EdTech Rewind

Episode 32 of Edtech Rewind

Tonight Clint and Lee are joined by Google Educational Evangelist Jaime Casap! The guys start off talking about the Major League Baseball playoffs which leads to a discussion about how technology is changing the game. Jaime goes on to talk about how he started off in the education world and how the world needs more problem solvers. The crew discusses what books they are currently reading The End of Average, The Giant of the Senate, and Dan Brown’s Origin,. We go on to talk about our music picks: Hamilton, Tribe Called Quest, the new Beck, Kendrick Lamar, and Lupe Fiasco.


Jaime's Bio:

Jaime Casap is the Education Evangelist at Google. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of technology and the web as enabling and supporting tools in pursuit of promoting inquiry-driven project-based learning models. Working with the Google for Education Team, Jaime collaborates with school systems, educational organizations, and leaders focused on building innovation and iteration into our education policies and practices.

Jaime can be found @jcasap.

Continuing our preview of speakers at #GaETC17, Clint and Lee welcome MsEdTechie!

Patricia J. Brown, known as “MsEdtechie”, is a Technology Specialist for Ladue School District. She has over 16 years experience in K-12, and and higher education. She breaks down traditional classroom walls by creating a culture that fosters collaboration, creativity, communication, and authentic learning. She is passionate about providing educators with practical techniques to integrate technology, and make global connections. Among her many accolades as an award winning educator, she was recently selected as a National School Board Association’s 20 to Watch, a 2016 Google Certified Innovator, a 2015 PBS Lead LearningMedia Digital Innovator, and In 2006, she was honored as Teacher of The Year. She is on the advisory panel for ISTE’s member magazine, Empowered Learner, and she serves as an ISTE Digital Equity PLN Leader. She is a Google Certified Trainer, Common Sense & Graphite Certified, Code.org Facilitator, and also a member the Discovery Education Leadership Council, and Educolor. Her work has been featured in several publications including, Tech & Learning Magazine, Scholastic Administrator Magazine, Edtech Magazine, Entrsekt Magazine, and she also serves as a monthly columnist for Edsurge. She has been a featured speaker and presenter at several local and national conferences, as well as has facilitated hundreds of professional development workshops for a variety of edtech organizations. She has a Bachelor Degree in Business Information Systems and Secondary Education from Tennessee State University, a Masters in Educational Technology from University of Missouri, Columbia, and a Masters of Science in Educational Media Design and Technology from Full Sail University. On a personal side, she is a proud wife to her husband Brian, and mom-in chief to their five sons.

Clint and Lee ask Patricia the following:
How do you live in a house with six men?
How did you get started in EdTech
What will you be discussing at GAETC this year
Favorite Apps for creation?
Tell us about your experience with the Google Innovator Academy.
Who are your EdTech Heros?
What are your favorite Twitter Chats?
What are you reading?
Who do you learn from?
Favorite music that you are listening to right now?

Follow Patricia on Twitter at twitter.com/msedtechie or check her out at patriciajbrown.com.

Episode 30 continues in our #GAETC17 series as Lee and Clint sit down with the amazing and newest #friendoftheshow, Dr. Christopher Craft who can be found at christophercraft.com & crafty184 on various social media platforms. For those who don't know, Dr. Christopher Craft is an award-winning educator and speaker based in South Carolina. As a classroom teacher, he has been recognized both locally and nationally for innovative teaching with technology. Most recently he was selected from among more than 1,000 teachers to be one of 20 to visit the White House and meet with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Dr. Jill Biden for a dialogue on the current state and future of education. Dr. Craft was also named to the National School Board Association’s “20 to Watch” list for 2013. He has a B.A. in Spanish, a M.Ed in Educational Technology, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research from the University of South Carolina. Chris is a Google Certified Innovator, and a Google in Education Trainer, and was recently accepted to be an Apple Distinguished Educator.

In addition to learning more about Dr. Craft you will learn the following:

What he will be presenting at GaETC.
His first profession.
Transition to the classroom.
Where did the EdTech love come from?
EdTech Team origins?
Why bootcamps?
Who does Chris learn from?
How does he handle shopping with two daughters?
What is he reading?

Be sure to follow Chris on your social media platform of choice and provide some feedback on what you think. Reach out @edtechrewind, @itsleegreen, or @clintwinter. Be sure to leave some comments on iTunes or Google Play.

This is the first in a series highlighting the feature speakers from the Georgia Educational Technology Conference (gaetc.org) which happens to be in Lee and Clint’s backyard of Atlanta, GA. We were very fortunate to talk to Tony Vincent from learninginhand.com/twitter.com/tonyvincent this evening! We cover everything from blooper reels to Drones to Einstein. Our newest #friendoftheshow, Tony talks to us about how he got his starts in the 1990s with a class set of palm pilots. The gang goes on to discuss some of Tony’s favorite tech devices. Tony goes in depth to talk about #Classygraphics, teaching professional development using Google Classroom, and using tools such as Flipgrid for online learning. Finally we talk about the age old question. What’s that penguin doing here and why is he wearing a sombrero? Thanks for listening. Follow us @edtechrewind @itsleegreen and @clintwinter. Be sure to head over to Twitter, iTunes, or Google Play to tell us what you think. There may be a t-shirt in it for you…

Welcome to EdTech Rewind Episode 28, The John Rhodarmer Episode. John Rhodarmer has an impressive story to tell and he lays it all out here in this Rewindisode. Remember, sometimes it is EdTech, sometimes it is Rewind, and sometimes it is a little bit of both. Rewindisodes offer an opportunity to go more in depth with leaders in the world of education. There is some EdTech sprinkled in but the idea is to offer information on how people got to where they are in the field. In this episode Lee sits down with the first year Principal of Armuchee High School, the one and only John Rhodarmer. John has seen and done a great deal in his years in education. He has a passion for making people better at what it is they do and he offers insight into what makes an effective leader. We hope you enjoy and please feel free to hit us up on the twitter @edtechrewind, @itsleegreen, or @clintwinter to connect. We'd love to talk to you, too.

So last week during the #FloydPLN Twitter chat there was a stranger in the midst. This stranger, Mr. Ryan McLane (@McLane_Ryan on the Twitter) was saying some pretty amazing stuff. During the course of the Twitter chat, Craig Ellison recommended that Ryan and I connect for an in depth conversation on EdTech Rewind! We have since learned that Ryan is the author of Your School Rocks... So Tell People (Dave Burgess Publishing), which you can find on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2eGETRT. Ryan is also the Principal of Big Walnut Intermediate outside of Columbus, Ohio.

A big thanks also goes to Dr. Suzie Henderson, Assistant Principal of Pepperell Elementary School, for reaching out to Ryan and bringing him to the table. Enjoy the conversation with newest Friend of the Show, Ryan McLane.

Clint and Lee are together in the shedquarters for episode 26 of EdTech Rewind where sometimes it is EdTech and sometimes it is Rewind. Clint is in town for a certification on Google Admin so the guys discuss that as well as a conversation had today at Pepperell Elementary School with Mr. Adam Welcome. All of this is done while watching the GLORIOUS Starcade 1986, the Skywalkers. Also learn how American Gladiators can help with your Google Admin Certification!

Episode 25 is live! We are talking about moving from the continuum of consumption to production. How do you get to be content creators like Margaret and H.A. Rey, the creators of Curious George/Inquisitive Jorge, Coolio, Donald Glover, Childish Gambino, Kenrick Lamar, Kenny Rogers, Seinfeld, and those kids from Six Pack? You put in work like Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, and the like.

Clint and Lee discuss some content creators, innovators, and how to assess the creation of content in lieu of standardized assessment. If you have any thoughts, please share with @itsleegreen, @clintwinter, or @edtechrewind!

Number 24 brings us the one and only Craig Ellison. Craig, the Executive Director of Technology and Media Services, who you can find @thecraigellison/craigellison.com, is the first guest to make an appearance in Lee's new World #shedquarters. This is an episode that is more Rewind than it is EdTech. Lee and Clint often talk about the amazing people met along the way. This is an opportunity for you to get to know some of those amazing people. So if you don't know him, get to know Craig Ellison.

Episode 23! Lee and Clint are back again for another fun filled episode. The guys discuss how their respective districts are using Google to run Professional Learning. Clint is leveraging Google Plus while Lee is utilizing Forms and Autocrat. Lee also discloses the work he was just asked to do with Google as a Mentor for a new Google Innovator, Mrs. Lorinda Bruce of the Sydney 17 Cohort. If you want to reach out, connect @ClintWinter, @itsleegreen, and @edtechrewind. We'd love to have you.