by Jeff Ream | Sep 8, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, technology, tools, video blog
…w work on mindmapping, orgcharts, and other flowcharts with colleagues and teachers. T – Timely. If all that is not enough – this program is quick! I can jump on and make a chart about how to add/drop a course or steps to send a transcript in 30 minutes or less! I think that you too (even if you are nervous about technology) can get on and figure out how to use this tool in a very short amount of time. I hope you give it a shot! Thanks for letting…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 20, 2015 | guest post
…been around in various forms for centuries. In the 1700s, it was primarily teachers and social advocates offering conversation-based therapy on topics like child welfare and education. In recent years, however, counseling has become a popular mental health profession among those who have an interest in preventing and treating different mental, emotional, and behavioral issues. The following interactive timeline from Counseling@Northwestern explo…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 22, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, tips, tools
…post any longer – the price is right but quality is crap in real life usage. You can record lessons, activities, demonstrations, and more. It will take some training of students to get used to this idea, but with more and more teachers flipping their classroom – the students are figuring it out pretty quickly. Do you have a favorite way to flip your office or classroom? Shoot a comment out below, tweet me, or head to facebook and leave a reply….
by Jeff Ream | Jul 16, 2014 | Back to School, Branding, Featured, shopping
…ed to wear a tie? For me – my district is pretty relaxed on dress code for teachers, but I feel that what I wear tells important information about who I am and my standards. It also is a key part of your branding image. How do you want people to view you? I am also pretty young so when I started my job – I decided to dress more foramlly than I needed to which helps reach out to parents with my level of expertise. I did have to look at my culture a…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 11, 2014 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, teachers, technology, tools, Uncategorized
PDF Tools: PDFMerge! and Compress PDF – Tools for School Counselors (And Teachers!) Many times, when I am working with PDF (Portable Document Format) files, I run into a few common issues. First is that I have a few different pages from different files that I want to put into one PDF file. Whether this is because I am pulling together a lesson plan from a few different resources or because I am using CutePDF (<- an extra tool for you!) to print…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 5, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, School Counselor Shopping List
…e Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to HighSchool–How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle (Updated Edition) (Price: ~$12 USD) I have had several parents and a student or two borrow this book from me and report back about the pretty good info that it contains. Highly reviewed on Amazon as well, this is another good library addition and can be a good Social Justice (alternative to suspension) Library piece. Empowering Underachieve…
by Jeff Ream | May 30, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling technology series, dropbox, geek, google docs, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, warnings
Good day counselors, teachers, administrators, or other interested folks. Last week I did a short overview via video blog about what I hope to cover in this series, what you can expect to feel when learning new tech skills, and helping calm some fears. This week, I will give you a few resources on where to start to acquire basic software needs (which we will use in upcoming posts), steps a counseling program should take to determine what types of…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 4, 2012 | 21st century skills, article, geek, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips
Raptivity Example The Attention Battle Teachers, counselors, and all educators are finding the challenge of captivating our students is ever increasing. With the popularity of younger and younger students playing video games, using smart phones, and demanding a higher level of interactivity in their lives — how can we keep up? Edudemic posted an article claiming that one possible solution can be to integrate interactive courseware into the curric…
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
…rms 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 unfamiliar with Google Docs). This video blog’s main focus is to teach you about using the “Go To” feature of the form…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 2, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, geek, learning software, Naviance, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek
…the software. This will also allow us to train the students, parents, and teachers on the features of Naviance. Full implementation should happen for the 2013-2014 school year. My next post will be about the results of the grant process and, if approved, the next steps in getting Naviance set up at our sites. Stay tuned! The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Face…
