Episode #20 - Travisray Salyers

 

Travisray Salyers is a cardigan-wearing, coffee-drinking, energetic high school educator who loves graphic design and spreadsheets. T-Ray, as he is commonly referred to as, teaches Business & Digital Media at Santa Fe Trail High School in Carbondale, Kansas. Travisray also advises the Charger Yearbook and Future Business Leaders of America, plus teaches 6 different classes a day. He is in his fourth year of teaching and his fourth year at SFT. Travisray graduated from Emporia State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in Business Education.

Travisray Salyers is a strong believer in Maslow before Bloom. Travisray loves to create a culture within his classroom that he likes to call “Mister T-Ray’s Neighborhood” as a play-off from Mr. Rogers. He adds lots of social-emotional aspects within his class as a way to strengthen the community of his classroom, students, and the school. T-Ray loves to incorporate technology into his classroom to help aid in lessons, build connections, and allow for social-emotional opportunities.

Show Notes / Resources:

Twitter: @TravisrayS

Tech Tools:

• Pear Deck
• Daily Check-In
• Google Slides
• Graphic Design
• Posters
• Google Classroom
• Google Sheets
• Adobe Suite

Pear Deck Templates - https://www.peardeck.com/templates

Social-Emotional Template - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iBH_UtFw1xZqYyO_tPBTGYJ902uocq0uY5wRqzP1IvM/copy

Google Slides

Ideas for using Slides -- https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-slides/