Oh My Google

Academy at Nola Dunn Teachers Go Virtual

By Kim Estes | 16 May, 18 | 0 Comments |

Principal Lindsey Byrd was kind enough to invite us to

BCHS World Tour and GooseChase

By Kim Estes | 7 May, 18 | 0 Comments |

We had 30+ Burleson Collegiate HS students who weren't taking

Google AR at STEAM MS

By Kim Estes | 2 May, 18 | 0 Comments |

Google AR came back to BISD to continue to beta

Google AR at The REALM

By Kim Estes | 11 Apr, 18 | 0 Comments |

The science department at The REALM @ KMS beta tested

Google Visits BISD

By Kim Estes | 23 Mar, 18 | 0 Comments |

Our friend Kevin Hodges from Google came by for a

TxGoo 2018! See You There!

By Kim Estes | 20 Mar, 18 | 0 Comments |

Hope you're coming! See you there!

School of Choice Night 2018

By Kim Estes | 15 Feb, 18 | 0 Comments |

Burleson ISD hosts an amazing night for students and parents

Hangout With Santa Week

By Kim Estes | 12 Dec, 17 | 0 Comments |

We had another great year of Google Hangouts with Santa

And You Can Quote Me On That

By Kim Estes | 30 Oct, 17 | 0 Comments |

Excited to be quoted in an EdTechMagazine.com article alongside Eric

You See Me Rollin’ – BISD Chromebook Rollout

By Kim Estes | 8 Sep, 17 | 0 Comments |

It’s that time of year again…Chromebook Roll Out…only know we’re

Chromebook Prepper Academy – July 2017

By Kim Estes | 13 Jul, 17 | 0 Comments |

Thanks to the fantastic feedback from our June Preppers, we

Chromebook Prepper Academy – June 2017

By Kim Estes | 22 Jun, 17 | 0 Comments |

In preparation for the second and final wave of our

#UnicornWorldTour – Oh Yeah! It’s On!

By Kim Estes | 14 Jun, 17 | 0 Comments |

At my Google Forms training at TxGoo2017, I gave away

TxGoo 2017

By Kim Estes | 20 May, 17 | 0 Comments |

Most of the Learning Technologies team headed to Kleb Intermediate

Free Chromebook Training Online from Simple K12

By Kim Estes | 19 Feb, 17 | 0 Comments |

Join Simple K-12 on March 11th for this amazing line-up of information-packed

Google For Education Announces Tuesday Tips!

By Kim Estes | 31 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Google For Education is now publishing out tips for teachers

Create Your Own Classroom Checkout Form With CheckItOut!

By Kim Estes | 19 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

CheckItOut is a Google Add-on that allows you to create

4 Fantastic Feedback Tools for Google Docs

By Kim Estes | 18 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Okay...I'm in love with Eric Curts' blog Control Alt Achieve.

Emoji Writing Prompt Generator

By Kim Estes | 18 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

You hear it all the time these days - "Kids

Virtual Chess Club!

By Kim Estes | 17 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Want to start a chess club? Don't have any boards?

Improving Writing and Research with G-Suite for Education

By Kim Estes | 16 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Google Apps for Education (now called G-Suite) has some terrific

Get Your g(Math) On

By Kim Estes | 16 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Google has an add-on called g(Math) that can help math

Managing Google Classroom Late Work Notifications

By Kim Estes | 14 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

It's AWESOME that Google Classroom will now send you a

A Quick How-To for Individual Assignments in Classroom

By Kim Estes | 11 Jan, 17 | 0 Comments |

Here's a quick video tutorial that demonstrates how to use

KMS Uses Google Classroom to Help Each Other

By Kim Estes | 5 Jan, 17 | 1 Comments |

The National Junior Honor Society at Kerr Middle School has

Hangouts With Santa

By Kim Estes | 8 Dec, 16 | 0 Comments |

Every year the Learning Technologies Department arranges digital visits with

EdCampBISD Google-Palooza

By Kim Estes | 15 Oct, 16 | 0 Comments |

We organized our very first EdCamp BISD on October 15th

Teacher Training with FriedTechnology

By Kim Estes | 5 Oct, 16 | 0 Comments |

As part of our Chromebook roll out, we brought 4

6000+ Chromebooks Distributed

By Kim Estes | 28 Sep, 16 | 0 Comments |

The amazing Board of Trustees and Superintendent of Burleson ISD

September Chromebook School Board Update

By Kim Estes | 12 Sep, 16 | 0 Comments |

On September 12. 2016, our CTO had to give an

August Chromebook Academy – Movin’ It to BHS

By Kim Estes | 12 Aug, 16 | 0 Comments |

August, with all of the back-to-school professional development, proved to

July Chromebook Academy – Holy Crowded Training Batman!

By Kim Estes | 27 Jul, 16 | 0 Comments |

Our July Chromebook Academy was very well attended with over

June Chromebook Academy – Google is Coming

By Kim Estes | 29 Jun, 16 | 0 Comments |

June brought our first 3-day Chromebook Academy training for teachers

North Texas Google Summit

By Kim Estes | 9 Jun, 16 | 0 Comments |

The BISD Technology Department hosted the North Texas Google Summit

CHS Lit Tank 2016

By Kim Estes | 15 Apr, 16 | 0 Comments |

Spring 2016 brought with it the 2nd Annual CHS Lit

Presenting for Google at TCEA – Day 5

By Kim Estes | 4 Feb, 16 | 0 Comments |

Thursday at TCEA brought my chance to present in the

TCEA Keynote and Presentations – Day 4

By Kim Estes | 3 Feb, 16 | 0 Comments |

Wednesday brought the Keynote and the formal announcement of the

A Day of Google at TCEA – Day 2

By Kim Estes | 1 Feb, 16 | 0 Comments |

Day 2 saw us attending sessions at the Google Academy

Google Expeditions at KMS

By Kim Estes | 4 Nov, 15 | 0 Comments |

Our 6th grade social studies team were Expedition pioneers and

Google Cardboard Geography

By Kim Estes | 22 Oct, 15 | 0 Comments |

The 6th grade team at KMS brought Google Cardboard into

Google Texas Roadshow 2015

By Kim Estes | 22 Jul, 15 | 0 Comments |

Burleson ISD hosted the Google Texas Roadshow and several of

Keynoting with Google

By Kim Estes | 16 Jun, 15 | 0 Comments |

I was really flattered when asked to Keynote and co-present

What Works For Google…

By Kim Estes | 16 Mar, 15 | 0 Comments |

My boss, Steve Logan, and I had both read How

It’s All About the PD

By Kim Estes | 3 Mar, 15 | 0 Comments |

Today was the Google WebEx presentation on professional development. Really

Who’s Got Two Thumbs And Went To Google? This Girl!

By Kim Estes | 2 Feb, 15 | 0 Comments |

TCEA week started out with a bang...or a goo...Google, that

My Google Teacher Academy Video

By Kim Estes | 10 Oct, 14 | 0 Comments |

So...I completed the application for the Google Teacher Academy today.

Mission Google Complete!

By Kim Estes | 7 Oct, 14 | 0 Comments |

So we had the Google Leadership Symposium today...and I'm so

I love this book

By Kim Estes | 4 Oct, 14 | 0 Comments |

While this is the first time I've mentioned that I'm

Google Leadership Symposium

By Kim Estes | 30 Sep, 14 | 0 Comments |

October 7th is quickly approaching and I'm not done with

Google Teacher Academy – Austin 2014

By Kim Estes | 30 Sep, 14 | 0 Comments |

So...I'm looking at the application for the Google Teacher Academy