Common characteristics of each:

Curator- Resource Collection

Facilitator: Guider of Learning

How do students show what they know?

Presentation Methods:

In this episode, Guise and I welcome the 2019 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year, Jen Skomial.  Jen talks about her recent win as state teacher of the year and shares her expert advice on student-centered learning. Next, we make Jen compete against Guise in another game of two truths and lie. Finally, Guise and I discuss innovative choice boards as a highly effective way to differentiate a classroom.

Jennifer on Social Media:

In Episode 29 of GotTechED the Podcast, Nick and Guise invite EdTech Guru Jeff Losch onto the show to participate in the first-ever EdTech Fantasy Draft.  Each person drafts 7 EdTech Tools that will be useful in their student-centered classroom!

In fantasy sports drafts, participants draft players to fill positions on a team.  For example, in a baseball fantasy draft, the managers (participants) draft Major League baseball players from any team to play each of the positions on a baseball field.  The statistics of each player contributes to each manager’s score with the goal of having the best team.

Now let’s set the parameters for the fantasy EdTech draft.  Nick, Jeff, and Guise came up with a list of 41 EdTech Tools and placed them under six categories for the draft.  The six categories included: 1) Photo/Video, 2) Gamification/Assessment, 3) Personalized Learning/Feedback, 4) Collaboration/Curation, 5) Classroom Management/Environment, and 6) Productivity/Creativity. There are 7 drafting rounds (one EdTech Tool must be selected from each of the six categories and one utility tool that can be from any of the six categories). Nick, Jeff, and Guise will be drafting under the following terms:

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In this episode, Guise and Nick welcome Dan Gallagher in to talk about Feedback and Collaboration with Edjinotes. Next, Guise and Nick put Dan on the GotTechED Hotseat to learn about his favorite EdTech resources. Finally, Nick and Guise share #edtech tools that they use to provide near-instant feedback to their students.

GotTechED Episode 28:  Using Edjinotes for Student Collaboration and Feedback w/ Dan Gallagher

In this episode, we compare Microsoft Teams vs. Google Classroom, share some edtech mash-ups: different ways that apps, extensions, and websites can be combined in interesting ways for your classroom, and we put Nick on the GotTechED HotSeat.

GotTechED Episode 27:  Microsoft Teams vs Google Classroom: You Decide

Microsoft Teams

Google Classroom

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In this episode, Guise and Nick welcome technology guru Richard Smith onto the podcast to talk about Project-Based Learning.  Richard shares his secrets for implementing Project-Based Learning projects into his daily classroom.  Next, Richard participates in the first GotTechED Hoteseat, where he is asked to reveal his favorite #edtech resources.  Finally, Nick and Guise share a hidden gem function of Google Docs and Google Slides.

In this episode, Guise and Nick welcome Karen Lucci and David Sherwin to talk about effective methods for implementing real-life problems (Student-Centered Learning) into the classroom.  Karen shares her experiences with case-studies and the HHMI platform. David shares his recent experiences implementing student podcasting into his lessons. Finally, Nick and Guise share 10 uses of Google Drawings that you can implement in your classrooms.

Episode 24: Is a Genius Hour a Genius Idea

In this episode, we reflect on the #njecc2019 conference.  We talk about Genius Hour and how teachers can implement a Genius Hour into their curriculum.