Digital Learning at Grant Wood AEA - The Edtech Take Out Podcast from Grant Wood AEA

Episode 52: National Tech Nugget Day II

11/14/2018

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News & Followup

“The iPad Pro outperforms every MacBook Pro we tested except for the most recent, most powerful 15-inch MacBook Pro with an 8th generation Intel Core i9 CPU. Generally, these laptops cost three times as much as the iPad Pro.” (Ars Technica)
Apple K12 Education store
Jamboard on the web

Main Course: 2nd Annual National Tech Nugget Day

Santa Tracker
Synth
Classkick on the Web
Office Lens iOS or Android
Gina’s Random Name Generator in Google Slides
Allsides.com
#TsGiveTs @TsGiveTs fttechtips.com (Nadine Gilkison)
Apple Clips iOS
URL tricks
Google's Spotlight Stories
New Computer Science Page on dlgwaea.org

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Episode 51: Edtech Mythbusting

11/6/2018

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News & Followup

Main Course: Edtech Myths

The myths:

The perfect device for education
Technology vs. test scores
- Make it Stop
1:1 programs are the solution to all your problems
Students are digital natives
Technology = Engagement
Digital Citizenship is the responsibility of teacher librarians
Digital = Accessible
Screen time is bad
The need to monitor student screens at all times

Tech Nuggets

Talltweets.com
Notable Women AR
Use grid view to watch students collaborate in Google Slides via Matt Miller
https://brush.ninja/ via Richard Byrne
Upcoming G Suite releases

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org.

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Episode 50: Live at ITEC 2018

10/15/2018

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Main Course: ITEC Featured Speakers

Kristina Ishmael

Manuel Herrera

Digital Learning Team Resources from ITEC

dlgwaea.org/itec

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org.

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Episode 49: Future Ready Librarians

10/4/2018

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News & Follow-up

Mixtapes from Flipgrid
Media Balance and Well Being Lessons in Common Sense Media via Heather Callihan
Mac OS Mojave released
Everyone Can Create Curriculum from Apple now available
Apple Podcasts supports chapters, and so do we!
Smart Compose in Gmail now available for G Suite

Main Course: Future Ready Librarians

Guest: Lynn Kleinmeyer (@THLibrariZen)

Future Ready Librarians
Future Ready Schools
Future Ready Librarian Framework
Future Ready Librarian Padlet
Sharing Our Stories blog from Grant Wood AEA
National hashtags: #FutureReadyLibs, #ISTElibs & #MWLibChat
GWAEA hashtag: #gwaealibs on Twitter and Instagram
ISTE/Future Ready Crosswalk

Tech Nuggets

Ear Machine App
New Screencasting Option in Mac OS Mojave (Cmd+Shift+5)
Toy Theater
Create-a-graph
Siri Shortcuts

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes, the Apple Podcasts app, or in Google Play Music. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

Episode 48: Screencasting For The Win!

9/19/2018

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News & Followup

Teachers can now add Materials to Google Classroom
The YouTube Video Editor is back...kind of
Google is discontinuing Inbox in March 2019
Google Sites Updates:
- New Section Layouts
- Add Buttons for Links
Signing into FlipGrid with QR Codes
Curriculum for Cue: Applied Robotics
Sphero Bolt
iOS 12 is out

Main Course: Screencasting for the Win!

See the slideshow below for the tips and tools we share in this part of the podcast. Click here to access the presentation in a new window.

Tech Nuggets!

PDF Candy via Leslie Fisher
Switcher Studio for your journalism classes via ISTE this summer
Green Screen Workshop Lessons by Tricia Fuglestad
YellKey from Tony Vincent

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes, the Apple Podcasts app, or in Google Play Music. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

Episode 47: Summer Learning Nuggets

8/28/2018

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A Big Box of Tech Nuggets

9 Updates for Google Classroom from Eric Curts
- What to do about the missing About page
- Create a Forms quiz and lock it with managed Chromebooks
CoSpaces AR Tool now available
Flipgrid is acquired by Microsoft and all features are now free!
- Educator guide to Flipgrid volume 3
Google Tour Creator
- Richard Byrne Tutorial Video
Soundtrap Teacher Snapshots Padlet board - for cross curricular ideas on using audio
- The Innovator’s Compass to Podcasting
  - The Innovator’s Compass
  - Mapping steps from different processes
3 Things You Should Know about Scratch 3.0
- The Scratch Bit
Embed codes in Book Creator for Chrome
- The ultimate student portfolio?
- New simplified student portfolio system by Ramsey Musallam
The BBC Micro:bit
Headliner app for creating shareable podcast audiograms
Seesaw Activity Library
Wakelet - The new Storify
- 12 Curation Ideas for students and teachers with Wakelet
Minecraft EDU for iPad arrives in September
- How to purchase licenses
Gifnote
- Stacy's #gifnote of Jonathan

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes, the Apple Podcasts app, or in Google Play Music. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

Episode 46: Rewiring Education

6/19/2018

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News & Followup

Main Course: Interview with John Couch

Guest: John D. Couch
Book: Rewiring Education: How Technology Can Unlock Every Student's Potential
Website: http://rewiringeducation.com

Tech Nuggets

This is a first for The Edtech Take Out...no Tech Nuggets this week! :(

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes, the Apple Podcasts app, or in Google Play Music. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

Episode 45: Art, Technology & Education

5/21/2018

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News & Followup

Main Course: Michal Finegold

Tech Nuggets

Heather Callihan’s ICYMI Summer Learning opportunities
Keynote iPad Updates
- Draw on slides with a variety of tools
- Animate drawings with a Build action
- Change slide sizes (4:3, 16:9, 3:4, square or custom)
Snooze Tabby
GiF Keyboard (and/or GIPHY)

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on iTunes, the Apple Podcasts app, or in Google Play Music. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

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