by Jeff Ream | Feb 6, 2015 | books, counseling, Featured, library, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…! Check out the second half of the list by clicking here! I did a bunch of research and put together a long list of books that may be interesting to you as well. Many of the books are targeted towards the middle/high school level, but a lot have younger versions available once you click the link. I will be splitting this list into two different posts and this is the first. I hope you check them out, buy one or more, and share any additional books…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…ust install it. You won’t regret it. Take it and go. Red pill or blue pill. From here – you are on your way to having an awesome school counseling blog. It will take some practice, trial and error (hopefully more trial than error), and a little research when you get stuck, but the journey is fulfilling and mostly fun. You can choose to sit back and use the vanilla blog platform that you started with years ago or you can take your blog and find out…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 1, 2014 | Featured, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…working with parents or students on my second monitor. We build schedules, research colleges, or go through information about how to complete applications. This keyboard mouse combo is not costly (some run $80+) but does a good job. The range is enough for any large office and battery life is good. Geek rating: A Items to enjoy over summer: Victorinox 40520 Fibrox 8″ Chef’s Knife ($40) On my downtime – I really enjoy cooking. It is a total de-stre…
by Jeff Ream | May 30, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling technology series, dropbox, geek, google docs, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, warnings
…stone.com/) to develop a new language skill can help your program. Do your research before starting off on your quest or you may be wasting your time and/or money. Create surveys & questionnaires (http://www.surveymonkey.com/), have focus groups, and obtain feedback from all stakeholders regarding your ideas and intentions. I could spend a while discussing this, but that is another topic and I may blog about it at another time. Google Docs (Rece…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 3, 2012 | activity, article, books, classroom tools, free, geek, jeffrey ream, Pinterest, pro-d, professional development, research, social networking, teachers, technology, update
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by Jeff Ream | Mar 12, 2013 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, guest post, Review, school counselor, technology, tips
…he scholarships to help fund it. Of course, the Internet is a great way to research opportunities and to find the information you need, and there are many sites that offer you great databases and other tools. However, there are many apps that can help you to manage your search, your applications and more without having to go online. Here are a few apps that you should consider to help you in your college search: Peterson’s College Guide(https://i…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2013 | Collaboration, interview, Interview Series, jeffrey ream, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…lopment and believe it is the key to staying abreast of current trends and research and being effective in our field. The more we know, the better equipped we are to serve our students, school, and community. In the fall before the ASCA Conference, I discovered The Counseling Geek’s online raffle scholarship for $200 towards an ASCA registration. I entered and surprisingly won! Considering the prize money essentially covered the student conference…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 23, 2014 | buy, counseling, Counseling Tech, items, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping, teachers, technology, tips
…kly with things like glass cleaner. It was nicer than I expected and after researching the prices – it was also about $30 – $50 less than competitor boards (do note the shipping is about $18). A big thumbs up from TCG here! Get a few for your school and you won’t be sad you did. Sony HDR-PJ200 High Definition Handycam 5.3 MP Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom and Built-in Projector (Black) (2012 Model) (Price: ~$270 USD) At the start of this school y…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 23, 2014 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Featured, geek, jeffrey ream, research, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tools
…ommended resources and monitors to look into: ASUS VS228H-P 22-Inch Full-HD 5ms LED-Lit LCD Monitor (~$130) Also available in larger sizes at good prices. ViewSonic VA2446M-LED 24-Inch LED-Lit LCD Monitor, Full HD 1080p, DVI/VGA, Speakers, VESA (~$150) More research tools: Best Selling Monitors on Amazon.com http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402101,00.asp http://www.trustedreviews.com/best-monitors_round-up The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, P…
by Jeff Ream | May 5, 2023 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, Featured, technology, tools
…ts ChatGPT can be useful in the CCR domain for many things. First is doing research into colleges that may fit certain criteria that a student is interested in. For example, I asked it first to list colleges in 3 states that offer a Dungeons and Dragons club (note that I also asked it to include schools that have business and marketing, but it didn’t mention if it included both criteria or just the D&D club on the list). I also asked it to list sc…
