One of the use cases for AI is to help you create computer programs you otherwise aren’t talented enough to write on your own. In this case, I had an idea for an experience that would help a student gauge their thinking…
Our CTSO produces a summer conference for over 3,000 students. And as part of the set of resources for our teacher leaders and attendees is the program book. The program book was originally created in InDesign by our graphic designer and its…
Our CTSO offers its teacher leaders (advisors) a handbook. I did not write the handbook, but had to re-format the book this past year, using Adobe InDesign. At the time we were in a position of starting a new re-brand project with…
As part of my work at the Virginia Department of Education, I led a session on values based leadership for our cabinet members. I wanted to share this presentation as much for evidence of my design principles with slideware (Keynote), as much…
As part of my doctoral program, I was asked to conduct a program evaluation of an existing program in our own school district. I chose the Goochland High School Senior Project, which was launched when the new Goochland High School was opened…
When I worked for the Virginia Department of Education, I did a staff training on podcasting basics. For this, I created a SlideDoc to accompany the Zoom session. Understanding, Creating, and Distributing Digital Content Adapted from Podcasting Basics (2021), by John Hendron,…
This post documents content that was presented at the 2019 Virginia Society for Technology in Education conference. After being named an Apple Distinguished School, Goochland Middle School was proffered an opportunity to come to California and to learn how to apply action…
In the spring of 2018, our superintendent in Goochland challenged us to think about pulling a “prank” he’d seen another division do for the August convocation with all of our staff. At that district, the superintendent and his staff showed up late,…
As part of my doctoral program at Virginia Commonwealth University, we were asked to cover the presentation of some ethical perspectives through a creative lens. Our professor challenged us to present our dilemma as an acted-out short play in front of our…
In 2013, we started our school division’s one-to-one program with iPads. It was a soft launch with three grade levels. And we were using Apple iPads which required the use of Apple IDs. At the time, the way to deploy these devices…
