PDcast SVUSD

We discuss teaching through inquiry, inspired by the books of Trevor MacKenzie: Dive Into Inquiry and Inquiry Mindset.

BrainPop is more than just movies, and all SVUSD elementary schools have a license for it starting this year. Learn how to have students Discover, Play, and Create using the tools and resources within this content repository.

As a teacher, what do you need to know about copyright law and the fair use provision? Lisbeth Welch-Stamos, SVUSD ToSA for secondary ELA, joins us to help explain the complexities of copyright and fair use in the classroom, how teachers can model appropriate behavior for students, and where can teachers find rights-free resources that can be used legally?

In this episode we are joined by Lisa Paisley, District Coordinator for Elementary STEM, and Lindsey Gatfield, Elementary Math Teacher on Special Assignment, to talk about Standards-Based Grading for elementary teachers.

If you want to better manage the files and folders you have in your Google Drive, we're here to help! We'll talk about Priority Desktop and Workspaces, advanced searching, why you don't need to delete files, and why Google hides their best functions behind tiny triangles and three-dot icons.

Holly Sheridan, English teacher at El Toro High School, talks with us about her student podcasting projects.

SAMR (Substitution/Augmentation/Modification/Redefinition) is a model for describing integration of educational technology within instructional tasks. The four levels help teachers think about how they are using the available technology. We give a description of the levels and some examples.

Mandy Kelly, SVUSD teacher and California Teacher of the Year, talks to us about using augmented and virtual reality in the classroom, kindness challenges for 6th-graders, and how it feels to get the recognition of her colleagues.

What is Universal Design for Learning and how can it help me in my classroom? Learn about UDL from four "enthusiasts".

Helen Oloriz of Olivewood Elementary tells us about Discovery Education (it's not just for videos anymore) and her Master's program in Educational Technology.