by Jeff Ream | Sep 1, 2014 | Featured, school counselor, technology
…– I was an avid Google Reader fan. It was simple, clean, and quick. Sadly, Google stopped developing it and most of the Google Reader users flocked to Feedly. Feedly uses the RSS feeds (Rich Site Summary protocol) to pull new posts from each blog that you add to your Feedly account. This tool is web and mobile device friendly too. You can easily add sites by searching for them within Feedly or by adding their RSS link directly from the blog you ar…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…that is the work horse of a blog but not the star player. A sitemap is how Google or any other search engine knows how to navigate your website. If you don’t have a sitemap or it is outdated, you are hurting your search results and readers may not be able to find your hard work. This is an easy fix that keeps your sitemap up to date and notifies Google when any changes happen. Disqus and akismet are two tools to help with comment management. The c…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 5, 2014 | Branding, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured
…hould provide a help area – search for moving nameservers to WordPress (or google it) and you will find tons of resources. If not – email or tweet me and I can help. Unpacking the backup of your blog For WordPress transitions: Once logged into your WordPress admin panel, head to the tools area again and hit the import button. Locate the file you downloaded with your blog backup and upload it. It will think for a bit and should spit out any errors….
by Jeff Ream | Jan 13, 2013 | 21st century skills, ASCA, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, free, news, professional development, school counseling on air, school counselor, SCOA, social networking, support, technology, tips, tutorial, video blog
…ur. What do you need to do to prepare? One thing that is handy is having a Google account, but you will be able to watch the live broadcast on YouTube through the posted/tweeted link without one. The link should be posted about 30 minutes before broadcast starts, but it may be closer to the start time. Check out the Official School Counseling On Air Google+ Page for details, links to join, event listing, and other info. Reading up on Hangouts may…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 14, 2018 | Featured, school counselor
…eryone can attend the ASCA Conference each year. However, you shouldn’t miss out on some of the bits of info that come out of it each year. While we cannot share the presenter handouts – we can share our notes. Below you will find a link to access the shared Google Drive folder with the notes that were shared with me to share with you. Many people contributed and we hope that it helps you! Want to submit your notes? Share them with me in Google Dr…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2017 | Featured, 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips, tools
…ure to collect email addresses (or add a name field to the survey). We use Google Apps so we can have our tech folks match emails to names for the data end of things. We also limit it to users on our domain so students do need to submit with their school accounts and limit responses to 1. Distribution Since we used a digital survey, we sent it out via Google Classroom and email to students. Teachers asked students to complete the survey in our adv…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 17, 2016 | Featured, video blog
…tomatically, has moved and become embedded into YouTube Live. We have used Google’s Hangouts on Air for our School Counseling On Air series a few years back, which I think is due for a return in this coming school year. This tool allows us to collaborate, and in my instance, share information live with anyone that has internet connectivity. In the video below (recorded WITH YouTube Live and the Hangouts feature), I will show you the basic requirem…
by Jeff Ream | Jan 2, 2016 | #scchat, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, Featured, free, Marketing, social networking, technology, tips, tools
…row up I want to be Dr. Russ Sabella. Russ is a professor in Florida and a Google Guru. He runs SchoolCounselor.com and speaks around the country. His blog on the site provides tons of tips plus you can download handouts, check out interview tips and more. Highly suggest checking his site out. Pinterest: Believe it or not – Pinterest is not just for pinning your favorite brownie recipe. Educators and other tech folks are active pinning new tools a…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 8, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, technology, tools, video blog
…directly into Google Drive! A – Awesome for Collaboration. Just like with Google Drive – LucidChart allows you to share, invite, and work together at the same time on different LucidChart diagrams. Working with Google Drive has changed the way I develop documents, spreadsheets, and presentations – I love that I can now work on mindmapping, orgcharts, and other flowcharts with colleagues and teachers. T – Timely. If all that is not enough – this p…
by Jeff Ream | May 31, 2012 | counseling, news, thecounselinggeek, update
…nting, reading, etc. — please email me. An update – I also just launched a Google Plus page (I still refuse to use Facebook…which I will talk about soon) so please feel free to add me to your Circles. I will provide some updates there as well as posting links to various articles, software resources, and short posts that don’t fit in here. The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter,…
