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Hello and welcome back!  Yes!  We have done it!  Another sub 13 minute week!  Granted, the total time is over that, but the actual time of information and material is getting ever so close to the famed "10 minute edtech converstation"!  OK, now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the business of the week.  We are highlighting Tiny Tap's new feature called Talk or Type.  It is a really cool way to create your own educational games on an ipad for students to play!  We also are giving a shout out to Brittany Hamilton and the junior beta club members at SMS. Wait until you hear what they did recently!  So cool!  Here are links we refer to in the episode:

Tiny Tap

SMS Jr Beta Club

Hello and welcome back to a fabulous episode of #dcsdtransforms!  This week, we are showcasing Readworks (click the name to go to the page).  Our shout-out goes to Mr. Rich Wideman at DHS for the work he is doing with project based learning.  Please join us for a fun episode!

Interesting title, eh? Need to listen to the whole episode to understand. But wait!!! That's not the best part. This episode (the actual episode of information without the "out-takes" is 11 minutes and 19 seconds long! A new record for shortest time for us! WOOOHOOO!!! Regardless of the title or time, there is serious business in this episode. We are going to look at Bloomz (click here to go to their website, and be sure to check out their 2-minute video that shows you how it works). It's an all-in-one communication tool for teachers and parents. Our shoutout this week goes to Shelia Wright at BES for some amazing work she is doing int he classroom. As always, we have our usual upcoming events and reminders for you, our loyal listeners. Cheers, and thanks for joining us this week!

Howdy folks!  Welcome back for another episode of #dcsdtransforms!  This week, we are going to help you jump start your new semester with some tech to help transform your teaching, your classroom, and even share how you can use some of this stuff personally too!  Please join us as we cover a few tools to help you in each of these categories: communication, classroom management, and professional development.  Happy New Year!  And THANK YOU for being our loyal listeners!  It is because of you that we continue this podcast into 2017!

Hello and welcome to another exciting edition of #dcsdtransforms. This is our second annual Christmas special edition, or as we like to call it, the Christ-tacular edition!  In it you will learn about some cool apps and tools to make your holidays a little more memorable. So grab a cup of hot chocolate, sit back, and let the soothing sounds of Carla and Rhett get you in the holiday spirit!

Hello and welcome to another fabulous edition of #dcsdtransforms!  This week we are highlighting www.expii.com/solve.  This is a great website where students can go and practice math word problems.  And they aren't the same ol' word problems about two trains traveling in opposite directions - they are actually relevant to students today.  New ones are put out each week.  Check it out - even if you are not a math teacher it might be a fun way to engage your class.  Also, we giving a shoutout to the whole Mayo High School Team for their awesome job at the technology night they offered to parents!  Thanks for listening, and be ready for next week when we do our Christmas special!

Hey Loyal Listeners!  Thanks for checking back with us after the Thanksgiving Holiday.  From #dcsdtransforms to you, we hope you had the most wonderful holiday break!  This week, we are bringing you Presenter View in Google Slides - neat tool that lets your audience ask you questions while you are presenting.  It's similar to Today's Meet.  And our shout out this week goes to the amazing Aimee Childs at Pate Elementary School!  Please join us for a great episode!

Welcome back to another fun and exciting episode of #dcsdtransforms!  For the second year in a row, we are doing an episode discussing all the many ways we have to be thankful to be DCSD employees! And of course, we have a few thanksgiving apps to make your Thanksgiving a little more manageable. Thanks for joining us this week and hope you enjoy the show!

Hello and welcome to another episode of #dcsdtransforms!  We are back on track...well, sorda.  We at least cut the episode to 17 minutes, so it won't destroy your planning period!  This week we are upping your GAME by highlighting ClassCraft, which steals some components from the RPG genre of video games to help you manage your student's behaviors.  We are also giving a shoutout to Danielle Scanlan from SMS.  Please join us for the best *10 minute* edtech conversation you'll hear all week!

Welcome back for another edition of #dcsdtransforms!  This week, we are podcasting about podcasting!  Say what?  What does that even mean?  Does that have anything to do with Inception?  Carla and Rhett traveled to South Carolina EdTech and presented our podcast at a workshop.  We actually recorded the whole thing.  So here we are, podcasting about podcasting.  So it's long, real long.  Longest one ever!  But it is our workshop.  Would love for you to listen!  The cover art is coutesy of our workshop attendees!  Next week, we'll return to our regularly scheduled program and get it down to 15 minutes or less (that's not a promise or a gaurantee, by the way!).  To all of you who attended the workshop, we are grateful!  Thank you for exploring the world of podcasting with us - please give us feedback and let us know what we can do to help you get your own podcast off the ground!  Cheers!