EduRoadTrip

On this episode of the EduRoadTrip, we met with Sarah Thomas at the Match.com HQ to learn about EduMatch. EduMatch is a network of educators who connect and share via social media. After the interview, you will be connected with our Travel Agent and find out What’s in Our Suitcase.

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Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

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We met with Sarah Thomas at the Match.com HQ to learn about EduMatch. EduMatch is a network of educators who connect and share via social media. There have been multiple spin-off projects from EduMatch.

Connect with Sarah:

Twitter/Voxer/Periscope: @sarahdateechur

Email: [email protected]

EduMatch: @Edu_Match, #EduMatch

www.sarahdateechur.com

www.edumatchforeducation.com   

www.edumatch.org

Travel Agent

Our Travel Agent this week is Karen Richardson. She is the executive director of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education, and has lots of ideas for moving education ideas and Virginia forward. Find her on twitter at @ritchyrichy.

What’s in Our Suitcase?

Torch Router. The Torch Router allows you to control the internet in home, and customize what you want users to be able to access.

www.mytorch.com

In this rest stop of the EduRoadTrip, we host the 36-member Google Certified Innovators Cohort from #COL16. This cohort met in Boulder, Colorado from June 29 - July 1, 2016.

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

In the first episode of EduRoadTrip Season 2, we met with LaVonna Roth in Tampa, FL to discuss Ignite Your SHINE. LaVonna shares her powerful message of SHINE. After the interview, you will be connected with our Travel Agent and find out What’s in our Suitcase.

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

Subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher

Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

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SHINE stands for Self. Heart. Inspire. Navigate. Exceptional. LaVonna shares how teachers and students can Ignite their SHINE in their classrooms.

Twitter: @LaVonnaRoth

#IgniteYourShine

www.Igniteyourshine.com

[email protected]

Facebook group: Ignite Your Shine

facebook.com/lavonna.roth.92

Travel Agent

Our Travel Agent is Sylvia Duckworth. Sylvia is a French teacher in Toronto, Canada, and is the queen of sketchnoting. She is always willing to share her sketchnoting tips and tricks, and patiently helps beginners to pros refine their skills. Connect with Sylvia on Twitter, @sylviaduckworth.

What’s in Our Suitcase?

In our suitcase this week is the new Quiz feature in Google Forms, which allows teachers to create graded multiple choice assessments directly within quizzes. Teachers can also add in feedback for both correct and incorrect answer.

In this rest stop of the EduRoadTrip, we discuss our goals for the 2016-2017 school year.

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

On this Rest Stop of the EduRoadTrip, we share our successes and joys from season 1, and what we are looking forward to in season 2!

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Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

On this Rest Stop episode of the EduRoadTrip, we share the highlights of the 2015-2016 school year. We’ve all had busy and exciting years with the EduRoadTrip and great things happening in our classrooms and schools.

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Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]

Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

We met with Jon Harper at the New York Times offices to talk about blogging. Jon shared his wisdom and expertise for both beginning and experienced bloggers, along with his inspiration for his blog posts. After the interview, you’ll be connected with our Travel Agent, and find out What’s in our Suitcase.

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

Subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher

Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

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We met with Jon Harper at the New York Times offices to talk about blogging. Jon shared his wisdom and expertise for both beginning and experienced bloggers, along with his inspiration for his blog posts.

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Twitter: @jonharper70bd

Blog: www.Jonharper70.com

Email: [email protected]

BAM! Radio Blog: http://www.bamradionetwork.com/edwords-blog/blogger/listings/jon-david-harper

Voxer: Jharper3658  

Phone: 410-829-7243

Travel Agent

Our Travel Agent is Mary Avans, a 2nd grade teacher in Chattanooga, TN. She is a Southeast Innovation STEM Fellow and cutting-edge leader in STEM integration. She is a frequent presenter on 20% time, also called Genius Hour. Connect with Mary on Twitter @maryavans1.

What’s in Our Suitcase?

In our suitcase this week is Screencastify, a Chrome Extension for quickly screencasting. Screencastify makes it easy to record tutorials and videos for students, teachers, and parents. It will also upload your video to Google Drive and/or YouTube. Find Screencastify in the Chrome Web Store.

This extra special Rest Stop episode of the EduRoadTrip is dedicated to the one and only Greg Bagby! Happy birthday Greg! Listen in to hear the top 8 reasons why Greg is great!

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

On this episode of the EduRoadTrip we met with the TOSAchat moderators to discuss being a TOSA ninja. We interviewed the four creators of TOSAchat: Ben Cogswell, Kelly Martin, Karly Moura, and Joe Young. After the interview, we introduce you to our Travel Agent and find out What’s in our Suitcase this week.

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

Subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher

Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

Main Segment

On this episode of the EduRoadTrip we met with the TOSAchat moderators to discuss being a TOSA ninja. We interviewed the four creators of TOSAchat: Ben Cogswell, Kelly Martin, Karly Moura, and Joe Young. They shared their visions for the creation of TOSAchat, and how it has evolved over the last year.

Ben Cogswell: @cogswell_ben, coachben.org

Joe Young: @jyoung1219, about.me/jyoung1219, jyoung1219.weebly.com

Karly Moura: @karlymoura, karlymoura.blogspot.com

Kelly Martin: @kmartintahoe, Elevatededtech.com

#TOSAchat: Mondays @ 8pm PST #TOSAchat. Summer slow chat questions posted on Monday, #nwtosachat Wednesdays @ 8pm PST

Travel Agent

This week we feature Tom Mullaney, an edtech coach from North Carolina. He will be joining Mari at the #COL16 Google for Education Certified Innovator Academy in Denver in June 2016. He has presented at many tech conference, and is an active participant with Breakout EDU Digital.

Twitter: @edtechtom

Breakout EDU digital game: www.breakoutedu.com/digital

What’s in Our Suitcase?

We featured GoNoodle, an interactive brain break website that allows students to shake out their energy and refocus.

Website: www.gonoodle.com

On this episode of the EduRoadTrip, we interview Dan Tricarico, an educator, author and speaker from San Diego, CA. He’s been teaching English at West Hills High School for the last twenty-three years. Dan is also the author of “The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom.”

Contact Us

Twitter: @EduRoadTrip

Email: [email protected]
Website: EduRoadTrip.blogspot.com

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Greg Bagby: @gregbagby

Justin Birckbichler: @mr_b_teacher

Mari Venturino: @msventurino

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Dan Tricarico is an educator, author, and speaker who has worked as an English teacher at West Hills High School in San Diego, California for twenty-three years. His new passion is helping teachers create peace in their classrooms through the techniques found in his book The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom.

Twitter: @thezenteacher

Facebook: Closed Facebook group

Website & Blog & Newsletter: www.thezenteacher.com

Dan’s Book on Amazon: The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom

Travel Agent

This week we featured James Sanders and Mark Hammons as our Travel Agents. They are the co-founders of Breakout EDU, an immersive and engaging platform for student inquiry based on the escape room concept. Find them online at www.breakoutedu.com, twitter @breakoutedu, James on Twitter @jamestsanders, Mark on Twitter @mhammons.

What’s in Our Suitcase?

This week we featured Breakout EDU Digital, the digital-based offshoot of Breakout EDU, created by Justin and Mari. It takes the components of Breakout EDU and hosts them within a Google Site, using a Google Form with data validation as the locked box. Find more at www.breakoutedu.com/digital.