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

Episode 59: Cultivating Creativity

2/26/2019

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News & Followup

Main Course: Creativity

Three circles that make up a Venn diagram. The three circles each have a label: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking. Creativity is the label for the interesection of these three circles.

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, podcast@gwaea.org.

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Episode 58: Critical Thinking

2/15/2019

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News & Followup

Polar Vortex followup
Gmail Right Click gets update
Chrome OS getting PDF Annotation tool
This District Rolled Out Minecraft and Teacher Collaboration Skyrocketed
Remove.bg - You can now add a background BEFORE you download the image
Skype's background blurring feature will hide a multitude of sins

Main Course: Critical Thinking

Scratch
Code.org
Everyone Can Code
MakeyMakey
- Mindy and Amber's MakeyMakey Workshop
PBL Works - a new resource from the Buck Institute
- Resources for Getting Started with PBL
Defined STEM
3 Act Tasks
Public Math Website
- #PublicMath Sticker Pack for iOS
- Graham Fletcher's blog post on how to use #publicmath stickers

Tech Nuggets

Novel Effect via Kelly Warrington (@KWarrington411)
ClassroomQ via Catlin Tucker

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 57: Collaboration Nation

2/11/2019

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News & Follow Up

Main Course: Collaboration

Tech Nuggets

Become a DJ with https://www.incredibox.com
- Check out Mindy's mix (dedicated to Jonathan)
Teleprompt.me - online teleprompter

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 56: Can You Hear Me Now?

2/4/2019

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News & Follow Up

SeeSaw Skills Update
Download Tour Creator experiences and use them in Google Expeditions
- Getting Started with Google Expeditions AR Tours
Remind work things out with Verizon
- Remind vs Rogers & Bell
Weird or not? There is now a spell check button in Docs...

Main Course: Communication

4Cs: Communication in Today's Classrooms
10 Surprising Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom
The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story by Joe Sanfelippo & Tony Sinanis
Headliner App
A Rugby Ball ;)
SeeSaw Feedback Stems
Updates for Synth
- Using Synth for Student President Elections
Anchor for Podcasting in the Classroom
John Hattie's Research
Daily Check-in With Google Forms by @msventurino

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, podcast@gwaea.org.

If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on whatever app or podcast service you subscribe to.

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Episode 55: Research Roundup

1/10/2019

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News & Followup

Main Course: Research Roundup

2018 Education Research Highlights from Edutopia

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, podcast@gwaea.org.

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Episode 54: AEM For All

12/17/2018

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News & Followup

Main Course: AEM with Maggie Pickett

Maggie Pickett (@MaggieP_AT)
Americans with Disabilities Act
Protocol for Accommodations in Reading (PAR)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelies
Designing Content for Accessibility
Best Practices for Educators and Instructors
What is UDL?
AEM Center (@AEMCenter)
- Luis Perez (@eyeonaxs)
- Cynthia Curry (@clcurry)
Twitter chats: #ATChat, UDLChat
The Friendly Disruption Podcast

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, podcast@gwaea.org.

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Episode 53: Coding With Corey

11/30/2018

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News & Followup

Google Calendar SMS notifications to be removed January 7, 2019
Live Titles in Foreign Languages in Clips, courtesy of Rachel Smith
PDF Handwriting Recognition in Google Drive via Leslie Fisher - Example (gif)
Updates in CoSpaces
Geogebra AR app

Main Course: Coding With Corey

Iowa has Computer Science Standards!
CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards
K12cs.org
DLGWAEA Computer Science Resources
Choice words book
Connect with Corey on Twitter at @corey_rogers

Tech Nuggets

Presentation Translator for PowerPoint (Windows only)
Cool Lake App $2.99
Emoji Builder
Using attachments in Google Form
Youcubed (via @sbehmer)

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

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 whatever app or podcast service you subscribe to.

THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without you!!

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