Here a few fun tech tips that you may find helpful! Prayers and blessings to you and your students as you teach and learn today! Click on the image for the You Tube Video:
Please tell me I am not the only one tossing and turning at night thinking about things that are important for the start of the school year and sometimes the smallest petty detail EVER!
But for some reason... I am thinking details really matter right now.
I work in Harlingen for Harlingen CISD and we are definitely putting in the work for a safe return September 8th.
As an assistant principal (as I am sure 99% of educators) I am feeling a little overwhelmed but excited at the same time. I have to admit I was already familiar and using Seesaw for PLCs and showcasing best practices on our campus but I was not familiar what so ever with Google Classroom, Google Slides and all the ins and outs of that!
With that being said I have to say THANK YOU to all the educators out there taking the plunge and learning so much this summer on your own time and your own will!
THANK YOU! Thank you for also posting your how to videos on TIK TOK, Youtube, Instagram, and Facebook Groups. I am a visual learner so that has been a huge help. I decided to share my journey of learning for 2020-2021 :D
First Lesson Learned: Remove your background!
I have always used Powerpoint to remove backgrounds on images or make the background tranparent... but I love learning multiple ways of doing a task.
For this image I went to remove.bg, uploaded the first picture, and BOOM the second photo was generated. I initially chose this image because I wanted students to see a picture of me with my mask on and then I will also upload an image of me without my mask. :D
What will I do with this you say... Well It is going to be good practice for our students whom we have not built a relationship with this year to see our faces as much as possible.
Second Lesson Learned: GIF Yourself
Let me just say I am familiar with GIFS but not creating a GIF or making myself into a GIF... I was curious how it was different from a shorter boomerang but like everything else... let's find out what it's all about.
Super simple, Download Giphy App on your device or on your computer go to gifmaker.me.
On the app you can record your gif or upload an image and add stickers to it. It will save on your device and then you can email yourself for easy upload.
For gif maker you can have so much more fun. You can add multiple images to create a short animation, you can upload a video and create from there... Check out my creations! :D
Good Morning, this week our district embarks on its second week of school shut down and no students in our hallways. We take each and everyday as a opportunity to reconnect with our students, support educators in anyway we can, and learn a new strategy for online learning.
Over the last week we have learned to lead from the heart and be compassionate towards one another. We are better, stronger, and more resilient together. I wanted to utilize this time to encourage ALL to come together, work together and understand that now is the ultimate time when communication collaboration and working together as a team is essential.
With that being said, I wanted to share a few uplifting videos and pictures along with some amazing free resources that I have come across this past week that not only help me professionally but also personally with my 17, 14, and 6 year old as we home-school.
Throughout this journey we have to remember to lead from the heart, love one another, and show compassion.. all at a distance for sure.
With that being said, I will be using this post to share the journey.
We love and miss you and we will see each other soon. :D
Lamar Dual Language Academy Car Parade through our neighborhoods: We loved ❤️seeing those who we could!! We were planning on making you smile but instead your signs, balloons, smiles, and air high fives made our hearts so happy. Please feel free to share your pictures in the comments!
April is National Autism Month, On Thursday April 2nd we did a staff virtual LIGHT IT UP BLUE with our staff via zoom.
Don't you just love celebrating educators, so do we!
This year's theme was a cactus theme. Check out the fun we had appreciating our teachers during the first week of May.
Most items were purchased at our local Hobby Lobby, HEB, Dollar Tree, and Oriental Trading.
