The world of Ed Tech has never been more exciting. An array of platforms and tools are available for remote teaching and learning. However, what's just a trend and what's worthwhile for today's busy educators? Erik Christiansen and Kris Hans, educators and hosts of the podcast Ed Tech Examined, help us cut through the noise. How can balance be struck between using new technologies and keeping things simple?

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Tools Mentioned:

Google Classroom
Google Jam Board
Mural
Padlet
Top Hat
Kahoot!
Slide-O
Poll Everywhere
Straw Poll

Show Bibliography and Additional Resources

Correia, A.P. (2020). Healing the Digital Divide During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 21(1), 13–21.

Hodges, C., Moore, S., Lockee, B., Trust, T., Bond, A. (2020) The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning. Educause Review, 27. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between-emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning

Reed, M. (2020). Should Showing Faces Be Mandatory?. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/should-showing-faces-be-mandatory

The Toronto Star. (2020). Digital inequality: How high-speed internet is dividing Canada. https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2020/11/12/digital-inequality-how-high-speed-internet-is-dividing-canada.html

Watters, A. (2020). Ed-Tech and Trauma. Hack Education. http://hackeducation.com/2020/11/05/trauma

Williamson, B., Eynon, R., & Potter, P. (2020). Pandemic politics, pedagogies and practices: digital technologies and distance education during the coronavirus emergency, Learning, Media and Technology, 45(2), 107-114. 10.1080/17439884.2020.1761641  

Music Credits:

Intro: Doctor Dreamchip
Outro, Interlude: eardeer