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
…at you can look over on the Teach with Portals website. I encourage you to look through the FAQ section and watch the video. There are also example lesson plans that you can look through and practice using Portal 2 or give the program a trial run. Forums are available for help and support. Encourage your teachers and administrators to look into this free offering from Valve to enhance learning opportunities in multiple learning styles. Please shar…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 22, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, geek, professional development, school counselor, social networking, technology, tips
…(arguably the most hated font ever) Comic San Serif in every email? It may look cute to you, but think about the reader. Are they reading your email for the cute-factor or for the information? One final note about clear visuals – use a good color scheme. Make sure that things are not cluttered, hard to read, or just plain ugly. If you need some help – there are entire sites dedicated to coloring schemes and this type of information. Timely Communi…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 23, 2017 | Featured, 21st century skills, free, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tutorial, video blog
…partment’s website and take a look around. 9 times out of 10 – the website looks like it is straight from the turn of the millennium. It also happens to be about as useful. Luckily for you – there are some really easy and FREE tools out there to make your school counseling websites both useful AND beautiful. Check out the video below to learn about how to quickly and easily setup a new website using Weebly.com. My school counseling website (nthsco…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 29, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, Naviance, school counselor, technology, tools
…s SIS and keeping our information updated is a pain. We spent lots of time looking for a way to do the data integration that will automatically pull data imports from Aeries and for many reasons (some beyond even my Geekiness), it doesn’t look like it can work. That leaves us doing occasional manual uploads. This gets us by but not ideal. We also have a ton of the optional data fields with things like Language, test scores, and more, but because N…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…ck theme and clipart to custom theme and great images. We will also take a look at a few free resources for bloggers and a few more of my favorite WordPress plugins for school counseling blogs. Start with the foundation. Before you can start designing your new blog – you must develop a firm foundation. In most cases – except for those lucky few who are not only school counselors but are also CSS/HTML wizards – you will rely on a WordPress theme. B…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 16, 2012 | counseling, interview, job hunt, school counselor, thecounselinggeek, tips
…liche but dress for success You may be God’s gift to education, but if you look like you just woke up or did not put too much effort into making yourself look professional – people notice. It is not typically a deal breaker (but could be!), however it may mean the difference in getting a job offer or not if the contest is close. Think about how you want to portray yourself and what image you want the interview panel to get as you walk in the door….
by Jeff Ream | Sep 5, 2021 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, Presentation, technology, tips, tools, YouTube
…If you get stuck – checking out the company’s website and help section AND looking around on YouTube for help videos have been my go-to when I am stuck on something. This will be highlighting the setup of XSplit Broadcaster, but much of the same ideas happen with OBS or other encoders. The idea is to find our “inputs” or sources as they call them like our internal/external mic, camera, presentation, screen, etc. and then get them set up to go to o…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 5, 2020 | Featured, Pinterest, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…US – the fall still leaves a lot of questions in terms of what school will look like with the COVID-19 outbreak and mitigation measures. I was poking around Etsy the other day and found some great items that I think make a super BTS roundup. Check out the items below that make up the 10 Must Have Back To School Essentials for School Counselors to get your office and wardrobe ready for a return to our office or to our virtual space this fall. 1. Th…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 27, 2016 | Featured, look back, year in review
…chool Counselor Community Scholarship continues to grow each year – we are looking forward to awarding the funds to the applicants in the coming months. Plus I am still having fun (and finding time) to blog about once or twice a month. I love getting to learn with everyone. I always like to look back at the end of each year and pick my favorite posts. This year – I am picking 3. Check out my Top of 2016 posts below. Happy Holidays from The Counsel…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2016 | Featured, Collaboration, counseling, school counselor, tips
…nd ask “Hey – are we doing our meeting today? I was just checking”. People look forward to collaborating together. We have also seen great results from working together. County-wide support teams have been convened based on our Circle of Care referrals, family support has been successfully accessed, mental health therapy and doctors visits referred to, and students able to better reach the promise they are destined for. It has also caught on at ou…
