Beth Helms

Former CS Teacher, Kenan Fellow, & NCTF
Interested in iNaturalist, Running and EdTech

[Wake County Public School System @WCPSS]

Reminder that there is a wealth of technology info at https://t.co/BHb10hUFIH showing students how to log into their Wake ID & student email, how to set up & use Chromebooks & hotspots, how to connect to WiFi, how to use learning systems such as Google Classroom & Canvas, & more!

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

AP Environmental Science... Great info for Human Population Unit... Demographic Transition in action...

[BBC Science News @BBCScienceNews]

Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born https://t.co/mlpyoRKb5I

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

This is impressive... And looks alot like my life lately...

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

@rebelmusicteach Teacher sick for me was having an administrator tell me that I needed to move my OB appointments until after school when I was pregnant with my first... And then when I couldn't move them, making another (also pregnant) teacher cover my class... Great for morale.

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[Sade Dunston @SadeDunston]

I pretend it’s all good, but deep down I just wanna eat peach cobbler and watch old movies.

🗣Without gaining weight

[Brian Phillips @PBLKnight]

Suddenly the mental well-being of students is important enough to reopen schools, but a year ago wasn’t important enough to fund nurses, psychologists, & counselors at even a reasonable fraction of recommended rates? Commit to funding or don’t use mental well-being as a rationale

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

♥️

[Brian Phillips @PBLKnight]

After watching the School Board work session just now, this whole reopening schools thing is reminding me more and more of one of those “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ...” books - every solution creates a weird new challenge! Adding our Central Office folks to my prayer list.

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

@PBLKnight @DaneWestNC I'm a huge fan of standing whole class collab circles. I used to call them whiteboard meetings. But in all honesty one class would need the football field to spread out enough. 🤷‍♀️

[Georgia Tech Alumni @gtalumni]

In 1918 Georgia Tech played almost a complete football schedule during the Spanish Flu outbreak that killed more than 675,000 in the US. Coached by the legendary John Heisman, The Golden Tornadoes, played six games at Grant Field. 📸:Andy McNeil, PP 01. https://t.co/KJYbe9onFE

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

Always called them icy pops.. I have never heard of an "otter pop"? What in the world? 🤔

[Run and Rant PLN @runandrant]

What are these called?

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

Haha

[Ryan @Univarn]

Marketing emails these days be like

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

Agreed!!! I also don't like the "that cartoon looks sort of familiar" feeling I get when trying to figure out who made them.

[Brian Phillips @PBLKnight]

Just putting this out there: Bitmojis creep me out. They have too much of a Chucky / It’s a Small World After All / WestWorld vibe for me. Empty-eyed and soulless little ghouls.

[Wake County Public School System @WCPSS]

Two teams delivered 22 Chromebooks and five Internet hotspots by bus to @WendellMagnetES students today to support their remote learning. More bus deliveries are scheduled in the coming days. Thank you to these dedicated staff members!

[Wake County Public School System @WCPSS]

Friday, @ewmid distributed 90 Chromebooks & 34 WiFi hotspots to support remote learning.
To date:
-171 schools gave out 25,000+ Chromebooks
-9,000+ hotspots to schools, 2,357 hotspots given out
-210 volunteers from @activategood & WCPSS logged 1,200+ hours configuring hotspots

[Dr. Kristopher J. Childs (he/him) @DrKChilds]

1:1 technology and mobile hotspots DOES NOT equate to equity!

Does it help? Yes
Is it equity? NO

Access and Equity is SERIOUS BUSINESS, stop trying to minimize it into a checklist or compliance document!

#DrKChildsThoughts

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

Such a good read ....https://t.co/ZrxPagG2vb

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

We have been working outside so much lately and spent some time hiking at Turnipseed Nature Preserve last weekend. I have loved tracking it all on @inaturalist #NCBackyardNature #NCEarthDay50

[Robert Doreauk @RDoreauk]

How do you get over 10K @ATT hotspots in the hands of @WCPSS kids for #remotelearning? LOTS of #volunteers!! Huge thanks to @activategood, and everyone who came out, especially WCPSS staff and leadership. #ATTnc #SocialDistancing #RiddlemeBATs

[Wake County Public School System @WCPSS]

Volunteers from @activategood and @ATT are helping WCPSS staff prep hotspots to be delivered to students without home Internet access. Teams are working at @VernonMaloneCCA. Thanks to AT&T, @lenovoUS and @absolutecorp for lunch! More info and photos: https://t.co/xfObk5MiXN

[Beth Helms @Helms_Science]

A solid 2 for me... So much food..

[North Carolina Museum of Art @ncartmuseum]

On a scale of 1-9, how are you feeling today?