Edtech Throwdown

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 115 called “Skills and EdTech for Teachers who use Technology and the Tech Coaches Who Support Them” In this episode, we’ll share 10 skills for teachers who use tech and the coaches that support them. We’ll also share some great edtech to aid in both of these roles. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Teachbetter podcasters network Summits

1. Knowledge in the field

• Strong PLN
• Degree
• Find some “go-to” podcasts on edtech
• Subscribe to email newsletters like Google Developer
• Google for Education certifications

1. Framework

• Technology Integration Matrix
• SAMR
• TPACK

1. TPACK is a technology integration framework that identifies three types of knowledge instructors need to combine for successful edtech integration—technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (a.k.a. TPACK). While TPACK is often compared with the SAMR Model, they are very different in scope.
2. EdTech Integration Plan

• Problem Solving
• Goal Setting

1. Start the year with a plan to implement something new you haven’t done before (newsletter, etc)

• How to integrate technology into the classroom?

1. Mentor-based Learning System

• How does Nick work with teachers? Badge System / Being available and approachable

1. Organization of Possibilities

• A list of activities that are easily matched up with various content areas

1. Escape Room
2. Google Sites
3. Google Forms
4. Google Sheets
5. PDF’s Password Protected Documents
6. PDF Candy
7. Formative Assessments
8. Quizizz
9. Quizlet
10. Gimkit
11. Blooket
12. Quizalize
13. Digital Annotation
14. Kami
15. Insert Learning
16. Google drawings
17. Jamboard
18. Google slides
19. QR Code Scavenger Hunts
20. Murder Mystery Parties
21. Pecha kucha 
22. Classroom games 
23. Stop motion
24. Curation

• A list of district or school approved edtech tools with or without district subscriptions
• An easy way for teachers to request approval and subscriptions
• SSO Service for staff and students

1. Classlink and Clever
2. Scheduling

• Make sure to tell people often when you’re available
• Peruse the hallway
• Give options for how people can reach you (email, zoom, meet, office hours drop-in)

1. Calendly
2. Communication

• Asynchronous Communication vs Synchronous

1. F2F
2. Email
3. Screencasts (Keep it quick with screencastify, did you know windows has a screencast tool built in?)
4. How-to Guides
5. Iorad
6. Scribe
7. Tango
8. Classroom Management

• Solo teaching with support vs team teaching
• Classroomq 

1. Making Connections

• Get on social media - Twitter, Insta for elementary
• Follow common hashtags
• Start showing up to your local EdTech PD circuit

1. Reflection

• Collect best practices
• Showcase the accomplishments
• Share with PLC and Colleagues
• “Pineapple Chart”
• Collecting Feedback

1. Student experience
2. Teacher experience
3. Edtech coach experience

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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

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 114 called “How to Get EdTech Organized This Summer”   In this episode, we’ll share 11 tips for organizing your files, emails, and everything else digital.  We’ll also take a look at some summertime edtech PD for the 2022 summer season.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

It’s not too late to get out and join some great summertime PD

• In-person and virtual workshops from edtechteacher.org: https://edtechteacher.org/summer/
• ISTE’s summer learning academy from ISTE: https://summerlearningacademy.iste.org/
• Check out your favorite edtech tool’s programming: https://www.screencastify.com/education/university

What do you do with your free time in the summer?  Finally might have some time to get edtech organized …

1. Clean up your Google Drive
2. Log-in via Chrome browser, not desktop app
3. Start by taking limiting your folders, have no more than 10, put folders in folders if you have more
4. Search by file size and date to delete old things you haven’t looked at in years
5. Color-code your folders (right click and change color)     14:40 internet drop?
6. NEW - You can now Ctrl+C Ctrl+V and Ctrl+X to cut copy and paste drive files
7. Add an asterisk for important files and folders, keeping them at the top of your list
8. Edtech
9. Duplicate File Finder
10. Google Checker Plus
11. Folgo
12. Take stock of your hardware - ask for what you might need  22:00
13. Second monitor?
14. Webcam?
15. Tablet for digital writing and drawing?
16. Wireless mouse?
17. Docking station?
18. Chargers?
19. Class sets of headphones, chargers, etc?
20. Create an EdTech Playlist for next year’s students
21. On a google doc, list out all the tech and skills that students need to have in your class
22. For me: Screencastify, typing equations, calculator use, ptable.com, etc.
23. Gamify it with some challenges and competitions
24. Build this into your first day of school activities 
25. Create Gmail Templates for the upcoming school year
26.  First, turn on the feature in Advanced Settings.  Then write the email, click the 3 dots, and Save as Template. 
27. Where are you with your passwords?
28. Use a third party password saving service like
29. Lastpass
30. Make a handwritten list to keep on file at your home
31. Start a class website that houses everything your students need
32. Google Sites is easiest to use and get going
33. Check your local hard drive storage
34. In Windows, select the Start Button, System, Storage.  This will give you a look at how much free space you have.  Toggle on storage sense to manage it if you’re running low.
35. If you’re low, consider moving stuff over to your cloud storage drive
36. Clean up that desktop, delete, use folders, only keep things that you actively use on a regular basis
37. Delete your downloads folder or clear the recycle bin
38. Manage your browser bookmarks
39. Click and drag them to change positions, move the most commonly used ones to the far left
40. Can create folders of related bookmarks for different projects
41. Challenge - try and get all bookmarks visible on one screen without having to use the drop-down overflow menu
42. Manage Your Extensions
43. At top of Chrome browser click the little puzzle piece and click on manage extensions.  
44. Click Update or Remove ones you dont use
45. Extensity is a great extension that can turn them off or on as needed
46. Organize your Gmail account
47. Start using labels!
48. Start Archiving old ones you haven’t looked at
49. If you have an overflowing inbox, make the unread emails appear at the top.  Go to Settings, Inbox Tab, and change Inbox Type to Unread First
50. Change the display settings to work for you.  Click the Cog and Display Density (choose from Default, Comfortable, or Compact)
51. Putting hashtags in your emails can make them quickly searchable later
52. Start Snoozing emails you know you won’t get to until later
53. Take advantage of Google Calendar
54. Use the checkboxes under My Calendars to toggle on and off which types of events you see
55. Click the plus sign under Other Calendars to create your own calendars
56. Chrome Extension
57. calendly

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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

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Episode #113:  Books, Podcasts and Tools to Relax with This Summer

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 113 called “13 Books, Podcasts, and Tools to Relax with This Summer”   In this episode, we’re sharing the books and podcasts that we’ll be reading and listening to over summer vacation.  We’ll also take a look at some fun edtech to go along with these relaxing selections.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

1. Summer Plans
2. Nick
3. Guise
4. Thank Yous
5. Bryon Carpenter Fresh AIr at 5
6. Listeners
7. Kyle Niemis

1. Books
2. Aspire to Lead by Josh Stamper
3. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
4. Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik
5. SYSK: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things  
6. Podcasts
7. Edtech   
8. Window Alt R on a PC  Shift Command 5 on a Mac
9. Polotno studio
10. Copykat.com
11. Flipp
12. Wolfram Alpha phone app
13. Whiteboard by Liveboard
14. The Atlantic Education

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• 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
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Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 112 called “10 Edtech Tools/Resources to Explore Over the Summer” In this episode, we’ve collected a list of edtech tools and resources that we plan on checking out over the summer. We’ll describe each tool or resource and talk about some of the ways we can see them being used in the classroom. Check it out.

A new era is upon us… Guise as a U7 baseball coach… know your audience and teach to their strengths

Nick’s 5

1. Microsoft Sway
2. Empatico
3. Synth - audio only asynchronous conversations
4. Diigo
5. SimpleShow Video Maker

Guise’s 5:

1. New Profile Pic: Cell Phone based app
2. Learn Around the World  
3. Storybird
4. Celestia
5. Project Noah

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• 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
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• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 111 called “20 Engaging End of Year Project Ideas”   In this episode, we’ve collected a huge list of our favorite projects and how they could be done as end of the year experiences in your class.  We’ll describe each project and talk about some of the edtech you can use along the way.  Check it out.

Year is wrapping up, pool fence in a pool fence

1. Animations
2. Google slides Publish to Web
3. Google Slides
4. Example Animation
5. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRRzmOlh4yzJLYAdlcx4NHAbnjcZBm197Lj8IF27Vq0JThFJ-uwud8uHybX0tCUEdlzuIJ-RKOMDspC/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=100
6. Stop Motion Studio app
7.  (The Blue One is Free)
8. Gamification
9. Amazing Race
10. Google Sites
11. Google maps waypoints for scavenger hunt
12. Lewis’ Rap Battle and Flocabulary
13. Record an instructional video in a different accent with YouTube as support
14. Escape the Desert
15. The Seven Quests (A minute to win it)
16. Team Building Experiences with content built-in, tied in to the park field trip
17. Puzzles and Problem Solving
18. Murder Mystery
19. Escape the Room
20. Escape Room Episodes
21. Using Google Sites to Create Digital Escape Room
22. https://player.captivate.fm/episode/37e06fd2-5ac3-48a4-872e-dca3523b9016
23. Second-Chance Learning, Escape Rooms, and Pecha Kuchas
24. https://player.captivate.fm/episode/c55d0360-83bb-4daa-b2b3-89e6186ed2cf
25. BreakoutEDU, make your own
26. Content Creation
27. Class podcast
28. Video
29. PSA, commercial, newscast, 1 minute movie festival
30. Blog
31. Photography Contest
32. Presentations
33. Pecha kucha
34. working interview
35. Passion Project/Genius Hour
36. Real World Experiences
37. Game commissioner
38. Politician
39. Outside speakers (skype a scientist)
40. Plan An Event
41. Fundraiser
42. Food truck
43. Doc Screening
44. Festival or fair

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• 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

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 110 called “18 EdTech Tools to Support Student Writing”   In this episode, we’ll share a massive list of 18 edtech tools that can help students and teachers write.  We’ve got websites, extensions, and podcasts featured in this episode, making it another one you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

What could be more important than writing?  Emails, resumes, recommendation letters, college applications, blogging, social media posts, planning a podcast, making a speech at a friends wedding, writing a book, 

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• Guise: Storybird - students create comics, short stories, chapter books, poems, quickly and easily.  Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into original stories.  Ready to share your words with the world? Submit your stories to get expert feedback from teachers, professional editors, and authors.
• Nick:  Boomwriter - Read, write, vote, repeat.  Students read the first chapter of story, then write what they think should happen next.  Then the student chapters are peer assessed and voted upon.  A winner is chosen, which becomes the next official chapter of the story.  The process starts again.
• Guise:  Flocabulary 
• An inspired student can reach their full potential
• Hip-hop videos and instructional activities that promote literacy and spark creativity.
• Nick:   Vocabulary.com - A dictionary for learning, A scientific and fun way to improve vocabulary (Play games and compete in activities on your own or with participants from around the globe. With our advanced teaching algorithm and study tools, get ready for your vocabulary to expand!), and Engage your students with a fast-paced Vocab Jam, assign ready-made word lists for thousands of books and topics, and more!
• Guise:  BookCreator
• Nick:  Visuwords - NOT YOUR GRANDAD'S DICTIONARY.  A modern dictionary for a modern world.  Type in any word that is automatically put into an interactive map showing how it relates to other words as synonyms, antonyms and many other relationships
• Guise:  EduBlogs - We are the oldest and most trusted web publishing platform for teachers and students.
• Nick: Phrasebank - a database of commonly used phrases.   It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation (see the top menu )
• Guise:  Xmind - better brainstorming

Extensions:

• Wordtune - Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you’re trying to say, and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling and authentic
• Quillbot - highly rated Grammarly alternative.  Write Better With QuillBot’s Grammar Checker, Paraphraser, & Summarizer
• Briskine Email Templates and shortcuts - Write emails faster! Increase your productivity with templates and keyboard shortcuts on Gmail, Outlook, or LinkedIn.
• Scholarcy - Summarizes research papers, creates interactive flashcards, highlights key points, links to open-access versions of each citation
• Citationsy - Cite websites, books, papers, articles, podcasts, songs, and much more using Citationsy. Perfect references and footnotes every time. Citationsy is perhaps the world’s best referencing tool. This Chrome extension will let you cite any website with a single click. We support citations in APA, Harvard, DIN, Chicago, MLA, and thousands of other referencing styles.
• Power Thesaurus - Use the power of synonyms by button in toolbar, right-click or by word selection on any page.  Get the best synonyms, antonyms, definitions and other results for any word! Rephrase your texts on sites like Google Docs, Medium, Facebook, Twitter.
• Google Input Tools - type in almost 100 different languages anywhere online where text can be input.  They have virtual keyboards and transliteration input tools.

Podcasts:

• Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
• Writing Excuses
• The Writership Podcast Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
• The Creative Writer’s Toolbelt

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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
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Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 109 called “Productivity EdTech Throwdown and the Educator Metaverse”   In this episode, we’ll go head to head in a brand new edtech throwdown, each sharing 3 productivity tools we’ve been using, then deciding who has the best selections.  We’ll also jump head first into the educator metaverse as we discuss ed3educators.com.     This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Web3

• https://www.ed3educators.com/
• @TheTechRabbi Michael Cohen
• @ed3educators
• GatherTown

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• BeeLine Reader
• GoConqr
• GoFullPage

Guise’s Tools

• Tango.us
• Magic Cell Notifications
• https://forms.gle/LiwdGZNZWFP1vHbu9
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-v-s7V9RKpEorHYlqfzee1USJPUSFnHs7OF33sijqoQ/edit
• Webreel

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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
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Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 108 called “15 Awesome Cell Phone Apps for Teachers and Students.” In this episode, we’ll review 15 smart phone apps that deserve a place in your classroom. We’ll also discuss some of the pros and cons of allowing cell phone use in school.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

• Myedtechbundle.com 

Congrats to Nearpod - Guise thought Quizzizz was going to win, haha

Cell Phones in school: yes or no?

Pro phone:

• Send reminders to students via text with tools like Remind
• Students used to use school-provided agenda books, but not anymore. Many keep track of things by taking pictures, adding notes, or calendar apps like Google Calendar
• Ss can access apps that help them keep track of grades, view work via Google Apps, etc
• Flipped classrooms allow for viewing content anywhere, shouldn’t phones be a part of that?
• In the real world they will use phones and use them heavily, why not teach them how to do it responsibly? Teach digital literacy
• They are inevitable. Why keep fighting a battle we can’t win?
• Increased safety during drills and emergency situations
• ESL students can use Google Translate and other apps to help learn

Anti-phone:

• Distractions
• Do students really use them as learning tools most of the time?
• Constantly looking things up online doesn’t promote real learning, critical thinking, and an analytical mind

The Tools: all of these can be found on the apple app store and most on android as well

Curation

1. Pocket:
2. Trello: 

Productivity

1. ClassTree:
2. Additio:

Gamification:

1. Quizlet: 
2. Classcraft:

Classroom Management

1. Class123:
2. Apple Classroom: 

For Students

1. YouTube Kids:
2. Freckle: 

AR/VR

1. Virtuali-Tee:
2. Figment AR: 

Content Creation:

1. Green Screen: 
2. Chatterpix:  
3. Thinglink: 

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Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our Facebook Group Page.   

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

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 107 called “10 New Eye-Popping EdTech Tools for Teachers” In this episode, we’ll review 10 edtech tools that are super awesome, new to us, and worth getting excited about. We’ll also discuss the results of the recent 2022 March EdTech Madness bracket by ClassroomQ cofounder Kyle Niemis.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

• Myedtechbundle.com 

Top 16 for 2022

1. Canva
2. Book Creator
3. FlipGrid
4. Mote
5. Blooket
6. Gimkit
7. Quizizz
8. Kahoot
9. Screencast-o-matic
10. Screencastify
11. Edpuzzle
12. WeVideo
13. Nearpod
14. Baamboozle
15. Kami
16. Pear Deck

1. ScreenPal 
2. Podcastle
3. Davinci Resolve 
4. Typeform.com
5. Colorcinch formerly Cartoonize 
6. National Geographic MapMaker
7. Actively Learn 
8. GoBoard
9. Gather 
10. Melon
11. https://melonapp.com?ref=wegotteched

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• Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
• Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
• GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our Facebook Group Page.   

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

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 106 called “Edtech March Madness Bracket” In this episode, in honor of the 2022 March Madness Tournament, Guise and I invited March Edtech Madness creator Kyle Niemis to the show to discuss 16 edtech tools as they compete to be the ultimate edtech tool champion. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

• NJECC Conference March 7-8
• Youtube Video 
• Momento: Podcast clips to text 
• Myedtechbundle.com 

Top 16 for 2022

1. Canva
2. Book Creator
3. FlipGrid
4. Mote
5. Blooket
6. Gimkit
7. Quizizz
8. Kahoot
9. Screencast-o-matic
10. Screencastify
11. Edpuzzle
12. WeVideo
13. Nearpod
14. Baamboozle
15. Kami
16. Pear Deck

New ones added

• Canva
• Baamboozle 
• Kami
• Screencastomatic

Ones we took off

• Insert learning 
• Formative 
• Wakelet 
• Padlet 

Other ones considering

• Seesaw
• Adobe
• Poll Everywhere

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9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com
11. Tell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast Network

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

• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify
• Google Podcasts  
• Stitcher  
• YouTube  
• Twitter   
• Facebook

• Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
• Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
• GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our Facebook Group Page.   

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