by Jeff Ream | Jun 13, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, counseling technology series, free, geek, google docs, jeffrey ream, school counselor, survey, technology, thecounselinggeek, tutorial, video blog
…awings Welcome back to the second part of the School Counseling Technology Series featuring Google Docs. This is the second video blog entry of the two part general overview and walkthrough of Google Docs. In this video, you will see the form function, spreadsheet function, and drawing function in action. In my opinion – the form feature is the most valuable tool from Google Docs, so pay attention and learn something new. It will boost your data g…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 28, 2016 | Bits & Bytes, #scchat, Featured, school counselor, teachers
Introducing A New Post Series Hi fellow Geeks. I am adding a new, ongoing series of posts that I am calling the Bits & Bytes series. I want to post more frequently and some of my more typical, long form posts take both time to develop and sit down and write. So it sometimes is a while between posts. I am adding this series to hopefully share some thoughts, reflections, insights, challenges and hopefully a slight amount of wisdom. These Bits & Byt…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 7, 2015 | Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
The changer of worlds. Email. Apart from text messaging – the single most popular communication tool in the world. Quick, simple and to the point – email is the Cliff Notes of conversation. Delivered nearly instantly anywhere around the globe – to a single person or hundreds of thousands – email carries the news of pending deliveries, job openings, family updates and great inheritances from Nigerian princes. As school counselors – we have so many…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 21, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, counseling technology series, dropbox, free, geek, jeffrey ream, learning, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tutorial
Cloud-based file storage wünderkind! I have been using Dropbox for almost two years now, in both my professional and personal life. I use it so much that I now rarely store any documents on my local “My Docuements” folder, but most everything goes into Dropbox. Started in 2007 by MIT graduates, it quickly gained a strong following. They run on the “Freemium” model, which grants new users a free allocation of 2GB of cloud based storage. Users are…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 5, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling technology series, free, geek, google docs, school counselor, support, survey, teachers, technology, thecounselinggeek, tutorial, video blog
Gather Powerful Data to Drive Curriculum Using Google Docs Forms Counseling programs are driven by data and following the ASCA National Model. We want to make data based decisions in our programs, justify our processes, and let parents, administrators, and other stakeholders know how we are being effective. Surveys are a quick method to gather data from a large group of people that can be tabulated and compared or contrasted. Typically, surveys…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 5, 2013 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, free, google docs, school counselor, survey, teachers, technology, tips, tools
Why would anyone want to utilize these strange little squares? The following YouTube video explains QR codes in about 2 minutes so instead of writing a detailed description – please take a second to watch the short clip. Following the clip, I will be talking about some ways that I have been using QR codes at school. How do counselors use these QR codes? Wonderful question! I have been using them more and more with students when I am asking them t…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 24, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, SCOA
…Several School Counseling Players Coming Together for A Live ASCA 2014 Round Table Interview Below will be an embedded video of the live (and recorded prior to the event for your viewing pleasure) interview in preparation for ASCA 2014. The live video is available via YouTube. We hope you tune in here, via YouTube, or at other blogger’s embeded sites. Cheers! [adrotate group=”1″]…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 4, 2014
…pe/Google Hangout. This is a great option if you are looking to boost your interview skills, interview packet, online professional portfolio, or digital presence. Please send a proposal my way to start the process. I will do my best to work within your budget. Business Consulting Proposal: I do work directly with businesses (profit and non-profits) to help them develop products targeted towards school counselors and high school students. One of my…
by Jeff Ream | May 8, 2017 | Featured, counseling
…innMurphy I am checking out @_ErinnMurphy and her office in The Way I Work series #TWIW #scchat Share on X Welcome to Erinn’s Office (View her office gallery below!) My name is Erinn Murphy and this is The Way I Work. Locale: Carbondale, IL How would you describe your office?: Bright, comfortable, (mostly) tidy, and welcoming. I also always have snacks and candy available for visitors. A previous school counselor of the year candidate, Kim Reykdal…
by Jeff Ream | May 9, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured
…ith all of their stakeholders. A few months ago – Part One of our two part series on Branding and Marketing Your School Counseling Program articles was publish in the ASCA School Counselor Magazine. Part two of the series has just been released in digital format and will be sent home to you in the regular magazine form very soon. We encourage anyone planning on attending our presentation to pre-read these articles as we may be referencing bits and…
