#EduGIF Guy. Speaker. Tech Integration Specialist. Google Apps for Edu Trainer. Nerd. #EduDuctTape Podcast Host.
Podcast host, high school teacher, podcast producer, university professor, and podcast network founder Chris Nesi joins the show to talk all about podcasting in the classroom. We cover a podcasting mindset, different types of podcasting, tools for micro-podcasting, tools for recording, editing, and hosting, and, of course, a few microphone recommendations.
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We know from Daniel Pink’s work showcased in his book Drive that human beings are motivated by 3 principles: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. A student-paced learning environment leverages two of those–autonomy and purpose–to motivate students and, in the process, grow their responsibility, reduce behavior problems, and free you up to guide the learning and provide feedback.
This infographic showcases multiple tools that can be used to manage a student-paced learning environment.
Check out the infographic to see which one is the best fit for you!
In the infographic, I give a basic overview of each. To learn more about them, check out Chapter 9 of Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset.
Click on the image to sign up for my newsletter and grab the PDF to learn a bit about how you can use Schoology, Eduflow, Seesaw, Google Sites, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Wakelet, and others. And, bonus, if I change my recommendations or add tools to the infographic later, you’ll get an update in your inbox!
Stephanie Howell joins me to share what she’s learned in her experience designing student choice activities. She also shares some great Google Slides design tips.
In this bonus episode, I chat with Digital Integration Specialists Adam Cobb and Ashley Pursley about podcasting, the adjacent possible, Teachers Pay Teachers, professional development through collaboration and sharing, and dogfooding.
Video, animations, audio, and visuals are all great options for getting an accurate depiction of your students’ comprehension, but what if you want to empower your students with the choice of how to demonstrate their learning? You could say “Use this or this or this,” but what if you want them all to use the same tool, yet have some choice in what kind of representation to make?
This infographic showcases 7 tools that do just that: multiple options for creation within 1 tool. Allow me to introduce: the Swiss Army Knife Multi-Tools!
Check out the infographic to see which one is the best fit for you!
In the infographic, I give a basic overview of each. To learn more about them, check out Chapter 8 of Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset.
Click on the image to sign up for my newsletter and grab the PDF to learn a bit about what your students can create with Book Creator, Padlet, Seesaw, Genially, Microsoft Sway, Google Slides, and Microsoft PowerPoint. And, bonus, if I change my recommendations or add tools to the infographic later, you’ll get an update in your inbox!
Nyree Clark joins the show to share a set of observable practices that we could see a culturally responsive practitioner using in their classroom. Also, I talk about LMSs and share how to use pivot tables in Google Sheets to select the highest test score for each student.
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” This quote, typically credited to Albert Einstein (though likely erroneously), perfectly sums up why creating simple visual representations of understanding may be a perfect assessment tool. If a student can demonstrate comprehension of a concept in a simple, visually-appealing graphic, they likely have a firm grasp of it (and also have a knack for a skill that is valuable in our society).
This infographic showcases 7 tools that I think are great for creating visuals!
Check out the infographic to see which one is the best fit for you!
In the infographic, I give a basic overview of each. To learn more about them, check out Chapter 8 of Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset.
Click on the image to sign up for my newsletter and grab the PDF to learn a bit about creating visuals with Canva, Adobe Spark, Piktochart, Venngage, Google Slides, Google Drawings, and Microsoft PowerPoint. And, bonus, if I change my recommendations or add tools to the infographic later, you’ll get an update in your inbox!
Dr. Will Deyamport joins the show to talk about effectively building your curriculum in your learning management system (LMS) and a collection of compelling reasons that Schoology might be the LMS for you. Also, Jake answers a listener’s question about design thinking games.
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Well, it’s the end of an era. My final Jen Giffen #EduDuctTape sketchnote to share. And what better one to end on: the last chapter of my book and the one that was my favorite to write.
Sometimes it feels like writing just pours out of you. This chapter was like that for me.
It includes one of my family’s favorite funny stories–about my daughter when she was 2 years old–one of my favorite things to remind educators of–improving your practice is a marathon, not a sprint–a quote from one of my favorite EdTech voices–Stacey Roshan–and a quote from one of my favorite sources of inspiration–Seth Godin.
As always, you’ll have to get the book to hear the whole thing, but Jen’s sketchnote should give you a pretty good idea of what it’s about and a reminder of what you should expect yourself: focused persistence, not overnight reinvention.
Want to see if your students understand the life cycle of a butterfly, the way a quadratic equation is graphed, or the westward expansion of American settlers? Animations are a great way for them to show their comprehension of complex processes. showcases 4 tools that I think are great for creating animations!
Check out the infographic to see which one is the best fit for you!
In the infographic, I give a basic overview of each. To learn more about them, check out Chapter 8 of Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset.
Click on the image to sign up for my newsletter and grab the PDF to learn a bit about creating animations with Animation and Drawing by Do Ink, Scratch, #StopMotionSlides, and Flipgrid. And, bonus, if I change my recommendations or add tools to the infographic later, you’ll get an update in your inbox!
