GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #88: 10 Ways the Pandemic Made Us Better Teachers

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Nick: Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #88 called “10 Ways the Pandemic Made Us Better Teachers”.  In this episode we’ll take a detailed look at 10 pandemic teaching strategies that we will continue to use in a post-pandemic classroom.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Segment 1:  Before and After

• Connections
• Zoom/Google Meet Team Building Activities
• Q of the Day
• Favorite ____
• Big News
• Grading System
• % before
• More mastery and standards based
• Grading (Work Flow, Quality vs Quantity)
• Less assignments, higher expectations
• Open notes assessments - does it matter?
• Instruction 
• Flipped, Blended, and lots of Feedback
• Group work
• Flexibility (Due Dates)
• Meetings
• PLC’s 
• Faculty
• Parent Teacher Conferences
• Tutoring

Segment 2: Teaching Strategies that Should Not Go Away After the Pandemic

1. Real-World Experiences
2. Flexible Demonstration of Knowledge
3. E-Portfolios
4. Google Sites
5. Adobe Spark (Free)
6. Choice Boards
7. Student Pyramid Digital Choice Board
8. Passion Projects
9. Accountability
10. Universal Design For Learning (UDL)
11. Not a one-size fits all approach
12. Identify needs of the students and provide choice and support based off of needs
13. Living Agenda - recorded lessons so that students can go back and see what they missed from any given day
14. Access and Equity
15. Needs assessment
16. Outreach
17. EdTech Fatigue Management Strategy
18. Have a edtech toolbox
19. Guise’s Edtech Toolkit (Episode 75)
20. https://gotteched.com/podcast-2/episode75/
21. Screencasting- Screencast-o-matic
22. Video Creation- WeVideo
23. Audio Recording- Sodaphonic
24. Graphic Design- Canva for Education 
25. Feedback- Mote
26. Student Engagement/Feedback- Edjinotes
27. Whiteboard (group)- Jamboard  
28. Whiteboard- Whiteboard.io
29. Student/Class Management- Classroomq
30. Formative Assessment: Blooket
31. Allow students to choose outside the toolbox
32. Curate resources:
33. Wakelet
34. Google Sites

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• The Degs: Shotgun http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/
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As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, GotTechED is best known for sessions on:

• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning