The best part? Membership renews for free each year. (Yeah. We seriously want every educator to enjoy the benefits of TCEA, so membership is free– forever.)

Attendees come back to this conference year after year. Because they know they can expect to hear speakers who inspire, gather a ton of useful resources and strategies, meet vendors who will introduce them to possibilities and solutions, and have plenty of time to connect with other amazing educators.

TCEA provides a transformative experience you won’t forget. Come join us in San Antonio.

To learn more and to register click here.

The annual international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis (otherwise known as SC22) will be held in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in November this year.

• Teacher the Teacher – A hands-on symposium for middle school and high school teachers will learn how to incorporate cybersecurity and data science into the high school curriculum will occur Saturday, November 12. There is not cost for the event and lunch will be provided. Additionally continuing education credit will be awarded to participants. You can learn more & register at https://sc22.supercomputing.org/teach-the-teacher/
• Student Tours offer opportunities for middle school and high school students to see high-performance computer systems in action! Dallas area student groups are invited to attend talks and get a guided tour of the SC exhibit hall. The event is planned for the afternoon of Wednesday, November 16. Learn more and register at https://sc22.supercomputing.org/studentssc/student-tours/

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

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