Category Archives: Technology

What About Now?

Posted on May 19, 2020 by paraeducate

Yes, we promised this yesterday. But yesterday happened and is gone. It is the end of the academic year for ParaEducate. Normally by now, we’ve prepared you for things that can be fun and talked more about celebrations. But this … Continue reading →

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How To Motivate At A Distance

Posted on May 11, 2020 by paraeducate

In other years, when we talk about ‘motivating at a distance’, we are usually talking about a paraeducator being on the other side of the classroom or maybe from another classroom entirely. This is the one time when we might … Continue reading →

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How Far I [Should] Go

Posted on April 6, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay is technically on spring break, however, ParaEducate is not. The question we keep getting is what should a paraeducator do on digital learning? For distance learning, every platform is different, and then there is the question of equity. While … Continue reading →

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The Things That Are Digital

Posted on May 9, 2019 by paraeducate

A few weeks ago, Renay was a part of an exploratory committee for new curriculum. Renay has a seat at the table representing special education. The last time Renay reviewed materials for curriculum adoption, the companies were just starting to … Continue reading →

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Taking Note

Posted on March 22, 2018 by paraeducate

Renay is a bit smug when she walks into some districts for training. She can identify the ones who work secondary from the ones who work elementary quite quickly. It’s because the ones in secondary mostly know how to take … Continue reading →

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The Hodgepodge of ParaEducate

Posted on March 15, 2018 by paraeducate

This week we’ve been collecting a trail of ideas but nothing has really been sticking. However, if we just waited for them to get bigger, we don’t really think we’d ever let these posts see the light of day. We … Continue reading →

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Recap #caltash2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 by paraeducate

Cal-TASH is home. Six years ago, Renay and Megan introduced ParaEducate to a Cal-TASH audience. So having skipped last year in favor of SXSWEdu 2017, we were glad to be back with a very familiar venue and familiar faces. One … Continue reading →

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How do you learn that? Getting over the fear of computers

Posted on February 1, 2018 by paraeducate

So it’s pretty much no secret that Renay has always been very well versed in technology. If you ask her, the story goes into something about early introduction, a cart rolled in during kindergarten, but never being able to touch … Continue reading →

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2018 and ParaEducate

Posted on January 11, 2018 by paraeducate

We’re back! We were fully charged earlier this week, no matter if the kids had a happy holiday or not, they’re pretty glad to be back. Which brings us to the point of the things we want to look at … Continue reading →

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From The ParaEducate Mail Bag 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by paraeducate

Okay, so we got really distracted this year and our mailbag is overflowing. We plucked one for this week because we’re a little wrapped up here at ParaEducate with baby news (co-worker just became a grandma again within the last … Continue reading →

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