Links and Loves - Instagram, CommonLit, National Celebrations, Free Posters, Quick Tip and What I'm Listening To

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This week has flown by so fast! Here are a few things that have happened or caught my eye:

LINKS AND LOVES:

I've started an Instagram account for sharing all things instructional technology. I would love to have more followers and people to follow! My username is deb.norton.tech
Speaking of Instagram, earlier this week I shared that CommonLit.org has 9 articles to share for National Hispanic Heritage Month. 
Speaking of National Celebrations, check out this website where you can search national days, weeks, months and more! This week was National IT Professionals Day. Who knew?

Speaking of Celebrations, check out this awesome display that a colleague of mine created using these free PDF posters to celebrate Women Innovators as Illustrated by Women Artists. Nice job Kristen!

Speaking of free, SimpleK12 offers free webinars on most Saturdays throughout the school year. These are a great way to learn about technology uses in the classroom.

 QUICK TIP:
Did you know that to select text on a document or an email you can:

  • Click once to place your cursor
  • Click twice to select a word
  • Click three times to select an entire sentence or group of words.

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO:

The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast is back for another year and the first episode is all about Google updates from the summer.

If you are interested in podcasting, listen to Cult of Pedagogy's latest podcast. So informative!


Have a lovely weekend everyone. We have a wedding to attend. Weddings are such a wonderful celebration of love and so good for the heart. And an occasion to get dressed up.

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