WE ARE BACK!! After some unexpected professional opportunities ended, Carol and Travis are back with the first podcast of 2022. To kick off a great 2022 we sit down with Matt Miller. Matt is the author of Tech Like a Pirate and the Ditch That Textbook blog. He is also going to be the keynote speaker at the MACE-KS Conference at Kansas State University, March 3-4, 2022. If you are interested in seeing Matt in person, you can find more information about the conference and register at www.mace-ks.org.

Show Notes:

We are back for season 2 of Untitled Podcast. In this episode Carol and Travis share some of the recent Google Classroom updates you may find this year. Also, Travis shares how some Google Classroom settings in the Google Admin Portal work.

This is the final episode of the 2020/2021 school year! Carol and Travis discuss cleaning up your Google Classrooms, Drive, Gmail, and transferring or taking your Google files with you if you are moving to a new district or for students who want to keep their files.

Google Takeout: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout

Google Takeout Transfer: https://takeout.google.com/transfer

Classroom Cleanup: https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/google-classroom-cleanup-tips-for-the-end-of-the-year/

Email: https://alicekeeler.com/2021/05/24/7-steps-to-clean-up-your-gmail/?fbclid=IwAR0wh8zvUSC4Cs-pwRm4zQtaXQIDemFCGwFuzUUUz69Kf5pE45BU91J-Ah8

Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRofzK2fNNA&feature=emb_logo

Untitled Podcast was created to spotlight and celebrate the awesome educators in the great state of Kansas. Thank you for taking time to listen to these wonderful stories from outstanding educators. You can find this podcast at www.gegkansas.org, and on the GEG Kansas Facebook and Twitter pages.

Dena Dellere is a creative and self-motivated Innovative Technology Integrationist with a passion for helping our teachers, students, parents and community gain the skills they will use throughout school, college, and careers. Her background is in teaching and technology support plus technology sales.

Dena’s certifications include Google Administrator, Google Educator Level I and II, and Google for Education Certified Trainer, Screencastify Certified, Wakelet Ambassador.

Dena and her husband reside in rural Selden, KS where we farm and ranch. They have two adult daughters that have pursued careers in nursing and accounting and our adult son helps on the farm. Dena’s absolute joys in the world is our granddaughter and two grandsons.

In this episode, Carol and Travis share their favorite Chrome browser extensions. We have linked them in the Show Notes section below. We would love to hear about your favorite extension. Leave a comment sharing which extension is your go-to tool.

Show Notes / Resources:

ColorZilla - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp

Eye Dropper - https://eyedropper.org/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/eye-dropper/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmheododdhjedfccka

Screencastify - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn

Awesome Screenshot & Screen Recorder - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-screenshot-screen/nlipoenfbbikpbjkfpfillcgkoblgpmj

Emoji Keyboard -

Online - https://emojikeyboard.org/?utm_source=ekext_board

Insert Learning - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/insertlearning/dehajjkfchegiinhcmoclkfbnmpgcahj

Giphy for Gmail - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/giphy-for-gmail/andgibkjiikabclfdkecpmdkfanpdapf

Giphy for Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/giphy-for-chrome/jlleokkdhkflpmghiioglgmnminbekdi

Tab Resize - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-resize-split-screen-l/bkpenclhmiealbebdopglffmfdiilejc

Use Immersive Reader on Websites [unofficial] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/use-immersive-reader-on-w/fmidkjgknpkbmninbmklhcgaalfalbdh

In this episode Carol Nelson and Travis True share some Google updates and hack that have recently been released.

Show Notes / Resources:

Travisray Salyers is a cardigan wearing, coffee drinking, energetic high school educator who loves graphic design and spreadsheets. T-Ray, as he is commonly referred to as, teaches Business & Digital Media at Santa Fe Trail High School in Carbondale, Kansas. Travisray also advises the Charger Yearbook and Future Business Leaders of America, plus teaches 6 different classes a day. He is in his fourth year of teaching and his fourth year at SFT. Travisray graduated from Emporia State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in Business Education. 

Travisray Salyers is a strong believer in Maslow before Bloom. Travisray loves to create a culture within his classroom that he likes to call “Mister T-Ray’s Neighborhood” as a play off from Mr. Rogers. He adds lots of social emotional aspects within his class as a way to strengthen the community of his classroom, students, and the school. T-Ray loves to incorporate technology into his classroom to help aid in lessons, build connections, and allow for social-emotional opportunities. 

Show Notes / Resources:

Twitter: @TravisrayS

Tech Tools:

Pear Deck Templates - https://www.peardeck.com/templates

Social Emotional Template - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iBH_UtFw1xZqYyO_tPBTGYJ902uocq0uY5wRqzP1IvM/copy

Google Slides

Ideas for using Slides -- https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-slides/

Billie Esser has 25 years in education. The last 20 she has been in the school library. She has predominantly been a high school librarian, but has worked K-12. Her areas of teaching interest are information literacy, research & writing.

Lateral reading

Test reliability

State Library of Kansas

National Literacy Project

Common Sense Media

American Library Association

PearDeck

Michelle Luhrtala

Renee Hobbs “Mind Over Media”

Dr. Amanda Harrison is a school librarian with fifteen years of experience in a variety of settings including Chicago, Il, St. Louis, Mo, and McPherson, Ks. She is currently a PreK-12th grade librarian for six schools in McPherson, Kansas, and adjunct instructor for the University of Central Missouri. Her dissertation was titled, The Impact of the Network Society on the Professional Identity of Serbian Librarians.

Loom -- https://www.loom.com/

Bitmoji classroom

Email -- [email protected]