by Jeff Ream | May 24, 2019 | Featured
…will pay more for it. The winery will then sell the excess off as another label or to another company to bottle it under their label (as TJ’s does). You may say that you actually LIKE the cheaper wine (if you’ve ever been to a blind wine tasting – you know how that usually goes), but from a marketing and branding perspective – if there are a few TJ’s selling a $50 label for $15 – it diminishes not only the demand, but makes you question why we ar…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 26, 2012 | 21st century skills, activity, classroom tools, counseling, free, games, geek, learning, learning software, news, pro-d, professional development, school counselor, STEM, teachers, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips
…al thinking, spatial reasoning, and collaborative skills. Students playing games to learn? Some may scoff at the idea and I feel that most districts will push back some at first, but have you ever seen a student buy a new game and master it by the end of the day? Valve and teachers supporting the initiative are optimistic that the Teach With Portals project will have the same results – creating a fun learning environment that increases student int…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2012 | counseling, follow up, interview, portfolio, pro-d, professional development, support
…abel developer to integrate the background from my portfolio onto the disc label. I printed address labels with the title of the disc and my contact info to put on the jacket. I am pretty happy with the turn out. 3. Letters of Recommendation: I included the standard three letters in all of the packets so they could reference them if needed or see further evidence that supports my candidacy. 4. My Notepad: I always bring my schnazzy note pad to tak…
by Jeff Ream | May 17, 2014 | Featured
…the tool is how action oriented it is. You can create categories and then label them as “decision” “action” “info” etc. This lets people reviewing minutes later have a much more streamlined approach to find out what needs to happen. From that, you can also assign specific people to tasks and give them a deadline all within the same line. At the end of the meeting, if you have added all members names and email addresses to the meeting, all you nee…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 19, 2015 | counseling, Featured, free, school counselor, teachers, tools
…ing, or playing those mindless smartphone “just tap the screen like crazy” games. The truth is: most of us are probably the same! However, we also know the story on both sides of the fence – how studying pays off and how procrastination (or not studying at all) provides negative consequences. When I arrived at North Tahoe High School – I surveyed students, teachers and parents and found out a big factor getting in the way of student success was po…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 4, 2012 | 21st century skills, article, geek, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips
…reasing. With the popularity of younger and younger students playing video games, using smart phones, and demanding a higher level of interactivity in their lives — how can we keep up? Edudemic posted an article claiming that one possible solution can be to integrate interactive courseware into the curriculum. You can read the entire posting by following the link here or at the bottom of this post. “Interactive courseware allows students to active…
