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MTT018|Hour of Code and first-time Grant Writing - Jillian Hoffman

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Hour of Code - The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Check out the tutorials and activities. This grassroots campaign is supported by over 400 partners and 200,000 educators worldwide.

The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. The 2018 Computer Science Education Week will be December 3-9, but you can host an Hour of Code all year-round. Computer Science Education Week is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).

Every student should have the opportunity to learn computer science. It helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity. By starting early, students will have a foundation for success in any 21st-century career path.

Jillian Hoffman is an elementary school teacher in Torrance, California. She has 15 years of teaching experience in both private and public schools. Jillian takes us on her journey from not having any coding experience, to writing a grant to get the project off the ground into her new school. Then, showing other teachers at her school how to implement Hour of Code into their curriculum.

Contact Jillian Hoffman:

Email: [email protected]

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MTT017|Soundtrap, the online tool for collaboration through music, podcasts and communication skills - Meredith Allen

Soundtrap EDU is an online tool that enables teachers to follow the latest curriculums through music, podcasts, language, literacy training and other sound recordings.

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Soundtrap - Soundtrap EDU is an online tool that enables teachers to follow the latest curriculums through music, podcasts, language, literacy training and other sound recordings.

A creative environment in which students can collaborate and develop their own creative and communication skills.

Soundtrap EDU is easy to use for both teachers and students of all levels. The studio comes with an extensive collection of PRO quality loops, effects and software instruments.

Multi Device - Soundtrap works on Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets, Linux and ChromeBooks. Soundtrap EDU is designed to work on virtually any device - both mobile and desktop. And since the studio is completely Cloud-Powered, students can continue working on their projects from home.

Collaborate - Make music with other people in real time or share with friends.

Contact Meredith Allen:

Twitter: @msmeredithallen

Email: [email protected]

Websites mentioned:

Dangerously Irrelevant

Playing For Change

Playing For Change Foundation

Books mentioned in Episode 17:

Kids Deserve it!

The Innovator's Mindset

Switch

Influencer

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MTT016|EduProtocol Field Guide, Student centered learning - Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo

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EduProtocols.com

EduProtocol Field Guide on Amazon

Are you stuck in the lecture-and-worksheet rut?

Many teachers continue to struggle to break out of the corporate lesson-and-worksheet cycle to find fresh, meaningful ways to develop original, engaging and effective instruction. In The EduProtocol Field Guide, Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern outline sixteen classroom-tested protocols to break up clichéd lesson plans, build culture, and deliver content to K–12 students in a supportive, creative environment.

Start Smart

Smart Start activities set your students up for success by teaching them how to learn, using tools like Frayer Models and Venn Diagrams on fun subjects. In addition to preparing your students to learn, Smart Start activities help build a positive culture in your classroom.

Finish Strong

EduProtocols are customizable, frames that use your content to create lessons to help students master academic content, think critically, and communicate effectively while creating and working collaboratively. EduProtocols can be used with nearly all subjects and grade levels and are UDL (Universal Design for Learning)-friendly to support all learners.

Simplify the process of creating engaging and personalized learning opportunities for every student.

The EduProtocol Field Guide shows you how.

A little about Marlena Hebern:

The greatest compliment Marlena ever received was from a former visually challenged student, who said, "Mrs. Hebern didn't care that I was going blind." Over eighteen years teaching students from kindergarten through eighth grade, and the "opportunity' class Marlena learned that classroom culture is the number one most important thing in order to set students up for success. Great lesson design is close second. Marlena's lessons are often focused on student creativity and developing a student's sense of self-worth and community.

Marlena is a Google Certified Innovator, Google Trainer, and EdCamp Yosemite co-founder. She holds a Master of Science degree in reading instruction and has been awarded a Beginning Teacher Support Provider of the Year Award.

Contact Marlena Hebern:

Twitter: @mhebern

A little about Jon Corippo:

"I was a 2.9gpa student all the way through K-8. Then HS. Then the first 3/5 of college. That's when it all changed for me as a student. We started doing the work, making the things and really getting to work.

I started out as a teacher who thought getting through the book was the end-all, be-all. I was so wrong.

The EduProtocol Field Guide is the result of almost 20 years in education, the vast majority of it being without textbooks. I mixed, remixed, read, Tweeted and tested several tools for years to get this right."

CUE Executive Director

2014 CUE Gold Disk Recipient

Apple Distinguished Educator

Google Certified Teacher

Contact Jon Corippo:

Twitter: @jcorippo

Books mentioned in Episode 16:

Why Johnny Can't Read

Dumbing Us Down

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MTT015| Donors Choose, Donate directly to the classroom - Keani Romero, Middle School Robotics Teacher

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Donors Choose Website

DonorsChoose.org is a United States–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom projects. Founded in 2000 by former public school teacher in the Bronx, DonorsChoose.org was among the first civic crowdfunding platforms of its kind. The organization has been given Charity Navigator's highest rating every year since 2005. In January 2018, they announced that 1 million projects had been funded. In 77% of public schools in the United States, at least one project has been requested on DonorsChoose.org.

A little about Keani Romero:

"I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and attended public schools until high school. I am a graduate of The University of Arizona and received my Master's degree from Mount St. Mary's University. I am a mother of four children, a wife of 20 years to an amazing husband, and an enthusiastic middle school Robotics teacher. I have a passion for teaching and learning; enjoy traveling, cooking, and spending time with my family. "

Keani tells us how she uses Donors Choose, "Teaching Robotics and Programming has been an eye opening experience as the combination of hands on building assignments and basic programming, although difficult, really appeal to the kids. My students are excited to come to my class every day because they are learning how to use technology in a new way and learning how to manipulate objects with their hands. It's new and fun for them and I truly feel we need more of this type of learning in all classrooms. I have had a lot of success obtaining donations via Donors Choose and have added some very exciting tech tools to my classroom. I'd love to share what has worked for me so that more teachers can benefit from this amazing resource.

I use different two different types of basic programming software in my class to introduce my students to programming and teach them how to make things move autonomously. I also use Donors Choose to obtain materials for my class/students that will increase engagement but are not available to be paid for via the school budget."

Contact Keani Romero:

Twitter: @mrskromero

Email: [email protected]

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MTT014| Scrible, Modern Research Platform for School and Work - with Matt Menschner, High School ELA and History Teacher

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Scrible Website

A little about Matt Menschner:

"I am a fourth-year teacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I graduated from Temple University in December 2014. My content area of focus in college was history, but after graduation I also pursued a certification in English. After graduating I began teaching at a middle school in West Philadelphia, but the following year I returned to the neighborhood high school in North Philadelphia where I completed my student teaching fieldwork the year prior. As an advocate of technology in the classroom, I am constantly adapting and modifying the way that I teach my students and meet their diverse educational needs. I occasionally act as a consult for Scrible, Inc. and I have incorporated a myriad of other educational technologies in my class to improve instructional outcomes. In addition to teaching and consulting, I am also a Fellow with the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. Through TIP, I conduct research and publish original curriculum units that are available to educators across the world. As a staunch advocate of educational technology and personalized learning, I encourage and model for my students inquisitiveness, adaptability and digital citizenship in an age of boundless opportunity and information."

Matt tells us how he uses Scrible, "Scrible is a tool that takes much of the micromanagement and headache out of facilitating research-based assignments and projects in the classroom. It has been a dream come true for teachers like myself who are teaching humanities courses that require students to research and manage a collection of sources in an inquiry-based model. Scrible is cloud-based so any device with internet can access student and teacher libraries. Assignments both large and small work well with Scrible due to its text editing, citation and realtime collaborative features. It also affords teachers the ability to modify their instruction or manage projects based on data-driven results.

Scrible is a tool that takes much of the micromanagement and headache out of facilitating research-based assignments and projects in the classroom. With Scrible you can save webpages for later, bookmark websites in the cloud, store files in the cloud, build your own library of articles, organize your library with tags, full-text search your library, annotate articles in your browser, make comments directly on webpages, and share annotated articles with others.

Books mentioned:

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations by Clay Shirky

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

For White Folks who Teach in the Hood, and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin

Lies my Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen

The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth et al.

Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo

Contact Matt Menschner on LinkedIn!

Matt Menschner's email: [email protected]

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Classcraft, bringing gamification to your class - with Sam Schneider (Middle School Music Teacher) - It's not just for video games!

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Classcraft Website

From the Classcraft Website:

Student Engagement Matters - Engagement has a profound impact on everything in your classroom, from student behavior, motivation, and academic performance to the overall culture. When engagement drops, learning suffers.

Through gaming principles that address motivation, Classcraft's ecosystem of integrated tools reframes your students' progress in school as a collaborative game they play together throughout the year — rewiring social dynamics to build a fun, more empathetic classroom and facilitating a supportive environment where students thrive.

Twitter: @Classcraftgame

Instagram: @Classcraftgame

Sam Schneider:

Sam Schneider is a middle school music teacher from New Jersey. His background is in instrumental music, but since beginning at his current school in 2011, he has focused primarily on general music and music technology. He is a tech junkie, a proud geek (and runs the G.E.E.E.K. club at his school), and a Classcraft Ambassador.

B.Mus. Musical Arts/Teacher Education (Vanderbilt University); M.Ed Secondary Education (Vanderbilt University); currently pursuing Principal's Certificate

Sam tells us how he uses Classcraft, "Classcraft started out as my classroom management overlay: a system of rewards and punishments that I could implement and my students could follow which helped alleviate some of the "bad guy" responsibility from me. Then they started adding features like interactive class content where I could post assignments, boss battle formative assessments, and then eventually quests which are self-paced lessons or units."

Books mentioned:

The Last Lecture

Contact information for Sam Schneider:

Twitter: @schmazzy

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Classcraft, bringing gamification to your class - with Shawn Young (Classcraft Co-Founder) and Amanda Moore (4th grade teacher). Listen to the Co-Founder's story about why they created Classcraft.

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Classcraft Website

From the Classcraft Website:

Student Engagement Matters - Engagement has a profound impact on everything in your classroom, from student behavior, motivation, and academic performance to the overall culture. When engagement drops, learning suffers.

Through gaming principles that address motivation, Classcraft's ecosystem of integrated tools reframes your students' progress in school as a collaborative game they play together throughout the year — rewiring social dynamics to build a fun, more empathetic classroom and facilitating a supportive environment where students thrive.

Twitter: @Classcraftgame

Instagram: @Classcraftgame

Amanda Moore:

Amanda Moore is an elementary teacher and technology enthusiast. She has teaching degrees in elementary education and special education and a master's degree in Curriculum and Education Technology. She teaches at Chapelwood Elementary School, MSD Wayne Township, Indianapolis, IN.

Amanda implements gamified blended learning by using Classcraft with her fourth graders, and she believes playing together is a great way to learn together. Outside of school, she enjoys playing strategy board games, hiking, reading, blogging, and spending time with her husband and two kids.

By using Classcraft, every student has their own character that they work to develop by earning points. Teams work together to support one another's learning and development. Students and teams can earn points a variety of ways: positive behaviors in class, completing learning tasks, and completing online lessons that she creates within the game. When students earn enough points, they level up in the game, allowing them to unlock new armor, accessories, powers, and pets for their character. Her students complete the online lessons during the independent work time for our math workshop and guided reading groups. During this time, she is able to work with small groups of students and directly teach lessons in response to student progress in online lessons.

Amanda tells us, "I learned about gamified learning through my graduate studies. I wanted to integrate gamified learning as a highly engaging way to deliver the online portion of my blended learning. Classcraft was the perfect platform for me because it allowed me to create my own online lessons. It was also a great choice because it helped me easily gamify my classroom without having any prior experience. There are loads of training opportunities and resources available for teachers- making Classcraft a great gamification option."

Amanda Moore's blog is www.teachforthewin.com

Amanda Moore's 2018 Speaking Engagements:

June 2018 - presenting at Indiana Department of Education's Summer of eLearningOctober 2018 - Indiana Connected Educators Conference (ICE)

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Join the My Tech Toolbelt Podcast team as we delve into our overview of the ISTE 18 Conference in Chicago. We discuss the new initiatives coming from ISTE.

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@ISTE #ISTE18

ISTE - Internation Society for Technology in Education - is the EPICENTER OF EDTECH, the most comprehensive ed tech event in the world.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

David Eagleman, Andy Weir, Katie Martin, Nadia Lopez, Michael Cohen @TheTechRabbi

We cover the following topics:

This year's ISTE they announced new initiatives

• smaller more directed conferences throughout the US
• ISTE U - certifications for teachers with option for college credit
• TedED partnership?
• estimated 18540 / 24000+ w Expo people in attendance
• over 500 vendors
• over 5000 submissions for sessions
• over 1400 sessions and posters
• BIG announcement was that ISTE will be focusing on Digital Citizenship not just the basics but how students should use the technology to make the world a better place / fact vs fiction / not just the safety / etc.

How we spent our time:

Shannon:

• Networking
• Keynotes - The Tech Rabbi, Luis Perez TedEd speaker, Andy Weir (the Martian - online novel)
• sessions focused on Higher education
• What do principals think about tech
• • data was interesting showing that there is support among the administration but they are worried about screen time at home with 95% feeling that students have too much screen time at home and 64% feeling that they are spend just the right amount of screen time at school.

Brenda:

• Top 10 tech tools for teachers
• focused on networking meeting new vendors and old friends.
• Met one of our listeners from Chile !! Shout out to Christina Alvayay

Next year, ISTE will be in Philadelphia, June 23-26, 2019!

July 2, 2018 we attended Mammoth Ed Camp #EdCampMammoth hosted by CUE and Mono Co Dept of ed, at Mammoth Lakes Middle School.

Over 50 teachers registered from California & Nevada some teachers from Tahoe, Monterey, OC, LA, Bakersfield, Ridgecrest and local of Mono county & Mammoth Lakes.

• Est ⅔ had never experienced an edcamp before
• Edcamps are peer-led, participant-driven professional learning opportunities for educators that use an "unconference" model to build teacher networks and share best practices.
• Shared doc where there were collaborative notes

@quizizz #quizizz

Looking forward to more connections and collaborations with these amazing teachers

Coming Up: Better Together in CA July 27 Friday all over the state of California

• Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally acclaimed expert on creativity and innovation and author of, "Finding Your Element", "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" and Out of Our Minds." His TED talk on developing an education system that nurtures creativity holds the illustrious title of "most popular TED talk of all time."
• The convening will take place concurrently at dozens of locations, including college and university campuses across the state. Over 30 sites across CA
• Register to attend one near you! (Nor Cal /SF Bay/ Central Cal/So Cal/)
• Shannon will be at LMU

Flip Grid Announcement - Microsoft added Flipgrid to the MS Suite resulting in all teachers having FREE access to the full FG

Teachers that had paid will be getting prorated refunds for the remaining amount of their subscription

Sincerely, thank you for listening, we appreciate you!

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Nearpod, bringing interactivity to your lessons - Jessica Solano, Florida TOY 2017

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Nearpod Website

Jessica Solano:

In 2016, Jessica was selected as the Polk County Teacher of the Year as well as the 2017 Florida Teacher of the Year, representing 74 school districts and more than 175,000 teachers. Jessica served as the Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education and traveled throughout the state delivering motivational speeches and workshops focused on empowering teachers to create impactful learning experiences for their students.

Jessica attributes her success in the classroom to her childhood experience of having her home serve as a foster home. When she was completing her degree in elementary education at Southeastern University, she continued her work with foster children through student internships at HOPE Youth Ranch in Hudson, Florida. Her passion for helping students grow through challenges earned her the Most Outstanding Education Graduate Award upon graduation in 2008. She continues her passion for learning by completing her masters in Educational Leadership at Florida Southern College.

To continue her efforts of improving teachers' instructional techniques, Jessica piloted the Extending Excellence Peer Mentor Program in 2016 and a teacher leadership program called Leading from the Classroom in 2017. Both programs promoted teacher leadership by making instructional practices public and putting an emphasis on teacher-to-teacher collaboration and mentorship.

2017 Florida Teacher of the Year, 2016 Polk County Teacher of the Year, Model Instructional Classroom Teacher (Granted a class set of iPads, iPad Pro, and Apple TV), Nearpod PioNear, Masters in Educational Leadership

"My blog (www.solving4why.com) highlights my journey as Florida Teacher of the Year and also served to reach families and connect them with easy to implement ideas for connecting everyday conversations to mathematics. I will be training on Nearpod at the Breavard County Tech Conference (Florida) on May 25 and again on August 6 at the Brevard Elementary Teachers Conference. A colleague and I have piloted a district-wide teacher leadership program, Leading from the Classroom, and we will be having our closing session in Lakeland on May 17. I will be co-facilitating this session, including speaking and engaging teachers on teacher leadership."

"Nearpod allows me to engage my students while keeping a constant pulse on the level of understanding my students have throughout the lesson. The variety of tools available are unparalleled, from virtual field trips to 3D objects, to quick polls, and draw its - Nearpod gives me the ability to make any lesson relevant and interactive. I use it during whole group to hook my students and deliver direct instruction as well as a way to differentiate mathematical tasks. It can also be used in small groups for differentiation and progress monitoring or sent home as flipped assignments or to help connect families to what we're learning in class. The possibilities seem to be endless!"

Using Nearpod:

Whole group and small group instruction - Presentations include some core content information while sprinkling in opportunities for student voice, discussion, demonstration of understanding, and exploration. One technique I use often for differentiating is the Slideshow feature. I challenge my class to take on a mathematical task based on a standard we've covered in class and have students evaluate their level of mastery. This level (1-3) correlates to the number on the Slideshow feature added to the presentation. Students find the slide that matches their perceived ability level, take a screenshot of the differentiated task, and begin working with a partner who has made the same choice. Student choice has made a powerful difference, especially when using Nearpod, because students have felt free to be honest with themselves and feel accomplishment when they are able to choose to push themselves to more challenging problems.

Staff - Administration and professional development facilitators oftentimes preload faculty meetings and work sessions using Nearpod so that the majority of the face-to-face time that we spend together is spent on discussion and problem solving.

Teacher Leadership - I've used Nearpod to present information to our cohort of Polk teacher leaders and was able to gear the discussion to the interest of our participants rather than giving a broad speech we assume many teachers could use. Because it integrated teacher input, we received more buy-in and participation in application projects.

Jessica's 2018 Speaking Engagements:

August 6 – Brevard County, Melbourne, Florida

September 25 – Family Engagement Conference, Utah

November 2 – Hooked on Family Engagement, Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, Florida

Ongoing 2018 Twitter chats going through a book study on Growth Mindset Coach – August 23, September 20, October 18, November 15, December 13

Family Engagement Teacher2Teacher Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zILvq4YpyM

Contact Jessica Solano:

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - @2017fltoy

Books Jessica Solano recommends:

Mathematical Mindsets

Growth Mindset Coach

Peak - Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Practice Perfect

Teach Like a Champion

Other books mentioned:

Start With Why

Find Your Why

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@ISTE #ISTE18

ISTE - Internation Society for Technology in Education - is the EPICENTER OF EDTECH, the most comprehensive ed tech event in the world.

"You'll have more than 1,000 opportunities to personalize your learning and create a professional development path that covers what's important to you. Want to learn by doing? Check out a BYOD. Want to ask questions of presenters? Attend an interactive lecture. Need to get really hands-on? Join us in a playground.

See why more than 16,000 educators count on the ISTE Conference & Expo for extraordinary PD!"

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

David Eagleman, Andy Weir, Katie Martin, Nadia Lopez, Michael Cohen @TheTechRabbi

We cover the following topics:

ISTE App, Session types, Vendor Floor, Schedule, Twitter, What to Bring, How to Dress, Downtime, Networking, and Having Fun!

Special Thanks to:

Tosas Talking Tech Podcast

Check It Out Podcast

Steve Wick @WickedEdTech

ISTE

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