Fabulous Feedback from a Fun-filled Day of Presenting!

I have to say that when Angie Kalthoff and I first started presenting I was so nervous about so many things. But now I LOVE it! Every time I present my love for technology in teaching gets recharged! And I really do learn so much from giving the presentations, they are a passion of mine and I feel so blessed to be able to do them! If you, your grade level, school or district is interested in having myself and/or The Techie Teachers come present to you please just fill out the contact me form below or leave a comment on the blog! Together with Angie I have presented in a variety of ways at multiple school districts, TIES conferences, trainings through Resource Solutions and to different small focus groups. We can tailor the presentation to meet your needs and we work with participants even after our sessions to ensure continued technology in teaching success! But you don't have to take my word for it, here is what some of the participants had to say from my Best Literacy Apps for K-2 Classrooms session yesterday:

'I appreciate the enthusiasm that you bring to teaching us! I imagine it is just as evident with your students. Thank you for sharing your learning and exploration with us. I love that you are so knowledgeable in all things techy, and are so helpful in explaining the usefulness of each app. It helps to jump in when there is a direction to go! It is also nice that you build in time to explore. Thanks for all your work in putting your presentation together...and sharing with us.'

'Great job, Sara! It was nice to have time to explore. It is beneficial to hear your thoughts and opinions about the apps. Thank you for being willing to help us out and answer questions.'

'As a kindergarten teacher myself, you are so in touch with what I need in my classroom. I plan to focus on the sight word apps in my classroom.'

Here is what some participants of Assessing with Your iPad had to say:

'Very good training despite being an iPad newbie!'

'I really liked how you used real life experiences/ how you used it in your classroom when explaining the app and not just telling us about the app.'

Thank you again to all who attended! I hope you found some great tools to help you increase your technology in teaching today!

Thanks isd742 Choices Day!

Thank you to everyone who joined me today for my two sessions, Best Literacy Apps for K-2 Classrooms and Assessing with your iPad! I had a fantastic time and I truly hope you did too! So many great learning and technology in teaching excitement filled moments happening, but as always one of the favorite highlights of our sessions are when the teachers get the chance to take home an app code or 2 to start integrating some amazing apps into their teaching!

A very special thanks to the fabulous developers listed below for their great products and willingness to inspire so many teachers and students with their apps! If you received an app code today make sure to find them on Twitter or email to give them a shout out and provide feedback on their apps! The video that Angie Kalthoff (@mrskalthoff) made about how to redeem your code is below!

If you are looking for the link to the Google Presentations that I created check out the isd742 Choices Day presentation here!

Thanks again to all the participants! Please let me know if I can help you in any way!

HUGE Thanks to:
Futaba @inkids
Levelbook
Writing Wizard, Word Wizard, Montessori Crosswords and Montessori Math @lescapadou
Stick Pick @StickPickApp
Teach Me K,1,2,3, &Math @24x7digital
Confer @conferapp 

Choices Day isd742 Presentations

Hello isd742 educators! Welcome to my blog and to my presentations for Choices Day 2015. I truly hope you find the information helpful on your journey to integrating technology into your teaching! Always remember that I'm happy to help however I can! Don't forget to follow me on Twitter @teachernorman and follow the blog here too! Just click on the title of the presentation below to find it easily. Come back to reference it whenever you need to or share with coteachers. Just please don't take any of my material and claim it as your own. I drank a lot of coffee, stayed up way to late, and worked very hard on this so always give props wherever props are due and reference back to this page or me if using any of the materials I created! Thanks!
And if you were at either session I'd love to hear from you in the comments section here what you thought, any tools I should add or any apps that you have a ? about or love! I learn so much from each time I present and I love that!


Assessing with Your iPad



  Best Literacy Apps for K-2 Classrooms




My top literacy apps for K-2 classrooms