Julie Rivas

She/Her| Instructional Technology Specialist | Seesaw Certified Educator | Certified BrainPOP Educator | MIE | Apple Teacher | Boymom

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

It was a fun day of learning and sharing at the #WTSSC. @JulieLRivas and I shared Reimagine History: Digital Storytelling with @CanvaEdu during breakout session 5! #WTSSC #WeR19 #IamEPISD @EPISD_ITS

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

What a great time teaching at #ISTELive25 with @sharodickerson @ArcyAguina and @JulieLRivas The educators that joined us were so much fun! We loved their creativity and ideas. @CanvaEdu #itstartswithus @EPISD_ITS

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Elementary robotics kits are making their way to campuses! Excited to get this year’s clubs going! @EPISD_ITS @sharodickerson #itstartswithus

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

We got a chance to share our love for CanvaEDU and video creation at the #SunCityEdTech2024 #ItStartsWithUs @CanvaEdu @mimg1225 @EPISD_ITS

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

It was great to meet you today @JensSeip ! Thanks for sharing with us. @curipodofficial We missed you this time around @lexilobdell !

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

I loved spending some time with Curipod. We got to dive into the Science Standards 😀😀😀 with Curipod as our designer for an interactive lesson. @curipodofficial Thanks, Jens! #ItStartsWithUs @EPISD_ITS

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

Today, @eyager took the time to teach the team the ins and outs of our ballot system. Formulas galore go into all of the spreadsheets that will collect data to create our real time updates for the EPISD Mock Election. Shout out to Earl! #ItStartsWithUs

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

EPISD Instructional Technology Specialists are designing the @ELPASO_ISD Mock Election Central. A lot of work goes into creating an experience for our students and simulating the importance of the right to vote. #ItStartsWithUs #EPISDMockElection2024

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

Attention @ELPASO_ISD Classroom Teachers, Librarians, Campus Instructional Coaches and Dyslexia Teachers - Register for the Digital and Learning Resources Exchange Day sessions for the 2024-2025 school year- https://t.co/xjjKuhZLqK #ItStartsWithUS

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Congratulations again to all of our winners! #episdfilmfest #itstartswithus

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

Here is a recap of all of the winners from this year’s EPISD Student Film Festival! #episdfilmfest #itstartswithus @ELPASO_ISD @SocorroISD @YsletaISD @ClintISD @_AnthonyISD

[Jesus M. Morales @jmmorales27]

Attention filmmakers and sponsors - EPISD Student Film Festival Awards, Saturday, April 20th @coronado_high Fine Arts Center from 2:30-4:30 pm. Red Carpet events start at 1:00 pm @ELPASO_ISD @EPISD_ITS @sharodickerson @jroach4522 @JulieLRivas @ccsherma

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Always excited with how well these kiddos do when they get to competition! We had a little over 500 students participate this year! @EPISD_ITS

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

Congratulations to all teams that competed in this year's @ELPASO_ISD Elementary Robotics Competition! #itstartswithus

Our top teams this year were:
🥇Pizza Rocks from Zach White
🥈Polar Bear 1 from Herera
🥉Tanjio Fire from Murphree

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

Last week, @JulieLRivas and I taught during our Blended Learning Workshops. We focused on Digital Tools for Speaking and Listening. What a great group of teachers! @EPISD_ITS

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

Our Microsoft Academy was so much fun. We cooked up learning experiences and one of our teachers brought edible ants! We all learned and tried something new! @mlaguilar84 @EPISD_ITS @JulieLRivas @jmmorales27

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Thank you @CGomezW for inviting me to your Holiday STEAMtastic event! It was so much fun creating with the PreK kiddos and their parents in @ScratchJr this afternoon. @pauletta_howard @ChampionCowboys @sharodickerson @EPISD_ITS #itstartswithus

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Giving our teachers a taste of some @MicrosoftEDU tools this morning with our Microsoft Educator Academy. #itstartswithus @EPISD_ITS @sharodickerson

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

The Girl Powered Event was awesome and this last group did an amazing job with participation and creating their algorithms!

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

The last session at the Girl Powered Event was so much fun! @JulieLRivas connected a love for the arts with computer science. Students were programmed to dance and then designed their own dance algorithms with loops. #itstartswithus @sharodickerson @EPISD_ITS

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

The Girl Powered Event is under way here in EPISD! @JulieLRivas @jroach4522 and I are ready to use coding to program our students! #itstartswithus @sharodickerson @episd_its @DsayavedraEPISD

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

Code a Story with Scratch Jr. at #miniCASTelPaso #STEAMregion19 @JulieLRivas

[Karen Balbier @kbalbier]

Shout out to @amydelair24 for teaching us so much about @canva today. After trying the translate app we all wanted to clap and I may have said, it’s like Magic! After exploring the AI, teachers said this is AWESOME! @CanvaEdu #ItStartsWithUs

[Julie Rivas @JulieLRivas]

Yay @library_putnam ! Excited to see what your students will accomplish this year. I’m also curious about their little robots….so cute! 🤖

[EPISD Digital Learning @EPISD_ITS]

Woohoo!!! Got Falcon Robotics 🤖 @JulieLRivas