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

EP85: A Big Box of Xmas Nuggets

12/20/2020

News & Followup

Main Course: Nuggets!

Special thanks this week to Stacy Behmer (@sbehmer), Beth Swantz (@betswan), Amber Bridge (@abridgesmith), Gina Rogers (@grogers1010), Corey Rogers (@corey_rogers), and Dianna Geers (@dianna_geers) for contributing to this episode.

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

EP84: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

12/3/2020

(Bad) News & Followup

Main Course: Hour of Code 2020

Hour of Code website
2020 Hour of Code Blog Post from DLGWAEA
Hour of Code Resource Landing Page
CodeBytes
Take a Code Break
Activities for Social Distanced Classrooms
Activities for Hybrid Classrooms
Activities for Virtual Classrooms
Activities for #CSforGood & #CSforSocialJustice
Follow Shaina Glass on Twitter for Hour of Code & general CS resources & info - @SvicGlass
#CSforGood, #CSforSocialJustice#CSforGWAEA, #CSforIA, #CSEdWeek, and #HourOfCode

Follow Corey Rogers on Twitter at @corey_rogers

Tech Nuggets

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

EP83: The 2nd Great Google Tips Episode

11/19/2020

News & Followup

Replace your background in Google Meet
Citations in Google Docs
Adobe add lessons to Flipgrid Discover library
Wakelet notifications

The Great Google Tips Episode: Part 2

Round 1: Docs

Round 2: Sheets

Conditional formatting
Alternating colors: Format > Alternating colors
Use drop-downs
Explore Smart Charts

Round 3: Forms

Round 4: Keep

Add a Keep note to your Doc
Google Keep Chrome Extension and App
Bulleted lists (asterisk, space, item, enter)
Double click on an image to annotate it
Indent checklists for hierarchy

Round 5: YouTube

YouTube Video Editor
Adblocker extensions for YouTube ads - uBlock Origin, AdGuard, and more
- Or sites like safeshare.tv and viewpure.com
YouTube Dark Mode
Playlists

Tech Nuggets

EP82: The Great Google Tips Episode - Part 1?

10/29/2020

News & Followup

Main Course: Google Tips

Round 1: Gmail

Round 2: Calendar

Speedy Meetings
Desktop notifications
Virtual Assistants

Round 3: Drive

Round 4: Slides

Round 5: Classroom

Tech Nuggets

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

Special thanks to Timbre for the boxing bell sound file found on freesound.org.

EP81: Perfect Pear Deck Presentations!

10/16/2020

News & Followup

Google Workspace - Everything changes, only not really...
Animotica for Education - All schools get Animotica PRO for free!
Live captions in Zoom
Rearrange and pin multiple Zoom windows and host controlled multi spotlight
Web App Weekly Planner template for slides or PPT via Beth Swantz
Another example from Greg Kulowiec with video walkthrough

Main Course: Pear Deck

Pear Deck power up Chrome Extension
Template Gallery and online templates
Publish take aways
Flashcard Factory
This or That PE lesson
More templates for the arts & also for School counsellors
Newsela & Pear Deck integration
The DLGWAEA Pear Deck Handbook
Pear Deck Orchard

Tech Nuggets

Zoho Annotator Chrome Extension
Project Zero’s Thinking Routines Toolbox
Using PDFs in Slides by Devin Shoening
Register for FETC for free
Don't Let COVID Kill Creativity Season 6: Episode 1

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

EP80: What Does Asynchronous Learning Look Like?

9/23/2020

News & Followup

Main Course: Asynchronous Learning

Executive Functioning Resources
Ruby Payne’s book: Research-Based Strategies: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Under-Resources Students
NewBoCo Agile - Contacts: Nate Adams & Jennifer Murphy
https://www.agileclassrooms.com/
Jen Manly’s CSTA Presentation Slidedeck & Agile Toolkit
P omodora technique
Pomodora timer
Sample Email Auto-Reply with FAQ and links to get synch help

Tech Nuggets

Modifications for Common Teaching Practices
Active Learning While Physically Distanced
Ice Breakers from Philadelphia Outward Bound School
Iriun...because webcams suck...also see DroidCam
A PSA for tad addicts - Tab Hare
Computational Thinking Puzzles
Amber Bridge’s Google Classroom Workbook
Breakout Room Graphics: Have you guys seen these? Example

You can follow Corey (@corey_rogers), 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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

EP79: The Power of Playlists

9/16/2020

Hot Topics

Main Course: Playlists with Beth Swantz

Tech Nuggets!

IPEVO’s Mirror Cam Via Kathy Schrock
Free NY Times to High School Teachers and their students
ClassHook
Web Paint Extension

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

EP78: Podcourses with Marshall Escamilla

8/26/2020

News and Followup

Main Course: Marshall Escamilla

Tech Nuggets

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 with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

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