The Partial Credit Podcast

Sean and Jess Williams grab some egg nog and pull up next to the yule log!

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Segment 1:

Die Hard - Christmas movie or not?

Segment 2:

Best Classroom Christmas Gifts

• Jessica - Administrator covering a class
• Donnie - Coffee and a penguin shirt
• Sean - Coffee, gift cards
• Jeff - tamales
• Jesse - Gift Cards, Letter of Appreciation

Segment 3:

Classroom Christmas Films: Definitive Rankings

Donnie

3. Polar Express 2. A Charlie Brown Christmas 1. The Garfield Christmas Special

Jesse

3. March of the Wooden Soldiers (classic cinema) 2. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (create their own stop motion films) 1. Scrooged (modernizing a classic story)

Sean

3. Miracle (on Ice) 2. Cool Runnings 1. It's A Wonderful Life (Miracle on 34th St)

Jessica

3. Muppets Christmas Carol (Maker component) + sphero (Jim Henson) 2. Elf - Animation lesson 1. Home Alone (Characterization)

Jeff

3. The Grinch 2. The Santa Clause 1. A Christmas Story - love actually if it weren't rated R

Useless Websites Donnie Found Online

http://www.ismycomputeron.com/

http://www.ismycomputeronfire.com/

https://isitchristmas.com/

BONUS: http://isitsnowinginpdx.com/

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Kim Pollishuke from Shukes & Giff The Podcast!

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The Best of Shukes (Not Giff)...

• All the shortcuts in Drive/Docs etc. & Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V
• • #ShukesAndGiff Season 1 Ep 4 with Kim's Top 10 favourite shortcuts
• Fav extensions: Tab Resize/Tab Glue
• • Blog post by Kim about assessment using Tab Resize & Tab Glue
• The Toby Chrome Extension
• Wildlife cams Toby Collection
• #EarthStories Toby Collection
• Voyages

CONTACT Kim

• @KimPollishuke
• kimpollishuke.com
• shukesandgiff.com

Partial Credit Tomatoes - Rating Youtube Videos in the Classroom

Donnie

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg

Bonus (that I've always wanted to show to my class but don't have the guts):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n98oj2OvEw

Jeff

UCSD - We're Up All Night to Get Data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfhSLTQTLhI

Meet the Elements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=Uy0m7jnyv6U

Jesse

The Academic - Bear Claws (Facebook Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9d-AJai8Q

Kim

House Hippo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA

House Hippo 2.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R_tOSRynZU

Bonus:

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

Useless Websites Donnie Found Online

http://isitfridayyet.net/

Jesse's Phish Stats:

bit.ly/phishstats

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Jim Sill, our resident 'Australian' is back and so are Jesse and Jeff!

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• Segment 1 - What are we Thankful for?
• Segment 2 - Costco Confessional: What is the most audacious return you have returned to Costco. . .or anywhere
• Segment 3 - Something Useless Donnie Found Online

  • Find the Invisible Cow: https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/

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Jesse, Jeff, and special guest host Ken Shelton are LIVE from the UTIS 2019 conference in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland!

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It's the 2019 spooktacular edition of the Podcast of Horror and we've brought back our favorite ghoul-friend Jess Williams!

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Segment 1:

What are we all doing for Halloween in 2019?

• Jesse - Family costume
• Jeff - Wears costumes to the movies
• Donnie - ???
• Jess - Let's her man call the Halloween shots!

Segment 2:

Horror stories from school years gone by!

• Jess - EMILYYYY
• Jesse - Rabid Squirrel
• Donnie - Vomit Windbreaker
• Jeff - The Invisible Paddle

Segment 3:

Halloween Candy Draft

1. Jeff - Reeses Cups
2. Jesse - Snickers
3. Jess - Twix
4. Donnie - Sweet Tarts
5. Donnie - Hershey's Chocolate
6. Jess - Take 5
7. Jesse - Kit Kat
8. Jeff - Heath Bar
9. Jeff - Butterfinger
10. Jesse - Reese's Miniature Cups
11. Jess - Swedish Fish
12. Donnie - Pink Starburst
13. Donnie - Money (FORFEIT)
14. Jess - Jolly Ranchers
15. Jesse - Krackel
16. Jeff - Peanut M&Ms

The gang also 'gave' someone else the 'worst' candy...

• Jeff to Jesse (Bit O Honey)
• Jesse to Jess (Circus Peanuts)
• Jess to Donnie (Milk Duds)
• Donnie to Jeff (Candy Dots on Paper)

Something Useless Donnie Found Online:

• http://www.isthat.mobi/

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Keith Kelley, friend, and super-fan, talks making and memes!

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Main Segment

How do you use making in your classroom?

How can others get started?

How much knowledge should teachers have of making/construction?

steampoweredlearning.org

Something Useless Donnie Found Online:

• http://www.trashloop.com/

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Jim Sill is here all the way from Down Under and he's taking us to film school.

After almost a decade in the video and television industry, Jim Sill hung up his producer hat and embarked on a career in education. Using his industry experience, he created an award-winning video production program at El Diamante High School in Visalia, California. By involving students in real-world video projects, they garnered awards and recognition at the local, state, and national levels. With experience producing local television and industrial videos for non-profit organizations, many of his former students now work in the industry.

Today, Jim lives in Melbourne, Australia and works with schools across the Asia Pacific. In addition to keynotes and leading professional development workshops, Jim helps develop educational initiatives for the team all around the world. As a Google for Education Certified Innovator and Trainer, Apple Distinguished Educator, an Apple Certified Trainer, Jim enjoys presenting on topics that include Using Video for Social Change, Cinematic Narrative Techniques, Encouraging a Creative Student, Google in the Classroom and much more.

Connect with Jim Sill

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Main Segment

What school movie moment do we wish we were there for?

Donnie's Top 2

• Jimmy Chitwood's Game-winning shot in Hoosiers.
• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - Final Project Scene

Jeff's Top 2

• Eating pizza with Jeff Spicoli and Mr. Hand in Fast Times At Ridgemont High
• On the float with Ferris Bueller during the parade

Jim's Top 2

• Footloose's Prom Night
• Indiana Jones' classroom in between his adventures

Jesse's Top 2

• The Topeka, KS house party from Almost Famous
• Teen Wolf Basketball game/Revenge of the Nerds concert scene/School of Rock concert/Party Scene from Weird Science/All Valley Karate Championship

Something Useless Donnie Found Online:

• http://youfellasleepwatchingadvd.com/

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Powered by Peardeck, the guys are on the road this week! Donnie is headed to the Nat Geo headquarters in Washington, DC while Jesse, Jeff, and friend of the podcast Ken Shelton are at the iSTEP TecXperience Conference in St. Maarten.

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Main Segment

What have you all learned at this event - other than how to take photos that make me hate your existence?

• Knikole Taylor
• Ken Shelton
• Monica Martinez
• Al Thomas

Something Useless Donnie Found Online

• http://sometimesredsometimesblue.com/
• From Ken Shelton: http://www.willrobotstakemyjob.com

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Now powered by Peardeck, the guys recap their summers and introduce a new segment!

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Segment #1

• Allow us to (re)introduce ourselves!
• Area 51 Raid
• Summer is Over!
• Our trip to the Field of Dreams
• School is back in session
• RIP Donnie's Orange Shirt

Segment #2

• What are we looking forward to this Fall?

  • Jesse - Malcolm Gladwell new book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

    Q&A and Book signing in October

  • Donnie - Had my class pay me mortgage payments

  • Jeff - Iceland - Utis - Learning and Technology -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jeffrey-heil-equity-and-amplifying-student-voice/id1367426373?i=1000449734923

Segment #3

• Three-Point Stance - Each of us shares new ideas or apps that we're trying this year.
  • Jesse - First Point - Emphasizing SEL through EdTech
  • Jeff - First Point - Mood Meter/journal/math

Segment #4

• Something Useless Donnie Found Online

  • Same Picture of Dave Coulier Tumblr Blog

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Jeff, Jesse, and Donnie keynoted the Great Plains Summit 2019.

This episode featured the following guest stars:

• Ryan O'Donnell
• Abby Fitzgerald
• Kristin Giffin
• Spencer Vogt
• Lisa Highfill
• Jim Sill
• Eric Curts
• Jessica Williams

Games Played & Conversations Had:

• What is the next "big thing" like Fortnite or fidget spinners and how do we embrace them into our classroom cultures?
• The Partial Credit Pyramid
• What's the correct pronunciation of GIF?
• Pretty Little Liars
• Talk about the most infuriating/shocking thing you've heard come out of an administrator's mouth.

Something Useless That Donnie Found Online:

• watching-grass-grow.com

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