For the Purpose Of...

For the Purpose Of...

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For the Purpose Of... episodes

  • 1.8 Student Privacy and Digital Citizenship

    Join Ron, Sarah and Keith as they discuss student privacy and digital citizenship and Ron shares his thoughts on multi-factor authentication.

    Student Privacy and Digital Citizenship

    • Common Sense Census

      • Around the Interwebs

      • HaveIBeenPwned.com
      • Story Dice
      • Computer Science Updates

        • Professional Learning

        Find all of our events at bit.ly/iamedtech and don't forget to check out remc.org for more professional learning opportunities.

        • Computer Science Workshop 
        • PL in a Box
        • Virtual Make and Takes 
        • Design Thinking PDx

          • This podcast is a service of Kent ISD. It is produced by Ron Houtman, Sarah Wood and Keith Tramper.

          Our Theme Music is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

          Our Ad Music is Vienna Beat by Blue Dot Sessions

          34 min
        • 1.7 Computer Science Spotlight with Victoria Fleenor

          Join Ron, Keith, Sarah and the Kent Computer Science Network as we interview Victoria Fleenor, the chair of the Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics Division at Cornerstone University.


          If you’d like to see more of these interviews, let us know at bit.ly/iamedtech.


          4/20/22 CS Spotlight Agenda


          Resources Shared

          • Victoria’s Website at Cornerstone
          • Commodore Super PET
          • DojaCode
          • Girls Who Code
          • KCSN’s Computer Science Opportunities List
          • Ottawa Careerline Tech Center
          • Kent Career Technical Center
          • Muskegon Career Tech Center


            • Our theme music is Neon Nights from Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

            49 min
          • 1.6 Big Takeaways from MACUL 2022

            Join Ron, Sarah and Keith as they discuss their big takeaways from MACUL 2022. Ron shares his thoughts on nudges and choice architecture and they all take a trip down memory lane remembering their first albums. 


            Our First Albums

            • Kraftwerk - Autobahn
            • Green Day - Dookie
            • The Breeders - Last Splash


              • MACUL 2022 Takeaways

              • PLAYDATE
              • VoiceThread
              • Google Alerts
              • Ron Houtman Receives the 2022 MACUL President's Award
              • Sarah Wood Receives the Kalamazoo Air Zoo Science Innovation Hall of Fame Educator Excellence Award


                • Around the Interwebs

                • Google Cloud Skills Boost
                • Custom Wordle and Nerdle
                • Slide Templates: SlidesMania, SlidesCarnival, SlidesGo
                • Color Pallette Helper: Coolors, Contrast Checker
                • Images: Unsplash, Flaticon, FreePik, Noun Project


                  • Professional Learning

                  Find all of our events at bit.ly/iamedtech and don't forget to check out remc.org for more professional learning opportunities.

                  • Computer Science Interactive Panel
                  • Computer Science Workshop
                  • Virtual Make and Takes
                  • Design Thinking PDx


                    • This podcast is a service of Kent ISD. It is produced by Ron Houtman, Sarah Wood and Keith Tramper.

                    Our Theme Music is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

                    Our Ad Music is Vienna Beat by Blue Dot Sessions

                    32 min
                  • 1.5 Preparing for Conference Season

                    Join Ron, Sarah and Keith as they discuss things they think are important as we head into a season of conferences that are looking to be face to face. What do you do with your new learning? Where are the best places to seek new information at conferences? How do you consider the purpose of the tools and ideas that are shared at conferences?


                    Around the Interwebs

                    LinkedIn Learning at KDL and GRPL

                    Social Media Inspired Google Slides Templates - Ditch That Textbook

                    The METS Group

                    METS Winter Virtual Rally


                    Professional Learning

                    Find all of our events at bit.ly/iamedtech

                    Computer Science Interactive Panel

                    Computer Science Workshop

                    MACUL Conference

                    Virtual Make and Takes

                    Design Thinking PDx


                    This podcast is a service of Kent ISD. It is produced by Ron Houtman, Sarah Wood and Keith Tramper. 

                    Our Theme Music is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org


                    30 min
                  • 1.4 Professional Learning for Limited Attention

                    Join Ron, Keith and Sarah as we dive into the challenges facing educators today and some of the ways we’re tackling professional learning to adapt to their needs.

                    Check out the new I Am EdTech Project at bit.ly/iamedtech.


                    Big Topic: Professional Learning for Limited Attention

                    Micro-PD and Texting

                    EdTech Cheer


                    Around the Interwebs

                    MeL.org (Michigan eLibrary)

                    3 Act Math - Dan Meyer

                    Digital Citizenship Framework from teachdigcit.com


                    EdTech Events

                    MACUL Conference

                    Virtual Make and Take

                    Computer Science Panel

                    Computer Science Core Concepts Workshop

                    Design Thinking PDx

                    REMC Professional Learning


                    On Our Playlists

                    Twenty Thousand Hertz

                    Welcome to Our Show

                    This Teacher Life with Monica Genta

                    Making Sense with Sam Harris

                    New Girl - Streaming on Netflix

                    The Righteous Gemstones - streaming on HBO

                    Outlander - streaming on Netflix

                    Raised by Wolves - streaming on HBO

                    The Expanse - Streaming on Amazon Prime Video


                    This podcast is produced by the Kent ISD EdTech Team. You can reach us at [email protected].


                    Our theme song is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

                    41 min
                  • 1.3 Computer Science Spotlight with Dr. Aman Yadav

                    Join Ron, Keith, Sarah and the Kent Computer Science Network as we interview Dr. Aman Yadav, the director of the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) program from Michigan State University.

                    1/27/22 CS Spotlight Agenda


                    Resources Shared by Dr. Aman Yadav

                    Dr. Aman Yadav’s Website

                    Fostering Creativity Through Computing by Aman Yadav and Steve Cooper

                    Computational Thinking for Educators (3-5th Grade) - ct4edu.org

                    Integrated Computational Thinking Project (Middle School) - ctintegration.org

                    Professional Development for CS Principles Teaching (High School) - pd4cs.org

                    Lesson examples from Educator Resources on ct4edu.org:

                    • Computational Thinking Posters
                    • Grade 3 Array Exploration

                      • MiSTEM Network


                      Join us for the next Computer Science Spotlight Panel on April 20 with Victoria Fleenor, Chair of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Cornerstone University. Register Here.


                      Our theme music is Neon Nights from Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                      53 min
                    • 1.2 Modern Learning Design

                      Join Ron, Keith and Sarah as we dive into tools we use to support modern learning design.

                      Check out the new I Am EdTech Project at bit.ly/iamedtech.

                      Big Topic: Modern Learning Design

                      • Triple E Framework
                      • Learning First, Technology Second by Liz Kolb
                      • cast.org - UDL
                      • breakoutedu.com
                      • Sarah's Breakout Resources

                        • The EdTech Curmudgeon

                        • Hello Fellow Kids

                          • Around the Interwebs

                          • Copy Link to Highlight 
                          • SEL/MITECS Crosswalk 
                          • EdTech Cheer
                          • CASEL
                          • Tricider

                            • EdTech Events

                            • Kent ISD Professional Learning
                            • Make and Take
                            • Computer Science Interactive Panels - January 27, April 20
                            • MACUL Conference - Early bird pricing ends March 2
                            • CSTA Conference - Early bird pricing ends May 3 
                            • ISTE Conference - Super early bird pricing ends March 1

                              • This podcast is produced by the Kent ISD EdTech Team. You can reach us at [email protected].

                              Our theme song is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

                              30 min
                            • 1.1 CS EdWeek

                              Question of the Day

                              • Word Wall Question of the Day
                              • TikTok
                              • Hubitat

                                • The Big Idea

                                • Sarah's CS EdWeek Bitmoji Classroom and Scavenger Hunt
                                • hourofcode.org
                                • csedweek.org

                                  • Highlights

                                  • Chromebook Simulator
                                  • Elementary CS Integration Guide
                                  • Middle School CS Integration Guide
                                  • High School CS Integration Guide
                                  • The Secret Door
                                  • Geoguessr

                                    • Professional Learning

                                    You can see all of our professional learning opportunities at bit.ly/TL-EdTechnology.

                                    Here's some of the things we've called out in this episode:

                                    • EdTech Cheer - December 1 - 17
                                    • Virtual Make and Takes
                                    • Kent EdTech Specialists (KETS)
                                    • Kent Virtual Instruction Network (KeVIN)
                                    • Kent Computer Science Network (KCSN)
                                    • REMC.org for more professional learning.

                                      • Sign up for the EdTech Connect newsletter at bit.ly/edtechnl.

                                      Contact our team at [email protected].


                                      Our theme music is Neon Nights by Scott Holmes Music licensed under a CC-BY-NC 4.0 International License.

                                      21 min

                                    About For the Purpose Of...

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                                    Education technology is constantly changing and it can be difficult to keep up! Grab a cup of coffee and join hosts Keith, Sarah, and Katherine for a 30ish minute chat every month to find out the…