Wow! So much to cover and share as we return from the largest EdTech convention in North America, ISTELive 2025! Join us as we "unpack the tech" and recap the convention in this "part 2" episode (Part 1 available here: https://youtu.be/Jk1taUWos8Y ), including interviews with Canva, the latest from Google, Rocket Drones, and Jamf, more hidden gems!

Canva/Classroom Graphics Episode Link: https://youtu.be/CHjZPOc_2dg

Rocket Drones: https://rocketdrones.com

Google for Education: https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_us/workspace-for-education/add-ons/google-workspace-with-gemini/

Canva Education: https://www.canva.com/education/

Socrait: https://socrait.com/

Jamf: https://www.jamf.com/

VibeGrade: https://vibegrade.com/

On This Episode (Episode Preview) 

Welcome & Introduction

The ISTE Experience (Expo Hall)

Let's Unpack the Tech

Canva Interview (Canva Code & Magic Activities)

Rocket Drones Interview (Industry Training for Students)

Socrait Interview (AI Using the Teacher's Voice to Track Interactions)

VibeGrade Interview (AI Grading Software for Teachers)

Jamf Interview (Tools for Teachers to Control iPads)

Google Interview (Gemini, Canvas, Notebook LM)

Key Takeaways & Wrapping Up 

Shoutout Guam Adventist Academy Teachers 

Help Desk Invite: Send us Your EdTech Problems

Connect on Social Media

Closing Blessing Coach Jeffery's Podcast:  @TheCoachJeffery 

EduTech Guys: https://linktr.ee/edutechguys 

Join us for a whirlwind tour of Exhibit Hall at the massive expo hall of the ISTE Live 2025 conference and listen in as we talk with some of our favorite exhibitors and companies! Couldn't make it to ISTE yourself... join us for the next best thing! Be blessed!

To determine which AI is superior, we compared Open AI with Chat GPT vs Google AI with Gemini for lesson planning. Our guest, Israel, judged which one he found more useful in the classroom. But you judge for yourself! Join us as we unpack the tech!

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Stop bringing stuff home teachers! As educators, we all know that school life follows us everywhere! It's time to break the cycle of exhaustion, and use organizational tools to help you! On today's episode, we dive into task apps/"to-do apps" and share some insights in ways they can help you be more efficient with your time. We look at some free and paid options, so there is something for everyone! We even look at some power user processes that might just be the ticket to bringing less work home! Join us as we unpack the tech and dive into task apps!

We talk about some of the challenges with how Differentiating Instruction has been implemented. So, Instead we talk about the power of Universal Design for Learning and how technology can enable you to empower all of your students with the tools they need to be successful.

We demonstrated the use of Gemini 2.5 

Join as we take a deep dive into the world of classroom formative assessment and highlight how, using mainstream platforms, you can take your formative assessment to the next level! Because remember, it's not just about the tech and tools you use, but how you engage your students! We invite you to join us as we ask and answer key questions, including:

#edtech #edtechtools #ixl #desmos #schoolai #formativeassessment #classroomengagement #podcast

Join us as we dive into Canva and more on our journey to help you rock your classroom graphics! From presentations to classroom posters & more, we share some power tools that are not only super easy, but totally free! Stuck in the PowerPoint or Google Slides world? Time to break free and simplify while also enhancing your students' experience! With incredible new tools just launched from Canva, there's no better time than now to take your classroom graphics to the next level!

This is a special episode where Desmond shares his journey of how he learned how to create videos but more importantly how he taught his students to do the same. Four of his students join the podcast to talk about their experience in creating a short film, showing it at the Sonscreen film festival where they won best high school film.

Hour of Code is great but now that your students enjoyed it, do more! We discuss how to use physical activities like ThinkFun's Code On The Brink, Blue, Ozobot, and Lego Spike.

Chromebooks and iPads are both great options to use in your classroom but which one is better. Listen as Aaron and Desmond debate to help you choose which one is best for your classroom. Here are some resources that we mentioned in this episode.