Along with Diana Neebe, Jen has co-authored a professional development book for teachers new to 1:1 learning in their classrooms. With a range of curricular examples from 6-12th grade, Power Up is a great resource for teachers transforming the way they teach and students learn. 

Power UP: Making the Shift to 1:1 Teaching and Learning

Jen attended the Google Teacher Academy in Seattle in July 2011. Since becoming a GCT Jen has been an active member of the GCT community, contributing on line and presenting with fellow GCTs at national and local conferences. 

Google Certified Teacher 

Jen was recognized locally when the San Diego Computer-Using Educators and the Classrooms of the Future Foundation awarded her their Innovative Educator Award in 2013. 


Innovative Educator Award, 2013

Google For Education Certified Innovators

California Association of Teachers of English (CATE)

San Diego Area Writing Project (SDAWP)

Google Certified Teachers

San Diego CUE

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Wherever you are on the path to 1:1 teaching and learning, you need a guide that can help you make the best use of the powerful technology available in today's classrooms. In this inspiring and practical book, Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts draw on research and their extensive experience working with teachers across subject areas and grade levels to share the keys to success when teaching with a computer or tablet for every student. This is the book secondary teachers need to understand the changes in pedagogy, planning, classroom organization, time management, and collaboration that will help them be successful in a 1:1 environment. Whether providing immediate and detailed feedback to student writers, giving voice to quiet learners, or creating more time for actual work in a jam-packed school day, Neebe and Roberts show teachers how communication, differentiation, and other effective practices can be powered up with personalized technology.Throughout the book, Neebe and Roberts coach teachers through their initial concerns about technology integration, offer advice about avoiding common problems, and encourage innovation. Using detailed classroom examples, questions, and suggestions, they provide a framework for shaping the transformation of a traditional classroom into a student-centered, technology-rich learning environment. Readers will come away with a clear sense of how a fully implemented 1:1 classroom operates. Staff developers can use this book as a long-term program for teachers who are adapting to 1:1 classrooms. They also can draw on the companion study guide for additional discussion questions and prompts.Power Up makes the transition to 1:1 a manageable and exciting journey. It's a key part of supporting teachers and ensuring the success of your 1:1 program."Power Up goes beyond implementation of technology; it offers a practical guide to help teachers truly transform how they use technology in the classroom, with the ultimate goal of engaging all students...[It] is a timely must have that motivates and empowers teachers to capitalize on the world our students live in while making learning more relevant and meaningful to the students we serve." --Laurie Barron, Ed.D., Superintendent, Evergreen School District (MT)"Diana Neebe and Jennifer Roberts are both outstanding educators who intentionally integrate technology to make a real difference in students lives. Their book provides a window into their classrooms and the classrooms of similarly expert teachers, offering practical advice and insightful examples to guide readers as we all work to enrich, extend, and transform teaching and learning in our classrooms." --Heather Lattimer, author of Thinking Through Genre

Power Up: Making the Shift to 1:1 Teaching and Learning

Jen Roberts is the co-author of Power Up: making the Shift to 1:1 Teaching and Learning with Diana Neebe. She is also a high school English teacher, a Google for Education Certified Innovator (formerly GCT) and the Digital Lead Teacher at Point Loma High School in San Diego. A popular educational technology presenter at CUE conferences, both locally and statewide, usually around topics related to integrating technology into her English classroom. She is also adjunct faculty at the University of San Diego where she teaches pre-service teachers and an online masters course about digital writing. Her interests are literacy and educational technology as practically applied daily in her freshmen English classes. She has been teaching with 1:1 laptops for her students since 2008. Her teaching team has been using the Common Core Standards for all of their curriculum writing since 2011. Jen is an innovative educator who brings a passion for student success to every talk whether the focus is literacy, technology or both. 

Curriculum Development

Curriculum Design

Teacher Training

Google Apps

Common Core Literacy

Writing Instruction

Reading Instruction

Paperless Classrooms

1:1 Teaching

Blogging

Educational Technology

English

Power Up Web Site

Classroom Charts Blog

LitandTech.com (Professional Blog)

Online CV

Co-Author Of Power Up and Digital Lead Teacher

This is my submission for the University of San Diego DLT & MTLC Video Challenge. The focus here is on the cloud based teaching methods I am using with my students. You can find out more about our classroom at our class blog, imdoingmyhomework.blogspot.com/ and read more about my teaching on my professional blog, whatdoyouteach.blogspot.com/ Thank you for watching.  If you LIKE this video PLEASE go to facebook.com/solesteach and LIKE "Video Finalist #5" to help me win the competition.

Jen Roberts' Classroom in the Cloud

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