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
…lected data, which is a pain. This is when it is time to use the gift that technology has given – Google Docs Forms. Forms is a in depth, yet simple and user-friendly method to survey students, teachers, parents, etc. and have the answers automatically entered into a table, ready to be analyzed. I have created a basic overview of Google Docs and the form feature, which I highly recommend watching before viewing this tutorial (especially if you are…
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 | 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…
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by Jeff Ream | Feb 1, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA 2014, ASCA14, Collaboration, contest, counseling, Counseling Tech, donate, donation, free, scholarship
…lease follow the final submission instructions to finish. – Digital Poster Series: Create a series of 3-5 posters that counselors can post around their schools. Should be 8.5×11 or Legal paper size and have a common theme. Final images to be submitted in .pdf or .jpeg format. – Song with a Message: Create an original or rendition of a song and record sound or video with sound of your song that gets an important message about school counseling acro…
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by Jeff Ream | Feb 23, 2014 | guest post, job hunt, jobs, resume, tips
…ing an interview. (See https://www.thecounselinggeek.com/2013/04/interview-series-the-dreaded-paper-screen.html.) It’s the interview that provides the real opportunity for those in charge of hiring to learn about you and your unique personality, in order to determine whether you will be a good fit in that particular work environment. But the resume is important too; if your resume and cover letter do not reflect positively on you and your abilitie…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 15, 2017 | The Way I Work, counseling, Featured, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…k and showing you my office. If you are interested in being a part of this series or have a unique/fun/creative office or working style – I especially am interested in hearing and seeing it! Please check out the info at the bottom of this post to learn more about being featured. Hope you enjoy. Welcome to my office You may read the blog when new posts come up – but you may not know much about me. I work full time as the (currently) only school c…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 8, 2017 | Featured, #scchat, Back to School, counseling, learning, professional development, school counselor, social networking, tips, tools
…MakeUseOf is a website that posts a dozen or so articles a day about using technology in a new way. Not all of the articles will apply and it is not school counselor specific, but that is the beauty of the site. It lets us be creative and find ways to use mainstream technology within our own programs. One of my more recent favorite posts: Google Forms can do anything with these awesome add-ons Thanks for reading! Of course, I hope you enjoy readin…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 1, 2015 | #scchat
The latest internet technology helps create School Counselor self-care from a distance. That is right – starting today – I am going to be offering free – digital back rubs through the magic of technology. All school counselors need to practice solid self-care and I know that about 8 hours into a day full of ILP meetings, a 504 review, and endless schedule change requests, I sure could use a solid back rub. All you need to do is hit the button b…
by Jeff Ream | May 30, 2012 | geek, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, welcome
…izing technology to its fullest, would like to learn more about how to use technology in a very person-focused field, and for someone who has never used a computer for more than browsing the internet and sending email. I promise as I develop this blog that I will include snippets for every level of professional — from techno-head to n00b (or a person new to the idea…if you didn’t know what this meant, you may be one). As you are checking out the b…
