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The Great Virtual Teacher Adventure!

Welcome to our professional collaboration blog describing the ins and outs of virtual education as well as technology resources we have found helpful in teaching virtually through our personal experiences in teaching with Empower Virtual Program in the Coweta County School System. Many of the resources and experiences shared can also be used in the face-to-face classroom settings.

Don't Forget!

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By Kathryn Clark - March 01, 2023

⏰ Don't Forget! ⏰

Set custom reminders throughout the day to help with the millions of things on your To-Do List!

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Creating Links in Book Creator

By Jennifer Pineda - May 30, 2023

Did you know that you can link web addresses or even other pages of a book in your Book Creator creations? You can! My students were working on making a book about various states in the United States of America and one of my students wanted to find out about this. After some research, we figured out how to make a table of contents with direct links to pages within her book! Here is a video that demonstrates . . .

The Starting Point

By Jennifer Pineda - January 02, 2023

As I prepared for my first year of being an official virtual teacher in our school system's new virtual school, I thought of ways that I can prepare my students for the future, not just academically, but also in equipping them for the innovative society in which we live today. With technology at the forefront of our program, what ways could I utilize technology to teach and enhance their academic growth, yet still make it manageable and age-appropriate? I personally had never blogged before, but knew that I wanted my students to create their own blogs imbedded into their digital portfolios. That meant that I needed to play around with it myself so I could also model for them the expectation. I had previously used Kidblog in my face-to-face classroom, but I wasn't crazy about the changes made to the platform. I wanted something that would not be public, but could be shared with families. Since students would be creating digital port...