Edtech Throwdown

Adding Virtual Professional Development into Your School’s Culture


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In this episode of GotTechED the Podcast we discuss:

  • Characteristics of Good Virtual Professional Development
  • Virtual Professional Development Ideas 
  • ISTE Presentation Application
  • Google Innovator Application Process

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    Segment 1: Welcome Joe and Cara 
      • What do you do?  Path to get there…
      • Moved the GI and ISTE experience into the intro… 
        • Cara Intro
          • About the Program
          • Requirements
          • What Application is like and what Cara has been involved with thus far since being accepted
          • @MissEduTech

          • Joe Intro
            • Experience at ISTE
            • ISTE PRESENTATION LINK
            • Designing Virtual PD EBook
            • About submitting to present versus People’s Choice
            • Biggest Takeaways
            • @jvalver_HTSD






                • Segment 2: Virtual PD Characteristics/Description
                  • We will play a game for this segment… Cara vs. Joe Guess the Top 10 characteristics of virtual PD
                    • Before the game starts What is virtual professional development?

                    • We will have you two guess the 10 characteristics and then we can elaborate on each… 8 are very easy and 2 are a bit more challenging… We made the characteristics broad and non-specific to make it easier. 

                    • Segment 3: Examples of Virtual PD Projects
                        • Cara/Joe experiences
                          • Intro to Google Apps Online Course
                          • Meet & Eat 


                          • ***Planning stages of PD Playlist
                          • Nick/Guise experiences
                            • Badge System
                            • Webinars (YouTube Live)
                              • Hive Summit (Summer Virtual PD)
                              • Cue Summits
                              • Strobel Summit



                                  • Voxer/Zoom  Rich Czyz Author of 4’oclock Faculty and Secret Sauce 
                                  • Twitter Chat  #OK2Ask, #satchat (Evolving Educators Scott Rocco, Brad Curry, Billy Krakower)
                                  • Podcast Talk (Virtual Book Club)
                                  • Learning Menus


                                  • Music Credits:
                                      • The Degs: Shotgun http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/
                                      • @bensounds https://www.bensound.com/


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                                            This weeks question is:

                                            Question: How can Virtual PD change PD practices in schools?

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                                            Need a Presenter?

                                            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

                                            • ...more
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