Teach Parents Tech by Google!

As a Google Certified Teacher, I couldn't be more excited! Google has just launched a new site, Teach Parents Tech. The purpose of the site is to explain, in layman's terms, how to do many comon tasks, like how to copy & paste, resize a picture, and how to crop pictures. This site is host to over 50 videos, most of which are an average of 40 seconds long. I have watched every single one of these informational videos and have come to the conclusion that they are NOT just for parents. As a matter of fact, I am a parent of three children myself and probably know way more than they do! (Of course, tech is my life...but that's another story). The videos are short and to the point. They cover topics from How To Make A Blog to How To View Live Traffic. When you visit the site, you will be able to send an email to someone, attaching the relevant videos. You can also just watch the videos on YouTube's Teach Parents Tech. There are 51 videos, and each one is narrated by a "young person" explaining in very clear terms how to perform different tasks. Enjoy!

I'm An Author (Sort Of)

For the past two years, I have been collaborating on a book on Google Tools in the Classroom to be published by ISTE. Authors James Lerman and Ronique Hicks collaborated with eight other Google Certified Teachers (I'm one of them) to produce a book that shows how free Google Applications can be used to transform teaching. Retool Your School will be available in late spring/early summer. There are more than 40 lesson plans spanning elementary school through high school that show teachers how to use FREE Google tools like Sites, Blogger, and Documents to create interactive, collaborative lessons for the classroom. I am so proud to be a part of this book, and to be able to say "I'm published!"