WYSIWYG with Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis - HoET044

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Joe Sanfelippo is the acclaimed Superintendent of the Fall Creek (WI) School District and Tony Sinanis is the Principal and Lead Learner at Cantiague Elementary School (Jericho, NY).

Joe and Tony are the Abbott and Costello of the education world — and I mean that in the most sincere way possible — and they are the hosts of the brandED Podcast.

The good doctors, who are also the hosts of the 2015 Bammy! Awards, shared their insight into the world of education, technology integration, and more!

Links and Resources shared by Joe and Tony:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Flickr
• GoCrickets Podcast
• TouchCast
• YouTube
• Tony’s YouTube Channel
• The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
• The Power of Branding: Telling Your School’s Story (Corwin Connected Educators Series)
• Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in the Digital Age (Corwin Connected Educators Series)

#EdTech Thought

• Have a Great School Year
  • I just want to take this time to wish you nothing but success this school year. There will be challenges along the way but just as you’ve done previously you will meet those challenges head-on and you will come out successful on the other side.
  • Don’t sweat the small stuff. You are an effective educator – don’t forget that!
  • Don’t be afraid of observation time or standardized assessments. Invite you’re administrator in outside of observation time and teach your content always supporting your students to try their best.
  • As you go on the journey from day 1 to day 180 remember that is a marathon and you need to pace yourself. Don’t sprint out of the gate here in September, you want to be standing in June right?
  • Enjoy every moment with your students, but enjoy time with family and friends that much more.
  • To borrow from the book of the great Angela Watson and her podcast Truth for Teachers, it’s not going to be easy, it’s going to be worth it.

#EdTech Recommendation

Video Blogger Entries: In a recent entry on FreeTech4Teachers Richard Byrne posted a tutorial for creating video blog post entries on Blogger.

Check out the full post and complete directions here.

House of #EdTech VIP

Kevin Jarrett – is the Middle School STEAM teacher at Northfield Community Middle School where he get’s to work with Glenn Robbins, the awesome forward thinking Principal.

Kevin is a design hack, aspiring maker, photographer, and burger junkie.

Along with being a lifelong learner Kevin Jarrett is interested  in Minecraft, gamification & changing the world.

You can spot Kevin at just about any ed conference in New Jersey – he’s the one taking all the pictures and running cool sessions for the rest of us too!

Kevin is also an organizer of the popular ChromeCamp, an unconference dedicated to all things Chrome and Google. You can get more information on their website: www.chromecamp.net

Connect with Kevin Jarrett:

• Follow @kjarrett
• Photoblog: http://kevinjarrett.tumblr.com/