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Become a Connected TEC-SIG Educator!

by Miguel Guhlin
written by Miguel Guhlin

Dream more, learn more, inspire more. These aspirations define leadership. And for the Technology Education Coordinators Special Interest Group (TEC-SIG), these words have power. Register for TEC-SIG’s next meeting on October 26, 2016 to tap into this power. At the request of TCEA members, the October 26, 2016 meeting of TEC-SIG has been strategically placed next to the fall TCEA SysAdmin Conference. These two events take place October 26 through October 28, 2016. tecsig

  • Stay connected, especially important during Connected Educators’ month.
  • Engage in community-based learning efforts that support hyper-connected students and staff.

Dream More

“How are you using digital signage in your district?” Technologies abound that can shape teaching, learning, and leading. When members ask, “How can I use new edtech in my situation?” they invite you to collaborate with them in world-building. Each effort forces us to re-imagine the possibilities. Whatever your role (technical, policy, instruction), you are invited to dream and learn more.

Learn More

“Use a cheap Android USB dongle and GoogleCast,” shares one TEC-SIG member. “Or,” counters another, “you can use Xibo, Navori, Visix, or  flat panels connected to a video multiplier running Powerpoint!” These meetings inspire attendees to learn from each other. Relationships begin in face-to-face encounters that endure via digital connections TEC-SIG makes available post-meeting.

Inspire Others

“We place digital signage in front of schools, in cafeterias, in hallways, gyms, libraries, and offices. Our high school librarian programs the specific messages that appear on each.” When everyone can be your teacher, it’s important to have a few colleagues you can trust and rely on. Being in the presence of so many educational technologists will inspire you to be a leader.

Act now to inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more. Be a TCEA TEC-SIG Connected Education Leader.

More about TEC-SIG

TEC-SIG is the largest SIG and was established in 1989 for the purpose of providing a means of communication between technology coordinators, instructional technology leaders, and other administrators. The organization furnishes its members up-to-date information on legislation, happenings within the Texas Education Agency, grants, and TEC SIG activities. Members share their own technology-related experiences at three yearly meetings in an effort to educate and inform each other on what is happening in the field of technology. You can also participate via the email listserv and TCEA Community.

More about TCEA Sys Admin Conference

The 2016 System Administrator and Technical Support Conference is specifically designed to offer useful and practical information to individuals like you who provide hardware, software, network, and infrastructure support for PreK-16 educators. We have created this conference specifically for the tech savvy system administrator, and we have planned a comprehensive package of strands that covers the real-world problems you encounter every day, offering solutions you can use.

 

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Another Way to Get Connected

by Lori Gracey
written by Lori Gracey

This is a guest blog post from the TCEA 2016 Convention by Jamie Locklin. Jamie is the Director of Digital Learning in Hays CISD.

This year at the TCEA Convention, there is a Connected Lounge (on the first floor near the TCEA booth) to help facilitate learning and connecting for those who are both new and veteran social media users. Awesome spaces have been designed to help connect the education world on Twitter, Google+, the TCEA Social Community, and Facebook. Experts are available in each area to walk you through the process or just to have a conversation and connect with while at the conference.

In addition to this awesome space, there is a small teaching space where I was honored to hear the always-inspiring Dean Shareski present. Dean challenged us in thinking “What’s Your Story?” to remember that social media is “social” as its primary purpose and to not get lost in making it so “professional” that we forget that sometimes people just need “silly” or entertaining moments as well. Dean shared this video to help show how silliness is sometimes what bonds us and grows us closer together.

I honestly could not agree more, and in my session that followed his that surmised the work of Austin Kleon in his book “Show Your Work,” I furthered this thought. Educators need to remember that by sharing the messy process that is teaching and learning, it can make all of us us collectively better.

As Dave Weinberger would remind us, “The smartest person in the room is the room” and the smartest learning decision you can make at TCEA is to #GetConnected.

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