The EdTech Take Out

EP102: TalkingPoints

This week we have a great interview with Page DeLozier from TalkingPoints, an excellent edtech service that offers free communication and translation services for teachers and parents. 
We also have some Wordle news and the usual helping of Tech Nuggets!
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Originality reports are now available for Google Slides files
Seesaw Templates in Canva (new to us)
Canva Partners with Book Creator…and Giphy, Bitmoji, and Google Drive 
Adobe Creative Cloud Express Monthly Challenge; January 
Introducing WeVideo Classroom for educational multimedia creation
How to Use the YouTube Picture-in-Picture Mode
Main Course: Talking Points
https://talkingpts.org/ 
Talking Points iOS App
Talking Points Android App
Tech Nuggets
Rasterbator
Open Middle Slide Decks (openmiddle.com)
Make Your Own Wordle 
…and seven more Wordle type games from Tony Vincent
SandboxAR on the App Store
You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter and see all the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team tweets at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us with questions or ideas, at podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show, please share it with your friends and colleagues and leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.
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EP101: Research Roundup II

In this, the first episode of 2022, we thought we would look back at some of the most interesting education research from 2021, courtesy of the fine folks at Edutopia. 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Animated Drawings by Meta AI Research (Beware!)
Twitter is rolling out automatic captions for videos - The Verge
Don Johnston Tools Joining the TextHelp Family of Products
Controlling slides shared by another participant – Zoom Support
2021 Teacher Spending Study
20+ Free Tech Tools for Teachers
Main Course:
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2021
Tech Nuggets
Volley for Education
The Sounding Out Machine
Ziplet
Increase the size of captions on YouTube
Shift + ? for all YouTube Keyboard shortcuts
You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter and see all the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team tweets 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 leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.
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EP100: Tech Nuggets!

In this landmark episode, we are dispensing with the usual format and just piling on as many tech nuggets as we can fit into one episode. No news, no main course, just lots of tech nuggets! Let's dig in! 😋
Here are the links for all the tech nuggets:
Radio Garden
Hark
Emoji Maker
Adobe Creative Cloud Express
Google’s Santa Tracker
Template Preview Hack
Toucan
Grammarly
SmartPass
Transpose.Video
Mote
Daily Journal Template and a video of how to use it with Mote
Solo.to
Chrome Tab Groups
Modern Wikipedia
IFTTT
Digital lesson plan creator
Free Premium Accounts for Teachers
Thin Slides
This or That by @showell24
Tech Nuggets Newsletter
You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter and see all the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team tweets 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 leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.
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EP99: Student Engagement Revisited

For our 99th episode, we return to one of our favorite topics - student engagement! We have the ideas, resources, and tools you need to keep your students invested in your content. We also have some Googley updates and the usual smattering of tech nuggets! 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
the universal @ menu
Chrome Actions
Gimkit goes free
Flipgrid Background Templates in Canva
Main Course: Student Engagement Revisited!
Katie Martin's Blog Post
7 Ways to Increase Student Engagement
UDL Guidelines
Playlists One-Pager
Contribution Checklists
Placemat Discussion Activity
Balance with Blended Learning
Student portfolio template
Tech Nuggets
Stooa: The online fishbowl tool 
What is a fishbowl?
Tweet from Nicholas Ferroni
I used Apple's AirDrop to troll strangers with photos of space sloths
Simple Wikipedia
Tyler Tarver
How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day
You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter and see all the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team tweets 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 leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.
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EP98: Computer Science in Iowa!

In this episode, we are joined by Corey Rogers (@corey_rogers) and Bridget Castelluccio (@B_Castelluccio) to talk about the new K-12 Computer Science requirements for Iowa schools! There is a lot to talk about but these are the people in the know so we made sure to get them on the podcast to share their knowledge and expertise. 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Get approvals on files in Google Drive
Educators receive a free Premium license from Brilliant, for free
AEM Center: The Accessible Learning Experience Podcast
Canva Create!
Zoom's Auto-Generated Captions Available to All Free Users
Main Course: Computer Science in Iowa!
Iowa Computer Science Standards
CSTA Glossary
CS Ed Week
Contact Corey: crogers@gwaea.org
Contact Bridget: bcastelluccio@gwaea.org
Tech Nuggets
Mind Your Decisions
Clarity Notes
Join CSTA & CSTA Iowa (or your local chapter)- bit.ly/JoinCSTAIowa
Cleanup.pictures
Free Icons
Big Book of Computing Pedagogy
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.
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EP97: Jammin‘ With Jamboard

This week, our catch of the day is Jamboard - Google's collaborative online whiteboard. We have tips, tricks, and templates to help you get the most out of this popular tool. We also have some news and your usual helping of delicious tech nuggets. 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Live translated captions in Google Meet are available in beta
Meet updates are here (link) also hand raising
Create meeting notes in Google Calendar
The Present button in Slides is now the Slideshow button?
Zoom focus mode
ExpeditionsPro
Top 40 Edtech Apps
Main Course:
Jamboard Templates eCollection #1
Jamboard Templates eCollection #2
Jamboard Templates eCollection #3 (modeled off the Harvard Project Zero Thinking Routines)
10 Jamboard templates for distance learning
Create Jamboard Math Activities with Equatio - examples
Create Google Jamboard Backgrounds in Google Slides – Jake Miller
GIF Timers
Tech Nuggets:
360schools 
Cloud Stop Motion via Tim Bleazard (@idletim) on Twitter
Seesaw Icons
How do I lock the size and shape of items in a student template?
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.
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EP96: Esports with Jesse Lubinsky

Hold on tight because we are sailing into the uncharted waters of Esports in schools this week. Thankfully, we have an expert at the helm, Jesse Lubinsky from Ready Learner One, who is going to navigate us safely through these stormy seas! 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Screencastify’s new FREE features!
CommonLit 360 Curriculum
New Apple devices
Design your own custom themes in new Google Sites
New Google Tasks logo!!
Forms settings are now easier to navigate
Main Course: Esports with Jesse Lubinsky
Chance the Rapper on SNL
Tweet from Mike Washburn
The Esports Education Playbook: Empowering Every Learner Through Inclusive Gaming (book)
readylearner.one
jesselubinsky.com
Tech Nuggets
Live Text in iOS 15
Wheel of Names | Random name picker via Tony Vincent
PackBack
Webinar Series: Four Tenets of Blended and Personalized Learning
Sesame Street Fighter
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.
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EP95: Universal Design for Learning

Our guests for this episode are Lynn Kleinmeyer and...uh...Jonathan Wylie? Don't worry! All will be revealed as we dive headfirst into the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines and show you why you need them in your classroom. 
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Flipgrid Live Events
Spreading Screencastify (SWAG alert!)
Save Tab Groups is coming soon?
Top Chrome Tab Tips
Safer learning with Google for Education
Better understand how you’re spending your time in Google Calendar
Find and share GIFs in Google Chat
And finally…
Main Course: Universal Design for Learning
UDL Guidelines
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
Seeing UDL in the Classroom (video)
Divergent by Design podcast
Tech Nuggets:
Workflowy
HyperRubrics
Turn and Learn could be used with Flipgrid too
Add Voice to Google Forms using Mote
 

EP94: Make Math Moments

For this special episode, we are joined by Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr from MakeMathMoments.com. We also have Janet Greene, one of our GWAEA Math Consultants, as a guest co-host. It's a great conversation and includes all kinds of great nuggets that truly transcend math and just make for really good instructional practices. We hope you enjoy it!
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Easel by TPT
Canva Creator Program via Tanya LeClair
Google Docs will let you overlay text on images like it's 1997
“Master” view in Google Slides renamed to “Theme Builder”
How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
iCivics Unveils New – And BIG – Primary Sources Site
Friendly reminder: Do NOT delete your Seesaw class
End-Of-Year Google Classroom Clean-up Tips
Main Course:
Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr
MakeMathMoments.com
Desmos
KnowledgeHook
Tech Nuggets
Tech Integration Updates - Math from Eric Curts
OER Project Home
Use your omnibox to search your Google Drive
Kentucky Center for Mathematics
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.
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EP93: Teachers Pay Teachers

It's time to talk about Teachers Pay Teachers. We have made comments about it in the past, but we decided to get it all out in the open and just have an honest conversation about it. Be sure to stick around for the tech nuggets!
Here are some links for what we talked about...
News & follow-up:
Mote for Docs
How to create digital stickers using IconsMania
Zoom's Immersive View puts up to 25 people inside one virtual background
SeeSaw Update: Progress
Kahoot Acquires Clever for $500M
Main Course: Teachers Pay Teachers
Teachers Pay Teachers
The Battle Between Teachers Pay Teachers and OERs
Rachel Lynette Is a Million-Dollar Teacher
ReadWriteThink
ShareMyLesson
OER Commons
What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers
Why I've Stopped Using Teachers Pay Teachers
Teachers Pay Teachers Has a New Anti-Racist Initiative. But There's Still Racist Content on the Site
Tech Nuggets
Literacy Shed
Verse by Verse - Google via Larry Ferlazzo
Helperbird
Kialo Edu - The tool to teach critical thinking and rational debate
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.
THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!