Dr. Natasha Rachell - Engaging Instruction with Student Choice and EdTech
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Release Date: 03/11/2021
EDT114 Adam Sparks Part 1: Should we use AI-Detection tools?
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Adam Sparks joins the show to convince every educator to ditch AI-detection tools and focus on what really matters: the writing process. We discuss alternatives to AI-detection like Brisk, Draftback, revision history tracking, and Short Answer and share actionable strategies to teach writing effectively in the age of AI. From fostering transparency with students to leveraging powerful tools for formative assessment, this conversation is packed with insights to elevate your writing instruction. Plus: Instant Pear Decks, Canva Dream Lab, and new Google Forms Settings. #EduDuctTape Episode...
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EDT113 5 Edu News Items including Updates from Canva, Edpuzzle, and Gemini in Google Classroom
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
This episode features 5 education updates including new features from Canva, Edpuzzle, and Google Classroom, a really cool new edtech tool, and my very favorite article ever written. #EduDuctTape Episode 113 Edu News I’ve Got My Peepers On: Canva and Affinity - Edpuzzle adds Teacher Assist - Grouper - Gemini in Google Classroom - Developing "Assessment Capable" Learners -
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EDT112 Dan Stitzel - AI Generated Review Games, BlueSky, and More!
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Dan Stitzel joins me to explore ways to turn whole-class review games into engaging formative assessments by using generative AI to build custom question sets for Jeopardy, Quizizz, and beyond. We also dig into the latest AI features in Quizizz and discuss Gimkit, Blooket, and Quizlet. Plus, I share about Blue Sky, Canva Magic Studio, Google Forms’ new star rating, and MagicSchool’s Presentation Generator. #EduDuctTape Episode 112 Today's Sponsor - Short Answer - , code jakemillerwrites SoapBox Moment - “BlueSky is the New Adjacent Possible!” 1) Create your account - 2) Follow me,...
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EDT111 Amy Storer, Jamboard Alternatives, FigJam, Padlet Sandbox
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Amy Storer joins me to explore creative tools to replace Google Jamboard, including FigJam from Figma and Padlet Sandbox, as well as the more robust Figma for Edu. We also dive into digital calming rooms and I share about Canva’s Magic Media for generating custom visuals and Padlet’s new auto-captioning feature for videos and audio that enhances accessibility for all learners. #EduDuctTape Episode 111 Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - SoapBox Moment - “Walking Toddlers, Driving Teenagers, and AI Integrating Teachers” Gayle Smerdon, PhD’s LinkedIn Post - Jen Sincero - You Are a Badass - ...
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EDT110 - Dan Fitzpatrick - "The AI Educator" - Using AI for Efficiency - MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Diffit, Brisk, Gamma.app, ChatGPT, and Large Language Models
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Dan Fitzpatrick, the author of the bestselling book The AI Classroom joins Jake to discuss frontier AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, as well as some special educational AI tools including MagicSchool, SchoolAI, Diffit, Brisk, and Gamma.app. Dan also shares PREPARED Framework for generative AI and Jake shares about the CIA Coaching Model (Control, Influence, Accept & Adapt). Plus, updates from Canva and Padlet. #EduDuctTape Episode 110 Today’s Sponsor - VIZOR - SoapBox Moment - Dr. Strange and the CIA The Critically Reflective Practitioner by Sue Thompson, Neil Thompson...
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EDT109 - Academic Honesty in the Age of AI (Duct Taper Voices)
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
In today's episode of #EduDuctTape, 6 listeners join Jake to share their thoughts on AI and Academic Honesty in the age of AI. We discuss schools prohibiting AI and tools including MagicSchool, TextBlaze, and Google Arts & Culture. Plus, new updates are coming to Canva! Thanks to today's guests: Bryon Carpenter - @BryonCar @FreshAirAtFive Isaac Marquez - @iMarquezEDU Eric Guise - @guisegotteched @edtechthrowdown Nicholas Marohl - @nicholasmarohl (instagram) @mr.marohl (tiktok) Cindy Vicki Huepel - @33huepel
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EDT108 Molly Klodor, Academic Honesty in the Age of Ubiquitous AI
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Molly Klodor joins the show to talk about encouraging and ensuring academic honesty in an educational ecosystem that includes AI. We’ll talk about MagicSchool, Google Arts & Culture, Google Applied Digital Skills Lessons, aiEDU, Code.org, SchoolAI, Brisk, DraftBack, TurnItIn, AI detectors, and more! And you’re not going to want to miss the strategies for implementation that she suggests for different grade levels. #EduDuctTape Episode 108 Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - Share With the Duct Tapers! Padlet - SpeakPipe - SoapBox Moment - “Great Presidents & Lizard...
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EDT107 Be Like the Buffalo
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Today's Sponsor - VIZOR - Rory Vaden Article - Padlet - SpeakPipe - Link to the SoapBox Moment on YouTube -
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An #EduDuctTape Soapbox + The EdTech News Brief
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
Check out the EdTech News Brief! Online - On Apple Podcasts - On Spotify - On Amazon Podcasts -
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The Future of the #EduDuctTape Podcast
Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset
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...
info_outlineYou can also find these show notes at JakeMiller.net/eduducttape-episode-55
- Soapbox Moment: “We Are Michael Jordan Playing Baseball”
- Contains a quote from this article by Michael Baumann from The Ringer
- Contains a quote from Terry Francona from Episode VII of The Last Dance
- Today’s Guest: Natasha Rachell
- Dr. Natasha Rachell is a former high school science teacher, serving as a Digital Learning Specialist. She is one of the authors of The Microsoft Infused Classroom & one of the creators of the Minecraft Good Trouble lessons & believes you can live in both Google & Microsoft! Natasha is passionate about exploring your "why" & teacher self-care.
- Contact Info: Twitter: @apsitnatasha IG: @natashabrachell
- Website: www.natasharachell.com
- 2 Truths & 1 Lie
- Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I develop engaging instruction?
- Meet students where they are
- Consider using Choice boards or Student choice
- Linda Darling-Hammond quote: “Providing students with multiple ways to demonstrate knowledge and skills increases engagement and learning, and provides teachers with more accurate understanding of students' knowledge and skills.
- Alfie Kohn Quote from alfiekohn.org/article/choices-children: “When second-graders in Pittsburgh were given some choice about their learning, including the chance to decide which tasks they would work on at any given moment, they tended to “complete more learning tasks in less time.”
- Flipgrid Discovery Library - blog.flipgrid.com/news/discovery
- Microsoft Sway - sway.office.com
- Students should be “Visualizing and verbalizing thinking”
- Wakelet
- Buncee - app.edu.buncee.com
- Mentimeter - 3 word response - word cloud
- Drive by Daniel Pink (autonomy, mastery, purpose)
- Minecraft Good Trouble - Felisa Ford, Ken Shelton, social justice lessons, John Lewis, “good trouble” movement
- Education.minecraft.net - free
- Google teachers and students get free access to Microsoft Suite
- Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
- Jenny Ahlers’s Duct Tapers Facebook Group question
- Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!
- Apple Podcast Reviews
- FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape
- Speakpipe.com/EduDuctTape
- #EduDuctTape on social media
- Telling your friends & colleagues
- The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers
- Stickers! Want to pass some out? Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers
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- Your Homework: Find an educator who loves the Black Keys and tell them about the #EduDuctTape podcast!