Edtech Throwdown

Edtech Throwdown

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Edtech Throwdown episodes

  • The Great Edtech Debate: Adobe Spark vs Canva w/ Bryon Carpenter

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #85: The Great EdTech Debate: Adobe Spark vs Canva w/ Bryon Carpenter

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    Welcome back to GotTechED the Podcast, this is episode #85 called The Great #Edtech Debate: Adobe Spark vs Canva. In this episode, we will be sitting down with ( Bryon Carpenter ) to talk about which edtech tool, Adobe Spark or Canva, is better for student content creation. This is another episode that you won’t want to miss, check it out!

    Segment 1: Who is Bryon Carpenter
    • On Twitter (https://twitter.com/bryoncar)
    • On Twitter (https://twitter.com/freshairatfive) 
    • On their website at bryoncarpenter.com and https://anchor.fm/freshairatfive5
    • On YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/BryonCarpenter

    Segment 2: The Great EdTech Debate: Adobe Spark vs Canva
    • Round 1: The Overview/Parameters/Definitions  
    • What are the Adobe Spark/Canva platforms? Functionality, Tools, Cost, Learning Curve, etc.  
    • Round 2: The Why
    • What are the top 3 reasons why you use the Canva platform?
    • Round 3: Uses of the Platform
    • Describe ways that you use the Adobe Spark platform in your Classroom?
    • Round 4: Final Thoughts/Resources
    • Anything else about the Adobe Spark (or all the Adobe edtech tools)?
    • Spark Video: https://youtu.be/CKyHvbmxeo0
    • Spark Post & Page: https://youtu.be/EvvPQMp2yfs
    • Check out the article I came across yesterday which talks about Why Adobe Spark - Wood, K. (2017, August 15). Adobe Spark Review: We Found 3 Reasons For And Against Using It. Digital.com; Digital.com. https://digital.com/website-builders/adobe-spark/ updated April 9, 2021
    • Anything else about Canva?

    Segment 3: The GotTechED HotSeat
    1. What are 3 #edtech tools that you can’t live without? 
    2. What is a best practice or teaching skill that you use in your classroom? 
    3. What is the best kept secret in education?
    4. Who is an educator or member of the educational community that you see as an #EduMentor? Include social media if they have one!
    5. Claudio Zavala Jr (T: @ClaudioZavalaJr, youtube channel)  
    6. Teachers on Fire aka Tim Cavey (T: @teachersonFire)
    7. Cobblestone Collective (the former EdTechTeam Canada) with Michelle Armstrong and team (@TheCobblestoneC on Twitter)
    8. What is an educational resource that teachers should be aware of? (Include links if you have one!)
    9. Goodwill Community Foundation GCFLearnFree (https://edu.gcfglobal.org) is a GOLD MINE!
    10. What is your favorite quote?
    11. “Until you know, you don’t know.” which is something I’ve said for years, but goes along with the Teach Better and Brene Brown as when you know better, do better.
    12. What is something you do to relax and unwind?
    13. Hiking, making videos and all things flyfishing - it’s springtime here in BC and lakes are icing off so it’s time to chase some trout - chironomid fishing.

    Segment 4: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

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    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    1 hr 8 min
  • Integrating Media and Video Journalism into the Classroom w Clement Townsend
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #84: Integrating Media and Video Journalism into the Classroom

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you.  Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the Podcast, This is episode 84 called Integrating Media and Video Journalism into the Classroom.  In this Episode we will be sitting down with Clement Townsend to talk about ways that educators can use edtech to master storytelling with videos like a pro.

    Segment 1: The GotTechED Hotseat and who is Clement Townsend?
    • What is your most memorable education experience? 
    • Name a teacher or educator that impacted you the most? 
    • What is your most interesting moment from sports broadcasting? 
    • What are 3 edtech tools, apps, programs that you use in your everyday life?

    1. cuepromptor.com

    • What is your favorite quote?
    • What is your best kept secret? 

    Segment 2: How to Incorporate Video-Journalism into the Classroom
    1. Transferable Skills
    2. How to create real-world experiences for your students
    3. Recommended Edtech Tools that work on Chromebooks and other Tech Devices
    4. Other Video-Journalism Resources
    5. https://www.videojournalismpro.com/

    Segment 3: Where to Find Clement Townsend
    • On Twitter @clementTV_
    • On LinkedIn @clementtownsend
    • On their website at https://www.videojournalismpro.com/

    Segment 4: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
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    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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



    41 min
  • 13 Creative EdTech Tools/Tricks to Make Classroom Activities Come Alive
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #83: 13 Creative EdTech Tools/Tricks to Make Classroom Activities Come Alive

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you.  Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #83 called “13 Creative EdTech Tools/Tricks to Make Classroom Activities Come Alive."  In this episode we’ll share X ideas for making your classroom activities come alive with creativity and increased student engagement.  We’ll also share some information about the long awaited release of the Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network at HVSPN.com.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

    Segment 1: HVSPN.comSegment 2: 13 Creative EdTech Tools/Tricks to Make Classroom Activities Come Alive
    1. Thinglink Mobile App lets you capture real world 3D media for VR exploration.  Create the thinglink experience right on your phone!  They also added the ability to share thinglinks to a VR headset 
    2. Let Google provide the support.  Help and hint links in problem set worksheets.  Links to videos or Mote comments to give students a push in the right direction
    3. Set up a scavenger hunt!  
    4. Google Site URL’s
    5. QR code generators
    6. Bitly or tinyuls
    7. In a Google Doc use the Doc Secrets AddOn.  Want to keep some text in your document private while sharing the rest of it with others? DocSecrets can help. Just add a password to the DocSecrets sidebar, then type any secret text you want to add to your document in the add-on's Insert field. You can select existing text on the page and click Censor text to hide it—but that text would still be visible in the document's history, making it not nearly as private. Then, to see the hidden text, your collaborators will have to both know your password and have the DocSecrets add-on installed—otherwise all they'll see is colored lines and dashes.
    8. Nick - Why so few fonts in Docs.  Don't download a fonts add-on in Google Docs—none are better than the built-in Google Fonts integration.  Just click the down arrow on the fonts menu and select More Fonts.
    9. Study tools with mind mapping
    10. MindMeister has an add-on that automatically turns bulleted lists into a MindMap
    11. Mindmup
    12. Let Ablebits bring professionalism to student reports
    13. Ablebits’ Table Styles add-on for Google Sheets and Docs
    14. Let a program do the work for you:
    15. Text giraffe- instant word fonts
    16. https://www.wordificator.com/ have words will a shape or picture
    17. Coolers color schemes
    18. Fancy Text Generator
    19. Give students curations of pictures/video to use
    20. https://www.dreamstime.com/
    21. Unsplash
    22. Burst
    23. Pexels
    24. Pixaba
    25. Stocksnap.io
    26. Life of Pix
    27. Gratisography
    28. The Jopwell Collection
    29. PicJumbo 
    30. Crello
    31. Flickr
    32. Canva for education
    33. Free Images
    34. Allow students to add music or to make their own music
    35. GotTechED’s Guide to Student Music Creation
    36. Incredibox
    37. SoundTrap
    38. YouTube Music Library
    39. Introduce sites that allow you to manipulate photos
    40. Pixlr
    41. Photofunia
    42. Canva for Education
    43. Slazzer
    44. Snap Seed
    45. Remove.bg
    46. Audio Replacement Strategy
    47. GotTechED’s Teacher’s Guide to Student Podcasting
    48. Hands on Game creation
    49. Escape Rooms
    50. Build puzzles
    51. Board Games
    52. Build Models
    53. Story Telling
    54. Storyboardthat
    55. Bookcreator
    56. pixton

    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
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    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
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    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Need a Presenter?

    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



    44 min
  • Using Techy-Notes to Increase Student Engagement with Debbie Tannenbaum
    Using Techy-Notes to Increase Student Engagement with Debbie TannenbaumEpisode 82

    Welcome back to GotTechED the Podcast, This is episode 82 called Techy Notes with Debbie Tannenbaum. In this Episode will be sitting down with Debbie Tannenbaum to talk about transformational learning in the classroom and the role edtech plays to support it. 

    Segment 1 : Who is Debbie Tannenbaum?
    • Twitter
    • @TannenbaumTech
    • Website
    • Tannenbaumtech.com
    • Book coming out in the spring

    Segment 2: Transformational Edtech Practices
    • Techy-Notes

    Segment 3: The GotTechED HotseatSegment 4: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
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    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    29 min
  • The 2021 Fantasy EdTech Draft
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #81: 2021 Edtech Fantasy Draft

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #81 called “2021 EdTech Fantasy Draft” In this 3rd anniversary episode of GT the podcast we bring back a former guest, Jeff Losch, for our EdTech Fantasy Draft. In this episode we’ll all draft our dream team of edtech tools, by the time we’re done featuring 21 awesome apps, extensions, and websites. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: A Reflection on the 2019 Edtech Draft (Episode 41)

    [caption id="attachment_3285" align="alignnone" width="464"] 2019 edtech draft[/caption]

    Segment 2: The 2021 Fantasy Edtech Draft

    The Categories: 

    [caption id="attachment_3286" align="alignnone" width="484"] 2021 edtech draft[/caption]

    Extensions (2 each)

    1. Go Full Page
    2. Capture a screenshot of your current page in entirety and reliably—without requesting any extra permissions!
    3. The simplest way to take a full page screenshot of your current browser window. Click on the extension icon (or press Alt+Shift+P), watch the extension capture each part of the page, and be transported to a new tab of your screenshot where you can download it as an image or PDF or even just drag it to your desktop.
    4. *No bloat, no ads, no unnecessary permissions, just a simple way to turn a full web page into an image.*
    5. Additor - Highlight & organize into notes
    6. Additor helps you to organize bookmarks and highlights from article, blog, PDF, and etc into notes.
    7. VidYard
    8. Capture your screen, share your video and track who's watching it!
    9. Vidyard’s free screen recorder makes it easy to communicate better with video. 
    10. Web Paint
    11. Draw on any web page. Annotate the web!
    12. Web paint allows you to draw on web pages! 
    13. Use a powerful image editing tool right in the browser.
    14. MindZip · Remember everything you learn
    15. Remember everything you learn! The art of learning and mastering skills twice as fast.
    16. Remember everything you learn. Knowledge that we do not repeat or apply fades quickly. **With just 5 minutes of MindZip a day, you can internalize all the key points from up to 20 books per year!** How often do you struggle to recall facts that you’ve already learned? MindZip · The art of learning and mastering skills twice as fast. 
    17. With MindZip you can internalize the key thoughts from blogs, books, audiobooks, educational videos like Ted talks, online courses like Udemy, Coursera, lectures in school and university and more. 
    18. MindZip is also a smart bookmark tool, you can bookmark any source in the web with your thoughts attached. 
    19. How frustrating is it to spend hours reading and then having to read it again and again and again to get the key details to stick? 
    20. Don’t worry, you’re not alone:
    21. Our human brain forgets up to 70% of newly learned information within the first week.  
    22. The solution? 
    23. Breaking information into bite-sized chunks of compressed knowledge and learning it through smart repetition. 
    24. Introducing MindZip, the fun and easy way to convert new details into long-term memory. Our virtual Study Coach organizes the essentials from your whole library and prepares optimized daily repetition sessions.  
    25. With MindZip you can easily: 
    26. • Enter exams and job interviews with confidence. 
    27. • Replace bad habits with good new ones. 
    28. • Prepare your mind for social interactions and dating.      
    29. • Master challenging situations by recalling successful approaches.                                      
    30. Weet: Video and screen recording made collaborative
    31. Weet, the 1st collaborative Screen & Video recorder. Simple, free and unlimited screencast recording.
    32. Meet less, send a video message instead
    33. Cut down on the back-and-forth emails and make your communication better.
    34. Why Weet is unique ? 🤔
    35. - Record your video with co-authors
    36. - Add filters and virtual backgrounds
    37. - Update your video even after sharing the link
    38. - Track who watches your video
    39. - Add links & a CTA in your video 
    40. - Rich commenting options
    41. - Auto-transcription & auto-captions
    42. Weet is for everyone, yes everyone! 🤠
    43. 🌟 Record your webcam only
    44. 🌟 Record your screen with or without your webcam
    45. 🌟 Add filters on your webcam
    46. 🌟 Add a virtual background to your webcam
    47. 🌟 Record different sections in the same video 
    48. 🌟 Update your video anytime (even after sharing the link)
    49. 🌟 Unlimited recording length
    50. 🌟 Add a virtual background to your webcam
    51. 🌟 Invite others to record their section in your video
    52. 🌟 Interact with your webcam & share your screen at any point of the video
    53. 🌟 Get notified about who watched your video
    54. 🌟 Export in mp4 format, embed your video on other websites and share it on social media
    55. 🌟 Share your video with anyone, anywhere and with advanced control options

    Add-ons (2 each)

    1. Koalendar: Free appointment scheduler for Google
    2. [ FREE ] Appointment Scheduler for Google Calendar. Get your booking page ready in 5 minutes. The easiest scheduling tool to share your availability.
    3. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • "I've used this calendar program for one week and I cannot believe I've ever lived without it."
    4. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • "Teacher friends, this Koalendar extension is a game changer for conferences. You can send them links to sign up + even ask a question “what would you like to discuss during our conference today?” And it syncs to your calendar. You can do 1:1, capping it at 1/slot or do small groups!"
    5. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • "BEST APP EVER! I have found this tremendously helpful in my work. It has saved me a ton of back and forth trying to figure out when I can meet with people."
    6. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • "Absolutely love this. I just installed it and it seems like it is going to save me so much time. I ran into a few issues while I was setting it up and Victor walked me through each one. Excellent customer service. I would highly recommend this software."
    7. 100% free plan available. 
    8. Build for educators, recruiters, consultants, and sales.
    9. Create your booking page in a few minutes and share your link so that your invitees can book the perfect time without exchanging any email.
    10. Gone are the days where you send a mass email for availability and have to sort through each person to figure out the best time.
    11. Form Approvals:
    12. Turn Google Form submissions into interactive workflows
    13. Need support? Contact [email protected] and our team will get back to you shortly!
    14. Designed for use within organizations of all sizes to automate any process needing approval.
    15. Within minutes you'll be able to: 
    16. * Create a form to capture information/data requiring approval;
    17. * Assign approvers; 
    18. * Create multi-level workflow;
    19. * Include routing conditions (e.g only send to an approver if a condition is met); 
    20. * Have requests sent to approvers automatically each time a form submission is made;
    21. * Set up automatic reminders;
    22. * Attachment documents to notifications; and
    23. * Manage forms, track requests and view form submission data from one convenient portal. 
    24. Try it for free today, for your time off, expense, project, or contract approvals.
    25. Depending on your usage, there may be a cost to use this add-on. Refer to formapprovals.com/pricing for details.
    26. Diagrams.net
    27. diagrams.net is the most tightly Google Drive integrated diagramming application available.
    28. draw.io is completely free online diagram editor built around Google Drive(TM), that enables you to create flowcharts, UML, entity relation, network diagrams, mockups and more.
    29. Your data is stored only in Google Drive, so no additional third-party to trust with your data.
    30. draw.io can import from .vsdx, Gliffy(TM) and Lucidchart(TM) files.
    31. AirTable
    32. Organize anything with Airtable, the world's friendliest database.
    33. Airtable is the easy way to create your own organizational databases. From indie filmmakers to cattle farmers, creators and creatives around the world are using Airtable to organize their lives, their way.
    34. Use Airtable to share survey forms and manage entries, track collections or ideas, and manage customers or contacts — all in one place. Get started instantly with a variety of templates ranging from store inventory to applicant management, or easily piece together your own layout from scratch.
    35. Airtable's built for collaboration and lets you share your data, chat with teammates, and see changes as they happen. Airtable syncs across all your devices to keep your data up-to-date wherever you go. Our mobile apps make it easy to add and remove data, attach files, and collaborate with your team.
    36. Here are some ways that Airtable is being used today:
    37. ▸ Organizing People and Customers
    38. ▸ Cataloging Collections, Ideas, and Inventory
    39. * Store or restaurant inventory
    40. * Product catalogs
    41. * Personal clothing collections
    42. * Pet medical history
    43. * Cattle and farm inventory
    44. * Frequent flyer accounts
    45. * Camping supplies
    46. ▸ Managing Projects and Tasks
    47. * Team project management
    48. * Events and conferences
    49. * Blog editorial calendars
    50. * Wedding planning
    51. * Building inspection...
    38 min
  • The 2021 Edtech Bracket w/ Kyle Niemis
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #80: The 2021 Edtech Madness Bracket 

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you.  Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #80 called “The 2021 Edtech Madness Bracket.”  In this episode, I sit down with the creator of the bracket Kyle Niemis.  We discuss the 16 tools that made it into the Edtech Madness Bracket, we talk about how we see the bracket playing out, as well as some honorable mention edtech tools.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

    Segment 1: What is the edtech bracket?Segment 2: Snubs and Mean Tweets
    1. Desmos
    2. Swivl
    3. Adobe Spark
    4. Seesaw

    Segment 3: Breakdown of the bracket
    • 1st round match-ups
    • Your Final 4
    • The winners

    The Edtech Tools:

    • Flipgrid
    • Book Creator
    • Wakelet
    • Padlet
    • Quizizz
    • GImkit
    • Blooket
    • Kahoot
    • Edpuzzle
    • Insert learning
    • Formative
    • Mote
    • Screencastify
    • WeVideo
    • Nearpod
    • Pear Deck

    Segment 4: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    19 min
  • 10 Ways to Empower Students With Content Creation
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #79: 10 Ways to Empower Students With Content Creation

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #79 called “10 Ways to Empower Students With Content Creation.” In this episode, we’ll share some lesson and project ideas that empower student learning, all while creating their own visual and audio content. We’ll also discuss some skills students will gain and challenges you’ll face along the way. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Skills, Pro’s, and Challenges

    Pro’s:

    1. Creative Freedoms
    2. Empowerment
    3. A real world experience
    4. Job ready

    Challenges:

    1. Time
    2. Content Coverage
    3. Fear of the TEST
    4. Resources

    Skills:

    1. Communication skills
    2. Leadership skills
    3. Teamwork skills
    4. Interpersonal skills
    5. Learning/adaptability skills
    6. Self-management skills
    7. Organizational skills
    8. Computer skills
    9. Problem-solving skills
    10. Open-mindedness
    11. Strong work ethic

    Segment 2: Content Teaching Strategies
    1. Podcasts
    2. Record and Edit: WeVideo, Sodaphonic, Audacity
    3. Newscast
    4. Screecastomatic, Loom, Screencastify, Wevideo
    5. Class Newspaper 
    6. Slides
    7. Classroom Galleries
    8. No Tech, Slides
    9. Infographic Contest
    10. Canva, Slides, Piktochart, Easel.ly, Genial.ly 
    11. Class YouTube Channel
    12. Screecastomatic, Loom, Screencastify, Wevideo, Stop Motion Studio
    13. Content Play
    14. No Tech, Wevideo with a Greenscreen, slazzer, remove.bg
    15. Board Game Design
    16. No Tech, Slides
    17. Blogs
    18. Docs, Glogger, Google Sites
    19. Books
    20. Book Creator, Slides

    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    44 min
  • EdTech Show and Tell
    GotTechED the PodcastEpisode #78: EdTech Show and Tell

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 78 called “EdTech Show and Tell”. In this episode we’ll share some of our favorite edtech tools, tips, tricks, and shortcuts that we use in our teaching practice. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Intro
    • Fresh Air At Five Podcast: @FreshAirAtFive with @BryonCar
    • Continuation of our Clubhouse room Wednesdays at 3:15 PM

    Segment 2: 

    Nick starts: Nick Show and Tell

    1. Table of Contents Add-On for Google Docs or click the Show Document Outline button in top left corner
    2. Tools > Compare documents in Google Docs is a new feature that lets you select a second doc and google automatically compares the two. Lots of other great stuff in there too
    3. Activity Dashboard - see who’s been looking at your docs
    4. Edit your preferences for custom substitutions, go to Tools > Preferences > Automatic Substitution. You might find there are a few in there already (like changing 1/2 to ½), but feel free to add in some of your own.
    5. Link google sheets to your google slide deck. It automatically updates in slides as changes are made in sheets.
    6. Type docs.new, sheets.new, slides.new, or forms.new into your chrome address bar to automatically start a new file
    7. Let me google that for you tool
    8. Virtual coin toss
    9. Google Books Ngram viewer

    Guise Show and Tell

    1. QR Codes- In Google Chrome (updated)
    2. Adding tabs in Chrome
    3. Gimkit Ink
    4. Pixton EDU
    5. Top Documentary Films
    6. Write About

    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    39 min
  • 10 EdTech Tools for Real-Time Collaboration

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #77: 10 EdTech Tools for Real-Time Collaboration

    If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 77 called “10 EdTech Tools for Real-Time Collaboration”. In this episode we’ll tackle a subject that is more important than ever in education - real time collaboration. We’ve collected 10 new tech tools that allow for real-time student to student and/or teacher-student collaboration. In a world of hybrid and online learning, this is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Intro

    My AP Biology Thoughts Podcast

    Check out our CLUBHOUSE meeting Wednesday at 3:15pm

    • @guisegotteched
    • @nickgotteched
    • Connected to the edumatch clubhouse
    • @sarahdateechur

    Segment 2: EdTech Tools for Real-Time Collaboration
    1. Bit.ai
    2. Equity maps
    3. Book Creator
    4. Elink.io  
    5. Project Pals
    6. Parlay
    7. Mentimeter
    8. Floop
    9. Spiral
    10. Actively Learn

    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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

    39 min
  • 12 EdTech Phone Apps and Web-Based Tools

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #76: 12 EdTech Phone Apps and Web-Based Tools

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 76 called “12 EdTech Phone Apps and Web-Based Tools”.  In this episode, we will go over 12 edtech tools that are new to us and, for the most part, are new to everyone else too.  We’ve broken down these recently launched tools into some categories like team collaboration, creativity, productivity and distance gaming.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

    Segment 1: Welcome to the New Year Nick Segment 2: Web-based Edtech Tools

    Team Collaboration

    • Bubbles  
    • Savvy Cal
    • Supernotes
    • @supernotesapp
    • GitMind

    Creativity

    • Vektors 
    • Slazzer
    • InVideo

    Productivity

    • Everyday
    • @everydayCheck
    • A Photo A Day

    Distance Gaming

    • Reason
    • Flinkit!
    • LoomieLive


    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    Teacher’s Guide to Remote/Hybrid Learning

    Guise: Do us 3 favors

    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    10. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com

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

    Subscribe to our Podcast
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spotify
    • Google Podcasts  
    • Stitcher  
    • YouTube  
    • Twitter   
    • Facebook

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched

    Join the Conversation and our PLN

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

    Need a Presenter?

    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


    41 min

About Edtech Throwdown

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The Edtech Throwdown podcast (originally GotTechED the Podcast) was created in 2018 by Nick Johnson and Eric Guise with one, singular goal: to provide quality, tech-centric professional development…

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