Edtech Throwdown

Edtech Throwdown

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Edtech Throwdown episodes

  • The Edtech Toolkit

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #75: 

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 75 called “The Edtech Toolkit. In this episode, I will go over some of my favorite edtech tools that got me through 2020. I categorize the edtech tools and explain uses for them in the classroom. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Edtech Tool All-Stars for 2020 (Guise’s Edtech Toolkit)
    • Screencasting- Screencast-o-matic
    • Video Creation- WeVideo
    • Audio Recording- Sodaphonic
    • Graphic Design- Canva for Education 
    • Feedback- Mote
    • Student Engagement/Feedback- Edjinotes
    • Whiteboard (group)- Jamboard  
    • Whiteboard- Whiteboard.io
    • Student/Class Management- Classroomq
    • Formative Assessment: Blooket

    Segment 2: 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

    22 min
  • Gamification, Green-screening, and Content Creation

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #74: Gamification, Green-screening and 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 74 called “Gamification, Green Screening and Content Creation”. In this episode, we’ll talk about some highlights from 2020 and the edtech that continues to inspire us. We’ll also introduce some new tools and how we’re going to use them in the new year. Finally, we’ll give a sneak peek at what we’re looking forward to in 2021. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Wrapping Up 2020

    Where have we been

    • Tackling Tech Podcast
    • Flipped flops
    • Ask the Tech Coach
    • TNT Edtech with Scott Nunes
    • GotTechED youtube channel
    • NJDOE Website
    • Art Educators of NJ conference

    Segment 2: What are we doing over break?
    • Game development - our episode with Scott Nunes of TNT Edtech Podcast inspired me to build new and update online games for my classes 
    • Episode 72 with Scott Nunes
    • https://snotes.com/
    • Red Reveal
    • Blooket
    • Making Students Content Creators - Episode 71
    • Working on ways to engage students via Zoom - Episode 66
    • Edji, Jamboard review sessions for my chromebook students
    • Fullscreen Interactive Google Slides
    • Classroomscreen.com
    • Classflow.com
    • Greenscreening: Episode 57 - Green Screening #Edtech with Jennifer Leban
    • WeVideo
    • Zoom PowerPoint backgrounds
    • Visual effects for Google Meet - chrome extension offering cool effects in Meet

    Segment 3: Stuff we’re looking forward to in 2021Segment 4: 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

    36 min
  • 7 New EdTech Tools to Send Us into the New Year

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #73: 7 New EdTech Tools to be Thankful For

    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 73 called “7 New EdTech Tools to be Thankful For”. In this episode, we’ll talk about some of the things that we are thankful for, followed by a deep dive into some exciting new edtech tools that we’ll be testing out as 2020 draws to a close. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: ThankfulSegment 2: Tech Tools that we are trying out

    Guise starts

    • YiNote
    • Floop
    • Blooket
    • Classroomscreen.com 
    • Typestudio 
    • Ducksoup

    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  

    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

    35 min
  • The Edtech Roundtable Crossover Episode w/ TNT Edtech's Scott Nunes
    Segment 1:  Podcasting and Who We Are
    • Scott Nunes- TNT Edtech Podcast
    • Eric Guise and Nick Johnson- GotTechED the Podcast

    Segment 2: The EdTech Debate Mash-up Style

    Presidential Tool (one with a larger role in your mashup)

    VP- (supporting role in the mashup)

    • Scott: Wakelet & Flipgrid 
    • Nick: bitly and google docs for digitally handouts
    • Guise: Wevideo and Google Sites (60 Second Film Festival) Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24

    Segment 3: All-In-One EdTech Throw-Down
    • Nick: Google Slides
    • Scott: Nearpod
    • Guise: Google Keep

    Segment 4: Graphic Design and Branding
    • Nick: Choose your colors first.  Incorporate them in everything you do (https://visme.co/blog/logo-color-schemes/ )
    • Scott: Adobe free products Adobe Spark  Adobe Fresco, start with workflow simple shapes and use presets and DL custom presets. 
    • Guise: Find a template you like and dont recreate the wheel Canva

    Segment 5: Level-up with Game-Based Learning
    • Nick: Amazing Race via Google Sites - enhance with Thinglink
    • Guise:  Digital And Physical Escape Rooms
    • Chemistry Digital Escape Room
    • To Kill a Mockingbird Digital Escape Room
    • Spanish Running of the Bulls Digital Escape Room
    • Forensics Murder Mystery
    • Scott The Hunger Games/End of the Year Game Board Project

    Segment 6: Where to Find GotTechED/TNT Edtech Podcast
    1. Subscribe to GotTechED the Podcast
    2. Apple Podcasts
    3. Spotify
    4. Google Podcasts  
    5. Stitcher  
    6. YouTube  
    7. Twitter   
    8. Facebook
    9. Subscribe to the TNT Edtech Podcast
    10. Apple Podcasts
    11. Spotify
    12. Google Podcasts  
    13. Stitcher 
    14. Twitter   
    15. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
    16. Tell your friends about www.gotteched.com and the TNT Edtech Podcast

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

    Connect with us on Social Media
    • Guise on Twitter @guisegotteched
    • Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched
    • GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched
    • Scott on Twitter @MrNunesTeach
    • TNT Edtech Podcast on Twitter: @tntedtech

    Link to CFU graphics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pJaOzjWaQT1yJofCwF2kTlle5TD6ZjcY?usp=sharing


    49 min
  • Making Students Content Creators During a Pandemic

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #71: Making Students Content Creators During a Pandemic

    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 71 called “Making Students Content Creators During a Pandemic”. In this episode, we’ll review some of the ways that students can be content creators in your classroom. Following that we’ll dive into some exciting tech tools that help to make this possible in a remote, hybrid, or in-person classroom. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: What does content creation look like for students?Segment 2: Tech Tools for Content Creation

    Nick - No matter what classroom environment you’re in, the key is collaboration. This list of tools allows for collaboration whether together in the classroom or separated from home.

    1. WeVideo
    2. Online photo collage maker 
    3. Headliner.  
    4. Remote for Slides  
    5. Storyboard That  
    6. Student podcasts
    7. Audio Editor Online Audacity with Telegram
    8. Sodaphonic
    9. twisted wave
    10. Screencastify Options - Wakelet integrates with Screencastify - your screencastify recordings can be set so they go straight to a Wakelet collection. Click “Open in Editor” and then click the blue plus sign to add multiple video clips together.
    11. Pablo Extension

    Segment 3: Where to Find GotTechED

    NJECC Digital Conference

    YouTube GotTechED Tip or Tool of the Day

    DyKnow Progressive Learning Conference on YouTube

    NJDOE Virtual Professional Learning Website

    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

    34 min
  • Blended Learning Roundtable with Roshni Desai

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #70 Blended Learning Roundtable with Roshni Desai

    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 70 called Blended Learning Roundtable with Roshni Desai.  In this episode we’ll be talking with blended learning expert Roshni Desai about her experience running a blended learning classroom.  We’ll be sharing everything we know about blended learning best practices and the tech tools you need to make it happen.  This is an episode you don’t want to miss … check it out.

    Segment 1: Blended Learning Expert Roshni Desai

    Question 1:  What are your favorite practices in a blended learning classroom?

    Question 2:  What edtech tools best fit your blended classroom?

    Question 3: What are some classroom management techniques you use to keep the blended classroom functioning smoothly?

    Question 4:  A lot of teachers feel like everything has to be digital.  When do you choose to not use technology?

    Question 5:  What are some educators and resources that you would recommend to teachers trying out blended learning for the first time?

    • Roshni: Catlin Tucker she is a blended learning coach and education consultant. She has some great articles and coaching sessions  to help teachers get started with blended learning in their classroom. https://catlintucker.com/
    • Guise: Charity Dodd is starting a podcast called Blended Learning in Action @Daren White @rangathetrainer

    Segment 2:  GotTechED Tip and Tool of the Day

    Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

    Share recent videos and upcoming ones

    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


    33 min
  • EdTech Solutions and Hybrid Learning Updates

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #69: EdTech Solutions and Hybrid Learning Updates

    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 69 called “Listener Mail and Hybrid Learning Updates”. In this episode, we’ll provide an update on our remote and hybrid learning experiences as the 2020 school year gets under way. Following that we’ll dive into our mail bag as we read and answer some of the best questions we’ve received over the recent months. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Remote/Hybrid Learning UpdateSegment 2: Mailbag
    1. We’ve been in hybrid learning for 4 weeks and it already seems stale… What can I do to make the classroom interactive and interesting?
    2. I am super frustrated with teaching on zoom when my students have Chromebooks. There are a lot of functions such as annotation, choosing their own breakouts, etc that they can’t use. Do you have any suggestions?
    3. Digital assessments are now my biggest headache. What do you guys recommend?
    4. Now that we are 5 weeks into school and I am feeling better about my teaching situation, what are some edtech tools that you use in your classroom? https://www.nj.gov/education/covid19/teacherresources/virtualproflearning.shtml
    5. What is a good way to digitally “hand out” materials to my students? There are so many options in my LMS, but sometimes I just want to provide a resource that they can edit and save.
    6. I see that you are posting a lot of videos on YouTube about edtech, what projects are you working on now?
    7. From Twitter edumentor chat: What are some ways that students demonstrate mastery after completing a hyperdoc.
    8. Thanks for doing a PD on podcasting! I never knew how many cool resources there are… What are some other podcasts that I should check out?

    Segment 3: 

    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

    Other Relatable GotTechED Episodes: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
  • Creating Effective Virtual PD for Teachers

    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 68 called “Creating Effective Virtual PD for Teachers”. In this episode, we’ll share some of the things we’ve learned over the past several months when it comes to creating and sharing PD for teachers in our new virtual world. Stay tuned to hear some of our top tips and our favorite new edtech that is worth sharing! This is one episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: Check us out at these upcoming conferences and digital PD opportunities
    1. DyKnow Progressive Learning Conference - Thursday Sept 24 - https://www.dyknow.com/progressive-learning-conference/ (FREE)k
    2. New episodes Flipped Flops available wednesday nights at 8:30 PM - search treefishedu on youtube or go to treefishedu.com

    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

    Shoutout to Bruce Reicher and his book Scripted an educators guide to media in the classroom

    Segment 2: 

    Tips:

    1. Start small, gather a small collection of videos and share them out
    2. Empower teachers, ask them to record what they do 
    3. Video tips (same as for your students)
    4. Keep it short
    5. Single topics per video
    6. Playlist style
    7. Link to slide content
    8. Wrap-up feedback via form
    9. Making videos top 3 tech Guise
    10. Jamboard
    11. Google Sheets Formative Assessment
    12. Creating a pro website picture with remove.bg
    13. Making videos top 3 tech Nick
    14. Google Slides’s incredible versatility - combo with slidesmania.com
    15. Screencasting Tips (blur out, highlight feature or zoom in, student assignments)
    16. EdTech Tool Throwdown: 
    17. Art Educators of New Jersey Conference 2020 - Saturday Oct 24 - https://aenj.org/conference/
    18. NJDOE Virtual Professional Learning - online at https://www.nj.gov/education/covid19/teacherresources/virtualproflearning.shtml

    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
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    30 min
  • Hybrid Learning Challenges and How to Overcome Them

    GotTechED the Podcast

    Episode #67: Hybrid Learning Challenges and How to Overcome Them

    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 67 called “Hybrid Learning Challenges and How to Overcome Them”. In this episode, we’ll take a deep dive into the challenges of hybrid learning and teaching that we are experiencing during our first week back to school. We will provide some suggestions and ideas to help overcome these challenges. This is one episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

    Segment 1: 

    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

    Segment 2: Hybrid Learning Challenges
    1. How to teach to kids in class and at home at the same time
    2. Community building
    3. Small group work
    4. Discussions
    5. Labs and projects - how can they have the same experience? 

    Webcam with Mic

    Webcam

    Snowball Mic

    Lab solution: Groups include some in-person students, some students at home. Students at home watch the lab via Zoom on a student chromebook in the classroom. Student at home records data, takes screenshots, etc.

    Jamboard, Padlet, Google Slides or Drawings

    #FlippedFlops YouTube Series

    10 powerful community building ideas from Edutopia

    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

    34 min
  • Clever Ways to Engage Students Using Meet or Zoom During Remote or Hybrid Learning

    Episode #66: Clever Ways to Engage Students Using Google Meet or Zoom During Remote or Hybrid Learning

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    Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is episode 66 called “Clever Ways to Engage Students Using Meet or Zoom during Remote or Hybrid Learning”. In this episode, we’ll take a deep dive into the world of virtual classrooms as we analyze the awesome features that they have available to you. Then we’ll share some of our own creative ideas for engaging virtual lessons that will keep your students focused and active. This is one episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

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    Nick Zoom basics (do these fast)

    1.  Basics
    2. Screen share
    3. Whiteboard feature
    4. Annotation
    5. Great for having students solve sample problems white board style
    6. Use the new Zoom filters as part of your first week of school introductions
    7. Breakout Rooms
    8. Small group discussions
    9. Other ideas?
    10. Polling with Zoom
    11. Record the meeting, transcript the meeting, post online for absent students or for later review

    Getting Creative

    1. Nick - Have your students solve a Digital Escape the Room via Zoom. Use one from breakoutedu or design your own. We have lots of resources on this
    2. Guise - Gallery Walk template
    3. Nick - Household scavenger hunts
    4. Guise - household science lab. Assign a student a household lab experiment that they show the class and explain the science. Discussions afterwards, digital CER, lots of places to take this
    5. Nick - Use the Zoom whiteboard to play pictionary
    6. Guise - Play Kahoot, Gimkit or other educational review games over Zoom. How to host Kahoot remotely
    7. Nick - Reenact a moment in history with a virtual background of that place or event. Possible in meet too
    8. Guise - Steal a Google Slides game template and host a virtual game show. Some great ones at slidesmania.com
    9. Nick - Flippity.net BINGO tool - you create what goes in each square, you read the clues, students fill out a digital game card. You can send out the digital cards via link or QR code. When it’s over, have them share their screen and review their answers to see who wins!
    10. Guise - Screencasting with PowerPoint as the background

    Segment 3:

    Nick: Guise and I started an educational consulting company with friend of the show Kyle Niemis

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    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

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