by Jeff Ream | Apr 22, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, free, tips, tools
…rding your screen is not the only way to flip. Two years ago I purchased a video camera to record all of my parent events and other video tools (like my growing digital course catalogue). Note: I do not recommend the video camera referenced in the prior 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…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 28, 2015 | #scchat, counseling, Counseling Tech, Featured, free, technology, thecounselinggeek, video blog, YouTube
…appointments out of my hands and into those who want to meet with me. This video blog will show you some of the features and tools that you can use with the program. Highly suggested! https://www.thecounselinggeek.com/2015/11/school-counselor-appointment-management.html Public Speaking: Tips for School Counselors, Chapter 1 Public speaking (and classroom guidance) is scary for a LOT of people. I view it as a spectrum of fear rather than you are af…
by Jeff Ream | May 30, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling technology series, dropbox, geek, google docs, jeffrey ream, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, warnings
…ch on our next focus – Google Documents (or Docs…now Drive). I will have a video blog going over the various tools, formats, and some problem areas that you can run into when using this in the next few days, however to get ready for that – I want to intro you to the idea of the program. Google Docs/Drive is a feature of the giant that is Google. It is a free feature that comes with every Google account and provides powerful, cloud-based, collabora…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 13, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, counseling technology series, free, geek, google docs, jeffrey ream, school counselor, survey, technology, thecounselinggeek, tutorial, video blog
…t your data gathering skills and information base substantially. Below the video – I have embedded the form from the video using the embed method described. Please feel free to take the short survey to experience the user side of the form feature and see the end results. I have shared the form tool and the help page link that you can access if you are having problems or want to learn more. I am planning on covering more in-depth and specific uses…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 23, 2014 | buy, counseling, Counseling Tech, items, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping, teachers, technology, tips
…school on the given night. My solution was to ask the school to purchase a video camera (along with tripod and video card – see below for suggestions) and use it to record each presentation. I then easily connected the camera to my school computer and uploaded the video to YouTube (can be edited via YouTube as well). This has been pretty popular with my parents and it also lets them get the bits they really want to know while not sitting through t…
by Jeff Ream | Jan 2, 2016 | #scchat, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, Featured, free, Marketing, social networking, technology, tips, tools
…te it. Check out how to get started and put the “You In YouTube” with this video blog on my YouTube channel. [adrotate group=”7″] Tip #8: Tie it to data. “Data inspired” is the new “data driven” . The ASCA National Model calls for school counselors to collect and analyze data. I don’t know about you but I hate tally sheets and processing manual surveys or pre/post tests. Technology gives us a huge hand with this task. A few great tools that you ca…
by Jeff Ream | May 30, 2015 | #scchat, Featured, look back, thanks, thecounselinggeek
…troduction, was a great launching pad into the world of blogging. It was a video blog inspired by some classes I was taking through Coursera – an online MOOC (Massively Open Online Course). Over the three years – my platform has evolved – from Blogger to WordPress as has some of my skills for writing, recording, and developing content. This blog has allowed me to make new connections that never would have been possible, drove me to get involved in…
by Jeff Ream | May 5, 2023 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, Featured, technology, tools
…an also be tapped to draft emails, phone messages, announcements, and even video scripts. We did a ChatGPT scripted video about school counselors. You can check it out below (we read the script 1 time total and then did 1 take). 2. Develop Curriculum Another great tool that ChatGPT provides is it can create things to support your curriculum and programming. One example that I have used is I am working on writing a small group curriculum for Young…
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
…) – The Counseling Geek PowerPoint from ASCA Webinar by Christa Mussi and Melissa Beverly (Data 101) ASCA Webinar from Russell Sabella, Ph.D. – Google Docs 101 Link to form from TCG Video The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook….
by Jeff Ream | Aug 8, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, interview, Interview Series, learning, professional development, school counselor, tips
…uccessful. I look forward to bringing you further interviews in the coming months – I am personally looking forward to interviewing Dr. Erin Mason (@ecmmason) of DePaul University and SCOPE next month. Video Link: http://youtu.be/qpo8-1r8eiE?hd=1 The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Facebook….
