TECHnically Speaking Podcast

Welcome back to the 2022-2023 school year. Tune in as we share our top 5 tech tools to get your year started. Interested in starting up an Esports club? Tune in to this episode. Esports is a big hit in education these days. We are excited to see our learners participating in this club. 

What more information about the tools mentioned? Click on the links below.
Kahoot
Nearpod
Flip
Practice Sets (Google Classroom)
Classroom Screen

In this episode, we discuss if our phones are really spying on us. Tune in to hear our opinion. We have a special guest from East Baton Rouge Parish ICARE to help parents, teachers, and students cope with life. Mrs. Tonya Griffin Chapman shares her expertise with us during this episode. As testing is approaching everyone's anxiety level is high. Tune to learn ways to cope and manage during this time. 

This episode will talk about getting trapped in the Metaverse.  Adults are having a great time with Oculus Quest 2.  These virtual reality headsets are keeping us occupied for hours.  Find out from some experienced teachers how to survive testing and prep learners without burnout.

Nearpod
https://www.nearpod.com/testpreptoolkit

Edulastic
https://edulastic.com/assessments/leap-practice-test/

During this episode, we talk about using Go Guardian for Non-Readers & Mindfulness for everyone. We have a VERY special guest with us today, Ms. Angela Clare, STEM teacher, STF, and former kindergarten extraordinaire from Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School. You will also get a chance to meet Mr. Shane White latest member of the team. 


Resources

https://www.calm.com/sleep-stories

Calm app

Goguardian.com

Moovlee on youtube

Have you ever wondered what the Ed Tech Team does? Do you know what the latest chat app is for our students? Well, tune in to this episode as we discuss who we are and what we can do for you! We will also talk about note-passing in the 21st-century classroom. 

Instructional Technology Website https://www.ebrschoolsedtech.org/

Resources

• Go Guardian
• Clever
• Canvas 
• Google Docs
• Nearpod

Have you been staying up to date with the latest TikTok Trends happening in education? Do you struggle with trying to teach Digital Citizenship?  Tune into this episode we will discuss TikTok Trends, Digital Citizenship, social media, and Falling in Love with Edtech. 

Resources: 

Common Sense Media   https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship

Nearpod https://nearpod.com/libraries/17810

Welcome to Technically Speaking from EBR’s Ed Tech Team. We invite you to join us every other week on this podcast to TALK TECHY WITH US.