Nisha AdamsNisha Adams is a sixth grade social studies teacher at Lindley Sixth Grade Academy. In her career of teaching, she has noticed how engaged her students have been with participating in hands-on learning activities with the use of technology. She has also experienced great learning gains from her students based on the consistent use of Lumio in her classroom. She looks forward to sharing her successes and acquired knowledge with other teachers so they are better prepared to engage their students throughout the learning process.
Tips & Tricks with Lumio
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Todd AndersonTodd Anderson has taught Engineering for 28 years and currently teaches at Smitha Middle School. Mr. Anderson utilizes Parametric Modeling and 3-D printing technology. In addition to his Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Mr. Anderson has acquired his MIE and Project Lead The Way certifications.
Creating Modules in CTLS for Classroom Instruction
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Jaclyn BonsecourJaclyn Bonsecour has been teaching middle school math for 16 years and has taught in Cobb for the last 8 years. She received her Master's in math education a Specialist degree in Instructional Technology. She has a passion for teaching middle grades but would like to become a Cobb Instructional Technologist at some point in her career. She wants to give teachers more ways to incorporate technology into their everyday lessons.
Digital Choice Boards in the Classroom
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Justin CleckleyJustin Cleckley is a recently graduated senior from Hillgrove High School. In the past year, he founded Hillgrove’s Coding Hawks programming honor society. He is a student leader heavily involved in academic and service clubs, but his most significant involvement has been in the music program as the Tri-M Vice President, section leader, first chair, and honor band saxophonist. He has received recent recognition as a Georgia Scholar, Cobb Foundations Scholar, Amazon Future Engineer, and Blacks at Microsoft award recipient. In August, he will attend Georgia Tech on a full-ride as a Gold Scholar, majoring in Computer Science.
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Timeka ClineDr. Timeka L. Cline, also known as Dr. TLC and has been honored to be the Proud PrinciPAL at Bryant Elementary School for the last five years. Join her for a session about how to build positive school climate by engaging families through various communication methods.
Building Positive Culture through Parent Engagement
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Ansley DanielAnsley is the principal of Lost Mountain Middle School and has worked in the Cobb County School District for 20 years. She recently led Simpson Middle School through the CCSD STEAM certification process. As a result of the STEAM certification process, Simpson had a significant jump in test scores, overall collaboration, instructional planning, use of creativity and technology, and inter-disciplinary unit planning which helped the school excel in both the academic and Connections classrooms.
Thinking Outside the Box to Help All Students be Successful Through STE"A"M Instruction: How to Lead Your Staff Successfully Through the CCSD STEAM Certification Process
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Courtney DanielsCourtney Daniels teaches 6th grade math at Lindley Sixth Grade Academy. She has been with Cobb County Schools for 10 years. She is a technology-driven educator and passionate about technology integration in the classroom. As a "techie" teacher leader, she is excited to share her experience, skills and ideas with the Cobb school community.
Liven Up Vocabulary with Lumio
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Ann DauAnn has worked for the Cobb County School District for 20 years. She has taught various science classes at South Cobb, Harrison and Allatoona High Schools during her time in the Cobb County School District. Ann primarily teaches Biology (co-taught, on-level, honors and AP). She has served as a AP Biology reader for the past 5 years and is currently pursing her Ed.S. from Berry College in Curriculum & Instruction.
Engaging with Nearpod (both inside and outside the classroom)
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Sheri DennardSheri Dennard is completing her 32nd year of teaching in Cobb County. She has taught 8th grade math and high school credit math at Floyd for 13 years and the last 19 years at Dodgen Middle. She has been married for 34 years (June 11) and has two wonderful daughters, Krissy (25) and Katie (22).
Creating an Interactive Lumio
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Megan Eubanks & Susan LewisMegan is the technology teacher at Hayes Elementary. This is her 20th year of teaching, 15 of which have been in Cobb. She has a Master's in Instructional Technology from the University of West Georgia and is currently working on her Specialist degree. Her and her husband are both Cobb graduates and they have two children that attend Hayes and Kennesaw Mountain.
Don't Be Puzzled by Edpuzzle!
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Anita Foster & Leslie KeithAnita Foster has been a TTIS and Librarian in the district for the past 15 years. She has been the Librarian Media Specialist at Awtrey Middle School for the past 12 years. Anita was the 2016 Cobb County Media Specialist of the Year and Awtrey CLC (Collaborative Learning Center) was named 2020's Exemplary Library Media Program for Middle School in the state of Georgia. Anita loves to collaborate with her teachers and create resources for them.
Creating Educational Posters to Engage Student Learning
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Janice GatewoodJanice is currently serving as a Computer Science & Business teacher at Hillgrove High School. She has had the pleasure of teaching K-12 students for over 20 years. Her passion focuses on building high engagement, both with teachers and K-12 learners. As an innovative instructor, she strives to integrate problem and game-based activities and gamification into daily teaching practices with students. She believes that if she has fun teaching, they will have fun learning!
Gimkit 2.0: Gameplay to Empower & Engage
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McKenzie GayMcKenzie is the 3rd-5th grade Mild Intellectual Disabilities (MID) teacher for Lewis Elementary School. During the past 9 years in this role, she has worked with students with disabilities ranging from Autism Spectrum to Emotional/Behavioral Disorders. She is a product of Cobb County Schools, graduating from Harrison High School in 2009. Her and her husband have two preschool aged sons and love all things sports.
Beyond Running Records: Fluency and Reading Progress for Students with Disabilities
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Charity GraubergerCharity has taught for four years at Lindley Sixth Grade Academy with 31 years of experience in public education. Twenty-seven of those years were in Colorado where she taught AP Literature and Composition, along with 9th grade English.
Design Thinking in the ELA Classroom
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Kelly HealyKelly is the computer lab teacher at Eastvalley Elementary. She has been teaching in the computer lab for 10 years, but has over 20 years of teaching experience in Cobb. She has a Master's in Instructional Technology from KSU and loves learning about new tech tools. In her spare time she enjoys reading, traveling, and relaxing at the beach.
Break the Language Barrier with Microsoft Translator
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Molly HensonMolly Henson is a fourth grade teacher at Davis Elementary and has been teaching for 16 years. She loves helping students explore new technologies and broaden their digital knowledge in a fun, engaging way.
Flipping for Flipgrid!
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Daphne HernandezDaphne is a Spanish teacher at South Cobb High School. She has a Master's degree in Instructional Technology, media, and design. Throughout her career she has actively sought opportunities to integrate technology to engage students, enhance learning, and facilitate assessment.
The 5 E's in the Digital Age Classroom: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate.
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Monica HodgesMonica Hodges is a lifelong learner who is the gifted specialist at Blackwell Elementary School. She enjoys learning and implementing new tools and strategies that will engage students.
The 4 Cs of OneNote
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Trinna JohnsonTrinna Johnson is a 6th grade science teacher at Campbell Middle School who is passionate about how technology can assist students in reaching their full potential in the classroom. She has been in education for more than 30 years and loves learning from colleagues and students.
Book It!
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Lucy LambLucy is a teacher at Hardaway High School in Columbus, GA. She works with other teachers to suggest and implement digital learning strategies, tech tools, and pedagogical practices for technology integration. She also works with teachers on ways to utilize Canvas and Google Workspace tools in their digital and in-person classrooms. Education technology is her passion and loves to share it with others.
Tech Tools for Timely and Personalized Feedback
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Bridgett Marshall & Jennifer SmithBridgett is a 2nd grade teacher at Bells Ferry Elementary. She is certified in Early Childhood, Special Education, Technology Education, and Library Media. She enjoys connecting with other teachers.
Jennifer is a 2nd grade teacher at Nicholson Elementary. She is certified in Early Childhood Education, has gifted and science endorsements and is working on her specialist degree in Instructional Technology. She loves using edtech tools in the classroom to make learning more engaging and meaningful for students.
Taking the Mystery Out of Making Global Connections
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Ethan MunjiEthan Munji is a recently graduated senior from Hillgrove High School. In the past year, he was the president of both Science National Honor Society and Tri-Music National Honor Society. As the Fine Arts Departmental Award recipient, He is well known at Hillgrove for his position as a musician, school news anchor, and spirit leader. Recently, the Hillgrove Symphony traveled to Carnegie Hall in NYC, where he sat as assistant concertmaster. In August, he will attend Georgia State University on a full-ride Presidential Scholarship, majoring in Computer Science and Information Systems.
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Michele MizzellMichele Mizzell is the Communications Specialist for the CCSD, in charge of training all Admins on the CTLS Platform and all attendance clerks on the CTLS Attendance feature. She started for CCSD in 1998 as a Parapro at Sedalia Park ES, then was the attendance discipline clerk for North Cobb HS. From there she went from the Secretary that opened Barber MS, to the Secretary for the Communications Department to her current role that she has had since 2014.
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Marcia Moore & Chelsie HarveyMarcia is currently the STEAM lab teacher at LaBelle Elementary. She has taught in Cobb County for 29 years and 35 years overall. She loves finding ways to integrate technology in lessons that will enhance the earning process and engage the students.
Ramp Up Your Lessons With Minecraft and FlipGrid
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Malissa OceanMalissa is a Parent Engagement Academic Coach at City View Elementary School. She enjoys showing parents how to integrate technology into student learning at home. While in the classroom, she implemented technology into learning and created cooperative and independent learning activities that engaged all students. She loves supporting teachers by finding new ways to integrate technology and create engaging lessons into today’s classrooms.
Increasing Engagement with Digital Whiteboards in a Literacy Classroom
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Robin Poulos & Tracey HomerRobin Poulos a fifth-grade teacher at Pitner Elementary who loves technology and having a co-taught classroom. She's been teaching in Cobb County for 19 years and loves almost all things "techie."
How Lumio Can Help to Simplify Your Teaching
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Chervonta "Taye" Pugh“Taye” Pugh is a proud Tapp Tiger and Teacher of the Year (TOTY). She serves as a 6th grade math teacher and strives to engage students by offering a variety of ways to interact with an integrated, S.T.E.M. curriculum. As a tech nerd with the goal of completing a Master’s degree in S.T.E.M. Education, Taye stays up-to-date on innovations in technology and resources—especially those that would benefit the Digital Age classroom.
Kicking it with Classroom Screen!
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Khaia SmithKhaia is an 18 year veteran teacher. She currently serves as the gifted teacher at Birney Elementary School. Khaia leverages technology to enhance student engagement.
Minecraft Made Easy
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Nathan StarkI am the principal at Kennesaw Mountain High School. I am completing my 3rd year as principal and my 10th year in administration. Finding new and creative ways to use technology to improve productivity is a passion.
Technology Tips to Help with Organization
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Rikki StewartRikki Stewart has worked with CCSD for 10 years and is currently lucky enough to work at THE Cobb Online Learning Academy (COLA) teaching middle school science. She is also the ESOL lead teacher and has taught middle school Language Arts and Social Studies at COLA. She has taught elementary and middle school students in General Education, Special Education and ESOL settings. She has taught in-person, hybrid, and online classes where engaging her students in their learning is her priority.
Unleashing Your Inner Ms. Frizzle: Engaging and Exciting Your Students to Learn
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Kristen ThomsonKristen is a first grade teacher at Teasley Elementary School. She has been a teacher for about 15 years. Throughout her teaching career, she has excitedly utilized a variety of technology resources.
Utilizing MackinVia in the Elementary Classroom
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Alexis UnderwoodAlexis is a veteran teacher at Mabry Middle School. She is invested in continual growth to further push her students to their own academic and personal growth. Alexis considers herself an early adopter of technology and loves sharing what she has learned to help her colleagues at school, within the district and through her Twitter PLN.
Ride the Wakelet Wave: Collect, Curate, and Create
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Teresa Urban (Hedlund)Teresa Urban is a 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Smitha Middle School. She has been teaching for 10 years and has experience with a variety of learners.
Blooket! How to Get Started & How to Get Results. Engagement is a Given.
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Tanya WalkerTanya Walker is currently in her 13th year of teaching and has a Specialist Degree in Media and Instructional Technology. She hopes one day to use her skills and knowledge to support others with integrating technology in their classrooms.
Engaging Students Using Voki
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Richard WhiteRichard White is in his 4th year at Daniell Middle School as an engineering & technology and computer science teacher. This is his 14th year in Cobb County where he has worked as a substitute, parapro, and teacher. His first love is Earth science, but technology is in fact a passion of his, so helping others learn how to use it as a tool in their classroom is also a passion of his. Richard and his wife have been married for almost 22 years and has a daughter who is 15 and a freshman at Harrison High School.
Putting the A in STEAM With Graphic Design in the STEAM Lab
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Tamille WilsonTamille Wilson is in her first year in Cobb County during her 16 year journey. She is currently a Master's degree candidate in Instructional Technology from Kennesaw State University. Her goal is to become an Instructional Technology Specialist so that she can help other educators learn innovative and engaging ideas in the classroom using the constructivism philosophy. Students learn by doing!
Flipping What? Why Choose FlipGrid in the Classroom to Improve Student Engagement and Retention.
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