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Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Release Date: 04/02/2020
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
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In this episode, I share with the loyal Duct Taper listeners some news about the current and future status of the show. Plus, a little peek into life in my household. Find the show notes online at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-73 Want to reach out? 📧 JakeMillerTech [at] gmail [dot] com 📲 @JakeMillerTech Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers! Apple Podcast Reviews #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your friends & colleagues The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - Stickers! Want to pass some out? Want some for yourself? The JakeMillerTech...
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Al Thomas, the Edu Copilot, joins the podcast to talk about visual storytelling. We discuss multiple apps including Adobe Creative Cloud Express, Canva, Adobe Premiere Rush, Adobe Capture, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Apple Clips, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut. #EduDuctTape S04-E72 Find the show notes online at Today’s Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. Whether you want to...
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In this bonus episode, I chat with Batsheva Frankel about some great tech tools and we have lots of laughs! Show Notes available at Check out the Overthrowing Education Podcast at Check out this episode as well as the show notes at This episode is featured with the permission of Batsheva Frankel, host of the Overthrowing Education Podcast. Audio Endorsements for Jake’s Book - Submit your book endorsement on Flipgrid or Speakpipe! Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers! Apple Podcast Reviews #EduDuctTape on social media Telling your...
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Podcast host, high school teacher, podcast producer, university professor, and podcast network founder Chris Nesi joins the show to talk all about podcasting in the classroom. We cover a podcasting mindset, different types of podcasting, tools for micro-podcasting, tools for recording, editing, and hosting and, of course, a few microphone recommendations. Find the show notes online at Today’s Sponsor: The Toddle TIES Inquiry Educators Summit! - TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal...
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Stephanie Howell joins me to share what she’s learned in her experience designing student choice activities. She also shares some great Google Slides design tips. Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: “Is EdTech Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader?” Today’s Guest: Stephanie Howell Bio: Stephanie is the CEO of , a Google for Education Partner, a founder of , and the EdTech Lead for Pickerington Local Schools. She is key to the embedding and implementation of EdTech tools across her schools and organizations. She has a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction. Twitter - GoldEDU...
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In this bonus episode, I chat with Adam Cobb and Ashley Pursley about podcasting, the adjacent possible, Teachers Pay Teachers, professional development through collaboration and sharing, and dogfooding. Show Notes available at Check out the a5iTalks Podcast at Check out this episode as well as the show notes at . This episode is featured with the permission of Adam Cobb, Ashley Pursley, Danae Acker, and Erin Darnell, hosts of the a5iTalks Podcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Endorsements for Jake’s...
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Nyree Clark joins the show to share a set of observable practices that we could see a culturally responsive practitioner using in their classroom. Also, Jake talks about LMSs and shares how to use pivot tables in Google Sheets to select the highest test score for each student Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: THROWBACK - “What I learned from a beard and glasses” Original episode: Today’s Guest: Nyree Clark - Nyree is an EdTech Curriculum Program Specialist for the Colton Joint Unified School District. She is a founding co-member of and was appointed to the...
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Dr. Will Deyamport joins the show to talk about effectively building your curriculum in your learning management system (LMS) and a collection of compelling reasons that Schoology might be the LMS for you. Also, Jake answers a listener’s question about design thinking games. #EduDuctTape S04-E68 Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: Functional Before Fancy Today’s Guest: Dr. Will Deyamport - As seen on Forbes.com and Schoology, Dr. Will, as he is better known, is a District Instructional Technologist specializing in assisting educators in going digital. In this role, he delivers...
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Jeni Long and Sallee Clark join to talk about fun projects that students can do to demonstrate their learning. The Microsoft Teams Playbook authors share about Canva for Edu, Buncee, Book Creator, Wakelet, and PowerPoint. Also, Jake answers listener questions about word clouds, Jamboard, and Seesaw. Find the show notes online at Soapbox Moment: A Throwback!!! “Adjacent Possible” Sound effect - “Popcorn Dream.wav” by breyenkatz - Original Episode - Today’s Guest: Jeni Long Sallee Clark (su-lee) Bio: Jeni Long & Sallee Clark are global speakers, EdTech consultants,...
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- Today’s SoapBox Moment - “The Tale of the Dry Erase Marker Fail”
- Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous - flipgrid.com/0a984ed4
- Guests & the Tools & Tips that they Shared:
- Jake Miller - @MrJakeMiller
- Jennifer Pearson - @1hightechteach
- Jennifer's blog post & Podcast appearance on Shake Up Learning
- Jennifer's free webinars with Shake Up Learning
- Kasey Bell’s “Grace is Greater Than Grades” post that features Jennifer’s thoughts
- Guided Access on iOS devices - support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612
- Set a timer!
- Hatch app - apps.apple.com/us/app/hatch-stay-focused/id1320527234
- MathLearningCenter.org
- “If the method of delivery is already going to be online, let’s have them process information offline.”
- Sketchnoting with a purpose - flipgrid.com/s/b112d1951bff
- Catherine Day - @DayCatherineM
- Meet Remotely with the IEP Team and plan this out
- “Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html#.XoVlotNKhpg
- David Allan - @_david_allan
- Be sure to look at the accommodations, modifications, SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)
- Modify content, process or product?
- Assign work individually or in groups to differentiate
- Digital copies of your textbook? Audio copies?
- Snap and Read - snapandread.com
- Read & Write - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Chromebook Accessibility Features - edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility
- Select to Speak
- Embed audio or directions into your platform, i.e. Google Slides - youtube.com/watch?v=7HgPaeCVViA
- Microsoft’s Immersive Reader - youtube.com/watch?v=wHJJCLV-DNg
- Immersive Reader Chrome Extension - youtube.com/watch?v=NHfy6QoiXjE
- How to scribe? First - what are you assessing? Is it actually writing?
- Screencastify - screencastify.com
- Loom - loom.com
- Flipgrid - flipgrid.com
- Chromebook Voice Typing - support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893?hl=en
- Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides Speaker Notes - support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en
- Add in images of checklists
- Give real-time feedback
- Provide Word Banks
- Use slides with 2 columns (resources on 1 side, typing on the other)
- Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles - @HillaryGFphdatp
- Hillaryhelpsulearn.com
- “Designing [online instruction] is not just flipping a switch. It is designing with intention. So, how do we support our learners with special needs? We design with intention first.”
- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials - CAST - aem.cast.org
- AEM's Upcoming Webinars
- Council for Exceptional Children - cec.sped.org
- Google Hangouts/Meet
- Read & Write - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Flipgrid - Flipgrid.com
- UDL - cast.org
- Matt Meyer - @54Mr_Meyer
- Matt’s 1st video - flipgrid.com/s/cf60b6a2442f
- Iron Chef eduProtocol - eduprotocols.com/iron-chef
- Matt’s 2nd video - flipgrid.com/s/e11a28f62652
- Which of the Following Would Be Less Torturous - flipgrid.com/0a984ed4
- MORE Guests & the Tools & Tips that they Shared:
- Lauren Hawkins - @TheiTeamHawk
- iPad stuff:
- Voice dictation on iPad - support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343
- Read Aloud on iPad - support.apple.com/guide/ipad/turn-on-and-practice-voiceover-ipad9a246898/ipados
- Tools for Learning - Reading.mov
- Tools for Learning - Creating.mov
- Tools for Learning - Writing.mov
- Opening Doors to Access on Apple Books by Morgan Cave-Twitter: @its_morgancave
- Immersive Reader built into Flipgrid & Wakelet (and other places)
- Google Read & Write from TextHelp - texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write
- Equatio from TextHelp - EquatIO® is now Free for Teachers!
- iPad stuff:
- Angela Greene - @AngelaGreene12
- Nearpod - Nearpod.com
- Add audio-overlay on text-heavy slides to either (a) read the text for them or (b) include messages to the students
- Pam Hubler - @SpecialTechie
- Chromebook Accessibility Features - edu.google.com/why-google/accessibility/chromebooks-accessibility
- Built-in Voice-Typing in Google Docs or Google Slides Speaker Notes - support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en
- David Allan - @_david_allan
- 3 options for keeping your images in Google Slides getting messed up by kids:
- Editing the Master Slide - jakemiller.net/update-the-master-slide-in-google-slides
- Adding Images as Backgrounds - jakemiller.net/creating-locking-google-slides-backgrounds
- David’s suggestion - Put images on Google Slides and cover them with a transparent rectangle
- Use Google Slides to chunk assignments
- → Lauren’s response and tip about using Keynote on Apple Devices
- Set video to play in separate chunks on different slides - shakeuplearning.com/blog/4-video-options-in-google-slides-that-will-make-your-day
- Use Slide specific URLs - jakemiller.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Different-Doc-Sheet-Slides-Bookmarks.gif
- 3 options for keeping your images in Google Slides getting messed up by kids:
- Lauren Hawkins - @TheiTeamHawk