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  • Dissecting the NETP Digital Design Divide

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Today, we embark on an ambitious mission to bridge the Digital Design Divide. Part 2 of our NETP series aims to dismantle barriers and explore the implications and envisioning a future where every educator, regardless of circumstance, has equitable access to the tools and resources they need to embody this weeks TCAPS Loop Moment of Zen:

    Moment of Zen:
    The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. - Marcus Aurelius

     

    The Rundown:

    Follow along by downloading the National EdTech Plan (NETP): A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design, and Use Divides

     

    Some Key Points:

    • What is the Digital Design Divide and why is Danelle the solution?
  • Importance of the Profile of an Educator as well as connecting it to the Portrait of a Graduate
  • Incorporate the Design Process: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Deliver, and Test

    • NETP Recommendations for Closing the Design Divide 

    1. Develop a “Portrait of an Educator” outlining the cognitive, personal, and interpersonal competencies educators should have to design learning experiences that help students develop the skills and attributes outlined in the profile of a graduate. (States, Districts) 
  • Design and sustain systems that support ongoing learning for new and veteran teachers and administrators, providing them with the time and space needed to design learning opportunities aligned with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework. (States, Districts, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Implement feedback mechanisms that empower educators to become leaders and codesigners of professional learning experiences. (Districts, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Provide educators and administrators with professional learning that supports the development of digital literacy skills so that they can model these skills for students and the broader school community. (States, Districts, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Develop processes for evaluating the potential effectiveness of digital tools before purchase, including the use of research and evidence. (State, District, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Foster an inclusive technology ecosystem that solicits input from diverse stakeholders to collaborate on decision-making for technology purchases, learning space design, and curriculum planning. (States, Districts, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Support and facilitate a systemic culture that builds trust and empowers educators to enhance and grow their professional practice to meet the needs of each student. (States, Districts, Building-Level Administrators) 
  • Regularly solicit educator feedback and evaluate professional learning efforts to ensure alignment with the Portrait of an Educator. (District, Building-Level Administrators)

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    Tech Tool of the Week

    Professional Learning on the go. You likely know this if you are a listener of ours… podcasts are a great place to get digestible chunks of professional development. 

    One of my recent favorites is: 

    AEM Center: The Accessible Learning Experience Podcast

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    25 min
  • NETP: Discussing the Digital Divide, Part 1

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Let us now embark on a journey through the intricate web of education, technology, and equity. Today, we're diving deep into the 2024 National Education Technology Plan. Join us as we navigate through the waves of innovation, unpacking the strategies aimed at bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to educational resources for all learners. We'll unravel the threads of this ambitious plan, shedding light on its impact and implications for our classrooms.

    Moment of Zen:
    Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed up. - A.A. Milne

     

    The Rundown:

    Follow along by downloading the National EdTech Plan (NETP): A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design, and Use Divides

    1. What is the National EdTech Plan? How did it come to be?
  • Building on the concept of the Instructional core, this plan considers the barriers to equitable support of learning through edtech as three divides:
    1. Digital Use Divide
  • Digital Design Divide
  • Digital Access Divide

    • As a path to closing these divides, the NETP also provides actionable recommendations to advance the effective use of technology to support teaching and learning. 

    Many schools in the United States have greater connectivity and access to devices and digital learning resources than ever before due to the need for emergency remote learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this continued bridging of the access divide will only add to the failure of edtech to deliver on its promises if systems do not consider its use in conjunction with all components of the instructional core. This NETP attempts to chart a path for all schools, educators, and students to realize the potential of technology in supporting better “everywhere, all-the-time” learning.

     

    Tech Tool of the Week

    CAST - great source for learning more about UDL

    https://www.cast.org/

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    26 min
  • A Spark of Information Literacy

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast, your guide to navigating the 5 pillars of Information Literacy! We'll discuss some tools for decoding fake news and sleuthing through biased sources, we're here to Spark the surfing skills needed to separate fact from fiction.

    Moment of Zen:
    A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ― Cordell Hull

     

    The Rundown:

    Things we need to infuse in our schools:

     

    Digital Literacy - Digital literacy aims to teach students how to use information and communications technologies effectively, responsibly, and ethically. It’s how we interact and live in a digital world

    News Literacy - News literacy is focused on helping students understand the role that credible information and a free press play in their lives and in a robust democracy, and seeks to help them determine the credibility of news and other information. 

    Media Literacy - Media literacy generally refers to a broad discipline that seeks to teach students how to access, analyze, evaluate, create and take action using all forms of communication (including entertainment media). (Join the movement — News Literacy Project) 

    AI Literacy - AI Literacy, Explained.pdf 

    Information Literacy -  Information literacy is aligned with library sciences and seeks to help students find, evaluate, and use information effectively. It’s all of the above!

    It’s important to teach kids HOW to think, not what to think. It all comes down to thinking critically about what you’re consuming. 

    How can we do this in the classroom?

    Here are some great resources discussed in the pod:

    Common Sense Media

    News Literacy Project

    aiEDU

     

    This month we are “Giving some love to #InfoLit”. Check out these Daily Sparks for your classrooms. We hope it sparks this style of learning.

    Introduction Document: TCAPS Daily Sparks - February 2024 - Giving some Love to #InfoLit 


    Daily Sparks: Daily Sparks February 2024 - for Information Literacy 

     

    Tech Tool of the Week

    https://www.youtube.com/@MediaWise

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    19 min
  • Our Caldecott Book Award Rankings

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. We may not be the Rotten Tomatoes of Children's books (and we probably don't want to be) but we do have the Siskel or Ebert of the TCAPSLoop, Stephie Luyt and Danelle Brostrom to help rank 5 of the top books up for consideration for this years Caldecott Award.

    Moment of Zen:
    To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” ― Elbert Hubbard

     

    The Rundown:

    Danelle's List:

    1.  An American Story

    2. Big 

    3.  Tomfoolery

    4. There was a Party for Langston

    5. The Tree and the River

     

    Stephie's List:

    1. Big

    2. There was a Party for Langston

    3.  An American Story 

    4.  Tomfoolery

    5. The Tree and the River

     

    Larry's List:

    1. Big

    2. The Tree and the River

    3. There was a Party for Langston

    4.  An American Story 

    5.  Tomfoolery

     

    Tech Tool of the Week

    First Book Marketplace

    Addressing the needs of students by providing educators and program leaders serving low-income communities with access to free and low-cost books and resources to help create educational equity.

     

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Guest: Stephie Luyt

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    29 min
  • From the Desk of the Director: Don't Be Afraid of the iPad

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. TCAPS Executive Director of Technology, Evan O'branovic is about to cover dangerous terrain like a digital Bear Grylls. On todays episode our unflinching guide will lead us through the edtech thicket that is Mobile Device Management to the promise land of iPads and chromebooks living together in the same tech ecosystem. 

    Moment of Zen:

    “Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.” ― Alexandre Dumas

     

    The Rundown:
    • What is an MDM and why is it important?
  • How has Mosyle changed our Technology Departments attitude about iPads
  • Mobile device vs. Laptop/Chromebook
  • What should you look for in an MDM?

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    Hosts: Evan Obranovic, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    31 min
  • State of the School Library Address

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Joining me on this harrowing adventure to the tower of Babel, is the roguish edtech cavalier, Danelle Brostrom and the land’s most clever archivist Stephie Luyt.

     

    Moment of Zen

    “Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution -- more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what to hang on to.” - Lisa Cron

     

    The Rundown

    • Library Advocacy work - where we are, where we are aiming
  • Books and Media - Building To Read, To Watch lists

    • More show notes coming soon.

     

    Tech Tool of the Week

    • WiredTC and AIedu Learning Series! Register Now!

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Guest: Stephie Luyt

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    21 min
  • Design Thinking for Empathy with Artificial Intelligence

    Oh boy, this one was an adventure! What started as a conversation about Dr. Sabba Quidwai's Design Thinking Keynote at the MACUL, Michigan Virtual AI Summit, unravelled into a much deeper discussion about problem-solving the evolving relationship between technology as a tool and it's ability to enrich our relationships with students. The pod sparked some hard discussions on the fascinating crossroads of artificial intelligence and education.

     

    Moment of Zen

    “To say that something is designed means it has intentions that go beyond its function. Otherwise it’s just planning.” — Ayse Birsel

     

    The Rundown

    • Discussing Dr. Sabba Quidwai's Keynote
  • What is Design Thinking? How does Design Thinking benefit you in a world of AI?
  • What are the rules we should be breaking? Root Cause?
  • Not everyone is on the same page yet with AI.
  • “Cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy.”

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    Tech Tool of the Week

    • AI Algorithms: HowKhanmigo -

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    26 min
  • From the Desk of the Director: Systematizing EdTech or Bringing the Sexy Back to Systems

    Greetings and Welcome to another "Potentially Useful" episode of the TCAPSLoop From the Desk of the Director Podcast. Our fearless leader recently presented at an Acronym-ed Education Conference where he attempted to bring the sexy back to school district education al technology systems. Was he successful? I’ll let you be the judge after listening to the pod.

    Tech Tool of the Week

    Mosyle is the only solution that fully integrates 6 different applications on a single Apple‑only platform, allowing Schools to easily and automatically deploy, manage & protect all their Apple devices.

     

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    Hosts: Evan Obranovic, Larry Burden

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    25 min
  • Emmanuel Schanzer’s Compelling Case for Data Science

    Greetings and Welcome to another Potentially Useful episode of the TCAPSLoop Podcast. Danelle and I had the sincere pleasure of sharing a conversation with the Founder, and Chief Curriculum Architect of Bootstrap, Emmanuel Schanzer. Emmanuel makes a compelling and passionate case for the inclusion of data science throughout K-12 curricula.

    You can learn more about Emmanuel's work at Bootstrapworld.org

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Guest: Emmanuel Schanzer

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    42 min
  • It’s About the Algorithm, Money!

    Greetings and welcome to a potentially useful guide through the digital maze. In this episode, we'll attempt to unravel the mysteries of social media and empower you to ride the algorithmic wave, engage an audience, and create a healthy online environment for growth.

     

    Moment of Zen

    “The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. - Thomas Merton

     

    Tech Tool of the Week

    • AI Algorithms: How Well Do They Know You? | Common Sense Education

     

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    Hosts: Danelle Brostrom, Larry Burden

    Guest: Megan Molloy

    Um and Ramble Editing: Larry Burden

     

    Cover art created with help from Adobe Firefly.

    26 min

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