Claudio Zavala: Hearing from Your Learners with Adobe's Creativity Tools
Release Date: 01/07/2021
Joe Marquez - Strategies for UDL-Friendly Learning Experiences
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Joe Marquez delivers powerful tips for designing instructional experiences that are accessible for all learners and are pedagogically effective. He also brings it with ideas for how students can process and represent their learning in UDL-friendly ways. Tune in to hear Joe's wisdom and our discussion that touches on Edji, Pear Deck, Nearpod, Flipgrid, the Record to Slides extension, and more!
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BONUS: ImprovEDCon with Meredith Akers, Elizabeth King, and Darryl Legaspi
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This bonus episode features plenty of laughs, tons of fun, and a handful of edtech tips. Tune in to hear me join Meredith Akers, Darryl Legaspi, and Elizabeth King as we have some fun, do some improv, learn about the Google Slides Master Slide, and try out one of my favorite Pear Deck activities!
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BONUS: Education Today with Scott Nunes
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This bonus episode features an episode of the Education Today podcast where I was fortunate enough to join Scott Nunes to talk about teaching during the pandemic, edtech after the pandemic, Pear Deck, Nearpod, Flipgrid, Otus, Schoology, speech translation tools, transcription tools, Adobe Spark, and more!
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James Varlack – Developing Engaging Instruction
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James Varlack says that “Engagement is developed.” So, in his interview, I asked him how he develops his engaging instruction. We discuss how James works toward each of the 3 types of student engagement--emotional, behavioral, and cognitive--in both analog and digital ways. We discuss Jamboard, Google Docs, Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard, Google Arts & Culture.
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BONUS: Teachers On Fire - EDTECH PODCASTERS Shout Out the Best Learning Tools of 2020
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This bonus episode features a roundtable discussion from the Teachers on Fire podcast about educational technology tools in 2020 and 2021. I am joined by Tim Cavey, Chris Nesi, Gabriel Carillo, Eric Guise, Scott Nunes, and Alfonso Mendoza, to talk about more than a dozen edtech tools!
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Claudio Zavala: Hearing from Your Learners with Adobe's Creativity Tools
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Claudio and I talk about hearing from our students with tools that empower them to create. Specifically, Adobe's tools Spark Video, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Spark Post, Spark Page, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Audition. Also, audience questions about sites to use for surprise inclement weather folders for elementary schoolers and a Google Sheets conundrum.
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Knikole Taylor: Formative Assessments
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In the 10th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Knikole Taylor to talk about formative assessments. Tune in to hear Jake and Knikole discuss the use of Pear Deck, Nearpod, Jamboard, Padlet, Mentimeter, Formative, and Classkick!
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Casey Hall: EdTech in Music Classes
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In the 9th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Fine Arts Education Program Specialist and Music Teacher Casey Hall to talk about educational technology in the elementary music classroom. Technologies discussed include Nearpod, Incredibox, and GarageBand.
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Robert Kaplinsky: Teaching Mathematical Problem-Solving Digitally
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In the 8th episode of Season 3, Robert Kaplinsky joins Jake to answer the question "How do I teach mathematical problem solving digitally?" Jake and Robert discuss using Open Middle math problems and mathematical modeling in in-person Blended Learning as well as Remote Learning. Technologies covered include Desmos Activity Builder, Pear Deck, Google Slides, and more!
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Brandy New & Computer Science Classes for Girls
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Brandy New joins Jake to chat about her awesome girls' high school Computer Science classes and camps. Brandy shares about the Hands-on/Hearts-on strategy that she uses as a hook to get the girls excited about STEM and CompSci as well as how Udemy, Slack, Google Drawings, The Noun Project, and Skype-a-Scientist fit into it!
info_outlineClaudio and I talk about hearing from our students with tools that empower them to create. Specifically, Adobe's tools Spark Video, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Spark Post, Spark Page, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and Audition. Also, audience questions about sites to use for surprise inclement weather folders for elementary schoolers and a Google Sheets conundrum.
Show Notes also available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-52
- Today's Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks - vizor.cloud/eduducttape
- Soapbox Moment: Tool Time with Jake the Tool Man Miller and Bryon Carpenter
- Bryon's Fresh Air at Five Tweet - follow him!
- Today’s Guest: Claudio Zavala, Jr.
- Claudio is a creative media consultant based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is passionate about storytelling and empowering individuals, entrepreneurs and small business owners to tell theirs and to build their brands. He is a YouTuber, avid photographer and videographer, professional musician, a master woodworker and cyclist.
- Instagram - @claudiozavalajr
- Twitter - @claudiozavalajr
- Facebook - facebook.com/claudiozavalajr
- LinkedIn -linkedin.com/in/claudiozavalajr
- YouTube - youtube.com/iamclaudius
- https://kit.co/iamclaudius
- iamclaudius.com
- 2 Truths & 1 Lie
- Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I hear from all of my students?
- “Everyone’s got a story to tell.”
- “Whoever is doing the most talking is doing the most learning.”
- Adobe tools
- Video Tools
- Premiere Pro - high-end video editing - paid
- Premiere Rush - YouTuber and student-focused video editing
- Windows, PC, Android, iOS, not Chrome - free available, but paid features available
- Can edit Rush projects in Pro as well
- Spark Video - all platforms except Android, free in education
- Video tools from simpler to more complex - Spark Video → Premiere Rush → Premiere Pro
- Visual Tools
- Spark Post or Page
- Animation added into Spark Post
- Photoshop - manipulate pictures - Windows, Mac, iPad
- Illustrator - now on iOS as well as desktop
- Fresco - mobile & tablet, digital drawings
- Audio Tools
- Audition - music, audio - GarageBand on steroids
- Adobe Creative Cloud licensing gives students access to all of the products
- YouTube
- “Pocketful of creativity”
- Video Tools
- Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
- Tristan Tolle (@TristanTolle) asked “What asynchronous activities/apps/websites would you suggest for elementary teachers to use for an inclement weather day folder?"
- Wonderopolis where each day they answer the Wonder of the Day.
- Flipgrid Disco Library, tons of prompts from tons of sources, including Wonderopolis as well as Minecraft, the MET, Discovery Education, Epic, Lego, and a bunch more.
- Code.org and HourOfCode.com
- Scratch
- CSinSF.com
- Applied Digital Skills Curriculum
- PBS Kids, National Geographic Kids
- Google Arts and Culture
- Virtual field trips (Ann Radefeld episode)
- Prodigy
- Dreambox
- Just please, please, please, not CoolMathGames.
- Books!
- Drawing things!
- Building things!
- Have kids learn about something new and then report out on Flipgrid.
- Ryan Canton, @TheSwish on Twitter: “On a list of email addresses (Ss that submitted a Form), and a 2nd list (main, all Ss email addresses)...what's the easiest way to compare the two to isolate/highlight Ss on the main list to see who hasn't submitted yet?”
- Formula - =filter(A1:A,isna(match(A1:A,B1:B,0)))
- Example
- Jen Giffen - @VirtualGiff
- “Remove Duplicates” Add-On from Ablebits
- Tristan Tolle (@TristanTolle) asked “What asynchronous activities/apps/websites would you suggest for elementary teachers to use for an inclement weather day folder?"
- Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!
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- The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers
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- Jake's Schedule:
- Best Practices & Tools for Learning in All Settings Online Course, Cohort 9, March-April - jakemiller.net/KSUCourse2020
- Flippin' Good Tech's ImprovEDcon - January 16 - sites.google.com/view/flippingoodtech/improvedcon
- Fort Worth Technology Conference - January 23 - sites.google.com/view/fwtc-2021/home
- ECOEA (East Central Ohio Education Association) Nearpod Session - January 30 - ecoea.ohea.us/workshopsevents/winterworkshop
- Spring CUE - March 18-27 - cue.org/event/virtual-spring-cue-2021-2