In this episode, Jessica Woodson-Moss shares how she builds relationships in the classroom, and how her pass system helps build connections with students. As an experienced English teacher, she describes how the use of graphic novels has improved reading comprehension and taken student engagement to the next level. In addition, she explains how the creative use of graphic organizers has refined the writing process and helped her students write better essays.

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

First Book Marketplace

Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer

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Allan and Chad continue to discuss learning activities from Apple's classic Everyone Can Create series. In this episode, they dive into ideas related to Everyone Can Create - Photo on iPad. Since students often tend to gravitate toward learning experiences that are visually stimulating, the discussion covers a variety of lesson ideas for all of the content areas. Some activities include opportunities for students to take photos, while others guide them in annotating and marking up photos that have been curated by the teacher. Regardless of content area, there is something for everyone!

Everyone Can Create - Teacher's Guide

Everyone Can Create - Photo on iPad

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Although it's not a new resource, Apple's Everyone Can Create series is packed with great ideas that can be used across all content areas. In this week's episode, Allan and Chad discuss lesson ideas across several content areas based on the Everyone Can Create - Drawing on iPad book. If a teacher is looking to fill holes in their curriculum or restructure a lesson that is a staple of their content area, Everyone Can Create provides many great ideas. While the framework of this series is designed for iPad, much of the content could be adapted to fit other platforms as well.

Everyone Can Create - Teacher's Guide

Everyone Can Create - Drawing on iPad

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While teachers are constantly looking for ways to interest students and get them to share their ideas, classroom discussions can often be challenging or even unproductive. In this episode, Allan and Chad discuss ways that teachers can frame discussion topics to help students gain clarity and better share their ideas. Also, they describe several options for integrating technology into classroom discussion activities, including Jamboard templates, Nearpod Collaborate Boards, Padlet boards, commenting on Google Docs, and video responses on Flip. While face to face conversation is still a vital part of classroom discussion, these integrations can go a long way to creating opportunities for all students to share their ideas and participate in classroom discussions.

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Planning engaging lessons is always at the top of a teacher's to-do list. In this episode, Allan and Chad break down the SAMR model, detailing the progression of effective technology integration. Considerations for building a technology framework to identify which tools fit best with a teacher' instructional style and content area are discussed. Additionally, the keys to planning lessons that integrate technology for maximizing learning and engagement are covered, Some of the tools mentioned in this episode include Classkick, Edulastic, and Nearpod.

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Corey Nist drops by to share his views on facilitating learning and developing an engaging classroom environment. Topics discussed include creating memorable experiences for students, teaching history and reading through the use of fictional novels, and implementing project based learning to develop problem solving skills in a middle school history setting. As a alumnus of the district he teaches in, he shares how leaving a legacy and giving back set the tone for how he approaches classroom instruction. Links to content in the episode can be found below:

The Launch Cycle by John Spencer and A.J. Juliani

The Nancibell® Visualizing and Verbalizing® Program

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With the launch of ChatGPT around the beginning of December of 2022, many educators began to wonder what this technology would mean for student learning and writing assignments in the future. On this episode of Teaching 'n Tech, Allan and Chad break down how ChatGPT could influence classrooms, share the results of their own testing of the platform, and discuss positives and negatives for teaching and learning. Use these links to learn more about OpenAI and try out the ChatGPT platform. Some of the ideas discussed in this episode reference an article from The Atlantic entitled "The End of High School English" by Daniel Herman from December 9th, 2022. Also, learn more about technology that seeks to determine if responses are likely to be human generated or bot generated Sung Kim's article How to Detect OpenAI's ChatGPT Output.

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Allan and Chad are back with part two of their discussion of Apple's interactive document "30 Time-Saving Tips for Teachers". Ideas discussed to use in the classroom include using QR codes the right way, integrating Notes for teacher & student use, and creating newsletters and tutorials with Clips. To access the resource discussed on this episode, follow the link below:

30 Time-Saving Tips for Teachers

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Tara Buckridge joins the show to talk about her views on teaching and learning. Although still in the early years of her teaching career, she has found success interacting with students in the classroom and developing content with real world connections. Topics of discussion include creating a positive classroom environment for students, structuring classes to maximize learning and student engagement, and why connecting with students on a personal level is key to success.

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In this episode of Teaching 'n Tech, Chad Weaver joins the show to talk about the philosophy and teaching strategies that have been successful over the course of his thirty year career. The conversation includes how good teaching has an element of simplicity, how he uses "Weaverization" to inspire his students to achieve, and how he uses teacher created video content along with a homemade LMS for student achievement in the classroom. Links to some of the content discussed in the show can be found below:

The "Guess" Method

Weaver Submission Spreadsheet

Engineering Task Sheet

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