Professional Development

TCEA 2019

By Kim Estes | 20 Feb, 19 | 0 Comments |

I have to say...San Antonio in February is much cooler

ESC 11 e-Merge 2018

By Kim Estes | 21 Mar, 18 | 0 Comments |

Two of my team members and I presented at the

TxGoo 2018! See You There!

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

Hope you're coming! See you there!

Spring BreakoutEDU Academy

By Kim Estes | 24 Feb, 18 | 0 Comments |

We love it when our teachers join us on a

Advanced Educ-ATE-ion

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

One of several six hour courses offered for summer PD,

2017 Technology Content Area Academy – Special Education

By Kim Estes | 9 Sep, 17 | 0 Comments |

I was really honored to be asked to present a

Chromebook Prepper Academy – The Third

By Kim Estes | 3 Aug, 17 | 0 Comments |

August 1st saw the final 3-day Chromebook Prepper Academy of

2017 Technology Content Area Academy – Electives

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

I can't believe we forgot to take any photos of

The Summer of BreakoutEDU

By Kim Estes | 27 Jul, 17 | 0 Comments |

Our LT Lindsay Foster was a huge advocate for bringing

2017 Technology Content Area Academy – Social Studies

By Kim Estes | 26 Jul, 17 | 0 Comments |

After surveying our teachers about the type of PD they’d

2017 Technology Content Area Academy – ELA

By Kim Estes | 24 Jul, 17 | 0 Comments |

After surveying our teachers about the type of PD they’d

TIA in Denton – Another GREAT Conference

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

I was thrilled to get to present at TIA in

Code.Org Training

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

Burleson ISD hosted an open Code.org training for teachers in

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

Technology Content Area Academy – Science

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

After surveying out teachers about the type of PD they'd

Technology Content Area Academy – Math

By Kim Estes | 6 Jun, 17 | 0 Comments |

After surveying out teachers about the type of PD they'd

BreakoutEDU Academy

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

In an effort to introduce teachers to the concept of

Education Talk Radio

By Kim Estes | 24 Feb, 17 | 0 Comments |

Education Talk Radio is a professional development online broadcast for

Virtual Reality PD

By Kim Estes | 21 Feb, 17 | 0 Comments |

The virtual reality program Mursion simulates a typical classroom environment, giving

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

zSpace Virtual Reality Lab Training

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

We've got six amazing zSpace lab machines at Clinkscale Elementary

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

CDW Leadership Workshop

By Kim Estes | 30 Aug, 16 | 0 Comments |

The Technology Department hosted Mike Patterson from CDW for a

Top Tech Breakout Edu

By Kim Estes | 22 Aug, 16 | 0 Comments |

Our first Top Tech meeting of the year took place

Get Your ZSpace On!

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

Thanks to Dr. Leslie Bender Jutzi, BISD's Academic Innovations Officer,

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

BrightBytes Conference

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

I was invited to sit on a panel for the

SXSWEdu 2016

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

This year we all got to go to SXSWEdu in

GEG-NORTX EdCampGoo

By Kim Estes | 23 Jan, 16 | 0 Comments |

BISD hosted the first North Texas Google Educator's Group EdCampGoo.

Hour of Code Teacher Training

By Kim Estes | 14 Nov, 15 | 0 Comments |

A bunch of teachers gave up their free time to

TechStock 2015

By Kim Estes | 26 Sep, 15 | 0 Comments |

I got to present at Region 11's TechStock 2015. I

Prime Digital Learning – Region 11

By Kim Estes | 7 Aug, 15 | 0 Comments |

Attended the Prime Digital Learning conference hosted at Region 11.

Keynoting with Google

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

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

Got to Meet Eric Sheninger

By Kim Estes | 31 Mar, 15 | 0 Comments |

Attended a workshop at ESC 11, sponsored by TASA, featuring

It’s All About the PD

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

Today was the Google WebEx presentation on professional development. Really

Learning about PBL

By Kim Estes | 13 Sep, 13 | 0 Comments |

I really enjoyed spending the day with teachers from Kerr