I prefer to learn a new software program or technical skill by watching a video or having instructions with images. This way I know what to expect the screen to look like, where on the screen to find the information, what button to push, and what action might happen.  When I am training, I use the same technique. I like to make presentations for the learners with visuals and step by step instructions. Here is a sample I made for my students. I have done this for trainings I have done with other teachers. ...

  During remote and hybrid learning I got asked questions about our educational software by parents and teachers. I found the best way to provide the answer was through a quick screencast. This allowed the person to see exactly the steps I was taking, buttons to push, etc. ...

As a member of the district Digital Learning Team I designed and presented professional development to teachers on a variety of educational software. One was ActivInspire. I was trained on many of the resources within Inspire and led a year-long cohort with 10 teachers.  Click on the folder image to go to the folder with examples from the cohort. The original documents were ActivInpsire files and had interactive elements to show teachers. ...

I have collaborated with administration to create the rotation schedule for the related arts classes, music, PE, computers, science lab, and library, for 3 years. This is the schedule for this year. As you can see there are multiple classes that must be scheduled each day. I also keep track of the school calendar and match up the correct rotation day so teachers have a reference chart to track the changing schedule. Check out the schedules by clicking on the images below.   ...