“Iconic” Updates & Announcements from Flipgrid Live 2021
Kumospace: My Virtual PD Lounge
As a Technology Integration Specialist, I’m always looking for new fun ways to spice up professional development (PD). I’ve been using Kumospace for a few months now, and I am REALLY enjoying it! Even more importantly, I’ve seen a positive uptick in the amount of people who attend even my optional PD sessions!
My Own Kind of Madness for Flipgrid
I felt the madness a little early this year…and BOY, did I go all out! For the past few months, I’ve been taking more time for me, and it’s seriously reignited my creative spirit. I’m so happy when I’m more of a creator than a consumer, and it truly brings me joy to think of […]
#Flipgrid4Family: Mom and Dad
My dad is 88. My mom is 83. They live 1,000 miles from me. I’m blessed to be able to travel to Florida to see them several times each year, but it’s never enough. I guess we can all say that about time with our parents, right? Mom has some pretty significant health issues now […]
#OneWord2021: Reclamation
My #OneWord 2021 is Reclamation. That’s right – I have every intention of being intentional about reclaiming. Like every other year, the word takes on multiple meanings as it applies to different aspects of my life….and so I blog to kind of put it all out there for myself, and anyone else who might wonder […]
The Great Global Remote Learning #Fliphunt
You’re all invited! 🥳
As the creator of #Fliphunt, when the Coronavirus threw the world into lockdown last spring and schools started scrambling to figure out how to teach students remotely, I knew that it was time to create a unique, never-before-done, […]
Four Awesome Things I Bought This Week – for Under $20
Like most of you, I’m pinching pennies these days. But I’m still an educator, and I still get excited about things I find that might help me teach and make my teaching/learning spaces more exciting. In the past week, I bought four things “on the cheap” that I wanted to share with you because I […]
YOU Rock!
These days, everyone is talking about “self care”. With the world in a big ol’ state of crazy, the news, the virus, and work days that often go 12 hours or more, we need to keep reminding each other to slow down and just breathe. Often when I finally get done “edtech-ing” for the day, […]
Create Your Own hiPad
If the Bitmoji Classroom craze has taught us anything, it’s that you can do all sorts of creative things by adding hyperlinks to objects. I’ve seen teachers create really fun “all about me” assignments with room creations, locker decorating, door decorating, and even hydroflask decorating challenges for their students. If you’ve tried any of these, […]
A #Fliphunt Is/Is Not…
As most of you know, I’m the creator of something called a #Fliphunt. The story of how #Fliphunt came to be has been told in this previous blog post. It originated in spring of 2017 and the first real #Fliphunt debuted appropriately in Minnesota that summer. Educators from around the country converged on Minneapolis, […]
Designing A Logo With Meaning
I had an incredible designer build my website (Kerszi.com), and he was kind enough to offer to design logo images for me. One day he sent me nine of them, based on ideas I had shared about my likes, goals, and purpose. I couldn’t decide, so I posted them on Facebook and asked my […]
In the past two weeks, educators all over the world have been notified about their acceptance as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts (MIEExperts). In the world of Microsoft Education, this is a high honor. To even be considered, educators must already have earned status as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) by completing courses in the Microsoft […]