New Trick Technology: Blogging | Iowa Family and Consumer Sciences Educators Conference 2014

Thanks for joining me for New Trick Technology: Blogging at the Iowa Association for Family and Consumer Sciences Educators (IFCSE) Conference. If you are new to my blog because of the conference, welcome! If you could not make it to the session but are learning new things because of the blog, thanks for visiting!

I am blessed to teach in block scheduling with 85-minute blocks. The 60-minute session is the equivalent of a early dismissal, which means I will probably talk much faster than a good teacher should. This post will serve as an outline for New Trick Technology. I am a chronic over-planner and will not get to everything in my session, so keep posted in-depth blog explanations. You can contact me with questions and clarifications using the links on my personal landing page.

• Ask questions during the session on Today’s Meet
• http://todaysmeet.com/NewTrick
• The “Room” will be open for one week
• Instructional Technology Graduate Program at the University of Northern Iowa
• Activities from our summer class, Digital and Social Media in Education
• Digiciti, a Digital Citizenship curriculum developed as my final project for DSM Ed
• Which site is right? Why I choose to use Blogger
• Ease of use
• Google application capabilities
• Cell phone capabilities
• Popularity
• How I use my blog
• Special education teachers
• Students
• Parents
• Other FaCS professionals
• Personal reference
• How to use a blog if you hate blogging
• Student drop box Google form
• Integrate Google docs for outlines
• QR Code example