Episode 47 | Flipgrid & Keeping Engaged Remotely
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Imagine a tech tool that works for everyone from Pre K to PhD and beyond! Not only that, but you have complete flexibility and complete control at the same time! Flipgrid can be as simple or as sophisticated as you want it to be, and there is no right or wrong way of doing it. Join us today as we speak with Ann Kozma from Flipgrid as she tells us the new and exciting enhancements coming up.
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Episode 46 | Building Civil Knowledge with iCivics - Neil Wrona
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It’s an election year! Do your students understand the complexities of our government workings? What a great time to learn about how our system works, while the subject is in the news every day! Join us as we speak with Neil Wrona, a 7th grade teacher at an alternative school tasked with teaching these young people how their government works and how they can make a difference. All in a very easy to understand and fun way!
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Episode 45 | Coding & Creating with Ozobots - Nikki Jones
Have you seen Ozobots, perhaps in a STEAM lab or at a conference, moving around the floor or table, but didn’t understand what it was doing or how you could use it with your students? Join us today as we speak with Nikki Jones, a 3rd Grade teacher from Virginia that loves technology, especially Ozobots. Find out how Nikki uses the Ozobots, not only for coding, but how she also uses them for math, social studies and science!
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Episode 44 | Podcasting with your Students - Bryan Briggs
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Have you thought about podcasting with your students, but don’t know where to start? Join us today as we speak with Brian Briggs, the Director of Innovation and Instructional Technology for Plumas Lake Elementary School District in California. Brian shares with us why podcasting with your students is so beneficial and just how easy it is to get started.
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Episode 43 | Seesaw in the Classroom - Megan Madden
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It’s so great when each of your students have their own devices. But what happens when you have 31 student projects on 31 devices? It means a lot of time on the Teacher collecting, grading, distributing, and managing both the projects and the devices. Join us today as we speak with Megan Madden, a 3rd Grade Teacher from California. Megan shares with us why Seesaw works so well for her and her classroom. Also, listen in to how much the parents love it as well. One more thing, this episode will be a short series on Seesaw. This is the “Seesaw in the Classroom” episode, our next one coming up will be “Seesaw with Distance Learning”, so be sure to subscribe to our podcast because you don’t want to miss that one!
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Episode 42 | Creating with Chrome - Ryan O'Donnell
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Are you at a school with a lot of Chromebooks? How are you using them? Are your students consumers or creators? Wouldn’t it be great if you could turn on your student’s creative side and see where it would lead them? Join us today as we speak with Ryan O’Donnell, a high school Video Production teacher from California. He shares with us so many creative ways to have your students Creating with Chrome in no time. And just wait until you check out his unbelievable templates that he is sharing with you!
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Episode 41 | Digital Design Strategies - Martin Cisneros
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could customize information that you want to give your students so that every student could understand at their reading level? What about being able to show websites to your class without pop-ups and advertisements? These are just a couple of the tech tools that are shared by our guest, Martin Cisneros.
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Episode 40 | Pear Deck & Creating Classroom Conversations - Kristan Morales
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Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. Join us as we speak with Kristan Morales and how she uses Pear Deck in her math classes to get responses from her students, either named or anonymously.
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Episode 39 | Empatico, Connecting Classrooms Around the World - Wendy Turner
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Empatico combines live video with activities designed to foster meaningful connections.
Wendy Turner is passionate about connecting learning in the classroom to the real world in all areas of study. Deeply committed to social-emotional learning, she guides her students to embody respect, empathy, resilience, citizenship, and growth mindset through dynamic classroom experiences. |
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Episode 38 | Assistive Tech Pt. 3, Dive Into UDL - Luis Perez & Kendra Grant
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Luis Perez joins us again with co-author, Kendra Grant, of the book “Dive Into UDL”. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for designing instruction that meets the needs of every learner. They discuss an overview of UDL, showing how to offer flexibility in methods of presentation, student participation and expression to support high achievement for all students, including those with disabilities or limited English proficiency.
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Episode 37 | Thrively, Strength Based Education - Judy Blakeney and Tricia Gee
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Tired of only looking at what your students are doing wrong? Interested in building up your student’s self-esteem? Join us as we look at Thrively with Judy Blakeney and Tricia Gee, where you can see a student’s strengths instead of their weaknesses.
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Episode 36 | 360 Degree Math Remix - Ed Campos
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Looking to step up you game in the classroom? Turn your math class into a fun and engaging atmosphere where your students don’t feel like they are an island, but are in a community.
Ed is a Lead Learner for CUE and does professional development under his own Consulting, “Mathletic Performance.” He’s taught high school Math and Computer Science for over 14 years in the San Joaquin Valley. |
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Episode 35 | Assistive Technology Part 2, Learning on the Go - Luis Perez
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Luis Perez joins us again to talk about the tools you can add to your tech toolbelt for Universal Design for Learning (UDL). While UDL is the framework, the technology is the tool to implement and practice using UDL in the classroom.
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Episode 34 | Shadow a Student, BOLD Recap - Devon Young
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The Shadow a Student Challenge is a crash course in empathy that starts with seeing school through a student's eyes. It helps school leaders find meaningful opportunities to improve the experience for students, and take insight-driven action to create change at their schools.
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Episode 33 - Learning Like Finland, a Principal’s Observations - Nicole Johnson
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Join a Principal's journey in going to Finland to observe their school system.
Nicole Johnson is an Elementary School Principal from Los Angeles, California. She was selected to join a group of Principals from the Los Angeles area to go to Finland to observe how their school system is run, based on the book, “Teach Like Finland”. |
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Episode 32: Blended Learning from a Principal’s Perspecitve - Amanda Johnston
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Amanda shares with us her journey of continuing with a promise made to the students, faculty and families of St. Mary school. They would become a Blended Learning school. Mrs. Johnston talks about finding the right people to connect and collaborate with. She also talks about how important empowering your staff is. She discusses her insights, struggles, and even a tech failure.
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Episode 31: Assistive Technology pt. 1 with Luis Perez
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Luis Pérez is a technical assistance specialist for the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. In this role, he promotes the creation, delivery and use of high quality accessible educational materials and technologies to support equitable learning opportunities for all students. Listen to him discuss how assistive technology can enhance your classroom!
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Episode 30: Freckle For All pt. 2 – with Kristen Johnson
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Kristen Johnson from Alabama was a first year teacher that was feeling a bit unsure of her progression with her students during the second half of the year. Join us as we talk about how Freckle helped her students prepare for their mandatory testing in April.
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Episode 29: #CUE19 and Jon Corippo
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Did you miss CUE 2019 or just want to recap the best parts? Listen to our #CUE19 review and hear us catch up with CUE Executive Director Jon Corippo.
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Episode 28: 3Doodler and Cue It Up!
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Can you imagine almost getting to the end of your large 14 hour 3D printing project and, oh no, the printer missed a level. Now you have your 3D object in two pieces, but have no way of joining them together. Looks like you have to start all over again, right? Well this exact thing happened to our guest, Maxwell Bogue, from 3Doodler. Listen to find out what he and his partner did to fix the situation.
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Episode 27 - Freckle For All: Part 1 - Sarah Emerling
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Looking for a way to differentiate instruction for everyone in the classroom? Well, you are in for a treat as we speak with Sarah Emerling, a Special Education teacher from South Carolina where we talk about Freckle. She tells us how Freckle wants to reach all of your students at the level that’s best for them!
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Episode 26 - OER, Oh My! Open Educational Resources - Kristina Ishmael
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Looking for a way to have enhanced or a alternative resources for your curriculum? Well, you are in for a treat as we speak with Kristina Ishmael from New America where we talk about Open Educational Resources, or OER. She explains what type of resources are available, licensing, and how you can use the resources once you have them. Kristina’s enthusiasm about OER will have you excited to see how you can use OER in your school.
Open Educational Resources (OER), are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. |
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Episode 025 - Mad About MinecraftEDU
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Wouldn’t it be great to use technology that students already love and many are using already?
Join us in our conversation with James Pike and Neal Manegold where they tell us about the different ways you can use MinecraftEDU in your classroom. Don’t be afraid to try it, they will tell you just how easy it is to get started! |
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Episode 24 - Virtual Reality, Get ready to get fully immersed - Steven Sato
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Steven shares, “Virtual Reality provides access to the impossible, rare, expensive, dangerous, counterproductive. A recent Stanford test looked at schools with access to extra curricular activities such as field trips and schools that did not have access to these and found that schools without those stimuli tested far worse than those that had access.”
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Episode 023 - CUE Membership, Networking, PLN, and Education Technology - Cate Tolnai
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Have you thought about finding a group of educators that are as interested in technology as you are? Well, today we are speaking with Cate Tolnai, Director of Member Engagement for CUE. Cate explains all the wonderful advantages there are to joining a group like CUE.
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MTT022 | 3-D Printing - Brian Adams
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Have you thought about exploring the world of 3D printers?
Do you have a 3D Printer, but not sure what to do with it? Join us in our conversation with Brian Adams where he tells us about different types of printers, price points, maintenance, and things to look for in a quality printer. He also gives us resources for templates to get you started right out of the box! |
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MTT021 | Thanksgiving Episode
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We are so thankful for all of you who supported us as we started this podcast. We continue to be thankful to all of the teachers who are working in the classrooms and impacting the lives of the future generations.
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MTT020 | Kahoot! Game based learning - Peter Paccone
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Kahoot! is a fantastic game based tool where students can engage with content in a fast paced dynamic environment. In this episode we talk to Peter Paccone, a high school civics teacher, about how his students use Kahoot! in the classroom.
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MTT019| We Video, Digital Storytelling - Jessica Pack
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WeVideo is the complete, feature-packed video creation platform for today’s learners. The platform is built with classroom, school, and district-wide use in mind. Jessica says, “WeVideo is browser-based video editing software, with options for green screen, webcam recording, and screen recording."
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MTT018 | Hour of Code - Jillian Hoffman
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Jillian Hoffman is an elementary school teacher in Torrance, California. She has 15 years of teaching experience in both private and public schools. Jillian takes us on her journey from not having any coding experience, to writing a grant to get the project off the ground into her new school. Then, showing other teachers at her school how to implement Hour of Code into their curriculum.
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Episode MTT017 | Soundtrap - Meredith Allen
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Soundtrap - Soundtrap EDU is an online tool that enables teachers to follow the latest curriculums through music, podcasts, language, literacy training and other sound recordings.
A creative environment in which students can collaborate and develop their own creative and communication skills. |
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Episode 016 - The EduProtocol Field Guide w/ Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo
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Are you stuck in the lecture-and-worksheet rut?
Many teachers continue to struggle to break out of the corporate lesson-and-worksheet cycle to find fresh, meaningful ways to develop original, engaging and effective instruction. In The EduProtocol Field Guide, Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern outline sixteen classroom-tested protocols to break up clichéd lesson plans, build culture, and deliver content to K–12 students in a supportive, creative environment. |
Episode 015 - Donors Choose: Donate Directly to the Classroom
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Keani Romero, a middle school teacher, shares with us how she uses Donors Choose in her classroom: "My students are excited to come to my class every day because they are learning how to use technology in a new way and learning how to manipulate objects with their hands. It's new and fun for them and I truly feel we need more of this type of learning in all classrooms. I have had a lot of success obtaining donations via Donors Choose and have added some very exciting tech tools to my classroom. I'd love to share what has worked for me so that more teachers can benefit from this amazing resource."
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Episode 014 - Scrible for Digital Research
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Matt tells us how he uses Scrible, “Scrible is a tool that takes much of the micromanagement and headache out of facilitating research-based assignments and projects in the classroom. It has been a dream come true for teachers like myself who are teaching humanities courses that require students to research and manage a collection of sources in an inquiry-based model. Scrible is cloud-based so any device with internet can access student and teacher libraries. Assignments both large and small work well with Scrible due to its text editing, citation and realtime collaborative features. It also affords teachers the ability to modify their instruction or manage projects based on data-driven results. |
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Episode 013 - Classcraft pt. 2 - Gamification with Music Teacher, Sam Schneider
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Sam tells us how he uses Classcraft, “Classcraft started out as my classroom management overlay: a system of rewards and punishments that I could implement and my students could follow which helped alleviate some of the "bad guy" responsibility from me. Then they started adding features like interactive class content where I could post assignments, boss battle formative assessments, and then eventually quests which are self-paced lessons or units.”
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Episode 012 - Gamification with Classcraft - It's not just for video games
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Classcraft is a video game-like tool that brings fun into classroom management and learning. The mythical adventures put a unique twist on standard routines. Join us as we talk with the founder, Shawn Young about his vision for Classcraft at CUE18.
Amanda Moore, a fourth grade teacher, also discusses how she uses Classcraft in her classroom. |
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Episode 011 - ISTE18 Recap - EdCamp Mammoth - Better Together CA
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If you were #NotAtISTE, take a listen as we recap the conference, talk about #EdCampMammoth and shout out to the #BetterTogetherCA conference on July 27, 2018 |
Episode 010 - Nearpod, An Interactive Classroom Tool
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“Nearpod allows me to engage my students while keeping a constant pulse on the level of understanding my students have throughout the lesson. The variety of tools available are unparalleled, from virtual field trips to 3D objects, to quick polls, and draw its - Nearpod gives me the ability to make any lesson relevant and interactive. I use it during whole group to hook my students and deliver direct instruction as well as a way to differentiate mathematical tasks. It can also be used in small groups for differentiation and progress monitoring or sent home as flipped assignments or to help connect families to what we’re learning in class. The possibilities seem to be endless!”
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Episode 009 - ISTE18: Are You Ready
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ISTE is the EPICENTER OF EDTECH, the most comprehensive ed tech event in the world.
"You’ll have more than 1,000 opportunities to personalize your learning and create a professional development path that covers what’s important to you. Want to learn by doing? Check out a BYOD. Want to ask questions of presenters? Attend an interactive lecture. Need to get really hands-on? Join us in a playground. See why more than 16,000 educators count on the ISTE Conference & Expo for extraordinary PD!" |
Episode 008 - Go Formative - Student Growth Made Easy
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Formative, formerly Go Formative, was created to track student growth in a live setting. Both teachers and students are able to receive feedback quickly but can also track student growth over time.
Co-Founder, Craig Jones talks to us about how and why he created Formative and how it transforms teaching, by tracking student growth to a new level. Our Guest Teacher, Danielle Moore talks about how she uses this assessment tool in her classroom. |
Episode 007 - Go Big and Go BOLD
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BOLD, which is the Premier Blended and Online Lesson Design Symposium on the West Coast, and is hosted by CUE. This event was held in May 2018 on a Saturday and Sunday. "CUE’s second BOLD Symposium will take teachers, administrators, and district leaders on a deep dive into the world of blended and online lesson design.
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Episode 006 - Flipgrid Fever, Catch it! - Laura McComb
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"My students use Flipgrid to show their understanding of math topics by showing how they work problems or that they understand a math concept. My students have shared their thoughts on various topics or questions that I have assigned them. During our recent snow days, students sent in responses on how they were spending their snow days."
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Episode 005 - #BigName Jon Corippo, Executive Director of CUE
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We were able to meet-up with Jon after the CUE 18 Spring Conference. We found him so personable and fun. By the end of the interview, we were both blown away by his innovative ideas and his fresh take on the status quo.
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Episode 004 - CUE 18, it's a wrap
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Our wrap up of the CUE18 Spring Conference #WeAreCue #CUE18
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Episode 003 - Go Noodle with Zoe Bader
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In this episode we welcome Zoe Bader to our podcast. Zoe joins us from Watts in Los Angeles, CA. Zoe will be sharing about how she is using Go Noodle in her 3rd - 5th grade classes.
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Episode 002 - TouchCast Studio with Mary McCormick
In this episode we welcome Mary McCormick to our podcast. Mary joins us from San Jose, CA where she share how she is using the TouchCast Studio app with here Jr. High students in science class.
Follow Mary on Twitter: @MAMcCormick_edu
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Episode 001 - The Who & The Why
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This is the episode where you get to know Brenda & Shannon and why we started the My Tech Toolbelt podcast. This podcast is a labor of love and there are many folks who support us in this. Friends and family that help us with the equipment, the editing, the scheduling, the childcare, etc and without them this would not be possible. We hope you like listening to this first conversation we recorded for you!
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