#dcsdtransforms

Welcome back loyal listeners!  This week we have a great episode about using Keynote to create an animated clip.  It is SUCH a brilliant idea.  We mention a video tutorial in the episode and that we'd include the link in the show notes.  Check out the tutorial by clicking here.  Our shout out this week goes to Holly Harrell at NHE and Aisha Pendergrass and DMS for the great work they are doing using Apple's Clips in the classroom.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled day to bring you an emergency broadcast signal...or maybe we just want to share some cool things happening in DCSD!  Welcome back loyal listeners!  This week we are highlighting Apple Classroom, and our shoutout goes to Mrs. Moody at Cain Elementary.  Thanks for joining us and enjoy the show!

Welcome back Loyal Listeners for another great episode of #dcsdtransforms: the best 10-minute edtech conversation you'll hear all week!  This week we are highlighting a couple of similar tools that are a bit older, but we see them used so frequently, we thought it would be good to discuss some best practices and why you would use one or the other depending on your teaching style.  Those tools are Kahoot and Quizizz.  Our shoutout this week goes to Mrs. Toney and Mrs. Marino of Southside Early Childhood Center - wait until you hear about what they will be doing with their littles!  And when we say "littles," we mean 5K!  Wow!  

Hey Everyone!  Thanks for joining us!  We have a special episode to bring you this week as we tell about our experiences at ISTE 2019.  We had a BLAST!  I tell you, this is a conference worth going to at least one time in your teaching career, but do it sooner rather than later so you can bring back lots of great ideas to share with your students.  DCSD was well represented as we had several people who presented!  Please take some time to check out the cool happenings from Philly this past summer.  Next week we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming!  

Hey Loyal Listeners!  We missed last week (sorry - chaos of getting our gears going at the start of the school year), but we are back this week with a look back at the 5th annual DCSD Digital Transformation Conference.  It was AWESOME!  Check out this episode for what happened and how it went down.  Great stuff going on in DCSD!  Thanks for listening!

LOYAL LISTENERS!!!  GUESS WHAT?  We just started season FIVE of the #dcsdtransforms podcast!  Say what?!  Can't believe we've been doing this for 5 years, but we are thrilled to have had this opportunity and we hope you will stay with us for another great season of edtech fun!  Our first episode is our back to school special.  It's a longer than normal, but we wanted to be sure we started the year off with all the info you will need to be successful this school year.  Our next two episodes will also be out of the ordinary as we will be bringing you info from ISTE 2019 and from the 2019 DCSD Digital Transformation Conference.  After that we will be back to our regular programming - a tool of the week and spotlighting a teacher in DCSD who is doing some really neat stuff in the classroom.  Cheers!

Hey Loyal Listeners!  Welcome to the FINAL episode of the 2018-2019 school year.  For this last episode, we wanted to make you aware of some professional development opportunities this spring / summer that have a technology basis to them.  There's some great stuff, so check it out!  And if you listen very carefully, you might find a sound byte from Dr. Newman, DCSD's amazing superintendent!  With that said, we will miss bringing you the latest cool tech ideas and tools over the next couple months, and we will ESPECIALLY miss bragging about all the great things you are doing in the classroom.  If you were not spotlighted this year and would like to be, then PLEASE let us know by email.  We'd love to be able to give you a shout out for the great things you are doing in the classroom!  Have a wonderful summer, and talk to ya next year!  

Hey Loyal Listeners!  We only have 2 episodes left for this school year, so we are going to dedicate these episodes to winding down for summer and technology focused workshop opportunities over the summer. In this episode, we will talk about some of the big things we need to think about (particularly geared towards DCSD teachers) as we finish up the school year.  We'll look at grades, taking care of equipment, what to do if you are not returning to DCSD, and how to get your files from Google Drive in the most efficient way (this is also good for teachers who have seniors in case they want to get stuff before they graduate as they will lose access to their DCSD google accounts.  Thanks for listening!

Hello!  Welcome back to another great episode of #dcsdtransforms.  We missed last week and we are so sorry Loyal Listeners!  See, what had happened was we worked really hard for this week's episode and we just needed more time.  OK, not really, we'll just chalk up missing a week to spring fever and ask for your forgiveness!  But we do have a great show this week.  Super tool that is free call Glide.  If you can use Google Sheets, you can (and WILL want to use Glide).  Check it out here at www.glideapps.com.  Our shoutout this week goes to Caroline Edwards at DMS.  Thanks for tuning it!  

Hey Everyone!  So glad you can take the time to join us this week!  We have a short, but great show this week.  The webtool we are highlighting is for anyone whose subject area touches on US History and at any grade level.  It's called Manifest Destiny: The Story of the US in 141 Maps.  Click here to go to the homepage.  It is interactive and has lots of great applications for the classroom.  Our shoutout this week goes to Sally Weiland and Darlington High School for the really cool work her students did to create and communicate with another country!  Thanks for listening!