Does it Compute?

Kay Tibbs can be followed on twitter @kay_tibbs

Follow Dr. Beeghley on twitter @beeghleytech

Jim’s web site Teach the Civil War

Apps Jim uses:

Lori Kutilek is a third grade teacher at Cheney USD 268 Elementary.  Listen as we visit about classroom technology and the benefits that come from a variety of devices and apps.

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The magic happens when you get to redefine how students learn and express what they have learned.

You can connect with Lori on twitter @LoriKutilek  join her PLN and continue learning with her about classroom technology.

Some of Lori’s favorite apps:

Brad Buscher invites Tim Vesco to talk about his school’s  iPad  pilot program and how going 1:1 iPad has changed his classroom.  Tim shares with us his favorite apps for the  4th grade students at Fontenac Schools in South East Kansas.

You can follow him on twitter @mrvesco.

Here are some of Tim’s favorite apps for the iPad.

Charla Heddin is Brad’s guest this week, she is a Special Education Coordinator in the Emporia, KS school system and Public Speaker.  Charla is a phd candidate attending Wichita State University. Her 15 years in special education has given her insight in the challenges students face in the traditional classroom.

Brad and Charla discuss online learning, credit recovery and the opportunities these learning paths provide students outside the traditional classroom setting. You can follow her on twitter @charlaheddin

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Links to some online learning resources:

Check out the Kansas CEC on twitter

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This week Brad Buscher interviews Kelley Begley-McCall a elementary teacher in Kansas, Brad and Kelley talk coding using code.org and the power of teaching coding to students even to students as young as 1st and 2nd grade.

Kelley Begley-McCall can be followed on twitter @mccall_kelley #BeBrave.

Resources:

Code.org

Hopscotch

CargoBot

ScratchJr

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In this episode Brad Buscher talks with John Martin a K-8 Technology Director and School Board Member from Sandwich, NH.

You can follow him on twitter @edventure

John talks about their 1:1 android program. He has put together a great resource together for this roll out, check out this link. http://bit.ly/PES121

Due to some technical issues with our Skype call there is a portion of audio in the middle that is garbled.

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Brad Buscher talks with Jill Weber, a Cheney USD 268 7th and 8th grade social studies teacher, about 1:1 iPad use.  In this episode we learn what worked and what did not work for her students in her classroom.  We learn about some apps and projects that have been changed the way she teaches.

You can follow her on twitter @jillwebs