Edtech Throwdown

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 164: How to Combat AI Misuse in Your Classroom

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 164 called “How to Combat AI Misuse in Your Classroom”.  In this episode, we’ll talk about how to plan your classroom with a positive and pro-active approach to AI use! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative:  Teachers questioning student work.

So let’s take a break while we go ask ChatGPT to write this episode for us, so that when we come back we can talk about how to deal with these issues in a positive and proactive way.

Segment 2:

1. Avoid The “Reactive” Approach
2. Don’t find yourself halfway through the year and angry because you can tell that a significant percentage of your students just used a chat bot to write their responses.
3. Set Clear Expectations (Be Proactive):
4. Syllabus Statement
5. Could align with a school policy if that is already established
6. Introductory days AI discussion
7. Ask students to share what they think about AI.  Let them discuss, consider, and reflect.
8. Generate class rules together, almost like norms
9. Give them examples from real life where AI might be allowed, and then not allowed.
10. In college, they would likely see similar rules, where using AI to write for you is likely considered academic dishonesty and you would get expelled.
11. In life, you might use AI to begin the process of writing a best mans speech you need to give.
12. In a career, you might use it to plan out some talking points for an upcoming meeting or make an email sound more professional.
13. Assignment/Project Expectations
14. Clearly state acceptable/unacceptable uses of AI
15. Have some pre-written templates for different types of assignments and what types of AI-use might be acceptable.  This way you can easily copy and paste them into assignment descriptions as needed.
16. Promote Positive Communication
17. Let students know that you aren’t out to “Catch Them”
18. Expose them to current AI literature
19. 8 Things Students Should know about AI by Ben Klieger
20. Best Practices
21. Show examples of good use of AI
22. Show examples of how you can tell the usage of AI
23. Turnitin AI Detection
24. Chrome Extensions 
25. Draftback
26. Revision History
27. Clear expectations and detailed process
28. You may use AI for ____ purpose.
29. You must share a google doc before starting your work.  
30. You must have your final draft at the top and copy and paste in any prompts and outputs of prompts that you use at the end of your final draft.

Edtech Throwdown:   Draftback vs. Revision History

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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
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• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 163: Fun with Digital Field Trips

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 163 called “Fun with Digital Field Trips”.  In this episode, we’ll talk about some of our favorite options for fun and engaging virtual field trips.  Time and money is always tight when it comes to education, and these resources can help bring some adventure to your classroom! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative:  What’s your favorite field trip of all time? 

Nick - Penn State Nuclear Energy Lab

We need to take a break to hear from Teach Better, but don’t go anywhere because when we come back we’re going to talk about all things virtual field trips.

Segment 2:

Fully Digital Field Trips:

• Access Mars
• Google Arts and Culture
• AirPano
• 360 Cities
• Dollar Street
• Historyview.org (Easter Island is a good one)

Curated Collections

• Google Maps Treks
• Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
• Traveling Around the World: Virtual Tours and Field Trips

Theme Parks:

• Walt Disney World:
• Frozen Ever After ride
• It’s a Small World
• Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
• LEGOLAND 
• SeaWorld Orlando: 

National Parks/Popular Nature Sites

• Mt. Everest
• National Aquarium (Baltimore,MD)
• Ripley Aquarium 
• Yellowstone National Park 
• The Hidden Worlds of National Parks
• Alaska Volcano Observatory Webcams

Zoos

• The San Diego Zoo
• Great Lakes Virtual Field Trip
• Butterfly World
• The Cincinnati Zoo
• Atlanta Zoo: Panda Cam
• Georgia Aquarium: African penguins and Beluga Whales 
• Houston Zoo: elephants and more.
• The Shedd Aquarium: Behind the scenes
• San Diego Zoo: koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sharks
• Philadelphia’s Zoo at 2 –  
• Elmwood Park Zoo  –  Zoo school and animal cams
• Cape May County Zoo & Park – Virtual Zoo School
• Pittsburgh Zoo – Penguin Cam
• I Speak for Animals:
• Reid Park Zoo
• Tembe Elephant Park
• International Wolf Center

Museums

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• British Museum, London
• Detroit Institute of Arts
• Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
• Getty Museum
• High Museum of Art, Atlanta
• The Louvre
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• The Museum of Modern Art
• National Museum of the United States Air Force
• National Women’s History Museum
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
• Van Gogh Museum
• The Vatican Museum

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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...

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 162: 

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 162 called “The Edtech Throwdown: Edtech tools Tips and Tricks”.  In this episode, we’ll share our famous edtech throwdown where Guise and I compete for edtech glory.  Who has the better tools, tips and tricks?  Listen in and decide for yourself! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative: Sneak peak at an Edtech Throwdown Competition

We need to take a break to hear from Teach Better, but don’t go anywhere because when we come back we’re going to break down this year's edtech march madness bracket.

Segment 2: 

Nick’s

• Chrome Action Chips
• Pessimists Archive
• Dollar Street
• Revision History (Ext)
• Awesome Screen Recorder
• FigJam
• Playphrase.me

Guise’s

• Tango
• Wordwall
• Breshna.io
• Wavacity
• Draftback
• Allsides
• PrintfriendlyPDF

Edtech Throwdown:   

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 161: The Edtech Throwdown: AI Edition

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 161 called “The Edtech Throwdown: AI Edition”.  In this episode, we’ll share our famous edtech throwdown where Guise and I compete for AI edtech glory.  Who has the better tools?  Listen in and decide for yourself! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative:  

We need to take a break to hear from Teach Better, but don’t go anywhere because when we come back we’re going to break down this year's edtech march madness bracket.

Segment 2: Edtech Throwdown

NIck’s

• Diffit
• ChatPDF
• Quizizz AI
• school.ai
• Brisk
• Gamma
• Goblin Tools

Guise’s

• MagicSchool AI
• Sorcerer
• Textblaze
• Notebooklm.google
• Eduaide
• notebooklm.google.com
• Perplexity Extension

Edtech Throwdown:   Who presented the best ai #edtech tools?

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 160: 7 Awesome AI-Powered EdTech Tools

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown  This is episode 160 called “7 Awesome AI-Powered EdTech Tools”.  In this episode, we’ll update everyone on where we are at in our 2024 edtech march madness bracket and examine 7 awesome AI powered edtech tools! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative:  #edtechmadness24

Okay hold on to your socks because they are about to be knocked off by the AI tool selection we’ve got coming up.  We need to take a break to hear from Teach Better, but don’t go anywhere because when we come back we’re going to break down this year's edtech march madness bracket. 

Segment 2: 7 Awesome AI-Powered EdTech Tools

• Factors.world
• AI powered survey and worksheet for K-12 classrooms.
• Learnt.ai 
• With Learnt.ai you can save time and effort by automating the creation of high-quality lesson plans, learning objectives, assessment questions, and a range of other resources.
• Try Learnt AI for Free
• Class Companion
• Class Companion empowers teachers to give instant feedback and support each student to learn at their own pace. Thousands of teachers use the AI platform to create assignments, engage students, generate feedback, and gain insights into progress.
• Lumen5
• Lumen5 is a video creation platform powered by AI that enables anyone without training or experience to easily create engaging video content within minutes.
• Recommendation Sarah Greck @sgracko
• ck12.org
• Elevate your learning journey with Flexi - your FREE AI Tutor for Science & Math. Improve your grades with tailored practice, bite-sized learning,
• Recommendation Patrick Hausammann @PHausEDU
• Gamma
• A New Medium for Presenting Ideas Powered by AI. Gamma is a new platform that allows users to create polished documents, presentations, and webpages in seconds using AI.
• Ethiqly “Sneak Peak”
• Ethiqly is a digital writing hub for teachers and students to share
• For teachers, it acts as an assistant, offloading rote tasks and making time for high-value ones, while also providing actionable insights.
• For students, it’s an always-available helper that supplements their teacher’s instruction, further building their confidence and skills as writers. 

Edtech Throwdown:   

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

Episode 159: EdTech March Madness: 16 Top Tools Compete for Glory

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown this is episode 159 called “EdTech March Madness: 16 Top Tools Compete for Glory”. In this episode, we’ll talk about this year’s edtech march bracket - a competition that collects 16 of today’s top edtech tools and pits them against one another in an exciting online competition! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: 

Narrative: Catching up with Kyle about #EdtechMadness24 and found out that he was thinking about not doing it. We continued talking and all I could think about is “no #edtechmadness is what gets me through March. It shall not decease, it shall not parish.” After this big monologue moment in my head played through, I heard Kyle say “You and Nick should do it.”

Okay we need to take a break to hear from Teach Better, but don’t go anywhere because when we come back we’re going to break down this year's edtech march madness bracket.

Segment 2: March EdTech Madness

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Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech Throwdown

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

Episode 158: 6 Ways Edtech Can Save a Lesson

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown this is episode 158 called “6 Ways Edtech Can Save a Lesson”.  In this episode, we’ll talk about 6 different edtech tools that you can sprinkle into any lesson that might need some saving! This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: Instagram Parenting

Nick tries a snow day activity with Sylvia that fails dramatically.

• Instagram parenting activities
• Frozen cupcake molds with colored water to decorate the snow
• Stained hands, stained coat, broken ice, crying child, I did the whole thing
• Complete flop, went inside, watched a movie (technology saves the day)

So we’re going to take a quick break for a message from Teach Better, but stick around because when we come back, we’ll explain 6 edtech tools that can help save a failing lesson.

Segment 2: 6 Ways that EdTech Can Save A Lesson

March 12th NJECC Conference

Edtechthrowdown.com

• 5 Music Edtech Tools That Your Students Will Love
• 7 AI Edtech Tools That a Teacher Should Try in 2024
• 7 AI Prompt-making Tips for Educators

6 Ways that EdTech Can Save a Lesson

1. Better Warmups:  
2. AI Snapshots:  180 Classroom Warmups to spark debate and ignite curiosity.
3. https://ablconnect.harvard.edu/activity-types 
4. Better engagement:
5. Schoolai:  Create a chatbot that can tutor your students on a specific topic of your choosing
6. Notebooklm.google
7. Better organization:  
8. Goblin Tools:  
9. Magic ToDo: Build a todo list that it then breaks down into sub-steps automatically
10. Formalizer: Change “spicy” text to more formal or other version
11. Scribe
12. More meaning:  
13. Dollar street is a site that shows how families around the world live under various income levels.  Photos document their lives as the website displays them on an income scale
14. Charitynavigator.org
15. Video: 
16. TedEd Lesson creator:  This site allows you to create lessons using ted videos and animations.
17. STEM problems
18. This Old House and https://www.familyhandyman.com/
19. Fun: 
20. Stickity: Bring digital stickers into google docs and slides
21. https://storybird.com/

Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech Throwdown

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10. Tell your friends about www.edtechthrowdown.com
11. Tell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast Network

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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 156 called “How to Start an Educational Podcast Part 2”. In this episode, we’ll talk about how to go about starting a podcast for you and/or your students with a focus on the hardware and software you need to get started. In addition, we discuss publishing options and some things to think about when considering your options. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Updates

1. GotTechED the Podcast is getting a new name! The Edtech Throwdown Podcast and new branding
2. March 12th NJECC Conference

“Free”:

1. Students speak directly into their Chromebooks or phones audio recording app

Low-Cost: Under $75

1. Ear buds with a microphone
2. Audio Technica AT2005 USB/XLR
3. Blue Yeti USB $59 Sale
4. Snowball Mic

Medium Cost: Under $180

1. Yeti USB Microphone Bundle
2. Rode NT-USB Mini
3. Rode NT-USB+
4. Shure MV7X XLR

High Cost: Above $180

1. Heil PR40
2. PodMic USB Versatile Dynamic Broadcast Microphone

Recording and Editing: 

“Free”

1. Vocaroo - Recording only, free
2. Sodaphonic - recording and editing, 3 hours of audio limit on the free version
3. Chrome Audio Capture Extension - recording only, free
4. Audacity - Download for free, not for chromebooks, editing
5. Audio recording app on your phone

Not Free

Many of these do have free options, but with limits on how much and how often you post. Some also then own your content, which you probably don’t want. They may also say that they can put third party ads into your content, which you probably don’t want.

1. Podcastle - all in one recorder, editor and hosting
2. Soundtrap - recording and editing
3. Zencastr - all in one recorder, editor and hosting
4. Podbean - all in one recorder, editor and hosting
5. WeVideo - recorder and editor
6. Resound - AI editing - yes please!

Video/Audio:

• MelonApp
• Streamyard

Publishing: 

• Google Sites (Free)
• Canva Sites (Free)
• Wordpress.com (Free, $4, $8, $25, and $45)
• YouTube Podcast (Free)
• Captivate.fm ($17 a month)
• Libsyn
• Anchor (Spotify for Podcasters)
• Podbean

Social Media:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• TikTok
• Mastadon
• Threads
• BlueSky

Managers:

• BlueStrawberry
• Buffer
• RecurPost
• SocialBee
• Hootsuite

Email Marketing:

• Mailerlite
• MailChimp
• ConvertKit

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Music Credits:

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

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• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

GotTechED the Podcast    

Episode 155: How to Start an Educational Podcast

Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 155 called “How to Start an Educational Podcast”. In this episode, we’ll talk about how to go about starting a podcast for you and/or your students.  In addition, we discuss creating a vision for your podcast, how to brand your podcast, shownotes, and some of the tips and tricks we use in our own process.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!

Segment 1: Updates

Updates

1. GotTechED the Podcast is getting a new name! The Edtech Throwdown Podcast and new branding, maybe new website
2. March 12th NJECC Conference

Segment 2: How to Start Your Own Podcast       

Student Podcasting Startup Materials 

• permission slips 
• Contracts 
• interest exploration 
• content creation subtopics 

Content Proposal

• Content Proposal plan

Branding: 

• Graphics and branding.  Talk about color selection, logo design and show art.  Show some basic Canva skills.  Emphasize that this is the last step before getting into a studio to record.  Also get shared folders set up.  Teacher first must create a main class folder in Google Drive with Edit access.  Then, students make a subfolder for their podcast.  The folder is titled with their podcast show name  Within that, they must also create subfolders for each of their episodes, called Episode 1, Episode 2, etc.  Make them show folders before they move on.

Choosing Your Music:

• creative commons/public domain 
• choosing music
• Consider the tone of the show

Episode 0:

• Plan episode 0.  Talk about episode 0 and give tips on what to say in it.   This is essentially a scripted episode that gets students used to being in front of the mics.

Editing:  Editing in Audacity.  Give a tutorial on how to do everything for their episode 0 editing.

Shownotes:  

• show notes template.  Post this template in an easily available digital space so students can get a new copy for each new episode.  Show that a complete episode folder needs 3 things: complete show notes, edited audio .mp3, and show art in .png.  Wrap up editing and double check everyone’s folder is complete for episode 0.  Start planning episode 1 when done.  The posted assignment looks like this:

Next Episode Equipment, Hardware, and Publishing - Guide to Student Podcasting

Segment 3:  A Few Tips and Tricks

• Naming Conventions and Organization
• 1. An .mp3 of the edited audio
• 2. Completed show notes, formatted correctly and in a Google Doc
• 3. Show art image edited for that episode, 1280x720, .png file that has been compressed
• Scheduling  
• Consistency  
• Hand Signals  
• 1 Finger 
• Clap Editing

Segment 4: Where to Find GotTechED

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
11. Tell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast Network

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:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 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

This podcast is a proud member of the teach better podcast Network, just like my podcast called GotTechED, a podcast that does the edtech research for you so you can concentrate on teaching your class. You can find out more at teachbetter.com/podcast …better today, better tomorrow, and the podcast to get you there…now let's get back to the episode.